Growing AIDS epidemic in the Latino community
Did you know that Latinos represent 16 percent of the U.S. population yet account for 20 percent of the NEW HIV infections reported? What does this mean? According to a recent survey by the Kaiser...
View ArticleMiss Gay Nicaragua
Carlos Castro is this year’s “Miss Gay Nicaragua”. Winning this honor, Castro has said that with this title, he is allowed to travel to Thailand as the representative of Nicaragua in the Miss Queen...
View ArticleTesticular cancer among Latinos
The word “Cancer” is a scary word to hear when you go to the doctor. We’re all aware that there are different types of cancer that are known and that some are more common in certain races or ethnic...
View ArticleHIVolution: How Truvada could change how we prevent HIV
Could a pill revolutionize how we think about and have sex? No, I’m not talking about the birth control pill; rather I’m referring to the pill Truvada approved by the FDA in 2012 for use in the...
View ArticleKeeping Latinos healthy and informed
Marking World AIDS Day on your calendars each year imprints a memory in our minds of what remains important. The theme for 2014 World AIDS Day is “Focus, Partner, Achieve: An AIDS-Free Generation.”...
View ArticleNew HIV strand in Cuba
Recent reports have found a variant of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Cuba, which is said to be spreading faster and more aggressive than other forms of this virus. This sexually transmitted...
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