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Local experts working to end HIV/AIDS stigma—especially among Black community
This HIV/AIDS awareness month ... According to county data, Black patients accounted for 65% of new HIV diagnoses in 2022, while only making up 31% of the population. "Whether it be the LGBTQ+ ...
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The ‘Black Angels’ cared for tuberculosis patients when no one else would
Virginia Allen was just 16 years old when she joined the nursing staff at Sea View Hospital in New York City, a facility that opened specifically to address the millions dying of tuberculosis ...
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Cardiovascular Risk Calculators Fail Women and Black Patients With HIV
“They’re easy to present to patients,” she said. “It does help you give numbers to people to be able to best advise them on statin therapy.” However, adjusting the score for Black people ...
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National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Event Context: February 7 is National HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD), first observed in 1999. This observance is a day to acknowledge how HIV disproportionately affects Black people. Black ...
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HIV patients still face widespread discrimination, prejudice
As Japan marked World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, a workplace incident showed that patients in the country are still not free of discrimination and prejudice. Earlier this year, a man in his 40s who had ...