Alachua County Health Department promotes National HIV Testing Day
Today is National HIV testing day and the CDC has launched new efforts to increase the availability of HIV testing. As Florida’s 89.1, WUFT-FM’s Emily Burris reports, better testing is a critical step...
View ArticleIn wake of gay marriage debate, UF student questions FDA blood donation policy
Since the 1980s, the Food and Drug Administration has banned blood donations from gay men because of the risk of HIV/AIDS transmission. University of Florida student James J. Sadler hopes that ban will...
View Article‘Cat HIV’ Research Potential Breakthrough For HIV Vaccine
Recent research from UF and UCSF may eventually lead to a human AIDS vaccine, through the development of a HIV vaccine for cats.
View ArticleBlock party seeks to put violence, disease stats on “Road to Zero”
Road to Zero event seeks to curtail statistics on violence and sexually-transmitted diseases with speakers, pamphlets and free testing.
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HIV Positive Student Advocates Comprehensive Sex Education
Jessica Grobman was born with HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus. But it was not until she learned about HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in middle school that she began to understand...
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RISING ABOVE: Gainesville Woman Empowers Others Living With HIV/AIDS
Marvene Edwards tested positive for HIV in 1987. The 31-year-old mother of four was beaten, raped and shot in the head after walking home alone one night. She lived a life of drug and alcohol abuse for...
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Florida Ranked 47th In Sexual Health, Could Be Due To Educational Lack
Florida ranked 47th in the United States for sexual health by the State by State Safer Sex Index. Melissa St. Onge, communications manager for Planned Parenthood of South, East and North Florida, said...
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