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World AIDS Day 2009: The Business Imperative

Richard H. Wilkins | Posted 12.01.2009 | Business


Richard H. Wilkins

In addition to the human tragedy, AIDS has economic implications. Its spread threatens the health, stability and viability of the global work force. Businesses must not only join, but lead the fight against the spread of HIV/AIDS.

AIDS Silence: America's New Gay Plague

David Kaufman | Posted 12.01.2009 | Politics


David Kaufman

Nearly three decades after the epidemic's arrival, AIDS remains if exactly not off-limits -- then certainly off the radar screens of many prominent LGBT leaders. This needs to end.

Heroes and Villains... A World AIDS Day Reaction

Leigh Blake | Posted 12.01.2009 | Impact


Leigh Blake

In the same way that we bailed out the financial institutions as an matter of emergency, we can eradicate extreme poverty for a fraction of the price. And thereby make terrorism and hatred toward the U.S. a thing of the past.

Namibia Women Face Forced Sterilization

Priti Patel | Posted 11.12.2009 | World


Priti Patel

Advocacy groups in Namibia have documented the stories of dozens of HIV-positive women who were sterilized against their will in public hospitals.

AIDS Is The No. 1 Cause Of Death, Disease For Women 15-44, Says WHO

AP | BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 11.09.2009 | World


GENEVA — In its first study of women's health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cau...

Celeb Book "Dear Me" Sends Money To Elton John AIDS Foundation

Posted 11.03.2009 | Impact


What would Emma Thompson, Desmond Tutu and Debbie Harry say to their 16-year-old selves if they had the chance? You can find out and help fund AIDS re...

Before We Pass Health Insurance Reform, We Must Do More to Limit Big Pharma's Monopoly on Biologics

Marcy Winograd | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics


Marcy Winograd

In Congress, I will work to support affordable prices on biologics, so that victims of cancer, HIV, diabetes, Parkinsons, rheumatoid arthritis, and multiple sclerosis can afford the medicine they need to stay alive.

HIV Travel Ban Lifted By President Obama

AP | DARLENE SUPERVILLE | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics


WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Friday the U.S. will overturn a 22-year-old travel and immigration ban against people with HIV early ne...

One Step Closer to Universal AIDS Prevention and Care

Susan Smith Ellis | Posted 10.28.2009 | World


Susan Smith Ellis

It can cost as little as 40 cents a day to provide ARV treatment to an individual in Africa and just $26 to provide the medicine to help prevent the transmission of HIV from a mother to her child.

Woman Denied Health Care Insurance After Rape Tells Her Story (Video)

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics


Christina Turner was drugged and raped by two men in 2002. After taking anti-HIV drugs prescribed by her doctor as a preventative measure, Turner was ...

A Generation Free of HIV

Nigel Barker | Posted 10.23.2009 | Impact


Nigel Barker

Every year, nearly 370,000 children worldwide are infected with HIV. The numbers are staggering -- but it doesn't have to be this way.

Sunday Morning Doubts About the Man

Lisa Guest | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living


Lisa Guest

Anyone can say anything. Anyone can come up with a line. With a gift bag gab of wisdom, knowledge and confidence, someone can really cover the world and be quite deceptive. There are those that do it. They make it bad for the rest.

The Spiritual Lessons of HIV

Mark Olmsted | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living


Mark Olmsted

I learned to remind myself, every time that I felt tempted to internalize the societal stigma around HIV, that I contracted this disease in the search for human intimacy.

An AIDS Vaccine is Now More than a Dream

Mitchell Warren | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics


Mitchell Warren

Before embarking on the necessary process of questioning and debating the results of a recent HIV prevention trial, the world should take a moment to celebrate an historic finding.

First HIV Vaccine Helps Prevent AIDS Infection

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE and MICHAEL CASEY | Posted 11.24.2009 | World


BANGKOK — For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and ...

The Politics of AIDS and Health Care Reform

Johnathon Briggs | Posted 11.23.2009 | Chicago


Johnathon Briggs

50 percent of all those living with HIV currently lack needed medical care. The impact of health reform on efforts to control the epidemic could be profound.

Armenia's Progressive New AIDS Policy Suggests It Can Be a Regional Leader

Jirair Ratevosian | Posted 11.22.2009 | World


Jirair Ratevosian

Active participation of civil society is critical for success, including participation from organizations representing sexual minorities and people living with HIV/AIDS.

HIV Researchers Find Antibodies That Prevent Virus From Causing Severe AIDS

The Los Angeles Times | Thomas H. Maugh II | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living


After nearly two decades of futile searching for a vaccine against the AIDS virus, researchers are reporting the tantalizing discovery of antibodies t...

10,000 Protest Needle Stabbings In Urumqi, China

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 10.19.2009 | World


URUMQI, China — Security forces patrolled the street corners of Urumqi while residents voiced anger Friday, a day after thousands marched to pro...

Canada Aboriginals: AIDS Spreading Rapidly Among Population

Reuters | Posted 09.26.2009 | 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...

Since When Is the Expression of Fear and Ignorance a Basic American Right?

Thomas DeLorenzo | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics


Thomas DeLorenzo

So to all of you in Washington, D.C., I ask this simple question. If you were left without the health care coverage that your positions bestow upon you, what would you do?

Circumcision For Boys, Men?: Health Officials Weigh Recommendation To Fight HIV Risk

The New York Times | Roni Caryn Rabin | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living


Public health officials are considering promoting routine circumcision for all baby boys born in the United States to reduce the spread of H.I.V., the...

Fatalistic Teens Increase Risk of HIV Infection

Youth Radio -- Youth Media International | Posted 09.05.2009 | Living


Youth Radio -- Youth Media International

A study this summer reports 1 in 7 teenagers in the U.S. thinks he or she only has a 50-50 shot of making it past 35. What stands out are the consequences of low life-expectancy.

New HIV Strain Discovered In Woman From Cameroon

AP | RANDOLPH E. SCHMID | Posted 09.02.2009 | World


WASHINGTON — A new strain of the virus that causes AIDS has been discovered in a woman from the African nation of Cameroon. It differs from the ...

Diamonds Are Not Forever

Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort | Posted 10.04.2009 | World


Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort

Botswana is an example of how to wisely administer a natural resource endowment.