Every December 1, many people worldwide come together to spread awareness about AIDS, which is short for Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome and is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). AIDS causes a weak immune system and is a pandemic disease. World AIDS Day is observed annually to support the people living with the disease […]
Perry Farrell, the lead singer of Jane’s Addiction, told a story recently about how the mother of an ex-girlfriend accused him of being infected with AIDS. On Twitter May 20, 2019, Brian Bernard @omaha_stylee_ tweeted to Farrell: “I was there the evening of the “riot” at the Tower Theater in Philadelphia. The band never took […]
On March 27, 2019, an HIV positive woman from Atlanta, Georgia became the world first living kidney donor when her kidney was transplanted into another individual inflicted with HIV. A statement from Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore who performed the surgery said in a statement both patients are doing well after the surgery, and the […]
