Health

The NAACP introduces an AIDS Manual for churches; which addresses the disease and its disproportionate effect on the black community. This month the NAACP released the 61-page activity manual at the group’s convention in Texas. Religious leaders who helped with the manual said black churches have been reluctant to talk about the disease. That’s in […]

Health

Someone in the United States contracts the AIDS virus every 10 minutes! Nearly half of the 1 million people in the United States infected with HIV are black men, women and children; even though blacks make up just 12.6 percent of the population. Tuesday, July 10, PBS’s Frontline takes viewers on a two-hour exploration with […]

A couple of weeks ago I posted about June 27th’s National HIV Testing Day and to keep our readers up to speed, that day is today. I encourage each and every one of the readers of Hello Beautiful to take advantage of this day by going out and getting tested. Not only should you get […]