There are 11 article(s) tagged HIV:

• July 2026

  • St. Jude researching HIV treatment for people 16 and up

    Researchers at St. Jude are partnering with dozens of medical partners globally to answer a question — how do certain HIV treatments work with 16- and 17-year-olds versus adults?

    By Steve Bohnel July 14, 2026

• June 2025

  • Calkins: Hope House is a Memphis success story. Why are its leaders so worried now?

    When you hear about the country’s “social safety net,” this is it: Hope House. Multiplied by thousands of small, committed organizations in cities across America. Federal funding cuts have Hope House’s leaders worried about Memphis.

    By Geoff Calkins June 11, 2025

• May 2025

  • Opinion: On STD rates, we need to start having ‘uncomfortable conversations’

    “If middle school students are having unprotected sex and contracting sexually transmitted infections, do we really think they are going to log onto a website and order a test?”

    By Erica May May 07, 2025

• July 2024

  • Stigma, limited sex ed contribute to teen HIV uptick in Shelby County

    Chris Sinnock, a social worker at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, cites bias against condoms and dating apps as two of the elements contributing to the spread of HIV.

    By Aisling Mäki July 29, 2024

  • Guest Column: People living with HIV are not dangerous criminals

    Opinion: Politicians must become knowledgeable about the medical and scientific advancements regarding the transmission and treatment of HIV, especially when they are advocating for the use of criminal laws.

    By Robin Lennon-Dearing July 05, 2024

• June 2024

  • Guest Column: Use PrEP to combat HIV among people in Shelby County

    “By implementing a scientifically informed HIV prevention strategy and using tools that are known to be effective to prevent HIV, we can End the Epidemic among our young people.”

    By Courtney Peasant Bonner June 17, 2024

• February 2022

  • Guest column: What if we lived believing God loved us?

    Scott Morris: “What if more of us could truly believe God loves us in the peace-giving way of my patient all those years ago? How would we approach the complexity of an ongoing pandemic and other dangers life gives us?”

    By G. Scott Morris February 06, 2022

• July 2021

  • Opinion: HIV is a public health issue and not a criminal one

    People living with HIV are being arrested and prosecuted for HIV non-disclosure when HIV transmission did not occur or was extremely unlikely to occur.

    By Robin Lennon-Dearing July 08, 2021

• February 2021

  • The Haven will provide comfort, resources for those with HIV/AIDS

    Friends for Life opened The Haven, its larger HIV/AIDS outreach and support center, near the University of Memphis Sunday, Feb. 7, on National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. 

    By Daja E. Henry February 08, 2021

• January 2020

  • Ending the HIV epidemic: Are we doing all we can?

    We can prevent HIV, or we can prosecute it, but we cannot do both.

    By Robin Lennon-Dearing January 13, 2020

• September 2019

  • Memphian determined to give voice to black women living with HIV

    Three years after her diagnosis, LáDeia Joyce is in a pharmaceutical ad campaign and on the public speaking circuit. 

    By Jane Roberts September 04, 2019