Television personalities Kandi Burruss and Dr. Contessa Metcalfe were among panelists during the event. Celebrity advocates for HIV, clinicians and community leaders facilitated a forum on creating ...

Black gay men are contracting HIV in Atlanta in epidemic proportions, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which stated in 2016 that one in two black men would contract the ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — December marks National HIV/AIDS Awareness Month, bringing focus to prevention efforts in ...

Today is World AIDS Day — but for the first time in decades, the federal government is not recognizing it. The shift comes as HIV research and community-based programs face new funding cuts nationwide ...

As HIV diagnoses go up in metro Atlanta, the number of dollars backing research and treatment for the disease is going down. Clinics in metro Atlanta that have served HIV patients for years are losing ...

In February 2021, three HIV clusters among Hispanic men in metro Atlanta were identified for the first time. By June 2022, two more clusters of HIV were detected, spreading rapidly among Hispanic men ...

Because HIV testing is not available in the places where most people in Atlanta see their doctors, by the time Atlanta residents are diagnosed with the virus, nearly 3 out of 10 already have ...

The latest data from the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has unveiled a reality about HIV infections in Atlanta. Jeff Cheek, the director of HIV Elimination for Fulton County, ...

For years, Georgia has been near the top of states with the highest rates of HIV/AIDS cases. In parts of Atlanta and the metro region, rates are as much as eight times the national average, and ...

ATLANTA — An Atlanta nonprofit received a $60,000 from Health Care Advocates International to support a campaign to address the rate of HIV infection and drug use in the city’s LGBTQ community.

ATLANTA - Fulton County leaders say one in 55 people in metro-Atlanta can contract HIV, but new funding from a federal program may help the county fight the disease better than ever before. Fulton ...