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Sickle Cell Disease Association of Broward County, Inc. Invites You to 38th Annual Appreciation & Scholarship Banquet
Now, five years later, the White House has released an update to the strategy, taking special care to address the unique needs of the Black community.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will award 10 research grants aimed at eliminating inequities in access to care and improving the oral health of children
Black straight men ignored in HIV prevention
No more down low
Disease Intervention Specialists (DIS) at the Florida Department of Health in Broward County spend their days locating people who have tested positive for an STD – or their sex partners – and offering them treatment.
Dr. Patricia Bath was the first African American woman to patent a device for medical purposes.
AIDS activists fighting to end the epidemic in the Black community can take cues from the protests over police violence and the killing of unarmed Black men, says DeRay Mckesson, a prominent leader associated with the Black Lives Matter movement.
For serodiscordant couples, those in which one partner is HIV positive, emphasis must be placed on ensuring that the HIV-negative partner avoids HIV infection. A new study shows that pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) can be crucial to achieving that goal.