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Medicare will now cover annual screening tests for HIV/AIDS, saying they will catch a growing number of infections among the the 45 million seniors and disabled people in the federal health program.
Former Playboy playmate Rebekka Armstrong helps spread the word about HIV and AIDS. She visited Kent State University’s Stark, Ohio, campus Tuesday as part of World AIDS Day.
DECATUR - Marking World AIDS Day, the one day a year set asideto recognize the global HIV/AIDS crisis, a few area residents withclose personal connections to the disease recently sought toencourage a spirit of awareness.
This past week was the week of causes. The Children in Need Club sponsored a documentary screening aimed at raising awareness for the spread of AIDS and HIV in Africa. Loyola's College Republicans sponsored a bake sale to raise money for the Wounded Warrior Project and Walter Reed Hospital.
About a quarter century ago, doctors were starting to see a flood of patients with a mysterious and deadly immune system disease. The still incurable aliment we now know as HIV-AIDS. Since it first appeared in the early 1980s, AIDS has evolved from a terminal condition to a chronic one. WKSU's Kevin Niedermier talks with two people who have been involved with AIDS patients from the beginning ...
Those who do, think it is good. Those who don't, think it is awful. Each thinks its version of the penis is superior and makes men manly. by Mercedes Sayagues, GlobalPost Editor's note: Africa has the world's largest number of HIV infections and AIDS cases. Across the continent the disease is being battled with public education and antiretroviral drugs. A new additional strategy is male ...
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.
Dr. Dino Rech, regional clinical consultant for Population Service International/Society for Family Health, discusses his experiences in scaling up male circumcision programs across southern Africa, including in Zambia, Swaziland, South Africa and Zimbabwe. by Erin Conway-Smith, Special to GlobalPost Editor's note: Africa has the world's largest number of HIV infections and AIDS cases. Across ...
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.
Khayelitsha, South Africa - Using football to coach children about how to avoid becoming infected with the deadly HIV/AIDS virus is the aim of FIFA's first 2010 legacy project, which formally opened in a township outside Cape Town Saturday. The Khaye...
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.
FIFA President Sepp Blatter hopes Africa's first World Cup will leave a lasting legacy that will help win the fight against HIV. Blatter opened the first Football for Hope center Saturday amid the shanties of Khayelitsha, an impoverished township on the outskirts of Cape Town. The center is the first of 20 community centers that will be built by FIFA across Africa. They will help tackle HIV/AIDS ...
Filed under: News , Interviews , Profiles , Politics , President Obama , Race and Civil Rights , Health Care Debate It was while playing the role of Jeanie Boulet, one of the first recurring characters with HIV/AIDS in U.S. television history on the long-running drama 'ER' that Gloria Reuben first became active in advocating for those with the disease. Several years removed from the show, Reuben ...
Many in the United States view this time of the year as special. There seems to be, in addition to the gathering of family members and attitudes of sheer love and joy, an abundance of food (your belts are probably still loosened from your Thanksgiving Day meal, and its leftovers). But adding to the special holidays that give this time of the year its loving and joyful feelings is another special ...
