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Report: Many Poor Heterosexuals In U.S. Cities At Risk For HIV Infection

Reuters | Posted 05.14.2013 | Black Voices
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* 2.3 percent of those tested were infected * Nearly half of those infected had never been tested March 14 (Reuters) - S...

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Coming Out For A Second Time

David Duran | Posted 11.19.2012 | Gay Voices
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David Duran

I am not ashamed of my HIV-positive status, and I don't hide the fact that I have HIV, but I have never taken the time to write my personal viewpoint, mostly due to fear: fear of the response from the ignorant, or from people who are just hateful.

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Lifting Up All Women

Valerie Jarrett | Posted 09.23.2012 | Black Voices
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Valerie Jarrett

On Saturday, R&B legend Alicia Keys and I joined the Kaiser Family Foundation and the National Black Women's HIV/AIDS Network for an inspirational meeting with a community gathering of courageous black women living with HIV/AIDS.

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Heroin Vaccine Found To Work On Rats

Posted 09.25.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Drug Addiction, Addiction Treatment, Drug Treatment, Immunopharmacotherapy, Hiv Infection, Heroin Addiction, Intravenous Drugs, Heroin Treatment, Drugs, Heroin, Heroin Vaccine, Sharing Needles, Vaccines, Video, Healthy Living News

In what could be a breakthrough for addiction treatment, researchers have found it's possible to vaccinate lab rats against the effects of heroin. ...

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30 Years of HIV/AIDS: How Many More?

Mark Ishaug | Posted 08.02.2011 | Healthy Living
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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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The Pope And Condoms: How AIDS Changed Catholicism

Stanton Peele | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
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Stanton Peele

The Pope is now aware that there are male prostitutes and condoms, neither of which had he previously acknowledged.

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Saving the Lives of Mothers Worldwide

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Hiv Infection, Mother's Day, Africa, Aids, Sub-Saharan African, Obstetrical Care, Maternal Mortality, Healthy Living News
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

Every hour, 40 pregnant women and new mothers around the world die -- and seven of those 40 perish not because of a lack of emergency obstetrical care, but because of HIV/AIDS.

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National HIV Testing Day: An Epidemic in Our Nation's Capital

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

Our country is succumbing to "AIDS fatigue" as infection rates have stayed high. But complacency does not save lives; more commitment, funding and science-based policies will.

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