Slideshow: 12 urban myths that increase your chances of catching an STD
SLIDESHOW - Sometimes the stakes are too high to let these instances of misinformation go unchecked. Now is one of those times...
TheGrio's 100: Hydeia Broadbent, putting a face on the future of AIDS
TheGrio's 100 - "I am the future and I have AIDS." These words, spoken by a 12-year-old Broadbent at the 1996 GOP convention, propelled changing perceptions of the disease...
How you can stop the spread of HIV/AIDS in your community
OPINION - We, as Americans, have become very complacent; since we don't see people walking around looking like death we have chosen to turn a blind eye to HIV...
Int'l group wants Haitian deportations of sick to stop
MIAMI (AP) - Deporting sick Haitians could jeopardize their lives because of the unsanitary conditions in the Haitian jails where they would be detained after arriving...
Officials test for, but doubt, polio in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Health officials are looking into the cases of four people who became paralyzed in northwestern Haiti while recovering from cholera...
Haiti cholera expected to claim more lives
GENEVA (AP) - More than 170,000 people have been infected since the epidemic began in October...
Cholera continues to plague victims of Haiti quake
theGRIO REPORT - Health officials estimate that by the time the disease is completely eradicated, more than 400,000 patients will be affected...
Voodoo killings reportedly rise in Haiti epidemic
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - At least 45 people have been killed across Haiti due to accusations they are using "black magic" to spread cholera, the director of a Voodoo association said Friday...
Will HIV 'cure' reach the people who need it most?
OPINION - The costs of these drugs and treatments tend to be prohibitive, making them inaccessible to most...
Haiti cholera likely from UN troops, expert says
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - Epidemiologist Renaud Piarroux concluded that the cholera originated in a tributary of Haiti's Artibonite river, next to a U.N. base outside the town of Mirebalais...
