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Listen Up Obama: The HIV/AIDS Virus Has Moved South

Reproductive Justice | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Reproductive Health, Abstinence Only, Reproductive Rights, Abstinence Only Debate, AIDs Epidemic, Politics News
Reproductive Justice

South Carolina, like a number of states in the Southeastern region, is being devastated by a silent enemy that hasn't attracted a lot of media attention lately: HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

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Toronto Fashion Week: Fun Fashion and Glamorous Garb Rules the Runway

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 10.26.2009 | Style

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Marissa Bronfman

Friday arrived far too soon but featured some wonderfully creative creations and the Dare to Wear Love show wrapped up the week with a blowout show that proved fashion and philanthropy are just as beautiful, glamorous and meaningful as ever.

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Canada Aboriginals: AIDS Spreading Rapidly Among Population

Reuters | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

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AIDS is spreading faster among Canada's aboriginal people than in the general population, and a strong cultural stigma and links to rising drug use ma...

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South Africa Eliminates Funding For AIDS Vaccine Research

AP | MICHELLE FAUL | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — South Africa launched a high-profile trial of an AIDS vaccine created by its own researchers Monday, a proud moment in...

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The Real Road to Recovery: My Journey from Heroin Addiction to Helping to End the War on Drugs

Kathie Kane-Willis | Posted 07.19.2009 | Politics

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Kathie Kane-Willis

I was homeless, squatting in an abandoned building. I committed crimes to support my habit. I learned to scam and shoplift. I was arrested and convicted. But I was never offered treatment.

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Black Women and the AIDS Crisis

Martha St Jean | Posted 05.23.2009 | World

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Martha St Jean

According to Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS at the CDC, one in 30 black women will be diagnosed with HIV at some point in her lifetime. That is unacceptable.

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Ugandan Spy Arrested For Stealing Thousands From AIDS Fund

BBC | Posted 05.10.2009 | World

Read More: AIDs Epidemic, Foreign Affairs, AIDS Funding, Hiv, Ugandan Spy, Aids Epidemic in Africa, HIV/AIDS, Africa, HIV in Africa, HIV Prevention, Aids, Uganda, HIV/AIDS Africa, Aids Charity, Advocacy, World News

A Ugandan spy who set up a bogus charity and embezzled thousands of dollars of funding meant for Aids patients has been jailed for 10 years....

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When Will Americans Reach the Promised Land of Universal Health Care?

Thomas DeLorenzo | Posted 05.02.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hospice, HIV/AIDS, Politics, Health, AIDs Epidemic, Aids, Hiv, Washington DC, Universal Health Care, Health Insurance, Gay, Health Care, Healthcare, Gay Issues, Politics News
Thomas DeLorenzo

As I fool everyone with my Armani suits, deep down inside I remain a scared boy, praying each day that somehow there will be a end to this crisis called AIDS.

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Black AIDS Day

Gloria Reuben | Posted 03.08.2009 | Politics

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Gloria Reuben

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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Staggering Gains in the Fight Against AIDS

Michel D. Kazatchkine | Posted 01.04.2009 | Living

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Michel D. Kazatchkine

In a world where inequality continues to grow, the recent gains in health form a bridge between the rich and the poor. We need to strengthen this bridge.

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The Day of the Red Ribbon

Dr. Logan Levkoff | Posted 01.01.2009 | Style

Read More: HIV/AIDS, US Hiv Rates, Health, Aids, Red Ribbon, Hiv, Sex Education, World AIDS Day, Reagan Hofmann, Hiv Awareness, AIDS Awareness, Sexual Health, AIDs Epidemic, Hiv Infections, Style News
Dr. Logan Levkoff

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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Study: HIV Could Be Eliminated In A Decade

AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 12.26.2008 | Living

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LONDON — The virus that causes AIDS could theoretically be eliminated in a decade if all people living in countries with high infection rates ar...

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A Poet Confronts AIDS In His Home Country

John Lundberg | Posted 04.21.2008 | Living

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John Lundberg

Hope's Hospice near the city of Montego Bay used to be a place where Jamaicans suffering from AIDS went to die. Now that the disease is more treatabl...

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