SaludToday Hispanics comprised 21% of new HIV/AIDS infections each year in the United States. About 1 in 36 Hispanic men and 1 in 106 Hispanic women will be diagnosed with HIV at some point, according to the Centers for…
LatinaLista — A recent CDC report revealing that Latina teens have the highest birthrates before the age of 18 appears to underscore a troubling trend among sexually active Latino teens — lack of practicing safe sex. It’s a revelation…
LatinaLista — Aside from the fight against terrorism, the only other battle that has united countries to pool resources and research to find a solution, or in this case a cure, is the fight against AIDS. In our interconnected…
LatinaLista — It is said that every 9.5 minutes someone in the United States is infected with HIV. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that more than one million people are living with HIV in the U.S. and 20…
LatinaLista — The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says that since the HIV epidemic started more than 18,000 Latinos have died from it. Even with all the information available and campaigns broadcast, Latinos are still not getting the message….
By Catie Duckworth Council on Hemispheric Affairs Affecting 0.3 percent of the population, HIV is only half as prevalent in Mexico as it is in the United States. However, experts have noted an increase in cases in Mexico following…
LatinaLista — Thirty-one years after the discovery of AIDS in the United States, the hope was that the disease would have been eradicated by now. After claiming, so far, about 30 million lives worldwide, the disease still flourishes in…
LatinaLista — It used to be that a diagnosis of HIV was a death sentence. Those days are long gone. Today, medication is advancing the quality of life for people infected with human immunodeficiency virus or HIV. The only…
LatinaLista — The Latino Commission on AIDS has released a new report that is as chilling as it is hopeful. New York State Responds to the Latino HIV/AIDS Crisis and Plans for Action is a report detailing strategies on…
LatinaLista — Once upon a time, AIDS/HIV was considered as dangerous, contagious and prevalent as the H1N1 virus. There used to be massive public service campaign commercials instructing people on how to avoid getting infected with HIV. A month…
Pope Benedict created a global outrage with his recent remarks regarding the effectiveness of condoms against the spread of AIDS. In the United States, his remarks have the potential to impact this nation’s Hispanic population who have not only…
LatinaLista — If you count yourself a longtime, die-hard fan of the MTV The Real World (TRL) series, then you should know the name Pedro Zamora. Pedro Zamora, AIDS activist and TRL participant. Pedro was on The Real World:…
