“Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell that solitude is fine.” – Honore de Balzac Scientific researchers are a special breed. They’re like thoroughbred racehorses or Afghan Hounds; exceedingly skilled at what they do, but often completely oblivious… Read More ›
HIV testing
4th Annual City Uprising HIV Outreach Day
Baltimore is celebrating National HIV Testing Day by hosting a massive citywide outreach effort to get people and communities tested and aware of their HIV status. Put on by The JACQUES Initiative through their faith-based outreach program Project SHALEM in… Read More ›
Holding HIV Down
What does it mean to suppress something? Like so much of our language, the word itself comes from Latin: suppressus, from supprimere. It meant to hold down—to push under. The word sounds violent and malicious, like leaning your weight upon… Read More ›
The Routinization of Destigmatization: H.R. 4470 and HIV testing
By Drew Gibson About two weeks ago, a bill was introduced in the US House of Representatives as is common practice in Washington. This bill—H.R. 4470—was introduced by Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA) and has been called the Routine HIV Screening… Read More ›