Opinion

A lack of access to health care and other social services is partly to blame for skyrocketing HIV rates among gay Black men.

The play aims to raise awareness of HIV while eliminating the stigma attached to the disease responsible for affecting Blacks and Latinos at an alarming and disproportionate rate.

The Black Health 365 podcast dives into the current HIV/AIDS crisis within the Black community, particularly in the South.

Health

Here are a few of the many organizations on the frontlines of helping BIPOC communities affected by HIV.

Politics

Florida Republican congressional candidate Lavern Spicer ignorantly tweeted, "They let Magic Johnson play basketball with FULL-BLOWN HIV but won’t let Kyrie Irving play because he won’t get a COVID shot." Yes, really.

After the NBA announced it was suspending its season because a player had tested positive for the coronavirus, fans recalled how the league once allowed Magic Johnson to play after he was diagnosed with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

Health

In honor of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, we debunk dangerous myths.

Nation

California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill that lessens the penalties for knowingly exposing others to HIV.

Politics

Georgia Republican state rep Betty Price suggested quarantining people living with HIV, surveilling their sexual partners and tracking their contacts Tuesday.

In a case that is emblematic of how HIV criminalization unfairly impacts Black people and stigmatizes people living with HIV, Michael L Johnson, 25, was sentenced for infecting a man and endangering four others.

Nation

Gina Brown told NewsOne that the GOPn's heath care policy was "the last straw."