Aids Awareness

World Leaders Must Keep Commitment to Fighting HIV Or Risk Losing Hard-Won Gains

Bob Carter, M.D. | Posted 05.12.2012

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As a doctor practicing in Africa, I have seen the AIDS pandemic unfold. I have witnessed the spread of HIV slow down as progress has been made in identifying effective prevention strategies.

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Happy Birthday Keith Haring!

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.11.2012

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Today is the birthday of Pop-street art darling Keith Haring. The artist, who mastered the rare combination of super happy and super cool, would turn ...

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Life And Death In Black And White

Posted 03.23.2012

"The San Francisco Bay Area is the playpen of countercultures" said Time Magazine's R.Z. Sheppard in 1986. Indeed, San Francisco has never been a city...

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WATCH: Nicki Minaj And Ricky Martin Promote MAC Viva Glam

Posted 02.16.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Cultura, Ricky Martin, Hiv Awareness, Video, AIDS Awareness, Latin America, Latino Philanthropists, Hiv, Nicki Minaj, MAC Cosmetics, Mac, Latino Voices News

Nicki Minaj and Ricky Martin are teaming up to promote MAC Viva Glam and have just started a new campaign to bring HIV/AIDS awareness to Latin America...

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WATCH: Ever Wonder How Condoms Are Produced?

Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Aids Awareness Month, HIV/AIDS, Video, AIDS Awareness, Gay Sex, Lifestyles Condoms, Condoms Safe Sex, Safe Sex, Condom Production, Condoms, Gay Voices News

Most retailers are busy catering to holiday shoppers, but one company has a much different aim this season, especially for those who want to heat thin...

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What Your Hairdresser Knows For Sure

Gerit Quealy | Posted 02.05.2012

Read More: Hairdressers Against AIDS, HIV/AIDS, World AIDS Day, AIDS Awareness, Hiv, Aids, Impact News

On World AIDS Day this year, some big players rolled out a big idea at Hair on Madison in Harlem: to educate budding hair stylists and colorists across the country to be up to speed on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment.

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Catrise Austin, Dentist To The Stars, Fights HIV One Cleaning, One Swab At A Time

HuffingtonPost.com | Trymaine Lee | Posted 12.02.2011

Read More: Aids Awareness Month, HIV/AIDS, Video, HIV Dental Testing, AIDS Awareness, HIV Testing, Dental Hiv Testing, Black Voices News

For many people few things are scarier than a trip to the dentist's chair: the drilling and filling, the occasional touched nerve and not knowing if t...

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Meaningful Change: An AIDS-free Generation by 2015

Deborah Dugan | Posted 01.31.2012

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After more than three decades of destruction, we are finally at a turning point and on a path to winning the war against HIV/AIDS.

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Aging & HIV: The New Face of HIV

Daniel Tietz | Posted 01.31.2012

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We must act now to better understand and address the needs and challenges of what will soon be the majority of Americans with HIV -- those over age 50.

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Stopping AIDS Together

Modesto Tico Valle | Posted 01.08.2012

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These next few years are the most critical yet in our long race to a cure for AIDS. The LGBT community and our allies must sound the alarm again, just as we did nearly 30 years ago.

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More Education and Awareness Needed in Fight Against HIV/AIDS

David Catania | Posted 12.24.2011

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The District's continuing fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic remains a central pillar of our public health infrastructure, and with good reason.

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PHOTOS: Graphic Intervention: Fighting AIDS Through Art

Posted 12.10.2011

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Via MutualArt: It defined an era, and forever altered the way people would view health, sexuality, and relationships. Since the initial discovery o...

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World Aids Day 2010

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today is World Aids Day, the international annual movement to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS and promote prevention and the search for a cure. Since 1987...

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We Must Address the AIDS Crisis Facing Latinos

Paul Kawata | Posted 05.25.2011

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While Latinos account for only 15 percent of the American population, they make up 18 percent of people living with HIV and 19 percent of new AIDS diagnoses.

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44 Percent Of Gay And Bisexual Men With HIV Don't Know It

AP | MIKE STOBBE | Posted 11.17.2011

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ATLANTA — One in five sexually active gay and bisexual men has the AIDS virus, and nearly half of those don't know they are infected, a federal ...

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Ethan Zohn, 'Survivor' Winner, Teaches African Kids About AIDS Through Soccer

NBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, AIDS Awareness, Survivor, Ethan Zohn, Soccer, Cancer Survivors, Grassroot Soccer, HIV/AIDS Africa, AIDS Africa, Impact News

Cause Celeb highlights a celebrity's work on behalf of a specific cause. This week, we speak with "Survivor" winner Ethan Zohn about his involvement ...

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"Rockin' the Red Pump" for HIV/AIDS Awareness

Bessie A. Winn-Afeku | Posted 05.25.2011

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I'm an African-American woman and my age falls within the range of 25 to 34. The number one killer of women with in my demographic is HIV/AIDS and it can easily be avoided.

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World AIDS Day: Making Awareness Sexy

Sheryl Lee Ralph | Posted 05.25.2011

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After all these years I am shocked at how little we in America talk about "it" and how the silence surrounding "it" is killing us quicker than the disease.

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Germany's New AIDS-Awareness Ad Stars Hitler

Time | TRISTANA MOORE / BERLIN | Posted 05.25.2011

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Germany's latest AIDS-awareness commercial evokes some strong emotions: shock, disgust, nausea. And that's exactly the point. The controversial ad, wh...

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What a Difference 3 ½ Minutes Makes

David Ernesto Munar | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, AIDS Awareness, Act Against Aids, Health, Obama Administration, Obama AIDS, Obama AIDS Policy, Bush AIDS, Barack Obama, Chicago News

President Bush issued no statements and announced no new plans to combat HIV/AIDS. The Obama camp is showing that public and political perception of the size, scale, and threat of the disease can change.

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Black AIDS Day

xxXGloria RubenXxx | Posted 05.25.2011

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We must turn a critical eye inward, and face the fact that HIV/AIDS has reached crisis levels among the Black population of the US. The statistics are startling.

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The Day of the Red Ribbon

Dr. Logan Levkoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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If HIV is preventable, why are there over 56,000 new infections in this country every year? Why is it that red ribbons are only worn on World AIDS Day -- or occasionally to the Academy Awards?

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Leading the Way Toward a Generation Free of HIV

Pamela W. Barnes | Posted 11.17.2011

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As president and CEO of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, I've visited the countries hardest hit by HIV/AIDS and I've seen that success is possible.

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What World AIDS Day Means To Me

Susan Smith Ellis | Posted 11.17.2011

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For me, today is a day where I think of what still needs to be done, of the literally millions of people we still need to help in Africa who are fighting to survive.

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