Magic Johnson endorses new in-home HIV testing kit

Abdul Sada

Earvin 'Magic' Johnson is the new face of OraQuick, the first FDA-approved over the counter HIV testing kit that allows individuals to test in the privacy of their homes...

NAACP develops HIV manual for black churches

Jessica Gresko, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) - As the pastor of a mostly African-American Baptist church near Houston, Timothy W. Sloan has known for years that he needed to talk about HIV and AIDS with his congregation...

Pastor tested for HIV in church pulpit

theGrio

Rev. Anthony Lee, pastor at the Community of Hope church in Washington D.C., is tackling the subject of HIV/AIDS and taking a stand in the pulpit that many pastors might choose to shy away from...

South Africa recalls 500,000 HIV test kits

theGrio

South Africa now needs to recall 500,000 HIV/AIDS test that they ordered from South Korea earlier this year, even though the World Health Organization (WHO) issued notices about the tests at the end of last year...

NFL receiver tweets HIV test results

theGrio

Bills receiver David Clowney has spent five seasons in the National Football League bouncing around teams as a back-up, never making headlines, until last night when he tweeted the results of his HIV test...

US panel backs first rapid, take home HIV test

theGrio

WASHINGTON (AP) - American consumers may soon be able to test themselves for the virus that causes AIDS in the privacy of their own homes...

How you can stop the spread of HIV/AIDS in your community

Hydeia Broadbent

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...

Dentists hope patients will open wide for HIV tests (VIDEO)

Todd Johnson

theGRIO VIDEO - New York dentist Dr. Catrise Austin is taking the initiative to screen her patients for the infection -- right in her dental office...