20 million new STD infections each year
theGRIO REPORT - A new report shows that nearly 20 million new sexually transmitted infections occur annually...
Is your sex life putting you at risk?
theGRIO REPORT - It’s pretty well understood that unprotected vaginal intercourse places the two people involved at a higher risk for spreading HIV, yet so do other common sexual behaviors that you may not have thought about...
Fewer new HIV cases in black women, more in gay men
theGRIO REPORT - The number of black women newly infected with HIV in 2010 is 21 percent lower than it was in 2008...
Herpes, HIV and the hotbed of an epidemic
theGRIO REPORT - The connection between genital herpes and HIV remains understated and overlooked. Unfortunately, it’s an important one...
Young black men at highest risk of HIV/AIDS
theGRIO REPORT- A recent CDC study concludes that young black males have a disproportionately higher risk of HIV and many of them are unaware of their status.
CDC: Breast cancer death rate for black women highest of any group
ATLANTA (AP) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says black women are 40 percent more likely to die of breast cancer than white women are..
A future doctor on Affirmative Action
OPINION - Today, the Supreme Court of the United States will hear arguments in a case that challenges the legal viability of affirmative action. Now more than ever, the United States needs to consciously cultivate a diverse physician workforce...
How Paul Ryan's plan could hurt your health
OPINION - The proposed changes to Medicaid and Medicare by congressman, and Republican Vice Presidential candidate, Paul Ryan will undoubtedly change the landscape of 24/7 emergency care...
Gonorrhea becoming resistant to only treatment left
theGRIO REPORT - The sexually transmitted disease, gonorrhea, colloquially known as “the clap,” may soon have no drugs left to treat the infection...
Study: HIV/AIDS, child molestation linked in black community
theGRIO REPORT - New research raises the question of a link between childhood sexual abuse and a higher risk for HIV/AIDS...
