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AI medical advice

How Much Does AI Know About HIV Prevention and Testing?

NewsBy Serene SmallwoodMarch 11, 2025

From The Body Pro: Health care providers have long worried about patients turning to Dr. Google for medical advice, fearing the reliability of the answers they find online. Now, a…

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Big Bend Cares / Care Point Celebrates 40 Years with Leadership Transition

NewsBy Serene SmallwoodFebruary 17, 2025

Big Bend Cares / Care Point is proud to celebrate its 40th anniversary of providing comprehensive care and promoting sexual health for individuals with HIV/AIDS across the eight-county region surrounding…

aids awareness month

It’s December, and health advocates are raising awareness about HIV and AIDS

NewsBy Serene SmallwoodDecember 17, 2024

From Health News Florida: The number of HIV patients in Florida has steadily climbed over the past five years. During HIV/AIDS Awareness Month, professionals are spreading the word about risks…

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Make plans to join the 34th Annual Tallahassee AIDS Walk

Big Bend Cares Event News, NewsBy Serene SmallwoodNovember 4, 2024

From tallahassee.com: Take a step in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the community at the 34th Annual Tallahassee AIDS Walk next month. Big Bend Cares, in partnership with Neighborhood Medical…

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HIV Stigma “Is Finally on the Decline,” GLAAD Reports

NewsBy Serene SmallwoodSeptember 17, 2024

From poz.com: Is HIV stigma finally decreasing in the United States? More Americans believe so, found the 2024 State of HIV Stigma report. “For the first time in five years,…

Robert Gallo

Co-discoverer of HIV to bring his research to USF. He’s looking for a cure.

NewsBy Serene SmallwoodJuly 19, 2024

From tampabay.com: Robert Gallo, 87, is still hunting for a cure to HIV. And he’s bringing his research to Tampa this summer. Gallo, an influential scientist who’s credited as the…

Injectable HIV Treatment

U.S. Survey Reports Middling Interest in Long-Acting Injectable Treatment Among Women With HIV

NewsBy Serene SmallwoodMay 17, 2024

From TheBodyPro: Fewer than half of cisgender women on oral antiretroviral therapy expressed an interest in trying injectable HIV treatment, a U.S. survey found. […] Researchers surveyed 1,078 cisgender women…

CRISPR

Scientists Discover Potential HIV Cure that Eliminates Disease from Cells Using CRISPR-Cas Gene Editing

NewsBy Serene SmallwoodMarch 28, 2024

From goodnewsnetwork.org: A new study has unveiled a likely future cure for HIV which uses molecular scissors to ‘cut out’ HIV DNA from infected cells. To cut out this virus,…

HIV criminalisation

What is HIV criminalisation?

NewsBy Serene SmallwoodFebruary 6, 2024

From hivjusticeworldwide.org: HIV criminalisation describes the unjust application of criminal law to people living with HIV based solely on their HIV status. This includes the use of HIV-specific criminal statutes…

Holiday Angels 2023

The grinch this year is inflation; organizations keep the holiday spirit alive helping neighbors in need

NewsBy Serene SmallwoodDecember 21, 2023

From wtxl.com: All items excluding, food and electricity, have seen a 4 percent increase in cost. That’s according to the US. Bureau of Labor Statistics. So holiday gifts have not…

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