Latinos and HIV
Latinos and HIV - If we get two people of Latino descent who test positive for HIV/AIDS in a year that would be serious cause for concern,” said Mr. Kerr. “This year we ...
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Blacks Still Trail Whites and Latinos in Getting Treated for HIV
Blacks Still Trail Whites and Latinos in Getting Treated for HIV - Engaging and retaining people in HIV care has to be a top priority in our HIV response, said Jonathan Mermin, the director the National Center for HIV ...
We Are the Experts: Why Latinos Living With HIV Need to Get Involved
We Are the Experts: Why Latinos Living With HIV Need to Get Involved - Within the HIV community, in terms of advocacy for Latinos, and for rights or opportunities for Latino people , we do not have much representation ...
Despite Advances in HIV Treatment and Prevention, Only 35% Latinos Take Medical Care
Despite Advances in HIV Treatment and Prevention, Only 35% Latinos Take Medical Care - The Latinos community is suffering a spike in HIV infections, noted researchers. It has been found that people suffering from HIV in the Latino ...
Latino HIV campaign features community faces and stories
Latino HIV campaign features community faces and stories - He wanted to push back against the stereotype that Latinos are homophobic and reject people with HIV. "Perceptions are reality," said Alvarez. "And if the ...
Increasing Rates of HIV among LGBT Latinos are Wake-Up Call to Health Advocates
Increasing Rates of HIV among LGBT Latinos are Wake-Up Call to Health Advocates - Overall, HIV infection rates have increased 6% among all gay and bisexual men, driven by increases among Black and Hispanic/ Latino gay and ...
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day: Gay men's health crisis
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day: Gay men's health crisis - In particular, the Latino community remains at high risk of contracting HIV, as Latinos accounted for 24 percent of all new HIV diagnoses in 2014. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that a total of 263,900 Latinos were infected with HIV by the end of 2013. These high rates of infection reflect the unique barriers to HIV treatment and testing that exist within the Latino community.
US Latinos struggle with HIV stigma
US Latinos struggle with HIV stigma - The rate of new HIV infections among Hispanic men is almost three times higher than that among white men, and the rate of new HIV infections among Hispanic ...
Doctor describes HIV/AIDS epidemic and COVID-19 pandemic parallels as 'hauntingly similar'
"It's just it's interesting that that the fact that African Americans, Latinos, Hispanics, men and women were suffering from HIV and AIDS and yet even ... View article...
More African-Americans still die of HIV than whites and Latinos combined, CDC says
More African-Americans still die of HIV than whites and Latinos combined, CDC says - In 2011, 491,100 of the estimated 1.2 million people living with HIV were black, a higher proportion (41 percent) than for whites (34 percent). In 2010 ...
Prevalence of HIV Infection Among Hispanics or Latinos
Prevalence of HIV Infection Among Hispanics or Latinos - The researchers found that, while the overall rates of new diagnoses among Hispanics/Latinos decreased about 14% during the period―from 28.3 per 100,000 in 2008 to 24.3 per 100,000 in 2013―the number and proportion of new diagnoses attributed to male-to-male sexual contact substantially increased. Between 2008 and 2013, the estimated number of new diagnoses in this risk
HIV Prevention Pill Remains A Tough Sell Among Gay Latinos
HIV Prevention Pill Remains A Tough Sell Among Gay Latinos - Schnarrs, who is conducting a study with gay and bisexual Latino men in ... Latinos are also more likely than non- Hispanic whites and blacks to get ...
Why Is the US Behind Other Advanced Nations in Controlling HIV?
A series of papers in the Lancet journal surveys HIV in the United States, notably among Black Americans, Latinos and other minorities. View article...
Doctor describes parallels between COVID, HIV
“It's just it's interesting that that the fact that African Americans, Latinos, Hispanics, men and women were suffering from HIV and AIDS and yet even ... View article...
AIDS Cure Found? Researchers Successfully Test Vaccines On HIV ...
AIDS Cure Found? Researchers Successfully Test Vaccines On HIV ... Latinos reportedly account for 20 percent of new H.I.V. infections in the United States and statistics suggest that 1 in 36 Latino men and 1 in 106 Latina women ...
Low income associated with higher HIV prevalence in urban areas
Low income associated with higher HIV prevalence in urban areas Prevalence also was higher among black and Hispanics or Latinos . “The overall 2.3% HIV prevalence among survey participants is approximately five times the ...
Increasing Rates of HIV among LGBT Latinos are Wake-Up Call to Health Advocates
Increasing Rates of HIV among LGBT Latinos are Wake-Up Call to Health Advocates - Over the past few years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC), healthcare providers, and community advocates like LULAC have ...
Latino People With HIV Experience Stigma and Health Care Discrimination
About 65% of HIV-positive Latinos are on antiretroviral treatment with an undetectable viral load—well below the goal of 95% by 2030. Mabel Padilla, ... View article...
Race affecting HIV service provision in the United States of America
This is in part due to lower coverage of HIV prevention services. Just 8% of black Americans and 14% of Hispanics/Latinos who were eligible for pre- ... View article...
World Aids Day: Working To Keep Latinos Informed, Healthy
World Aids Day: Working To Keep Latinos Informed, Healthy - In 1992, Oriol Gutierrez Jr. was 22 years old, conflicted about his sexual orientation, and serving in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve. Thanks to the mandatory HIV testing for marines, one day his commanding officer brought him a message. Reading from a script, the officer informed Gutierrez that he had tested positive for the AIDS virus.