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Aids Epidemic

My World Aids Day

Kennedy Odede | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Kennedy Odede

Let's not make this day to be a generic World Aids Day, but rather personalize it to be "My World Aids Day." Maybe then we will one day have an AIDS-free generation.

HIV-Positive Chilean Mothers Claim To Be Forcibly Sterilized, Abused In Hospitals (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Curtis M. Wong | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

As nations around the world commemorate World AIDS Day, a group of HIV-positive women in Chile has come forward with more sobering news, claiming they...

Researchers Say There's Hope For South Africa AIDS Fight

AP | DONNA BRYSON | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

JOHANNESBURG — Reversing South Africa's AIDS epidemic may be impossible but there is reason for hope, a researcher who has mapped the cost of co...

The Unreal L Word

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Joan E. Dowlin

The Real L Word may reflect today's anything-goes philosophy, but as a meaningful dialogue about gay issues, tolerance, and human rights, it falls way short.

ICONIC PHOTOGRAPHY: How The Image Of AIDS Came To LIFE Magazine

Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

In November, 1990, LIFE magazine published a photograph of a young man, David Kirby -- his body wasted by AIDS, his gaze locked on something beyond th...

Monumental AIDS Breakthrough -- Or Is It?

John R. Talbott | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
John R. Talbott

Do we really understand the significance of the latest AIDS study's reported results? As we all know, statistics can be used in very creative ways that sometimes misleads the reader as to the effectiveness of a new drug or procedure.

Great Strides in the AIDS Response -- and a Need to Continue Moving Forward Together

International AIDS Conference 2010 | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
International AIDS Conference  2010

Once again, we are at a crossroads in the global AIDS response. Far from giving up or turning back, this is the time to learn from our experience, roll up our sleeves, and get the job done.

Mothers Have Delivered for Us -- Now Let's Deliver for Them

Dr. Mark Dybul | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dr. Mark Dybul

The interconnectedness of disease teaches us that without a healthy mother, a child is 10 times more likely to die in the first years of life, is less likely to be fed and is less likely to go to school.

Prince Harry and Prince Seeiso Celebrate Sentebale in Barbados

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Marissa Bronfman

Sentebale, an organization that supports children in Lesotho, was founded by Prince Harry and Prince Seeiso in 2006. The princes directed attention towards the problem by playing in the inaugural Sentebale Polo Cup.

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

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
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.

Toronto's Elite Comes Together To Support HIV/AIDS Research

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Marissa Bronfman

Toronto was alight as the city's style mavens, business doyens, and philanthropic supporters dined and danced at the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research's premiere fundraising event.

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

Reproductive Justice | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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.

World AIDS Day: Making Awareness Sexy

Sheryl Lee Ralph | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Sheryl Lee Ralph

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.

AIDS Spreading Rapidly Among Canada's Aboriginals

Reuters | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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...

South Africa Eliminates Funding For AIDS Vaccine Research

AP | MICHELLE FAUL | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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...

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

Kathie Kane-Willis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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.

Black Women and the AIDS Crisis

Martha St Jean | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
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.

Ugandan Spy Arrested For Stealing Thousands From AIDS Fund

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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....

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

Thomas DeLorenzo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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.

Black AIDS Day

xxXGloria RubenXxx | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
xxXGloria RubenXxx

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.

Staggering Gains in the Fight Against AIDS

Michel D. Kazatchkine | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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.

The Day of the Red Ribbon

Dr. Logan Levkoff | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
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?

Study: HIV Could Be Eliminated In A Decade

AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

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

A Poet Confronts AIDS In His Home Country

John Lundberg | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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...

How I Survived A Plague

Kergan Edwards-Stout | Posted 05.09.2013 | Gay Voices
Kergan Edwards-Stout

I survived a plague. Acquaintances, friends, co-workers and lovers dead. A myriad of others infected. Who could have foreseen the years of public apathy and private sorrow? Somehow, though, I stand here today having survived the AIDS epidemic, and I still marvel at how.