The U.S. faces an ongoing HIV epidemic, with women, particularly women of color, bearing a heavy burden. While there have ...
Prevalence varies by region and is impacted by social stigma, access to preventive medicine and a lack of HIV/AIDS education, ...
Every year, amid Women’s History Month, March 8 marks International Women’s Day—a day dedicated to both honoring past efforts ...
In its 80 year history, the United Nations has been exclusively ruled by men. A growing movement is calling for women’s leadership of the international body to help bring about reform and strengthen ...
MONDAY, March 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A common vaginal infection that affects nearly 1 in 3 women worldwide should be ...
Basketball has been enjoying a commendable rise in Rwanda throughout the past years. The sport has not only produced a host new talents but initiatives associated with it off the court also continue ...
Being the first female incarnation of the Doctor (or so we ... Coming face-to-face with bigotry, transphobia and the stigma of being HIV-positive at a time when the virus was still so unknown ...
Switching to long-acting ART from oral treatments was cost effective for postpartum women with HIV and improved infant outcomes, researchers said at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic ...
Approximately 2,500 women may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C at Dr. Esther Park's Toronto clinic due to improper cleaning of medical instruments between October 2020 and ...
The advent of effective antiretroviral therapy (ART) has increased the lifespan of many people living with HIV. As a result, ...
When in 1985 it became possible to test for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, the prospect of named surveillance triggered deep fears about stigma and discrimination. The prospect of reporting the ...
Debates over tuberculosis reporting began in the late 19th century, when the bacterial infection was reframed not as a disease of the elite but of the urban poor. New York City was the first in the ...