John Byrne was born in 1981, a few months before the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed a new report about “five young, previously healthy, gay men in Los Angeles” suffering from strange infections that had already killed ...
It was a miracle, sudden and wondrous. But like other medical miracles attributable to the Florida Department of Health, slightly suspect. Only a few weeks ago, Florida was leading the nation in new HIV infections. For instance, last year ...
Scott is a 47-year-old gay man who lives in Miami Beach. He's single, on PrEP and enjoys casual sex with younger gay men. "For years and years and years, I was living in a manner that was pretty much fear-based in what I could ...
TALLAHASSEE - Determined to reduce the spiraling number of new HIV infections in South Florida, the Florida House sent a bill to the governor Wednesday that will create a pilot program in Miami-Dade County to allow drug addicts ...
Florida has the highest number of new HIV infections across the nation, according to data compiled by Florida Health. There were 6,147 people diagnosed with HIV in Florida in 2014. About 15 of the individuals were younger than 13 years old and ...
With more newly diagnosed HIV infections and AIDS cases than any other region in the nation, South Florida is at the epicenter of a public health crisis, researchers and physicians with the University of Miami Health System said Tuesday at the ...
For many sexually active teens, one drop of blood can tell the future. In 10 minutes, a rapid test can tell if a teen has human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, a disease that attacks the immune system and can lead to AIDS. Being HIV ...
A Fort Lauderdale foundation has awarded three grants to researchers who are working toward HIV/AIDS eradication in South Florida. The Campbell Foundation named researchers at the Children’s Diagnostic Treatment Center ...
After an overall decline spanning more than a decade, the rate of new HIV/AIDS cases in Florida rose over the past two years.Last year, the rate of new cases statewide was up 32 percent from 2012, which had the lowest rate since ...
Imagine being told you have only 11 days to live. That’s what Glen Weinzimer’s doctors told him when they diagnosed him with AIDS in 1993. “I was forced to retire and made final arrangements,” he said. “I was in the hospital, and it made ...
