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Breastfeeding is considered the healthiest infant-feeding option for most humans. Read more about benefits and challenges of breast/chestfeeding while living with HIV.

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Get information on cancers that are more common among people living with HIV: Kaposi sarcoma, lymphoma, and cervical, liver, anal, and lung cancers.

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Cannabis has medicinal properties that can benefit people living with HIV, but its legality varies by location. Learn more about laws governing medical and adult-use cannabis in the US.

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Cannabis has many health benefits, including for people living with HIV. Learn about types of cannabis, its medicinal uses and HIV drug interactions, and ways it can be consumed.

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Get basic information on HIV in children: HIV care and treatment, preventing illness, drug adherence, disclosure of HIV status, and more.

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Learn how to recognize and deal with some of the most common gut problems for people living with HIV – diarrhea, nausea, gas, and heartburn.

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Learn about your liver's functions, symptoms and tests for liver inflammation, which HIV drugs affect the liver, and how to keep your liver healthy.

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Learn more about chlamydia, one of the most common – and treatable – sexually transmitted infections.

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People who inject drugs are highly vulnerable to acquiring HIV and hepatitis. Learn how to reduce your risk, including how to clean drug equipment if you cannot get new sterile syringes.

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Black women living with HIV have been innovators and changemakers in the HIV community since the earliest days of the pandemic. Browse this list of organizations founded and led by Black women living with HIV.

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