02/12/2004
Upcoming Events: "Be Positive -- Stay Negative, The HIV Hip Hop Urban City Task Force"
Woo Wee Entertainment and the Web site UrbanHealthProject.com launched a much needed campaign on November 21, 2003 to educate young adults in schools about HIV.

12/12/2003
Urban Health Project and Woo Wee Entertainment Launch HIV Outreach Program in NYC Schools
Woo Wee Entertainment and the Web site UrbanHealthProject.com launched a much needed campaign on November 21 to educate young adults in schools about HIV.

07/6/2003
Rally in Harlem, NY, Urges Community Members to Get Tested for HIV
Not getting tested if you are positive can lead to poor health due to lack of treatment.

05/17/2003
Gay Black Men Unite to Demand Action on HIV/AIDS
Nearly 40 black influential gay men demanded action to prevent the spread of HIV in the black community in a statement released May 16.

05/14/2003
Sexual Health 101: HIV
About 50 percent of new HIV infections are found among African Americans in the United States, yet African Americans represent only 12 percent of the population

04/27/2003
Sexual Health 101: Hepatitis
Hepatitis

04/5/2003
HIV Risk Quiz for Men
Take this important quiz to find out if you are at risk.

03/25/2003
Sexual Health 101
Over the last decade, HIV has reached epidemic proportions in the African American community.

02/1/2003
February 7: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

01/23/2003
Black Health Leaders Ask Bush to End Support for Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Programs
African American health leaders want the Bush Administration to end support immediately for abstinence only sexual health education programs, according to the Advocate online.

12/17/2002
SURVEY SAYS: African Americans Less Likely to Trust Docs
African Americans are less likely to trust physicians, especially the research community, according to a new study conducted by Giselle Corbie-Smith, M.D., and colleagues from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

12/17/2002
Free Health Resource for African American Men and Women
The third edition of the Healthy Living Guide, published by Cothran Publications Inc., is available for free.

12/17/2002
HIV Tops List of Health Concerns Among African Americans
A new report released by the Henry J. Kaiser Foundation examines the knowledge and views African Americans have about AIDS and HIV.

12/17/2002
Rapid HIV Test Wins FDA Approval
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the new rapid HIV test kit, OraQuick, Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced on November 7, 2002.

02/11/2002
New Health Study Focuses on African American Lesbians
The Mautner Project for Lesbians with Cancer will conduct a two-year study focused on African American Lesbian Health.

01/14/2002
Black People with HIV Face Double Stigmatization
A new report about the connections between race, gender and HIV makes recommendations for action to address treatment and prevention inadequacies throughout the world.

02/22/2001
CDC Warns of High Syphilis Rates for Blacks, Latinos and MSM
As syphilis rates decline overall, black men are infected at significantly higher rates than other racial groups, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced February 22. Other groups hit hard include Latinos and men who have sex with men (MSM). A complete report will be published in the CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.