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

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Hiv Infection, US Hiv Rates, Hiv Msm, Hiv, Science, Aids Epidemic in Africa, Health Care, Hiv Washington Dc, Politics News
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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Gender Apartheid

Amy Coen | Posted 07.03.2008 | Living

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Amy Coen

Boge explained her biggest challenge decades earlier was to convince the first mother that her 'uncut' daughter would have a good life; she would be an acceptable wife, bear children and be healthy.

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America's HIV Rate Increases By 25 Percent After Better Counting

Reuters | Daniel Bases | Posted 06.19.2008 | Living

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Researchers have been undercounting new cases of HIV infection in the United States, meaning the rate is probably 25 percent higher at 50,000 people p...

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Bono's (RED) Campaign Sees Red Over Shortcomings

New York Times | Ron Nixon | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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A year ago, staff members at the Treatment and Research AIDS Center could barely cope. Patients, unable to find care elsewhere, flowed in from every c...

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Scientists Pinpoint HIV's Arrival In US

Washington Post | Rob Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Home

Read More: HIV in Africa, Early HIV History, HIV History, Hiv, Aids, HIV's Arrival in US, Home News

In the decades since young gay men in the United States started dying from a mysterious syndrome in the 1980s, scientists have wondered how and when t...

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Merck Pulls Plug On AIDS Vaccine Trials After Experimental Drug Fails

AP | LINDA A. JOHNSON | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

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A promising experimental vaccine to prevent the AIDS virus has failed in a crucial experiment, with volunteers becoming infected with HIV anyway, lead...

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George Michael Pulls HIV Interview

BBC | Posted 03.28.2008 | Entertainment

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Pop star George Michael has asked for an interview in which he discusses his fears of having HIV to be removed from a BBC programme. The BBC has conf...

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