Susan Brown shares "total denial, shock, panic" of HIV + diagnosis with "20/20." Sept. 17, 2009 — -- In 2007, three women from Frisco, Texas, took matters into their own hands when they ...

Women who are using heroin and were recently incarcerated had increased stimulant use, which is associated with adverse outcomes in HIV. Drug-related offenses are a primary reason for incarceration ...

HIV infection rates may be five times higher than thought in black urban women. March 9, 2012— -- The HIV rate among black women living in some U.S. cities is the same rate as that of some ...

Most women living with HIV achieved an immunologic response after 2 years of initiating antiretroviral therapy. A higher baseline HIV viral load increased the odds of an immunologic response in women ...

Limited healthcare access and sociostructural factors were stronger predictors of HIV than behavioral risk factors among Black women in the southern United States, based on modeling data from more ...

This story is featured in the July/August 2025 issue of ESSENCE. Rae Lewis-Thornton was diagnosed with HIV when she was 24. The year was 1987, a time when the epidemic was accelerating at an alarming ...

Cisgender Black women are disproportionately affected by HIV. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded a $1.4 million grant to a University of Albany professor, Melonie Walcott, to ...

Gilead Sciences and Sophia Forum, a London-based charity, have launched a campaign to improve HIV care and outreach for women in the U.K.—a group that, according to the partners, has long been ...

On March 14, a diverse group of 30 or so Black women convened for an intimate and powerful gathering at Ventanas in Atlanta. The event was the latest in the Risky: A Dinner Conversation series, an ...

The prevalence of HPV81 in mother-child pairs with HIV in Nigeria could have implications on vaccination against human papillomavirus (HPV). HPV infection and its associated cancers are more prevalent ...