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The brief wondrous life of teachers’ mental health

Communicating to end HIV-related stigma

African-Americans are more likely to develop complications associated with high blood pressure. These problems include stroke, kidney disease, blindness, dementia, and heart disease.

These latest results suggest that when transgender kids feel supported in their “social transition,” their mental well-being is on par with their peers, the researchers said.

Making the history of HIV/AIDS more accessible

They discussed key disparities highlighted by these first-ever comprehensive national estimates of the lifetime risk of an HIV diagnosis for several key populations at risk—including MSM and African American women—as well as by state.

On Alert Day, Americans will be urged to take the risk test at diabetes.org/risktest and to start living a healthy and active life-style to prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes

If current HIV diagnoses rates persist, about 1 in 2 Black men who have sex with men (MSM) and 1 in 4 Latino MSM in the United States will be diagnosed with HIV during their lifetime, according to a new analysis by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

HIV infections could be prevented

Black Lives Matter partners with reproductive justice groups to fight for Black women