An estimated 1.3 million individuals worldwide acquired HIV in 2022, which marks a 38% decline in new HIV infections since 2010. While increased PrEP offerings and abundant testing opportunities have ...
In New York state prisons today, 12 percent of female prisoners and nearly 6 percent of male prisoners are known to be HIV-positive, according to the Department of Correctional Services. That’s ...
A Queensland Health communique has revealed hundreds of former prisoners were potentially exposed to HIV and hepatitis C after an inmate shared injecting equipment in prison.
The opinions expressed are those of the authors and not necessarily of the National Institute on Drug Abuse or the NIH. One in seven people with HIV passed through a correctional facility in 2006.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — An Ohio woman who served prison time for allegedly failing to disclose her HIV status to her ex-fiancé is sharing her story as part of an effort calling for the modernization ...
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When people living with HIV walk out of prison, they leave with up to a month's worth of HIV medication in their pockets. What they don't necessarily leave with is access to health care or the ...
There are currently 173 HIV-positive inmates among a total prison population of 2,202 across 15 correctional facilities ...