UCLA CARE Center

12/01/2025

🎥 NEW CARE Cares Episode! 🎥

Living. Thriving. Surviving: A Powerful Conversation About Life With HIV

In this deeply inspiring episode of CARE Cares, we sit down with Malik Henry, advocate, mentor, and community leader, for a transparent and empowering conversation about what it truly means to live, thrive, and survive with HIV. ❤️✨

Malik shares his journey with honesty and strength—breaking stigma, challenging misconceptions, and reminding us that HIV does not define a person’s future, purpose, or possibility. His story is one of resilience, faith, and the power of community support.

Whether you’re living with HIV, supporting someone who is, or simply striving to understand more, this episode offers hope, insight, and real tools for living well.

👉🏾 Watch the full conversation and join us in uplifting voices that inspire healing and change.

12/01/2025

AIDS is NOT over!

➡️Over 40M people are living with HIV globally​

➡️10M people are waiting for HIV treatment​

➡️1.3M people acquired HIV in 2024​

This can and must change!​

This World AIDS Day, leaders must reaffirm their commitment to end AIDS and support countries and communities through this difficult and challenging times.

12/01/2025

Communities are the driving force of the HIV response. People living with HIV and those most affected, including key populations bring the insight, courage, and innovation needed to overcome today’s challenges.

When these communities join forces with health workers, policymakers, and partners, new pathways to success emerge, built on trust, equity and shared purpose.

12/01/2025

Globally, ending HIV means addressing the inequalities that drive the epidemic. Children and adolescent girls and young women face heightened vulnerabilities, particularly across the Africa region. And key populations including men who have s*x with men, trans and gender diverse people, people who use drugs, s*x workers and people in prisons in all regions face increased HIV risk.

Protecting rights and ensuring access to services for everyone is essential to stopping new infections and achieving health equity.

12/01/2025

Have you heard about Lenacapavir or LEN, a new drug the World Health Organization recommends to protect people at risk of HIV?

Have you heard about Lenacapavir or LEN, a new drug WHO recommends to protect people at risk of HIV? For some people, taking daily pills is not easy. But Len...

11/24/2025

🎥 NEW CARE Cares Episode! 🎥

Let’s Talk: How Parents Can Confidently Discuss Sexual Health with Their Children

Having open, honest conversations about s*xual health can feel overwhelming for many parents — but it doesn’t have to be. In this special episode of CARE Cares, we’re joined by the brilliant Kiana Shaw, parent advocate, author, and founder of LeadHERship Academy, who shares practical tools and real-world strategies to help parents guide their children with confidence, clarity, and compassion. 💬❤️

From breaking generational silence to creating safe spaces for questions, this conversation empowers parents to nurture trust and promote healthy decision-making for their children and teens.

👉🏾 Watch the full episode and learn simple, age-appropriate ways to start the conversation today.

Let’s build stronger families, healthier communities, and informed young people — together.

11/18/2025

🎥 NEW VIDEO DROP! 🎥

"CARE Cares: Conversations about s*xual health, wellness, and research" hosted by Dr. Dontá Morrison.

Ep. 1 - Clinical Trials: The Basics ft. Kevin Pizarro.

This short video breaks down the steps of the clinical trial process and highlights how marginalized communities play a vital role in shaping better health outcomes for everyone.

When we show up, our voices help ensure research is fair, inclusive, and reflective of our real experiences.

Watch, learn, and share — because health equity starts with awareness and participation!

11/04/2025

A DO**HE to prevent HIV?!?! Tell me more!!!

🧚🏽‍♀️ Our Do**he Fairy has all the tea, all the facts, and all the info you need!

The HPTN 106 study is exploring whether an investigational on-demand re**al do**he can help prevent HIV — and how it stacks up against oral PrEP.

Ready to learn more (or maybe even participate)?

📞 Call us at 310-843-2015
📱 Text us at 310-780-5154

Let’s talk about the future of HIV prevention — one clean swipe at a time. 😉

11/01/2025

A more severe strain of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, has quietly appeared in California, and for the first time, the infections weren’t brought here by travelers.

For the nation’s LGBTQ+ communities, the news is unsettling not only because of what it says about the virus, but also because of what it reveals about a public health system in crisis.

Unlike the version of the virus that spread around the world in 2022, this one has had more severe outcomes.

10/29/2025

Friends Don’t Let Friends Skip Testing.
If you can talk about relationships, you can talk about s*xual health.

Encourage your circle to get tested for HIV and STDs — it’s simple, confidential, and lifesaving.

Let’s take care of ourselves and each other. ❤️

10/27/2025

🌟 Protect Yourself with Doxy PEP! 🌟

Did you know there’s a new way to prevent certain s*xually transmitted infections (STIs) before they start?

Doxy PEP (Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis) is a medication that can help reduce your risk of chlamydia, gonorrhea, and syphilis when taken within 72 hours after unprotected s*x.

👉 It’s simple:

Take 200 mg of doxycycline as soon as possible (and no later than 72 hours after s*x).

It works best when used in addition to regular HIV prevention tools like PrEP or condoms.

This option is especially recommended for gay, bis*xual, and other men who have s*x with men, and transgender women who are at higher risk for bacterial STIs.

💬 Contact us to see if Doxy PEP is right for you!

Let’s keep the conversation going — protection is prevention. 💙



https://www.cdc.gov/sti/prevention/doxy-pep.html