Changes in the seasons and warmer weather are often accompanied by bothersome symptoms. Itchy, red, and watery eyes Congestion A runny nose Sneezing Sinus pressure Headaches And much more These symptoms can occur any time of year and may be the result of illness or infection. However, many of these may also be triggered by… Read More »
NAM aidsmap has teamed up with award-winning animation studio Animade to produce U=U for World AIDS Day 2020. The film fights stigma with knowledge by reinforcing the ‘Undetectable = Untransmittable’ consensus statement that people with HIV on effective treatment can’t pass on the virus. We are delighted to have been chosen by Animade to work… Read More »
Two-year-old Kena didn’t notice that her hearing aids were attracting attention during storytime at the library—but her mom did. “I can’t let other kids define who Kena is,” her mom, Krystyna, confided to Kena’s grandmother that evening. “I want her to be fierce.” The children’s book “Super Kena: A GirlMade Fierce with Hearing Aids” The conversation resonated… Read More »
Ron Simmons, PhD, an accomplished academic based in Washington, DC, and exceptional AIDS advocate who championed Black gay men, has died. He was 70. The cause of death was not immediately disclosed among the outpourings and remembrances on social media. Simmons had lived with HIV for 30 years, having tested positive in 1990, according to… Read More »
Howard Weinstein will tell you he has two daughters named Sarah, both born on the same day of the same year a world apart. One would die unexpectedly from a brain aneurysm during the night when she was only 10 years old. He would meet the other years later, a deaf girl living in Botswana… Read More »
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. As the world focuses on the coronavirus pandemic, experts fear losing ground in the long fight against other infectious diseases like AIDS, tuberculosis and cholera that kill millions every year. Also at risk are decadeslong efforts that allowed the World Health… Read More »