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Congress To Vote On Needle Exchange Ban, One Day After AIDS Activists' Protest

AMERICA blog | Posted 07.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: House of Representatives, Hiv, President Obama, Congresss, Pelosi, Obama, Obama Needle Exchange, Needle Exchange Ban, Barack Obama, AIDS Activism, Needle Exchange, Nancy Pelosi, Aids, Needle-Exchange-Program, Politics News

This really came out of nowhere. Yesterday, we had AIDS activists quite literally close down the US Capitol Rotunda to protest President Obama's reque...

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Budget Crisis Worries HIV-Positive Youth

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 07.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Youth, State Funds, Medi-Cal, Teens, Youth Radio, Aids, Hiv, Arai Buendia, AIDS Project, Youthradio, San Francisco, Politics News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

Originally published on Youthradio.org, the premier source for youth generated news throughout the globe. This article was produced in collaboration w...

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New York Midnight Heroes

The Huffington Post | Stephanie Harnett | Posted 07.01.2009 | Living

Read More: Community Service, Hiv, New York, All for Good, South Bronx, Lower Manhattan, Syringe Exchange, Volunteering, Service, Health, Volunteer, Needle Exchange, Diabetes, Hepatitis C, Healthcare, New York Harm Reduction Educators, Living News

Terrell Jones can't be tired. It's midnight on a Saturday, but he must wipe the sleep out of his eyes because his night is just beginning. Jones is ...

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Should Homophobia be Treated?

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 06.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Srini Pillay, Stds, Homosexuality, Hiv, Self-Hatred, Sex, Homophobia, Phobia, Prejudice, Anxiety, Aids, Health, Living News
Srinivasan Pillay

"Homophobia" may range from mild, private feelings of discontent to raging hatred affecting public policies and social institutions such as marriage. When homophobia is internalized, it can affect the behavior and decision-making of the homophobic person significantly.

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Take Action Against AIDS Today

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 06.27.2009 | Living

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Stds, National HIV Testing Day, HIV Prevention, HIV Test, Aids, Hiv, AIDS Testing, Living News
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

On National HIV Testing Day, we are reminded that 1.1 million Americans are living with HIV in the United States, yet one in five of them do not know their status.

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A Sexologist's "Ideal" Healthcare Plan

Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 06.25.2009 | Style

Read More: Sexual Health, Hiv, Divorce, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Unintended Pregnancies, Reproductive Health, Obama, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Style News
Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright

Let's not forget that "yes we can" applies to realizing a sexually healthy tomorrow.

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Kids For Condoms

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 06.12.2009 | World

Read More: Aids, Youth Radio, Hiv, Sex Ed, Youthradio, Condoms, Cuba, Rachel Krantz, Castro, Fidel Castro, Healthcare, World News
Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

With one of the lowest rates of HIV infection (.1%), Cuba is proud to be open and realistic about the issues that surround sex, and the younger the kids are educated, the better.

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HIV-Positive Porn Actor Scares Industry: 22 Since Cases 2004

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 06.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pornography, Hiv, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — State health officials are looking into the latest HIV case reported in California's multibillion-dollar porn industry, fearing th...

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African HIV-Carriers Should Be Branded: Swaziland Legislator

Raw Story | Posted 05.27.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Hiv Infections, Swaziland, Foreign Affairs, Africa, HIV Prevention, HIV in Africa, Hiv, HIV/AIDS Africa, Timothy Myeni, Advocacy, World News

A legislator in the African nation of Swaziland has called for all those infected with the HIV virus to be branded on the buttocks....

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32 Cents for AIDS Prevention

Josh Ruxin | Posted 05.26.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Tropical Diseases, Neglected Tropical Diseases, HIV in Africa, Hiv, HIV/AIDS Africa, Aids Epidemic in Africa, Schistosomiasis, World News
Josh Ruxin

Schistosomiasis may triple the risk of contracting HIV/AIDS. However, the cost of treating this Neglected Tropical Disease is a mere 32 cents per treatment.

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Madonna, Africa and Child Mortality

Jim Luce | Posted 05.15.2009 | World

Read More: Hiv, United Nations, Malaria, Thought Leaders, Tb, Global Citizens, Sonia Ehrlich Sachs, Raising Malawi, Jim Luce, U.N. Millennium Development Goals, Respiratory Illness, Earth Institute, African Children, Infant Mortality, Africa, Madonna, Parasites, Malawi, Public Health, Mathew Luce, Parenting, Jeffry Sachs, Haiti, David Banda, Columbia University, Diarrhea, Mercy, Millennium Villages, N.Y.U. Medical School, Orphans International Worldwide, Dried Mopane Worms, World News
Jim Luce

The deaths of African children are all about food, water and cooking stoves. There is usually no public health system in place to address this tragic litany of otherwise very approachable issues.

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To End America's AIDS Crisis, Reinvest in Prevention

David Holtgrave | Posted 05.11.2009 | Living

Read More: HIV/AIDS, AIDS Prevention, Aids, Public Health, Hiv, HIV Prevention, Obama Health Care, Barack-Obama-Health-Policy, Living News
David Holtgrave

Last Thursday President Obama released a deeply disappointing 2010 budget proposal with only a small increase in domestic HIV prevention funding.

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If Swine Flu Makes Us Use Masks, Why Can't AIDS Make Us Use Condoms?

Casey Gane-McCalla | Posted 05.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Pandemic, Virus, Hiv, Swine Flu, Masks, Threat, Disease, Scare WHO, Aids, Condomds, Living News
Casey Gane-McCalla

Swine flu may get worse, or it may go away. But AIDS is as virulent as ever, and we must make sure it kills as few people as possible.

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25 Years After HIV Discovery: A Global Call to Action

Dr. Robert C. Gallo and Dr. Luc Montagnier | Posted 05.08.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, White House, Luc Montagnier, Office of National AIDS Policy, Robert Gallo, Jeff Crowley, Aids, Hiv, World News
Dr. Robert C. Gallo and Dr. Luc Montagnier

Globally, many are acting as though HIV and AIDS are no longer the threat they were 25 years ago when the HIV virus was first discovered. However, in fact they remain an unparalleled global health threat.

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VA Hospital Slip-Up Infects 4 Patients With HIV

AP | BILL POOVEY | Posted 04.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Veterans, Veterans Affairs, Veterans Affairs Hospital, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Veterans Affairs HIV Infections, HIV/AIDS, Hiv, Politics News

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — Thousands of veterans were at first shocked to learn they should get blood tests for HIV and hepatitis because three hospit...

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China's HIV-Positive Children Kept In The Dark

GlobalPost | Kathleen E. McLaughlin | Posted 04.20.2009 | World

Read More: Hiv/Aids China, HIV/AIDS, China Hiv, Foreign Affairs, Hiv, China, Advocacy, China Aids, Health, World News

Xin Deming's family has been decimated by AIDS and he is adamant the disease not ruin the life of his 10-year-old niece. Yet despite his best efforts,...

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NO ANGELS: HIV-Positive German Pop Star Arrested For Having Unprotected Sex

Deutsche Welle | Posted 04.14.2009 | World

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Nadja Benaiss, Germany, Foreign Affairs, No Angels, Unprotected Sex, Aids, Hiv, Condoms, Advocacy, World News

A member of hit German girl group No Angels has been arrested for allegedly having unprotected sex although she knew she was HIV positive....

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Ugandan Spy Arrested For Stealing Thousands From AIDS Fund

BBC | Posted 04.09.2009 | 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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Zimbabwe's Poor Healthcare System Causing Humanitarian Crisis

NYCity News Service | Posted 04.07.2009 | World

Read More: Zimbabwe Healthcare, Cholera Outbreak, Morgan Tsvangarai Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe, Foreign Affairs, Cholera Zimbabwe, Malnutrition, Hiv, Anthrax, Tuberculosis, Zimbabwe Cholera, Zimbabwe Cholera Outbreak, HIV/AIDS, Morgan Tsvangarai, Cholera Epidemic, Humanitarian Crisis, Physicians for Human Rights, Cholera, HIV/AIDS Africa, Robert Mugabe, Health Care, Aids Zimbabwe, Advocacy, Healthcare Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, World News
NYCity News Service

The collapse of Zimbabwe's health system has created a humanitarian crisis where people are already suffering from a crippling hyperinflation and severe food, fuel and currency shortages.

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

Thomas DeLorenzo | Posted 04.01.2009 | 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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Re-Gifting

Kate Clinton | Posted 03.30.2009 | Living

Read More: George Bush, Glbt, Lgbt, Hiv, Gay Community AIDS, Gay-Lesbian Community, Ronald Reagan, Lesbian Comedian, George W. Bush, Lesbian Comedy, Bush, HIV/AIDS, Pope John Paul, LGBT Community, Careers, Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Aids, Stonewall, Comedy, Living News
Kate Clinton

The same year I began my career, Pope John Paul and President Ronald Reagan began their careers. It was also the year that gay men began dying from AIDS.

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Pope Condom Quote Undermines Credibility

Wayne Besen | Posted 03.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Catholic Church, The O'Reilly Factor, Hiv, Africa, Raymond Arroyo, Condoms, Aids, Wayne Besen, Pope, Politics News
Wayne Besen

"You can't resolve HIV with the distribution of condoms," the Pope told reporters aboard the Alitalia plane headed to Yaounde, Cameroon. "On the contrary, it increases the problem."

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The Science of Distant Healing

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 03.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Quantum Physics, Srini Pillay, Hiv, Srinivasan Pillay, Skin Conductance, Science, Chronic Fatigue, Pillay, Srinivasan, Prayer, Healing, Cancer, Belief, Autonomic, Srini, Intention, Living News
Srinivasan Pillay

There is much written about how our good intentions help others. But can your good intentions really reach someone who is not physically present?

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DC AIDS Rate Soars, Considered A 'Severe' Epidemic

Washington Post | Jose Antonio Vargas and Darryl Fears | Posted 03.14.2009 | Home

Read More: AIDS Washington DC, Hiv, Aids, Washington D.C., HIV Washinton D.C., Home News

At least 3 percent of District residents have HIV or AIDS, a total that far surpasses the 1 percent threshold that constitutes a "generalized and seve...

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Worst Week Ever: Republicans Unhinged

Paul Jenkins | Posted 02.26.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Congress, Hiv, Tony Perkins, Al Franken, 9/11, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Clarence Thomas, Same-Sex Marriage, John Sununu, Rnc, Kenneth the Page, Norm Coleman, Nancy Pelosi, Republican Party, Michael Steele, Bobby Jindal, Michael Bloomberg, Mitt Romney, Alabama, Newt Gingrich, Stormy Daniels, Minnesota, Barack Obama, Christian Issues, Susan Collins, Olympia Snow, Jon Huntsman, 30 Rock, Tom Delay, Helicopters, Christianity, Utah, Senate, David Vitter, Family Research Council, Ronald Reagan, Vermont, Democratic Party, California, Bob Smith, Charlie Crist, Nrsc, Hip Hop, New Hampshire, Sara Palin, Richard Shelby, Stimulus Package, Northeast, Arlen Specter, John McCain, Florida, Louisiana, Rush Limbaugh, Kentucky, Porn, Marine One, New York City, John Cornyn, Stuart Rothenberg, Rudy Giuliani, Jim Bunning, Presidential Campaign, Columbine, San Francisco, Fox News, Evolution, Gay Issues, Republicans Unhinged, Socialists, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

This week, just like the stock market (funny how that goes), Republicans hit yet a new low.

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