Health and Medical Issues

Get the basics about STIs: who gets them, why they are important, and how to protect yourself. Also learn about the most common STIs.

Learn about shingles: where it comes from; signs and symptoms; treatment and prevention; and key points for women, older adults, and people living with HIV.

Learn how smoking and using tobacco affects your HIV, the ways it can hurt your health, and the good news about getting help with quitting.

Learn about common signs and causes of stress, how stress affects women living with HIV, and how to reduce and cope with stress in your life.

Learn about substance use, how it can affect you, how it relates to HIV, how to tell if you have a problem, and what to do.

Learn about syphilis, a treatable sexually transmitted infection that can lead to severe illness if left untreated.

Learn how women living with HIV can benefit from changes that are part of the Affordable Care Act – from better access to care to no-cost preventive tests.

Learn about available treatments for hepatitis C and who should take them – as well as HIV treatment for those also living with hepatitis C.

Learn about methadone and buprenorphine, how they can help you with a heroin or opiate addiction, how they interact with HIV drugs, and more.

Get important information about different forms of TB, TB treatment, TB in people living with HIV, TB in pregnancy, and more.