THERE’S been an “alarming” increase in HIV infections among straight women, a new report warns. It comes as sexual health ...
Women are disproportionately affected by HIV, making up nearly half of new infections globally and in India. Stigma, gender ...
Most women living with HIV achieved an immunologic response after 2 years of initiating antiretroviral therapy. A higher baseline HIV viral load increased the odds of an immunologic response in women ...
This story is featured in the July/August 2025 issue of ESSENCE. Rae Lewis-Thornton was diagnosed with HIV when she was 24. The year was 1987, a time when the epidemic was accelerating at an alarming ...
Limited healthcare access and sociostructural factors were stronger predictors of HIV than behavioral risk factors among Black women in the southern United States, based on modeling data from more ...
Cisgender Black women are disproportionately affected by HIV. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has awarded a $1.4 million grant to a University of Albany professor, Melonie Walcott, to ...