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Okay so obviously my title is just a joke, more so to grasp your attention, because sheesh! Science is no joke and I have truly gained a new perspective of the world we know as HIV. When I applied to...

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When friends whom I trusted stabbed me in the back; the friends whom I call my own started to distance away just because I didn't have money in my pockets; the friends whom I loved as "friends" took advantage of...

**Content Warning** This piece discusses suicide and suicidal ideation, as well as the loss of a child. If you or someone you know is suicidal, please, contact your physician, go to your local ER, or call the suicide prevention hotline...

Good afternoon everyone, I found this poem and I wanted to share with you. Life Still Has A Meaning by Author Unknown If there is a future, there is time for mending-Time to see your troubles coming to an ending...

IAS Invite for EVERYONE : IAS – the International AIDS Society – and ASHA Foundation, Bangalore, India, are pleased to invite you to a regional scientific symposium, “HIV science and community in South Asia: Keeping HIV responses effective in pandemics”...

Are you stupid? Or are you dumb? What in the hell would possess you to breastfeed a new, precious, innocent life? Do you hate her or something? Why break something that ain't broken? You already know the drill: Birth the...

"I'm scared" I've lost count of the number of times I've heard that blunt phrase from people that I tell that I'm a seropositive woman. Hidden behind that phrase are cultural, social, collective issues but also individual and personal ones...