In 1989 UPI reports that Princess Diana hugged and stroked children suffering from AIDS in a visit to a Harlem hospital today and questioned a doctor about the deadly disease. Continue Reading →
Category Archives: AIDS/HIV
Senator Hoylman Calls For Universal PrEP And PEP Access On World Aids Day
On World AIDS Day, State Senator Brad Hoylman called for providing all New Yorkers with access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) medications to prevent HIV infection. Continue Reading →
Harlem Fave Richard Brodsky Talks Living With AIDS And More On The Danny Tisdale Show
Listen to Harlem fave legend Richard Brodsky, talk surviving AIDS, Cancer, his great wife and more during World AIDS Day with host Danny Tisdale, on The Danny Tisdale Show. Continue Reading →
The Simply Fabulous Sheryl Lee Ralph’s 29th DIVAS! Simply Singing On World AIDS Day Fundraiser
DIVAS Simply Singing!, the longest consecutive running musical AIDS benefit in the United States, hosts its 29th annual fundraiser for The D.I.V.A. Foundation. Continue Reading →
Harlemite Lionel McMurren, Educator, AIDS Activist And History Maker, 1925-2012
Lionel McMurren was born in Harlem
, New York, on October 21, 1925. At the age of two, his mother died and he was raised by two aunts in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and also by a great aunt in New York. Continue Reading →
Harlem Congressman Adriano Espaillat Marks World AIDS Day 2018
Today, Representative Adriano Espaillat issued the following statement to recognize December 1st as World AIDS Day and to address the global HIV/AIDS epidemic. Continue Reading →