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Harm Reduction in the United States: Whose History? (Part 1)

Allan Clear | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hiv, Activism, Needle Exchange, Harm Reduction, Drugs, Syringe Exchange, War on Drugs, Drug Policy, Aids, Harm Reduction Coalition, Overdose, Politics News
Allan Clear

In the fall of 2009, I was asked by an academic journal to contribute a 1,500 word editorial that outlined the history of harm reduction in the United...

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Namibian Women With HIV Sue Government Over Forced Sterilization

AP | PATIENCE NYANGOVE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sterilization, Forced Sterilization, Namibia, Hiv, Hiv Positive, Namibian Women @Y:World, Windhoek, World News

WINDHOEK, Namibia — Supporters of three HIV-positive women in Namibia who say they were sterilized without their consent held protests to suppor...

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The Life Changing Impact of 40 Cents a Day

Concillia Muhau | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV in Africa, Aids, Global Fund, Hiv, (Product)RED, AIDS in Africa, Antiretroviral Drugs, Video, Impact News
Concillia Muhau

People all over the world should know that that 40 cents can give a person with HIV/AIDS the drugs that will help them live.

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Religious Groups Pledge To End AIDS Stigma

AP | MIKE CORDER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stigamtization, Islam, Hiv, Africa, Roman Catholic Church, Judaism, Public Health, HIV/AIDS, Religion, Hinduism, AIDS Stigma, Christianity, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Morality, HIV/AIDS Africa, Buddhism, Aids, HIV Stigma, Condoms, Religion News

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Religious groups from around the globe pledged Tuesday to prevent the stigmatization of people living with HIV and AIDS...

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In the Fight Against the Spread of HIV/AIDS, There Is No Silver Bullet

Bernard Pollack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uganda, Zimbabwe, Hiv, Africa, Agriculture, Youssou N Dour, HIV/AIDS, Innovation, South Africa, Thione Seck, Innovative, Solidarity Center, Awesome Tapes From Africa, Music Without Borders, Aids, Senegal, Mbalax, World News
Bernard Pollack

In the fight against HIV/AIDS, there is no silver bullet. As we travel throughout sub-Saharan Africa we are seeing dozens of innovative ways that organizations, governments, and individuals are working to fight the disease.

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Segregating HIV Positive Inmates Is Medically Unjustified and Hinders Rehabilitation

Reproductive Justice | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Aclu, HIV/AIDS, Hiv, Human Rights Watch, Segregation, Prison, Department of Corrections, South Carolina, Politics News
Reproductive Justice

As the ACLU points out, prisons throughout the US are able to give medical care for HIV without forcing inmates to give up their right to privacy and freedom from discrimination.

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1,000 Words About Uganda

Bernard Pollack | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Uganda, Solidarity Center, Lake Victoria, Border Jumpers, Hiv, Aids, DISC Project, Katuna, World News
Bernard Pollack

Boredom -- and drinking -- often led to unsafe sex with prostitutes at the truck stops along the highway. As a result, truck drivers have one of the highest rates of HIV/AIDS in Eastern Africa.

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Condoms In Porn: California Considers New Safety Requirement

AP | SHAYA TAYEFE MOHAJER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Condoms, Porn, California, Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board, Aids, Pornography, Porn Industry, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Hiv, Std, Los Angeles News

LOS ANGELES — California's worker safety board voted Thursday to further study a proposal that would require porn actors to wear condoms during ...

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South Carolina To Cut Entire HIV/AIDS Budget

The State | GINA SMITH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, South Carolina AIDS, Hiv, HIV/AIDS Budget Cuts, South Carolina Budget Cuts, South Carolina, HIV/AIDS Cuts, South Carolina HIV/AIDS Budget Cuts, South Carolina HIV/AIDS, Aids, South Carolina HIV, Politics News

When Deadra Lawson-Smith moved to South Carolina for a new job in 2006, her insurance company would not cover her pricey HIV medication because it tre...

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Insurer Targeted HIV Patients To Drop Coverage

Reuters | Murray Waas | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Assurant Health, Fortis, Hiv, Assurant Health Targeted HIV Patients, HIV Patients Dropped Coverage, HIV Patient Coverage Dropped, HIV Patient, Jerome Mitchell, Politics News

In May, 2002, Jerome Mitchell, a 17-year old college freshman from rural South Carolina, learned he had contracted HIV. The news, of course, was devas...

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HIV Sexual Assault On Teen Boy, Texas Man Arrested (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Criminals, Hiv, Aids, Sexual Assault, Crime, Video., Video, Home News

A Houston man is accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy with a deadly weapon. The deadly weapon was the HIV/AIDS virus. He met the 15-year-old...

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Reforming Drug Treatment in the US: Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Allan Clear | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hiv, United Nations, Needle Exchange, Commission on Narcotic Drugs, Harm Reduction, Drugs, War on Drugs, Drug Policy, Politics News
Allan Clear

If the US is serious about addressing stigma and discrimination against people who use drugs, it needs to come up with a plan to do so without stigmatizing and discriminating against them.

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New HIV Infections Increasing Among Homosexuals

AP | EDITH M. LEDERER | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Homosexuals HIV, Homosexuals AIDS, Disease, Health, Aids, Hiv, Medicine, Healthy Living News

NEW YORK — New HIV infections are increasing among homosexuals, drug users and prostitutes who don't seek help because of laws that criminalize ...

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China Refuses To Allow HIV-Positive Australian Author Into Country

Australian Broadcasting Corp. | Stephen McDonell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hiv, Australian Author, Authors, Chinese Government, Books, China, Robert Dessaix, Books News

China's refusal to allow an HIV-positive Australian author to enter the country has led to calls for the Beijing Government to change the law....

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UN Says Mother-Child HIV Can Be Eliminated By 2015

AP | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Children, Pregnancy, Motherhood, Hiv, AIDS Virus, Wellness, HIV/AIDS, Child, Health, United Nations, Infection, Aids, Mother-Child Hiv, Un, Medicine, Healthy Living News

GENEVA — The United Nations says mother-to-child HIV transmission can be eliminated by 2015 if health programs receive increased investments as ...

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Free Female Condoms: D.C. To Be DFirst U.S. city to give away free female condoms to fight HIV/AIDS

washingtonpost.com | Darryl Fears | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Female Condoms AIDS, Aids, Hiv, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Female Condoms HIV, Free Female Condoms, Female Condoms, Condoms, Healthy Living News

The District will become the first city in the United States to distribute female condoms free, part of a project that will make 500,000 of them avail...

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The Business of Eliminating Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission

Michel Sidibé | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Transmission of HIV, HIV/AIDS, Transmission of Aids, Hiv, HIV Africa, AIDS Africa, Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission, World News
Michel Sidibé

By reaching out to private enterprise, we can bring rates of maternal HIV transmission close to zero, realizing the stunning possibility that no infant should start life with HIV.

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Black History Month Good-Bye Blues

Chris Norwood | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: History, Hiv, Children, Jobs, Blues, Arrest, Police, Black, Aids, Nypd, Racism, Stop and Frisk, Racial Profiling, Frisks, New York News
Chris Norwood

In the South Bronx, New York's poorest county, where I run a community health program, I haven't encountered a single person who has obtained an actual stimulus job.

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Lady Gaga and Cyndi Lauper Know that HIV isn't Someone Else's Issue

Nancy Mahon | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Hiv, Women, Women's Health, Cyndi Lauper, Stds, Impact, Lady GaGa, Aids, Condoms, Impact News
Nancy Mahon

Risky sexual behavior is putting women in the UK at a higher risk for HIV infection. Pop stars Lady Gaga and Cyndi Lauper take the stage to show the issue is more universal than they may think.

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HIV Rates In US: Some Places Have Higher Infection Rates Than Africa

Newsweek | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Black Women, Infection Rates, Men Who Have Sex With Men, Ethiopia, Urban Areas, Washington DC, Nigeria, Rural South, Hispanics, Hiv Positive, Kenya, Northeast, African Americans, Aids, Hispanic Men, Drug Users, Health Care, Condom Use, New York City, Hiv, South Africa, Rawanda, HIV/AIDS, Black Men, Hispanic Women, Education, Sex, Safe Sex, Gays, Condoms, Cities, Minorities, New York News

Recent research published in The New England Journal of Medicine shows that within certain populations in America, the prevalence of HIV-infected peop...

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Abstinence-Only Across The Board -- Not So Fast!

Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: John Jemmott III, Hiv, Sexually Transmitted Infections, Sexual Initiation, Abstinence-Only, Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Abstinence-Until-Marriage, Sex Education, Health, Sex, Healthy Living News
Dr. Yvonne K. Fulbright

Yet should we be so quick to declare abstinence-only as the best approach to sexuality education? After all, this is only one study, and it certainly has its shortcomings, like its...

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U.S. Congressmember Carolyn Maloney on Abhorrent Anti-Gay Legislation in Uganda

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Upper East Side, Lgbt, Hiv, Tammy Baldwin, Roosevelt Island, Pepfar, Benefit for Haiti, Thought Leaders, Carolyn B. Maloney, LGBT Caucus, Global Citizens, Albany, U.S. House of Representatives Human Rights Commission, Gay, Webster Hall, Manhattan, Anti-Homosexuality Bill, U.S. Congress, Micah Kellner, Washington Post, John Lee, Clif Maloney, Bisexual, Transgendered, Uganda Parliament, Uganda, East Village, Tom Lantos, Barack Obama, Harvey Milk, New York City, Congressional Human Rights Commission, Lesbian, Anti-Gay Legislation, HIV Prevention, New York Times, Hillary Clinton, Global Citizenship Award, New York State Assembly, Orphans International Worldwide, Politics News
Jim Luce

On Thought Leaders and Global Citizens. U.S. Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney, representing Manhattan's Upper East Side, Roosevelt Island, and Wester...

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Haiti: Women and Girls at Risk

Carolyn Makinson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Hiv, Haiti Earthquake, HIV Haiti, Women's Health, Reproductive Health, Haiti, Pregnancy, Impact News
Carolyn Makinson

Imagine being nine months pregnant, ready to give birth, when your life is turned upside down. This is the situation for thousands of women following the earthquake in Haiti.

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Heroes and Villains... A World AIDS Day Reaction

Leigh Blake | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Bill Clinton, Global Aids, Aids, Hiv, Alicia Keys, Keep a Child Alive, The Black Ball, Barack Obama, Leigh Blake, Impact News
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.

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

Marcy Winograd | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Pharmaceutical Industry, Hiv, Jane Harman, Breast Cancer, Biologics, Anna Eshoo, Health Insrance Reform, Big Pharma, Marcy Winograd, Aids, Jane Hamsher, Biolsimilars, Health Care, Politics News
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.

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