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Yes! Women with HIV can have babies, and men with HIV can get women pregnant. The biggest challenge is preventing a pregnant mom from passing HIV to her baby. Fortunately, modern anti-retroviral drugs can substantially […]
Meet Josh. 😀 Josh is a clinical research coordinator at MetroHealth and one of the awesome people you’ll get to meet when you start HIV care.❤ Let’s take a peek inside his office! Positive Peers […]
Happy Holidays! Watch out, Jen! Positive Peers is made possible through a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration, HIV/AIDS Bureau Special Projects of National Significance (SPNS) Grant to The […]
If you think you were exposed to HIV, try really hard to relax and focus on what to do next. It’s natural to worry, of course, but try to focus on facts instead of fears. […]
Every day, young men find themselves wanting another man and young women find themselves wanting another woman. After it’s happened to you a few times, you start wondering: Am I gay or straight? The good […]
A condom isn’t complicated. You just unroll one over the penis before sex and take it back off when you’re done, right? OK, there’s more to it than that. There’s a little bit of technique […]
Did you know that 1.2 million Americans over the age of 12 have HIV, and more than 50,000 are diagnosed HIV positive every year? And how about this fact: About 156,000 people in the U.S. […]
Jen gets her flu shot! 💉 Did you know an annual flu shot is recommended for people who are living with HIV? 🤔 It will help protect you from that big, bad bug that’s trying […]
If you have HIV, your life depends on taking the right anti-retroviral drugs. So it’s only natural to wonder: Can HIV meds stop working? The answer is sometimes—but it’s not something to panic about or […]
If you think you might be at risk of becoming infected with HIV — but you’re not infected already — you really need to know about PrEP. PrEP is the once-daily use of the medicine […]