Last year, I wrote an article for Wyattevans.com entitled, “The Quiet Invader within Native Americans.” In it, I reported the unfortunate and harsh reality that HIV testing, treatment and care are not reaching Native Americans the same way as they are other U. S. citizens. Fortunately though, much-needed assistance is on the way. According to The Associated Press, The Indian Health [...]
Get a load of this encouraging new development: recent research has indicated that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) may have overstated the size of the U.S. HIV population, while significantly underestimating the share that has a fully suppressed viral load (undetectable). Researchers utilized HIV lab reporting to estimate prevalence of the disease in New York City and 19 [...]
HIV is losing a critical bout in the long and grueling boxing match called AIDS. And this victory for persons of color certainly is a cause for celebration. According to Michael Smith, writer for the health media outlet MedPage Today, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has reported that that the mortality rates of blacks in the U.S. fell [...]
The following breaking news is disconcerting and sobering—to say the least. According to Poz.com, the renowned health, life and HIV media outlet, the rate of primary and secondary syphilis in the U.S. is steadily climbing--with MSM (men who have sex with men) driving a 10 percent increase between 2012 and 2013. “All told, the rates of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia [...]
