Aids Prevention

Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson

What You May Not Know About The Fight Against AIDS

HuffingtonPost.com | Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson | Posted 05.22.2012

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It's been a big month in the fight against HIV and AIDS. On May 10, a panel of federal advisers gave a thumbs up to the first drug shown to prevent HI...

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To Invest in Africa's Future, Finish the Fight Against AIDS

Michel Sidibé | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS Africa, HIV/AIDS, Africa, Unaids, AIDS Prevention, United Nations, Impact News
Michel Sidibé

Africa is now poised to push towards a new vision of: zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths. And it needs everyone's support.

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Why Angels in America Still Matters Today

Gregory Trotter | Posted 05.01.2012

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Gregory Trotter

When Tony Kushner's Angels in America returns to Chicago this April, it will be a milestone in a shared history spanning nearly two decades.

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President Obama's Commitment To An AIDS-Free Generation (and How To Make It Happen)

Chris Collins | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: AIDS Policy, HIV/AIDS, US Aids Policy, Pepfar, HIV Prevention, Obama AIDS, Obama AIDS Policy, Obama Pepfar, Global Motherhood, AIDS Prevention, Impact News
Chris Collins

Now is the time for governments rich and poor, donors, providers, researchers, and advocates to find new resources -- and make smarter use of them -- to begin to end the most deadly epidemic of our time.

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WATCH: Fischer On 'Poppers' And Gay Sex, As Well As 9 Of His Other Rants

Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Video, Poppers, Bryan Fischer Gay Issues, Bryan Fischer, Gay Sex, Aids, Gay Sex Poppers, AIDS Prevention, Gay Voices News

For a man so adamantly against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) lifestyles, Bryan Fischer just can't seem to stop discussing them on the ...

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Secretary of Health Calls for Local-Global Partnerships to End AIDS

Ben Zucker | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, AIDS Policy, Obama AIDS Policy, AIDS Prevention, World AIDS Day 2011, World AIDS Day, DC News
Ben Zucker

On a cool winter's night in our nation's capital, a packed house of public health activists and policy makers came together to celebrate progress and remember those who have died of AIDS related diseases.

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World Aids Day: 8 Years Poz, the Lessons of Living With HIV

Scott Foval | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: World AIDS Day 2011, Living With Hiv, AIDS Prevention, HIV/AIDS, Aids Research, Living With HIV/AIDs, World AIDS Day, New York News
Scott Foval

It is important for me to tell those who are newly diagnosed to understand, having HIV does not mean your life is over. You have a lot to live for, and I am an example of what happens when one doesn't give up.

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On World Aids Day -- Go Out and Get Tested

Christine C. Quinn | Posted 01.31.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS Prevention, HIV Prevention, HIV/AIDS, AIDS Prevention, World AIDS Day 2011, HIV Cure, Aids, World AIDS Day, Gay Voices News
Christine C. Quinn

On World AIDS Day -- and truly every day -- it's important to remember that our most powerful weapon in the fight against HIV/AIDS is -- and has always been -- our voice. So talk to someone you love or care for today about HIV.

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Marking World AIDS Day

Rep. Barbara Lee | Posted 01.31.2012

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Rep. Barbara Lee

This year marks 30 years after the first discovery of AIDS cases in the United States. While we have come a long way, we have much more work to do. Our country's global leadership will never be more important than at this pivotal moment.

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Time to Bring the AIDS Fight Home

David Ernesto Munar | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Barack Obama, World AIDS Day, HIV/AIDS, AIDS Prevention, Obama AIDS, Domestic Aids, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, AIDS Treatment, World AIDS Day 2011, Chicago News
David Ernesto Munar

It's time to retire another worn-out dichotomy: the global v. domestic response to AIDS. We need a unified commitment and a detailed plan for fighting the epidemic at home and abroad.

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Getting Louder in the Call for an AIDS-Free Generation

Chip Lyons | Posted 01.12.2012

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Chip Lyons

The fact that an HIV-positive woman can have an HIV-negative baby is one of the greatest but least known success stories in the 30-year fight against AIDS.

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Creating an AIDS-Free Generation

Neil G. Giuliano | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Combination Prevention, HIV Prevention, HIV/AIDS Prevention, AIDS Combination Prevention, AIDS Prevention, HIV/AIDS Combination Prevention, Gay Voices News
Neil G. Giuliano

It's important that we examine our own combination prevention strategy, because what's effective in sub-Saharan Africa will not necessarily be effective in the U.S. There are four things we can do right now to create our own AIDS-free generation.

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At the 10-Year Mark, the Global Fund Readies for a New Chapter

Natasha F. Bilimoria | Posted 01.08.2012

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Natasha F. Bilimoria

Last month, an independent high-level panel issued a report on the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, the world's largest financier ...

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Stopping AIDS Together

Modesto Tico Valle | Posted 01.08.2012

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Modesto Tico Valle

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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HIV/AIDS Epidemic Traced Back In 1921 In New Book

Posted 12.24.2011

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A Canadian professor's groundbreaking look at the genesis of the AIDS virus is generating global buzz for shedding new light onto the world's most dev...

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Time to Start Talking

Vanessa Cullins | Posted 11.15.2011

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Vanessa Cullins

While STIs cross all racial lines, African Americans are disproportionately at risk for such common infections as chlamydia, gonorrhea, herpes, and syphilis. African-American women must take the first step to protect our health: Talk about sex.

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Michelle Obama Arrives In Botswana

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 08.24.2011

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GABORONE, Botswana — Visiting Africa on a goodwill mission, first lady Michelle Obama defended her husband Friday against criticism that he isn'...

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The 30-Year Fight Against AIDS and for Patient Rights

Michel D. Kazatchkine | Posted 08.09.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, AIDS at 30, The Global Fund, AIDS Prevention, Disease, AIDS Treatment, HIV Prevention, Hiv Transmission, Impact News
Michel D. Kazatchkine

In the last thirty years there has been no respite in the fight against disease: not for patients, not for doctors, not for researchers. I strongly believe that the fight against AIDS can be won.

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The Vatican's Unsupportable Logic

Edward Flattau | Posted 08.06.2011

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Edward Flattau

There is strained logic, to put it mildly, in the statement that condom use will increase rather than reduce the spread of AIDS

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Thirty Years On, A Stark Choice on AIDS

Kevin Robert Frost | Posted 08.05.2011

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Kevin Robert Frost

We've come a long way in 30 years, and in many respects progress on AIDS is one of the most remarkable success stories in the history of biomedical research.

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30 Years of HIV/AIDS: How Many More?

Mark Ishaug | Posted 08.02.2011

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Mark Ishaug

But make no mistake -- despite numerous advances, HIV/AIDS is not over. Every nine and a half minutes, someone in the United States becomes infected with the virus.

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UN's HIV Prevention Strategy Targets Young People

AP | By DONNA BRYSON | Posted 08.01.2011

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JOHANNESBURG -- When AIDS counselor Patience Ncusani urges teens in her Soweto neighborhood to wait to have sex, or cautions young women that an older...

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HIV Prevention Breakthrough: Early Treatment Protects Partners (VIDEO)

Posted 07.13.2011

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It Gets Better Because We Grow Stronger: An Interview With Leading Gay Men's Health Expert Dr. Ron Stall

Jim Pickett | Posted 06.28.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Gay Men's Health, Syndemics, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, Gay Men, Substance Abuse, AIDS Prevention, It Gets Better, Ron Stall, Chicago News
Jim Pickett

Why, 30 years into the AIDS crisis, are rates of HIV highest among young gay men, particularly men of color? I interviewed Dr. Ron Stall, a leading HIV prevention expert.

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Vatican To Draft Guidelines For Catholic Hospitals, AIDS Prevention

Posted 05.25.2011

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By Francis X. Rocca Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) Controversies over bioethical standards at U.S. Catholic hospitals show the need for gre...

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