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Living with HIV / AIDS

FOX Toledo - Mon Nov 23, 10:38 pm ET

Millions of people are living with the disease worldwide. This epidemic is killing many people, in some cases, because they aren’t getting tested or treated.

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The AIDS Institute, Nobel Prize Winner Join on World AIDS Day to Call for More Therapeutic Vaccine Funding
Marketwire - Wed Nov 25, 2:13 pm ET
WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - November 25, 2009) - In honor of World AIDS Day, The AIDS Institute (TAI), one of the nation's leading advocacy organizations for support of people with HIV/AIDS and their providers, joined Nobel Laureate Dr. Francoise Barre-Sinoussi, in calling for government leaders, patient advocates and the research community to expand therapeutic HIV vaccine research. TAI ...
New HIV infections declining, health agencies say - Wed, 25 Nov 2009 PST
The Spokesman-Review - Wed Nov 25, 12:08 pm ET
It is estimated that the number of new HIV infections each year has declined about 17 percent since 2000, but for every five people infected, only two begin treatment, according to a report from the World Health Organization and UNAIDS that was released Tuesday. About 2.7 million people were newly infected with the virus that causes AIDS last year, compared with about 3.3 million in 2000 ...
City council honors World Aids Day
The Selma Times-Journal - Wed Nov 25, 4:07 pm ET
SELMA — Living with AIDS or HIV is something the person will have to deal with every day of his life. Sometimes they have to face the disease alone, but on Dec. 1 Selma wants AIDS or HIV patients to know they are not forgotten.
Kenyan TV Journalists Expose Cultural Practices That Spread HIV/AIDS
Internews - Tue Nov 24, 3:43 pm ET
“When I was informed I was HIV-positive, I shared the news with my husband. He warned me against disclosing my status to anyone. I did not dare defy his orders,” says Tatu Saidi, a 14-year-old widow from the Coast Province of Kenya.
Over 33 million worldwide infected with AIDS: report
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 4:59 am ET
An estimated 33.4 million people worldwide are infected with the AIDS virus, according to a report issued on Tuesday in Shanghai by the World Health Organization and the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
Note: Who's still talking about HIV?
Boise Weekly - Wed Nov 25, 6:21 am ET
Looking back over the last two decades, I remember the '90s being permeated by HIV/AIDS benefits, education, research. As a teen, I was downright scared of contracting HIV. Back then, it was an epidemic. by Rachael Daigle By the time I was 17, I was too busy being an obnoxious teenager to hang out with my parents on weekend afternoons. One particularly cold Saturday afternoon in Omaha, Neb ...
'China's Mother Teresa Exposes HIV/AIDS Epidemic to the World on AIDS Day'
PR Newswire via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 11:05 am ET
Press Conference with Dr. Gao Yaojie, Author of China's AIDS Plague: 10,000 Letters, December 1, 2009 from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
U.N.: HIV infections down 17 percent
UPI - Tue Nov 24, 11:34 am ET
SHANGHAI, Nov. 24 (UPI) -- New infections of HIV, the virus that leads to AIDS, have been reduced worldwide 17 percent during the past eight years, U.N. officials said Tuesday.
WHO and UNAIDS say 33.4 million infected with AIDS virus
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Tue Nov 24, 3:13 am ET
An estimated 33.4 million people worldwide are infected with the AIDS virus, according to a statement issued by the World Health Organization and the Joint UN Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS).
UF HIV/AIDS Center to take part in H1N1 trial
The Gainesville Sun - Sun Nov 22, 8:02 pm ET
By Diane Chun Staff writer For most who come down with the new H1N1 influenza, it's an uncomfortable experience but not life threatening.
World AIDS Day brings disease to public eye
The Dakota Student - Tue Nov 24, 11:22 pm ET
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 will mark the twenty first observation of World AIDS Day, an international day of awareness that aims to raise the level of understanding about the AIDS pandemic. Here at UND, the Student Health Promotion Office will be participating in the event for the ninth consecutive year, by holding events to educate the community about the threat posed by HIV/AIDS.
World AIDS Day to be observed locally
The Dalton Daily Citizen - Tue Nov 24, 7:05 pm ET
World AIDS Day is observed worldwide each year on Dec. 1 to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS and to help halt the spread of this pandemic disease.
AIDS infections stabilizing, U.N. report finds
MSNBC - Tue Nov 24, 11:08 am ET
World health officials say there's some encouraging data on the HIV front — the number of people infected with the virus that causes AIDS seems to be mostly stable except for Africa.
UNAIDS: Sex main cause for HIV spreading in China
AP via Yahoo! News - Wed Nov 25, 1:06 am ET
The virus that causes AIDS is now spreading fastest in China through heterosexual sex, a trend demanding new strategies to stave off a rebound in the epidemic after years of progress in containing it, a United Nations report said.
Production to focus on AIDS, HIV prevention
San Bernardino Sun - Sun Nov 22, 2:27 am ET
SAN BERNARDINO - The Bent Not Broken Inspired Community Players and Friends will present, "You Passed Me By," a production that focuses on educating the community about AIDS and HIV prevention.