School Daze
If your family is anything like ours, you understand and have survived the back-to-school daze. Purchasing new backpacks, paper, pencils, composition books, notebooks, calculators, plus the unique items on each child’s “required” list—which often takes multiple shopping trips as stores run low on special supplies. Walking younger children to the bus stop to be sure […]
South Africa’s Youth Dying from TB and HIV
Just this week we learned that Tuberculosis (TB) was the leading cause of death among South African youth in 2013. Released on Monday, The Morbidity and Mortality Patterns Among the Youth of South Africa Report found that natural causes account for 70% of youth mortality, with TB and HIV topping the list of communicable diseases […]
Do You Know Your HIV Status?
One in eight people in the United States who have HIV don’t know it. That means they aren’t getting the medical care they need to stay healthy and avoid passing HIV to others. An estimated 1.2 million people in the United States are living with HIV, and that number grows by almost 50,000 every year. […]
