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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.
'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.
DEARBORN -- For 14 years, Rosie Hayes wandered the streets, living in abandoned houses, hooked on crack-cocaine, prostituting herself for another fix. Two years after going through a rehabilitation program, she found out she was HIV-positive.
Since 1993, when Jose Rosa woke from a coma unable to walk or remember, the former building superintendent and plumber has been rebuilding his life, block by block. He’s relearned to walk. He started an HIV-AIDS outreach program at Bronx Lebanon Hospital. He went back to school.
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.
LOS ANGELES----AIDS Healthcare Foundation: What: Marathon Day of Free Rapid HIV Testing at Inglewood, CA Church Testing effort includes -- 70 HIV testing technicians working on 5 mobile HIV testing units and one large big-rig style testing truck. -- 15,000 people are expected to attend two different church services at Faithful Central that day; testing effort targets both churchgoers and the ...
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,...
A top story from this week. Today for World AIDS Day Live Nation will donate a portion of every ticket sold to its concerts in the United States to fight HIV/AIDS.
Researchers say they can demonstrate that human blood stem cells can be engineered to form an army of killer cells that target the human immunodeficiency virus.
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.
WASHINGTON----The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services today announced its final decision to cover Human Immunodeficiency Virus infection screening for Medicare beneficiaries who are at increased risk for the infection, including women who are pregnant and Medicare beneficiaries of any age who voluntarily request the service.
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 ...
SUN VALLEY — Andrea Katz has been clean and sober for 21 years, almost as long as she has had AIDS. "HIV made me decide that I either had to fight the disease or give into addiction," Katz said.
South Africa’s President Jacob Zuma addresses a crowd on World AIDS Day in Pretoria. The leader announced that his nation will treat all HIV-positive babies and expand treatment and testing for everyone.
