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Love in a Time of HIV: A Documentary

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: London, HIV/AIDS, Love in a Time of HIV, Factor VIII, Hemophiliaic, HIV Prevention, Safe Sex, Beth Jones, Johannesburg, Condoms, Nicky Lankester, Showtime, New York City, World AIDS Day, Video, Entertainment News
Marcia G. Yerman

The film explores three separate histories. As Jones wrote me via e-mail, "We wanted to look at the subject of HIV/AIDS in the light of people living with it, rather than dying from it."

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Mr. and Ms. Gates Go To Washington, Host Roundtable On Global Health Funding

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Women?S Rights, Global Aid, Melinda Gates, Living Proof Project, Bill Gates, Diane Tucker, Global Health Care, Childhood Vaccinations, Vaccinations, Small Business, Warren Buffet, Italy, Foreign Policy, Philanthropy, HIV/AIDS, International Philanthrophy, HIV/AIDS Africa, Health, Africa, HIV Prevention, Somalia, Health Care, Inside DC, Sidney Harman Shakespeare Theatre, Global Health, Gates Live Webcast, Media Criticism, Billionaires, Newspapers, Diane Tucker Gates, Bill Gates Washington, Bill Gates, Shakespeare, Impact News
Diane Tucker

The Gateses are visiting our nation's capital to reframe the conversation about global health aid. They said we should spend more time talking about what works and how to measure it.

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

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Living With HIV/AIDs, Bloor Street Entertains, Royal-Ontario-Museum, AIDS Vaccine, AIDs Epidemic, HIV Prevention, Toronto-Canada, Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research, Fundraising, Fundraisers, Canfar, World AIDS Day, Impact News
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.

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Despite Huge Successes In HIV Prevention And Treatment, We Must Not Rest On Our Laurels

Bill Roedy | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Mtv Staying Alive, HIV Prevention, Aids, HIV/AIDS, Mtv, World AIDS Day, Impact News
Bill Roedy

With a drop in the number of people dying of AIDS and new infections continuing to decline, we must not forget that HIV still has devastating consequences for millions of people across the globe.

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A Generation Free of HIV

Nigel Barker | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: HIV/AIDS, HIV Prevention, Nigel Barker, Hiv, HIV/AIDS Africa, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Impact News
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.

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

Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: HIV/AIDS, HIV Prevention, Aids, Elton John, Hiv, Elton John AIDS Foundation, Elton John AIDS Benefit, Impact News

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...

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A Live Stream to Save Lives: Alicia Keys and YouTube Team Up to Fight AIDS

Ramya Raghavan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact
Read More: Alicia Keys Youtube, HIV/AIDS, HIV Prevention, Youtube, Alicia Keys, Keep a Child Alive, HIV/AIDS Africa, World AIDS Day, Impact News
Ramya Raghavan

Today, World AIDS Day, YouTube has partnered with Alicia Keys and Keep A Child Alive to present a live-streamed benefit concert at 8 p.m. ET. We encourage you to watch and make a difference today.

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

Thomas DeLorenzo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Hiv Infections, Health Care Reform, Aids, HIV Prevention, Hiv, Health Care, Healthcare, Politics News
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?

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

The New York Times | Roni Caryn Rabin | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Stds, Cdc, Sexual Health, Aids, HIV Prevention, Hiv, Male Circumcision, Circumcision, HIV/AIDS Africa, AIDS Prevention, Healthy Living News

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...

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Cambodia: 'AIDS Colony' Violates Rights

Human Rights Watch | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Cambodia, Health, Vietnam Cambodia, Phnom Penh-Cambodia, HIV Prevention, Sanitation, Antiretroviral Drugs, World News
Human Rights Watch

"By bundling people living with HIV together into second-rate housing, far from medical facilities, support services, and jobs, the government has created a de facto AIDS colony," said Shiba.

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DOJ Drops Appeal of Injunction Against "Prostitution Pledge"

Jodi Jacobson | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: HIV Prevention, US Global AIDS Policy, Prostitution Pledge, Pepfar, Sex Workers, Politics News
Jodi Jacobson

This week, the U.S. Department of Justice dropped its appeal of a court injunction prohibiting enforcement of the "anti prostitution pledge" under U.S. Global AIDS Policy.

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Congress Set to End Needle Exchange Funding Ban

Jirair Ratevosian | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Congress, Human Rights, Hiv, Needle Exchange, Physicians for Human Rights, HIV Prevention, Harm Reduction, David Obey, Politics News
Jirair Ratevosian

Lifting the 20-year ban on federal funding of needle exchange provides greater options for states and local jurisdictions that require new and effective tools to prevent the spread of HIV.

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America Must Realign Itself With Truth, Justice, And Fairness For All Americans

Scott Foval | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Scott Foval, Human Rights, Don't Ask Don't Tell, Civil Rights, LGBTI Community, HIV Prevention, LGBTI Rights, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Scott Foval

Americans still have hypocritical double-standards about Gays, Lesbians, Bisexual, Transgendered, and Questioning Americans.

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Take Action Against AIDS Today

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Stds, National HIV Testing Day, HIV Prevention, HIV Test, Aids, Hiv, AIDS Testing, Healthy 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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African HIV-Carriers Should Be Branded: Swaziland Legislator

Raw Story | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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To End America's AIDS Crisis, Reinvest in Prevention

David Holtgrave | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: HIV/AIDS, AIDS Prevention, Aids, Public Health, Hiv, HIV Prevention, Obama Health Care, Barack-Obama-Health-Policy, Healthy 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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Ugandan Spy Arrested For Stealing Thousands From AIDS Fund

BBC | Posted 05.25.2011 | 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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Taking the Wraps Off Condoms

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Women's Sexuality, Journal of the American Medical Association, Centers for Disease Control and Preventions, Birth Control, Sexual Health, Dr. Stuart Berman, Chlamydia, Women's Health, HIV Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Teenage Pregnancy, Cecile Richards, Gonorrhea, Condoms, Healthy Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

Just in Case looks to be a simple and attractive makeup accessory, but serves a greater purpose. A hidden well contains two 2" x 2" condom foils.

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The Cure on Black AIDS Day

Johnathon Briggs | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: HIV/AIDS, HIV Vaccine, Public Awareness Campaign, Ory Month, Hiv Infections, Minority Health, Gay Men, Kaiser Family Foundation, Black AIDS Day, Social Marketing Campaign, Black Hist, With Me Comes a Cure, HIV Prevention, Teen Sex, Microbicides, Chicago News
Johnathon Briggs

The statistics hit like a blow to the gut. Nearly half of all new HIV cases in the U.S. are among African Americans, even though we represent just 12 percent of the population.

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Let's Talk About Jobs, Baby

Johnathon Briggs | Posted 05.25.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Economic Stimulus Package, HIV Prevention, Std, African American Health, Gay Men, AIDS Prevention, Sex Education, Cook County Health, Obama Stimulus Plan, Family Planning Stimulus Plan, Stimulus Package, AIDS Infections, Chicago News
Johnathon Briggs

Congress should approve the $400 million in prevention funding so that we can stop talking about sex and start improving the health of all Americans-- not just the ones we morally agree with.

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Why the Global Fund Is a Terrific Investment

Bill Gates | Posted 04.08.2013 | Impact
Read More: Big-Push, ONE Campaign, Philanthropy, Malaria Prevention, Bill Gates Charity, Charity, Global Fund, The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, The Global Fund, Bill Gates Microsoft, Bill Gates Global Fund, Bill Gates Charity Work, HIV Prevention, Impact News
Bill Gates

The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria announced today that it will need $15 billion to continue its life-saving work. If the world comes together to meet this replenishment goal, it will build on one of its greatest achievements of the past decade by saving millions more lives.

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When Is The Right Time To Disclose Your HIV Status?

Tyler Curry | Posted 03.27.2013 | Gay Voices
Read More: HIV/AIDS, HIV Testing, HIV Prevention, Gay Issues, Gay Dating, HIV and Dating, HIV Disclosure, HIV Dating, HIV Status, HIV Status Disclosure, Disclosing HIV Status, Gay Voices News
Tyler Curry

The danger of the "third-date rule" is that it allows for feelings to develop, albeit little baby ones. Disclosing your status once a semblance of trust has formed is like placing a loaded gun in front of a person and asking them not to shoot you with it. I prefer to avoid the firing range.

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