Race/Ethnicity
Race/Ethnicity
AIDS 2012: Black Gay Men Have Higher HIV Rates Despite No Greater Risk Behavior
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- Category: HIV/AIDS Epidemiology & Mortality
- Published on Tuesday, 07 August 2012 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
African-American gay and bisexual men in U.S. cities have a significantly higher likelihood of becoming infected with HIV despite the fact that they do not engage in more high-risk sex or drug use, according to studies presented at the recent XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington, DC, and in an HIV-theme issue of The Lancet.
AIDS 2012: Why Do Black Gay and Bisexual Men Have Higher HIV Rates? [VIDEO]
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- Category: HIV/AIDS Epidemiology & Mortality
- Published on Tuesday, 07 August 2012 00:00
- Written by Gregory Fowler
Several studies presented at the recent XIX International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington, DC, shed further light on disproportionately high rates of HIV prevalence and incidence among African-American men who have sex with men (MSM).
March 20: Tuesday is National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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- Category: Race/Ethnicity
- Published on Tuesday, 20 March 2012 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
March 20, 2012, marks the 6th annual observation of National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NNHAAD), an occasion to increase awareness of HIV/AIDS among American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Native Hawaiians.
CROI 2012: U.S. Black Women Have Higher Rates of HIV Infection and AIDS Death
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- Category: HIV Disease Progression
- Published on Wednesday, 21 March 2012 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Urban black women in the U.S. are 5 times more likely to become infected with HIV than previously estimated, and are twice as likely to die of AIDS-related causes, according to 2 posters presented this month at the 19th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI 2012) in Seattle.
February 7 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
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- Category: Race/Ethnicity
- Published on Tuesday, 07 February 2012 00:00
- Written by Liz Highleyman
Tuesday, February 7, is the 12th annual observance of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD), an occasion to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS among African Americans -- the group that bears the greatest burden of the U.S. epidemic.
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