Joint Symposium on HIV Research in Women

The number of people with sexually transmitted diseases is on the rise in the U.S. Alabama ranks sixth in the nation. The biggest increase is syphilis. That’s a disease the medical community thought was almost eliminated twenty years ago. New data from Alabama Public Health shows the syphilis rates have more than doubled across the state since 2020. Here’s more on the trend and what residents can do about it. And a note to our readers, this story contains content of an adult nature.

The Office on Women’s Health (OWH) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is leading National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Sunday, March 10, as part of a national effort to end to HIV epidemic by 2030.

Birmingham restaurants will take part in an event to help raise funds and awareness for HIV and AIDS services. The Magic City’s fourteenth annual Dining Out For Life is happening tomorrow.

A gathering in Birmingham is looking for more answers on how the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, impacts women.The University of Alabama at…