Stigma, limited sex ed contribute to teen HIV uptick in Shelby County
Chris Sinnock, a social worker at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, cites bias against condoms and dating apps as two of the elements contributing to the spread of HIV.
Topic: HIV
RSSThere are 8 article(s) tagged HIV:
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July 2024
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Guest Column: People living with HIV are not dangerous criminals
Opinion: Politicians must become knowledgeable about the medical and scientific advancements regarding the transmission and treatment of HIV, especially when they are advocating for the use of criminal laws.
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June 2024
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Guest Column: Use PrEP to combat HIV among people in Shelby County
“By implementing a scientifically informed HIV prevention strategy and using tools that are known to be effective to prevent HIV, we can End the Epidemic among our young people.”
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February 2022
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Guest column: What if we lived believing God loved us?
Scott Morris: “What if more of us could truly believe God loves us in the peace-giving way of my patient all those years ago? How would we approach the complexity of an ongoing pandemic and other dangers life gives us?”
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July 2021
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Opinion: HIV is a public health issue and not a criminal one
People living with HIV are being arrested and prosecuted for HIV non-disclosure when HIV transmission did not occur or was extremely unlikely to occur.
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February 2021
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The Haven will provide comfort, resources for those with HIV/AIDS
Friends for Life opened The Haven, its larger HIV/AIDS outreach and support center, near the University of Memphis Sunday, Feb. 7, on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
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January 2020
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Ending the HIV epidemic: Are we doing all we can?
We can prevent HIV, or we can prosecute it, but we cannot do both.
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September 2019
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Memphian determined to give voice to black women living with HIV
Three years after her diagnosis, LáDeia Joyce is in a pharmaceutical ad campaign and on the public speaking circuit.
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