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Today 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.
World AIDS Day comes once a year, but local officials said HIV and AIDS remain a health concern every day. "It is still a real risk and a threat,'' said Debra Marcus, chief executive officer at Planned Parenthood of South Central New York.
Nearly 30 years ago, big cities across the nation were seeing high numbers of a strange "cancer" that mostly infected men who had sex with men, and intravenous drug users. In the nearly three decades since the "cancer" we now know as HIV/AIDS has been in this country and abroad, it has taken the lives and the spirit of many individuals.
SAN ANGELO, Texas —Bishop Michael Pfeifer of the Catholic Diocese of San Angelo will celebrate a special Mass at noon today to commemorate World AIDS Day.Members of the San Angelo AIDS Foundation will attend the service at Cathedral Church of the Sacred Heart, 19 S. Oakes St.Special prayers for healing will be offered for those infected with the human immunodeficiency virus, known as HIV, or ...
Tibotec Therapeutics, a division of Centocor Ortho Biotech Products, L.P., announced today that it is launching a new initiative to raise awareness of issues affecting women and people of color living with HIV/AIDS.
'Circles of Hope' artwork will be auctioned to raise funds for HIV/AIDS awareness and displayed at a free reciption from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Dec. 5 at Appel Farm Arts and Music Center Gallery in Elmer.
The Rutendo HIV/AIDS project was initiated in 2003, by Sisters of the Child Jesus, to provide human and social relief for people infected with HIV/AIDS. The project is located in Mkoba High Density suburb on the West side of Gweru City in the Midlands Province of central Zimbabwe.
By: Morgan Addington-Hodge Half of the people infected with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) each year are women. In light of World AIDS Day on Tuesday, the Women’s Center’s weekly brown bag lunch yesterday was focused on the connections between women and HIV....
( University of British Columbia ) Dr. Julio Montaner, director, British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, and president, International AIDS Society, congratulated Dr. Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health, for taking a leadership role in the evaluation of the "Seek and Treat" strategy originally developed at the BC-CfE.
FLINT,Michigan — When she was diagnosed with HIV-AIDS in 1986, Kathleen Phifer couldn’t find a book that helped her understand what she was going through. Twenty-three years later, she’s written it herself. The former Flint resident, who now lives in Phoenix,...
HARRISBURG, Pa., Nov. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In recognition of World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, Department of Health Secretary Everette James today reminded Pennsylvanians to be tested regularly for HIV – the virus that causes AIDS.
Ventura County residents who have experienced firsthand the devastating effects of HIV and AIDS spoke about their experiences Tuesday evening at an event in Thousand Oaks marking World AIDS Day.A mother whose son died of AIDS and three men living with AIDS shared their stories before a small gathering at the Lundring Events Center at California Lutheran University. Patricia Navarro, 65, of Simi ...
The CHIP Lecture Series continued yesterday at the Ryan Refectory with a presentation on HIV among drug users in Kazakhstan by guest speaker Professor Nabilla El-Bassel of Columbia University. The presentation was an account of El-Bassel's research on the HIV epidemic in central Asia with a focus on starting wellness programs within Kazakhstan.
JONESBORO — More than 50 people opened their mouths and swabbed their gums for an HIV test Tuesday on the Arkansas State University campus as part of World AIDS Day.
World AIDS Day was celebrated Tuesday around the globe, raising awareness about HIV/AIDS through red-ribbon campaigns and lectures at schools, churches and hospitals.
Today on World AIDS Day, Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) is reaffirming its commitment to continue helping diverse groups disproportionately affected by HIV and AIDS, including people struggling with crystal methamphetamine use.
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