Globally, around 37.7 million are infected with HIV disease. In the US, 1.2 million people (about half the population of Arkansas) are living with HIV and 13% don’t even know they have HIV and need testing. Due to a lack of awareness, they don’t get treatment on time and infect others. To talk to a […]
HIV is a viral infection that takes away the ability to fight other diseases and makes the body vulnerable to getting any diseases from outside. It can easily be transmitted by encountering an infected person’s blood, semen, and vaginal fluids. Over time, HIV turns into AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Disease Syndrome), and at this stage, the […]
Did you know that by the end of 2019, an estimated 1,189,700 people (about the population of New Hampshire) aged 13 and older had HIV in the United States [CDC (Centers for Disease Control & Prevention) data reports], including an estimated 158,500 (13%) people whose infections had not been diagnosed? The reason behind this is […]
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were an estimated 1,170,298 people living with HIV by the end of 2017. Of these individuals, only 35% had received a diagnosis and knew their status; this means that most people who have contracted HIV do not know they have it. What Is HIV? […]
Statistics show that- An estimate from WHO (World Health Organization) global statistics shows that 37.3 million people (about twice the population of New York) will be living with HIV at the end of 2020. In 2020, 680,000 people (about the population of Wyoming) died because of HIV-related causes, and 1.5 million got diagnosed with HIV. […]
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)/ AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Disease Syndrome) is a sexually transmitted infection that makes your immunity weak by destroying your immune system so that any infection can attack you and have life-threatening consequences or lead to death. Sounds Frightening!!!!!! We know. But you can prevent many opportunistic infections by taking some preventive measures. […]
Infectious diseases are extremely common worldwide. CDC reports (2018) put the official number of visits to physician offices for infectious and parasitic diseases as high as 7.2 million! Annually, 1 out of every 5 people is infected with the flu (influenza virus), in the United States! We are hosts to millions of species […]