Two-Thirds of Americans Report Daily Discrimination in Poll
Daily discrimination
Nearly seven in 10 Americans experience some form of discrimination, and that discrimination can contribute to higher stress levels and poorer health, researchers report.
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In This Issue
I have already made my feelings known about the CDC research revealed during CROI showing that if Black MSM continue to be diagnosed with HIV at current rates one in two will acquire HIV within their lifetime. In this issue Dr. Richard Wolitski, Acting Director of the HHS Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, and Dr. Eugene McCray, Director of CDC's Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, talk about these estimates developed by Dr. McCray's team and the efforts underway to prevent them from becoming reality.
Drs. Wolitski and McCray Discuss Data on Lifetime HIV Risk
Richard Wolitski, Ph.D., Acting Director, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, Health and Human Services; and Eugene McCray, M.D., Director, Division and HIV/AIDS Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP2t3ACo3Jg
View Dr. Wolitski's related conversation from CROI 2016 with CDC's Dr. Jonathan Mermin here.
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Digital Media: Making The History of HIV/AIDS More Accessible
History of HIV/AIDS Timeline
We are increasingly called to present information and educate audiences using small chunks of text that fit in Twitter's 140-character limit, or that work well as Facebook status posts.
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At Clinic, Poverty Magnifies Health Problems
A woman lights up a cigarette outside the Total Health Care clinic on Division Street in West Baltimore
Rhonda Jones began seeing doctors at a Total Health Care clinic in West Baltimore in the 1970s, when she was pregnant.