Federal agency to hold HIV/AIDS town hall in Seattle
Seattle Times - Wed Dec 9, 3:10 am ETTop federal officials in charge of drafting a comprehensive national strategy for combating HIV/AIDS will be in Seattle Wednesday for a community town hall.
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Red ribbons support battle against HIV/AIDS
The Paris News - Thu Dec 3, 4:43 pm ETToday is World Aids Day. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that approximately 1.1 to 1.2 million people in the United States are living with HIV or aids and a quarter of that population are not aware they have it.
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HIV, AIDS Rising Fastest Among Black Women
CBS 2 Chicago - Tue Dec 8, 6:18 pm ETAccording to public health officials, some 3,500 African-American women in Chicago are living with HIV and AIDS, but of even greater concern is the rate of new infections. But CBS 2's Derrick Blakley found some African-American women who are infected are beginning to speak out, to battle the myths and misconceptions that keep so many vulnerable.
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Research and Markets: HIV/AIDS Testing - World Review
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Wed Dec 9, 4:37 am ETDUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "HIV/AIDS Testing - World Review" report to their offering.
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HIV, AIDS Rising Fastest Among Chicago Black Women
CBS 3 Philadelphia - Tue Dec 8, 7:25 pm ETAccording to public health officials, some 3,500 African-American women in Chicago are living with HIV and AIDS, but of even greater concern is the rate of new infections. CBS station WBBM-TV found some African-American women who are infected are beginning to speak out, to battle the myths and misconceptions that keep so many vulnerable.
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UCSD Awarded Grant For Meth-HIV/AIDS Study
KGTV San Diego - Tue Dec 8, 6:06 pm ETThe University of California, San Diego's School of Medicine was awarded a $17 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to study the link between methamphetamine use and HIV/AIDS, it was announced Tuesday.
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UCSD Med School gets grant to study meth-HIV/AIDS link
Rancho Santa Fe Record - Tue Dec 8, 6:26 pm ETUC San Diego's School of Medicine was awarded a $17 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to study the link between methamphetamine use and HIV/AIDS, it was announced Tuesday. The grant will be used to establish the Translational Methamphetamine AIDS Research Center, according to the university. The funding $3.6 million annually for five years will enable researchers to study ...
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AHF Commends Medicare Move to Cover HIV Tests; Urges Medicaid to Quickly Follow Suit
Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Tue Dec 8, 7:56 pm ETLOS ANGELES----AIDS Healthcare Foundation , the largest global AIDS organization, today lauded the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid , for its decision earlier today to cover HIV testing for Medicare beneficiaries who may be at increased risk for HIV exposure as well as women who are pregnant, and beneficiaries of any age that request to be tested.
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Youth Leaders Advise White House on HIV/AIDS
The White House - Tue Dec 8, 5:31 pm ETOn Friday, December 4th, the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) held a Youth and HIV/AIDS Meeting at the White House campus. Over 35 young people flew to Washington, DC to participate in our meeting. The meeting attendees were young people from all regions of the country and of diverse sexual orientation and gender identities. HIV positive youth were also well represented in the group. The ...
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“Red Lounge” tributes HIV/AIDS victims
The Temple News - Tue Dec 8, 2:01 am ETMain Campus kicked off World AIDS Week and observed World AIDS Day – which raise awareness and celebrate achievements in the fight against HIV/AIDS – with the fourth-annual Red Lounge in the Student Center Underground Dec. 1. Black and red tablecloths covered tables in the middle of the room, and a buffet table by the [...]
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HIV/AIDS ignorance is an epidemic in itself
The Temple News - Mon Dec 7, 8:31 pm ETThe misconception that gays contract HIV/AIDS more often than heterosexuals still exists in today’s society, regardless of published statistics and research that clearly state that this is not the case.
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South Africa to treat all HIV-positive babies, president announces on World AIDS Day
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Mon Dec 7, 3:37 pm ETPRETORIA, South Africa - South Africa announced ambitious new plans Tuesday for earlier and expanded treatment for HIV-positive babies and pregnant women, a change that could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the nation hardest hit by the virus that causes AIDS.
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HIV/AIDS doesn’t rule victim’s life
The Wahpeton Daily News - 2 hours 54 minutes agoA Fargo native got candid with North Dakota State College of Science students and faculty Tuesday while relaying his daily life living and not suffering from HIV.
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World Aids Day Event at Southampton Hospital
The Sag Harbor Express - Fri Dec 4, 10:44 am ETWhen HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), the virus which causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome), was first discovered in the early 1980s, it was a death sentence. Nearly 30 years later, new medications are helping people with HIV or AIDS in this country live comparatively longer. “The HIV infection has become more of a chronic [...]
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Fort Bend HIV/AIDS Coalition commemorates World AIDS Day with candlelight vigils
Fort Bend Sun - Tue Dec 8, 1:52 pm ETA number of people braved stormy weather conditions to commemorate World AIDS Day and to light candles in memory of lives lost to AIDS at the 2nd Annual Candlelight Vigil.
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Hundreds Participate In HIV/AIDS Walk
WFMY News 2 Greensboro - Mon Dec 7, 12:16 am ETMore than 1,700 walkers showed up in support of people living with HIV and AIDS in Guilford County.
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Some 3,500 Black Women In Chicago Have HIV/AIDS
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AIDS protest in China ends in tears
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Uganda memory books tell of stark AIDS truths
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AIDS still an acute epidemic in America's capital
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Kenya: Meeting Muslim leaders halfway on HIV education (AEGiS.org)
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CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update 12/08/2009 (AEGiS.org)
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Uganda debates death penalty for gays in proposed law; activists say bill promotes hatred (AEGiS.org)
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Michel Sidibe calls for prevention revolution in opening address at UNAIDS' governing body meeting (AEGiS.org)
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Uganda considers HIV death penalty (AEGiS.org)
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