Posts Tagged ‘HIV’
December 1 is World AIDS Day
December 1 is World AIDS Day Since December 1, 1988, the first ever global health day, World AIDS Day, was held for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show their support for people living with HIV and to commemorate those who have died of it. While [Read More]
CCA releases report on the use of criminal records in college admissions
The Center for Community Alternatives Releases New Report About Trends in Use of Criminal Background Checks by College Admissions Offices; Says It’s a Civil Rights Issue. The Center for Community Alternatives (CCA) today released a report about the results of its [Read More]
Nadja Benaissa found guilty but no jail term for spreading HIV
28 year-old pop star Nadja Benaissa was found guilty but no jail term for spreading HIV Passig/Getty Nadja Benaissa, the 28 year-old pop star of the popular German all-female group, No Angels, was found guilty today in a Darmstadt court for knowingly having unprotected sex [Read More]
Viagra older men and sexually transmitted diseases
The rate of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in older men taking erectile dysfunction (ED) drugs like Viagra is twice as high as in their non-medicated peers.It seems bad enough that since the emergence of the blue pills, “big mama” has been [Read More]
Should South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma Heads Be Examined?
By Tamba Mashinini Figuratively speaking a man has two heads. One with brains and the other with sensitive nerve tissues. An irresponsible, capricious, ill-considered, immature, or incautious individual has the tendency to first call on the brain-less head simple [Read More]
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day – Beyond February 7
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness DayAlthough February 7 is officially declared National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day; ChocolateCity.cc has decided to extend it to 365 days due to the seriousness of the epidemic and its rapid growth among the African American populations. [Read More]
CDC: African Americans hardest hit with HIV/AIDS
49% of people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS were Blacks According to the CDC, of all racial and ethnic groups in the United States, HIV and AIDS have hit African Americans the hardest. The reasons are not directly related to race or ethnicity, but rather to some of the barriers [Read More]
