NPR's "Tell Me More" on Wednesday profiled two HIV-positive advocates in the black community. According to a recent report from the Black AIDS Institute, nearly 600,000 blacks in the U.S. are living with HIV/AIDS, and more than 20,000 blacks contract the virus annually. HIV/AIDS also is the leading cause of death for black women ages 25 to 34, according to "Tell Me More."
Elite Controller Could Help In HIV/AIDS Vaccine Development
An HIV-positive woman who has never shown symptoms of the virus might provide insights into HIV/AIDS vaccine development, researchers from Johns Hopkins University said in a study recently published in the Journal of Virology, Reuters reports.
Uganda Male Circumcision Drive To Help Curb Spread Of HIV
Uganda has launched a male circumcision drive in an effort to curb the spread of HIV in the country, Reuters reports. According to Reuters, the campaign -- which aims to circumcise more than 3,000 local young men between ages 12 and 18 -- aligns with a month-long traditional "circumcision season" practiced by some tribes in Uganda. Male circumcision is socially "uniting," and it is "gratifying" that the procedure has been shown to reduce a man's risk of HIV, Kibale Wambi, chair of the Sironko district in eastern Uganda, said.
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