HIV

On November 6, 1988 Ron Paul took out a full-page ad in the New York Times and called for “prosecuting as a murderer any AIDS carrier who knowingly spreads the disease.” The first case of HIV diagnosed in the U.S. was in 1981. About 750,000 people have died from the…

Undetectable = untransmittable is the message of a new UNAIDS Explainer. With 20 years of evidence demonstrating that HIV treatment is highly effective in reducing the transm …

I was interviewed for a talk show called “Queer Talk”. The topic for the debut episode was myself and others telling of how their HIV journey began. …

By Bashar Abubakar (Lead Writer) HIV is no longer the death sentence it used to be. Today, more people living with HIV have access to life-saving treatment and can stay healthy by achieving and maintaining viral suppression. Unfortunately, newly acquired infections still occur and in 2019, approximately 1.7 million were…

The Ultimate Multi-Part Review for the NAPLEX — AIDS Background (HIV): Hallmark of infection is depletion of CD4 T- lymphocytes leading to Immunodeficiency. Transmitted through blood, vaginal fluid, Cowper’s fluid, semen, or breast milk. – Not the saliva! 3 major routes of infection: Sexual Contact | Contaminated blood supplies (needles) | Mother to Baby. AIDS Pathophysiology Infects mature T cells which always…

Although recently overshadowed by the global epidemic of COVID-19, humanity is still facing an epidemic of another disease, HIV/AIDS, with approximately 38 million people living with HIV worldwide, according to UNAIDS. Many people have died as a result of HIV infection since the epidemic began in the 1980s. Researchers from…