Community Responses: How Long Can You Live with HIV?...Too often, the media gets it wrong. The reality of HIV is often portrayed as a diagnosis that ends life immediately—but this...reactions20comments
A Message for the Newly Diagnosed From a Long-term Survivor...If you have tested positive for HIV, it means that the HIV virus is present in your blood. You have been exposed...reactions2comments
The Importance of Routine in Maintaining U=U...If you are newly diagnosed with HIV, one thing that I am sure you have heard about is medication adherence. Medication adherence...reactions2comments
Understanding Your Lab Results: CD4 Count and Viral Load...If you are living with HIV, you likely hear your doctor talk about two specific numbers at every visit. These numbers are...reactions3comments
Minutes with Jah: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day...The recognition for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day started on February 7th, 1999. We acknowledge this day to bring awareness and education...reactions2comments
Navigating Open HIV Relationships and a Partner's Fears...This article pertains to advocates and individuals who are open with their HIV status. Although we are living in our truth -...reactions11comments
Community Health Leaders...In order to stay up to date on latest treatments, drug discovery, clinical studies and how to cope with HIV every day, H-I-V.net brings...
PrEP Without Pills...There’s a type of PrEP medicine available that doesn't require a pill you must take every day! Cabotegravir (brand name Apretude, also...reactions2comments
Community Views: Tips for Those Newly Diagnosed With HIV...Receiving a new HIV diagnosis is often a life-altering moment that can leave you feeling overwhelmed, uncertain, and deeply alone. However, as...reactions3comments
Trying to LIVE, not just exist...At the age of thirteen, I was emancipated. A year later, one of my younger sisters was kicked out by our mom...reactions3comments
Weight Gain...Hi there. I have been tested HIV positive for a year now. Before I knew I was positive, I was using Tirzepatide...reactions4comments
The 7 HIV Life Cycle Stages Explained...The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a virus that attacks the body’s immune system. HIV infection begins with an acute stage (intense...
Aging With HIV...With biomedical advances and continued new antiretroviral therapy (ART), people living with HIV can stay healthy into old age. I never thought...reactions4comments
Minutes with Jah: Awareness of HIV Criminalization...HIV is Not a Crime Day Awareness Day is recognized every year on February 28th. First observed by the Sero Project alongside...reactions2comments
Dissecting the HIV Rate in the Black Community...There are 12 months in the year, but we have 16 HIV awareness days throughout the year. That is a lot of...reactions1comment
National HIV/AIDS Awareness Days in the United States...Awareness days recognize different populations within the HIV/AIDS community. These days highlight the unique impact on each community. They provide educational opportunities...
Minutes with Jah: HIV is Not a Crime...HIV criminalization laws have kept people living with HIV in the margins, even when the research continues to prove that these laws...reactions1comment
My Advocacy Journey and the Criminalization of HIV...Living with HIV brings many concerns. Daily headlines detail issues we must advocate for or mobilize around. HIV culture and history hold...reactions2comments
The Stigmas I Face: HIV, Mental Health, and Migraine...There is stigma to the left. There is stigma to the right. Sadly, there is stigma everywhere. As a person who has...reactions3comments
Stigma Surrounding HIV...Since the first cases of HIV and AIDS were reported in the population, significant hiv stigma was attached to them. Although this...
