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In this Minutes with Jah, Jahlove talks about being a part of the new HIVSTOPSWITHME campaign for 2022. He has been a part of this campaign for 11 years which...

Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is August 20. Founded in 2019 by the Southern AIDS Coalition, it serves to address the fact that for more than a decade, the South has...

Recently my time as a caregiver for our two dogs came to an end. After 2 years of midnight medicine doses and endless hours of helping them move around, we...

In this Minutes with Jah video, Jahlove discusses knowing your worth. As an HIV activist and public speaker, he wants to empower people to know their worth, advocating for that...

I remember when I knew no one who lived with HIV, and I was not a part of the HIV community at all. I never knew that there was one...

I am here for you. Those are the words that I wish I had heard right after I was diagnosed with HIV back in 2014. So, if you are newly...

In this video Minutes with Jah, Jah shares where he is mentally, spiritually, and physically. This is a great example of something we should all be doing with ourselves. It...

Is there such a thing as an ideal bedtime? Or is there an optimal quantity and quality of sleep that each person needs each night? There is no single answer...

In a modern world, you would expect healthcare workers to be impartial or educated about HIV. While this has been my expectation, what I have encountered is entirely different. From...

There’s a new PrEP medicine available, and it’s not a pill you must take every day! Cabotegravir (brand name Apretude, also known as CAB) is given as an injection every...

Earlier this year my doctor said something that I hoped I would never hear. “I’ve decided to retire.” My reaction was immediate and intense. For 15 years we had been...

An advocate is someone who officially supports a certain cause a person who believes in that cause and wants to wholeheartedly support any way possible that they can. An advocate...

In all honesty, I can acknowledge that something like HIV can really make you nervous. Not only nervous about getting tested but nervous to even talk about the subject in...

Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health illness in the United States. And anxiety is even more common in people with HIV. One out of 5 people with HIV...

Twenty-four years ago, a beautiful six-year-old girl helped me get through my diagnosis. She was my inspiration to keep going at a time in my life when I really thought...

HIV is a virus that has been affecting people worldwide for decades. It gradually causes the immune system to fail. The immune system is your body's way of protecting you...

"You can't be overwhelmed by the what-ifs, or you'll miss out on the best part." ― Rebekah Crane, The Upside of Falling Down When it comes to living a life with...

This is a conversation between a husband and wife. Robert: We are the Wards. We were married in July of 1991 and will celebrate 31 years of marriage on July...

We have all seen during Pride this month, more rainbow colors on things ranging from socks to shirts or stickers to coffee cups. I do appreciate the change in all...

“After receiving my diagnosis, I completely went into denial mode, followed by shame and guilt, followed by suicidal thoughts, followed by, "Why me?" - H-I-V.net advocate The physical (HIV medication...