U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Posted May 19, 1:00 p.m. ET

This recently updated fact sheet from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provides a quick rundown of the latest HIV infection numbers and prevention challenges impacting new moms and moms-to-be.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Posted May 19, 1:00 p.m. ET

A proposed law in North Carolina would bar people under 18 from receiving medical and mental health services without written, notarized parental consent. If it passes, it could have a devastating effect on HIV prevention and treatment for youths.

Terri Wilder, TheBody.com; Posted May 17, 8:18 p.m. ET

In this installment of our decade-by-decade glimpse of how the HIV pandemic has impacted -- and been impacted by -- women, we take a tour of the tumult and tremendous change of the 1990s.

Erin Gingrich, TheBody.com; Posted May 17, 7:19 p.m. ET

After 21 days in a drug addiction treatment facility, Erin Gingrich received the news that her HIV test had come back positive. At that time, she thought it was a death sentence -- but, she now realizes, it was the beginning of a new life.

Whether or not you have heard of the treatment cascade, if you are living with HIV, then you are represented on it. The treatment cascade is a powerful visual reminder of the state of the HIV epidemic in the U.S. in terms of how many people have a fully suppressed viral load -- and how many people are at each stage of getting toward that health goal.

The treatment cascade relays to the viewer the idea that everyone's HIV diagnosis is the beginning of a journey. With this Treatment Cascade Spotlight Series, TheBody.com has set out to mix the medical statistics that comprise the cascade with personal stories from our community about each of the unique steps of this journey.

Erika Nelson, TheBody.com; Posted May 17, 6:19 p.m. ET

"I'm doing damn good," says Ed Viera, Jr. "I exercise, I eat right, I sleep, I don't smoke, I don't drink, and I don't do drugs." He's been HIV positive for more than 25 years, and he declares he's "never going to stop living."

Bob Leahy, TheBody.com; Posted May 17, 5:07 p.m. ET

"Most of my once fervently held objections to treatment as prevention, in 2013, make much less sense than they once did. ... The realist in me tells me that when it comes to HIV prevention, the status quo isn't working."

Candace Y.A. Montague, Black AIDS Institute; Posted May 17, 1:05 p.m. ET

In this first interview in a series by Black AIDS Institute spotlighting African Americans helping to implement the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the director of external affairs in the U.S. Department of Health explains his favorite parts of the ACA, and why the ACA matters for black men.

Richard Jefferys, Treatment Action Group; Posted May 17, 1:01 p.m. ET

Speaking of reservoirs: HDAC inhibitors are just one of several approaches researchers are investigating as they try to pry open a door to the areas of the body that HIV meds currently can't reach. Read more in this technical article from Treatment Action Group.

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TheBody.com; Posted May 16, 5:03 p.m. ET

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Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D., TheBodyPRO.com; Posted May 16, 3:00 p.m. ET

"The face of care for people living with HIV has changed from those dark days [of the early 1990s]," Ben Young, M.D., Ph.D., writes. "The lessons that need to be learned about HIV/AIDS care have also drifted ... [and] the tools we use to learn are different, too."

Evelyn Kappeler, AIDS.gov; Posted May 16, 1:09 p.m. ET

A recent report on HIV among U.S. youth "is a vivid and compelling reminder ... [that] too many young people become infected and too few are tested for HIV," Evelyn Kappeler of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services asserts.

David Fawcett, Ph.D., L.C.S.W., TheBodyPRO.com; Posted May 14, 5:01 p.m. ET

"I have been consistently struck by the ability of many long-term survivors to incorporate the virus into their lives so that it is not granted a central role, but rather is an undeniable part of themselves that must be accommodated," observes therapist David Fawcett.