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Nearly 2% of the U.S. prison population has HIV, compared with 0.3% (or 1 million) of the total American population. But this is also a global problem: prisons in Brazil and Argentina have HIV infection rates over 4% — with some as high as 20% — and Eastern European countries such as Russia and Estonia report rates of 5%, according to the World Health Organization.
Stay tuned for more on World AIDS Day on Healthland coming up.
A new study found that the single biggest influence on kids’ physical activity levels was the exercise habits of their six closest friends.
How to eat your fill of summer fruits and vegetables without getting sick from a food-borne illness.
Tuberculosis has been brought under control in much of the world, thanks to prevention practices and powerful antibiotics. But in poor nations like Peru, the disease still kills hundreds of babies and children — and new drug-resistant cases threaten an even bigger resurgence.
