“Infection” is a dirty word
HIV is hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons. Just a few months ago, HIV was in the news because the end of the more than 40-year pandemic was in sight. There is still no vaccine or cure for
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A giant falls
How the US is destroying its legacy of leadership Once upon a time, America was great. It led the world in global health interventions, economy, trade, philanthropy, technology, space exploration and just about anything you can think of. Many also
What will you do when it comes for you?
Let’s talk about stigma – you know, that nasty human tendency to shame groups of people as outcasts because it makes you feel better than “them” and somehow protected from “them”. Stigma remains a defining feature of how we have
A tale of two viruses
About 30 years ago, when the first stories about HIV and AIDS emerged, I was a health reporter on the Sunday Tribune in Durban, the main city of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This province initially seemed to be hardest hit as