Black AIDS Day in Columbia highlights importance of testing

7 February 2012, 3:05 pm

COLUMBIA — A few years ago, the sweat trickled down Marcus Mayes’ forehead as he waited for the results of his first HIV test. “It’s a nerve-racking thing,” he said. Like going to the dentist, “crossing your fingers and hoping you don’t have a cavity.” Mayes, the coordinator of the Mizzou Black Men’s Initiative, was back home in Tulsa, Okla., at a free screening center to gain “the power of ...... Read More »

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