It is 20 years since the death of the legendry Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. Mercury, 45, passed away at his London home Nov. 24, 1991. He had been diagnosed HIV positive several years earlier and died of bronchial pneumonia, brought on by AIDS. Known for his wide vocal range and unparalleled showmanship, the Zanzibar-born Mercury…
One in twenty men in the UK were diagnosed with HIV in 2010. These staggering numbers do not account for men who are unaware of their infection. The Health Protection Agency (HPA) in the United Kingdom reports that people living with HIV in the UK reached 91,500 in total, and 3,000 of those individuals were…
San Diego is missing the most important non-medical component of HIV/AIDS prevention, according to a local housing advocate, and, he says, the result is unnecessary death and illness from the disease. Tom McSorley is director of development at Townspeople, a housing program for the city’s most vulnerable residents – especially for homeless people who are…
NEW YORK – In a ribbon-cutting ceremony led by prominent local politicians and community leaders, The Asian and Pacific Islanders Coalition on HIV/AIDS (APICHA), one of New York’s most progressive community health centers, has opened a transgender clinic. The groundbreaking APICHA Transgender Clinic, made possible by a generous three-year grant from the Paul Rapoport Foundation,…
20th Annual Tree of Life ceremony The 20th Annual Tree of Life ceremony observes the 30th Annual World AIDS Day in support of Mama’s Kitchen, with the help of The Center and Village Hillcrest. Those and other organizations and individuals will commemorate World AIDS Day by “recognizing and remembering those affected by AIDS, as well…
Speaking as the 4 Friends, a collaboration of San Diego’s AIDS Service Organizations, after 30 years of fighting this fight, we should have something to say. Can we say that all who are living with HIV/AIDS has food to eat, medicine to heal, and a place to live? Can we say we have stopped infecting…
A new study shows that young, gay and bisexual black men are most significantly affected by a rise in sexually transmitted diseases, the New York Times reports. A rising concern is the prevalence of syphilis. Rates of the diseases ordinarily fell by 1.6 percent in 2010 for most all demographics and populations – however, for…
The Clean Syringe Exchange Program received its 1.5 millionth dirty needle in 2011, having broken the one million mark in 2010. The program started in 2002 as an attempt to stem increases in infections from HIV/AIDS and hepatitis C. Two discreet mobile units in downtown San Diego and North Park allow drug addicts twice a…
WASHINGTON – During a recent major address on HIV/AIDS at the National Institutes of Health, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton announced that Ellen DeGeneres has been named as a special envoy for global AIDS awareness. In this role, DeGeneres will use her celebrity platform to raise awareness about the global fight against AIDS. In…
Using her superstar prowess, Ellen DeGeneres will raise awareness for the global AIDS epidemic now that the TV funny gal has accepted her more serious post as Special Envoy for Global AIDS Awareness. DeGeneres accepted her new role on Nov. 8 in a major address presented by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. “By lending…
