Health Resources...Living with a chronic health condition can be challenging, frustrating, and tiring. You might feel like your life is on hold. Frequent...
A Second Chance at Life: Finding Strength in My HIV Diagnosis...Right now I'm watching tv, mostly the news. Life is good after a 2025 without insurance due to HR mistakes at work...reactions3comments
Reclaiming My Life After My Diagnosis...Being a woman is already hard enough with the constant reminders in many spaces of how we are not valued as much...reactions2comments
Dee Otalor...Dee Otalor was diagnosed with HIV 22 years ago a mother of two beautiful daughters who are 18 and 28 years old...
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...
Surviving AIDS: From an HIV Diagnosis to a Lifetime of Advocacy...I was diagnosed with HIV in 2009 through a brief phone call that lasted only a few minutes. No one prepared me...reactions1comment
Being in a Serostatus Relationship...It can be so uncomfortable at times. I know that I am holding something in me that wants to kill me, to...reactions3comments
Minutes with Jah: HIV Vaccine Awareness Day...National HIV Vaccine Awareness Day is celebrated every year on May 18th to recognize all people who are working on research towards...reactionscomments
Immunotherapy: The Key to Developing an HIV Vaccine?...Recent advances in HIV research suggest the possibility that in the near future, daily antiretroviral therapy (ART) may no longer be needed...reactions2comments
Can You Donate Blood When You're Undetectable?...I was recently asked: could I donate blood as someone living with HIV? I’m 50, with an undetectable viral load that’s almost...reactionscomments
How the U=U Message Transformed My Life with HIV...Early on in my diagnosis, I did what I ask so many of the patients I work with not to do. I...reactions8comments
Caleb Keely...Caleb Keely is a gay man living openly and fully with HIV, diagnosed in 2022. Rather than let his diagnosis define or...
Who I Had to Forgive When I Learned I Was HIV Positive...What is the most challenging act of forgiveness you have ever had to do? I began to understand what it meant to...reactions3comments
Can You Get HIV From Cosmetic Procedures?...HIV transmission only occurs between people in certain ways. The virus is spread through specific bodily fluids. It cannot be transmitted through...reactions1comment
Ask the Advocate: Coping with an HIV Diagnosis...For people who are newly diagnosed to people who are decades into their journey, learning to manage the feelings that come with...reactions2comments
Attention Decision-Makers: What PLWHIV Want for Young LGBTQIA+ People Today..."Prevention and education are important, but representation and resources are even more important." – Ze (H-I-V.net Community Advocate) According to the CDC...reactions2comments
Talking Treatment: 5 Key Questions for Your HIV Specialist...Ask your HIV specialists the following key questions in order to engage in meaningful discussions related to your HIV well care! When...reactions3comments
A Series of Betrayals...When I was in my final year of high school, I met a guy who claimed he liked me. One day, he...reactions1comment
Heterosexual Straight Men Erased, Invisible and Ignored...We are Kalvin and Eunice Marshall a seroconcordant couple (both diagnosed with HIV in 2007) married for 41 years. We advocate together...reactions1comment
Is Caffeine Good or Bad for People With HIV?...For many people, the day begins with that first cup of coffee or tea. It offers a warm energy boost. But living...reactionscomments
