Big Bend Cares
Who We Are
Big Bend Cares Staff
Big Bend Cares Board of Directors
Contact Us
Join Our E-News List!
The South's Silent Epidemic
CBS News, Saturday, August 16, 2008 — If you travel beyond Charlotte's picturesque landscape to its African-American neighborhoods, you'll find a silent epidemic — HIV and AIDS spreading at alarming rates. At the Metrolina AIDS Project, where seven out of 10 clients are black, it's all hands on deck to prevent the crisis from getting worse, reports CBS News correspondent Randall Pinkston. African-Americans make up 22 percent of North Carolina's population but are 68 percent of reported AIDS cases. Those numbers are virtually reversed for whites, who make up 74 percent of the state population, but account for only 22 percent of reported AIDS cases. …
Learn More in News >>
Report: Crack users with HIV engage in unprotected sex
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Tuesday, August 12, 2008 — A study that interviewed HIV-infected crack users at Grady Memorial Hospital highlighted the risky behavior and lack of care among this population. Researchers interviewed 190 HIV-infected crack-using patients at Grady and Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami over 14 months. …
Learn More in News >>
Among gays, young partiers spread HIV: study
Yahoo! News, Thursday, August 7, 2008 — Younger men who binge drink and abuse drugs are the gays and bisexuals most likely to transmit HIV to others, and prevention programs should be developed to target them, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. The study, presented at an international AIDS meeting in Mexico City, also helps explain why the AIDS epidemic is starting to grow again among U.S. homosexuals. …
Learn More in News >>
AIDS Infection Rate in U.S. Higher Than Previously Estimated
Charlotte Observer, Saturday, August 2, 2008 — Updated federal estimates of the annual number of new HIV infections in the United States, released today, reveal that while the AIDS epidemic here is worse than previously thought, prevention efforts appear to be having some effect. Even though the number of Americans living with HIV has risen by more than a quarter million people since 1998 — largely the result of life-extending antiretroviral drugs — the number of new cases each year has declined slightly over that period. That suggests that a person's likelihood of transmitting the virus to someone else is substantially lower now than it was a decade ago. …
Learn More in News >>
Getting the HIV message to teens
Worcester Telegram & Gazette, Sunday, July 27, 2008 — Startling statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: One out of four new cases of HIV transmission is a teenager, and every hour two teens are infected. "And these figures are based on reported cases which number about 10,000 a year, but does not include the numbers of teens who are never tested," said John Chittick of the Teen AIDS-Peer Corps, based in Fitchburg. Although teen pregnancy rates are decreasing, sexually transmitted diseases are increasing in that population, according to Mr. Chittick. …
Learn More in News >>
|
JOIN US SEPTEMBER 4 AT THE COMEDY ZONE for an evening of laughter and entertainment benefiting Big Bend Cares! The evening features renowned comic L.A. Hardy! Tickets must be purchased by August 25 and are just $10. Purchase tickets from Melissa Walton at 850-656-2437, extension 225, mwalton@bigbendcares.org, or purchase online using PayPal.
»Visit the Web site for more!
BIG BEND CARES LOVES ITS VOLUNTEERS! We have tons of opportunities this fall for volunteers to roll up their sleeves and help out in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
»Visit the Web site for details!
KNOWING IS BETTER, SO BE POSITIVE YOU ARE NEGATIVE! Big Bend Cares offers free, walk-in HIV testing during regular business hours (weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time). No appointment is necessary. Big Bend Cares uses oral swab HIV tests — no needles required! For more information, please call 850-656-2437, or come by our offices at 2201 South Monroe Street. Now it's easier than ever to B+UR-.
|
