National HIV/AIDS Awareness Days play a pivotal role in breaking down the stigma associated with HIV, fostering crucial conversations and actions aimed at ending the epidemic through targeted outreach and education across diverse communities.
Forty years after the discovery of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), scientists are yet to find a cure for the infection. But proponents of herbal medicine regularly tout various natural remedies to permanently get rid of the disease. Among the unfounded claims, social media posts circulating in Nigeria have alleged that neem leaves cooked in alkaline water can wade off HIV in human cells. However, while experts are studying the benefits of neem trees in the treatment of HIV patients, it i
Hydeia Broadbent, who was born with HIV and developed AIDS at 5, has died. She raised awareness about the virus and disease when she appeared with Magic Johnson on a Nickelodeon show in 1992.
Robin L Marshall/Getty ImagesHydeia Broadbent, who was born with HIV and became a prominent campaigner fighting against the stigma and ignorance surrounding the virus and AIDS, died on Tuesday, her family said. She was 39.“With great sadness, I must inform you all that our beloved friend, mentor and daughter Hydeia, passed away today after living with [AIDS] since birth,” her adoptive father, Loren Broadbent, announced in a Facebook post. No cause of death was given, but he later said she had “u