Why STI testing is more important than most people realize
Sexually transmitted infections are among the most common health conditions affecting adults between 18 and 49, yet they remain widely misunderstood and undertested. The central reason is straightforward. A large share of STIs produce no noticeable symptoms, which means people carry and transmit infections without ever knowing they are infected. That gap between actual infection […]
Why HIV’s quiet crisis among Black and Latina women persists
When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention first documented AIDS in 1981, women accounted for 8% of diagnoses. By 2001 that figure had climbed to 30%, and today women represent roughly 22% of people living with HIV in the United States. Globally, women account for more than half of all individuals living with the […]