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'Unsafe Sex' Practices Make a Comeback Among Boomers

Ann Brenoff | Posted 02.22.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Boomers Don't Use Condoms, Hiv, Sex, HIV/AIDS Prevention, Boomers and Condoms, Fifty News, Unsafe Sex, Condoms, Aids, Fifty News
Ann Brenoff

A boomer friend who recently re-entered the dating scene found herself sharing the bed of a younger man. Her report from the front-line: It was a meet-up of the generation who had never had sex with a condom and the generation who had never had sex without one.

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Detroit Man's Shocking HIV/AIDS Discrimination Claims Pick Up Steam

Posted 12.22.2011 | Gay Voices
Read More: HIV/AIDS, James White, HIV Prevention, HIV/AIDS Prevention, Great Expressions Dental Centers, Discrimination, James White HIV Case, HIV Discrimination, HIV/AIDS Discrimination, Gay Voices News

More than 35,000 people have called for the resignation of the regional director of Detroit's Great Expressions Dental Care after a former employee cl...

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Harlem Hairdressers Cut Into HIV/AIDS Fight With Awareness Campaign

www.dnainfo.com | Posted 12.02.2011 | Black Voices
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Harlem, Rochelle Walters, Hairdressers Against AIDS, L'Oreal, Hairdressers, HIV/AIDS Prevention, World AIDS Day, Black Voices News

HARLEM — As a hairdresser for the past 23 years, Rochelle Walters often develops very personal relationships with her clients. That's why she has no...

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On World Aids Day -- Go Out and Get Tested

Christine C. Quinn | Posted 01.31.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: HIV/AIDS Prevention, HIV Prevention, HIV/AIDS, AIDS Prevention, World AIDS Day 2011, HIV Cure, Aids, World AIDS Day, Gay Voices News
Christine C. Quinn

On World AIDS Day -- and truly every day -- it's important to remember that our most powerful weapon in the fight against HIV/AIDS is -- and has always been -- our voice. So talk to someone you love or care for today about HIV.

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Marking World AIDS Day

Rep. Barbara Lee | Posted 01.31.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: HIV/AIDS, World AIDS Day, Hiv Infections, HIV/AIDS Prevention, Antiviral, HIV/AIDS Africa, AIDS Prevention, World AIDS Day 2011, Antiviral Medication, Black Voices News
Rep. Barbara Lee

This year marks 30 years after the first discovery of AIDS cases in the United States. While we have come a long way, we have much more work to do. Our country's global leadership will never be more important than at this pivotal moment.

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Ending HIV/AIDS in D.C.: A Capital Priority

Sheila C. Johnson | Posted 01.31.2012 | Black Voices
Read More: HIV/AIDS Prevention, HIV/AIDS, Washington DC, National Hiv/Aids Strategy, Washington-Dc-Aids, Black Voices News
Sheila C. Johnson

Over 3 percent of Washingtonians aged 13 and older are living with HIV/AIDS. This rate is three times what the World Health Organization classifies as an epidemic. I'm both heartbroken and enraged by the tragedy taking place in our own backyard.

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Ending the AIDS Epidemic: Toward an AIDS-Free Generation

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 12.01.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Aids Cure, World AIDS Day, HIV Cure, HIV/AIDS Cure, HIV/AIDS Prevention, World Aids Day December 1 2011, World AIDS Day 2011, Healthy Living News
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

On this World AIDS Day -- 30 years after the first cases of HIV were reported in the U.S. and with 34 million people currently infected worldwide -- there is finally a roadmap for ending the AIDS epidemic globally and achieving an AIDS-free generation.

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Aging & HIV: The New Face of HIV

Daniel Tietz | Posted 01.31.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Aids, HIV/AIDS, Acria, Hiv, World AIDS Day 2011, World AIDS Day, AIDS Awareness, HIV/AIDS Prevention, Fifty News
Daniel Tietz

We must act now to better understand and address the needs and challenges of what will soon be the majority of Americans with HIV -- those over age 50.

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A Roadmap for Achieving an AIDS-Free Generation

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 11.30.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: HIV/AIDS, World AIDS Day, HIV/AIDS Treatment, HIV/AIDS Prevention, HIV-Free Generation, AIDS Day, World Aids Day December 1 2011, World AIDS Day 2011, Healthy Living News
Susan Blumenthal, M.D.

The announcement of a roadmap to achieve an AIDS-free generation is a fitting way to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the reporting of the first cases of AIDS in 1981.

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Study Reveals Surprising Levels Of HIV Discrimination Among L.A. Dentists

Posted 12.01.2011 | Gay Voices
Read More: Dental Care, HIV/AIDS Dentists, HIV/AIDS, Dentists, HIV/AIDS Prevention, Discrimination, HIV/AIDS Discrimination, Gay Voices News

Three decades into the AIDS epidemic, many HIV-positive patients still face routine discrimination when accessing dental care, a new California-based ...

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Cara Santa Maria

Condom Effectiveness: Fact Vs. Fiction

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 01.16.2012 | Home
Read More: Condom, Talk Nerdy to Me, Condom Effectiveness, Condom Myths, HIV Myths, Aids, HIV/AIDS Prevention, Safe Sex, Science, Hiv, Latex Condoms, Home News

Despite certain rumors, at the end of the day, the science is clear about condom use.

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Creating an AIDS-Free Generation

Neil G. Giuliano | Posted 01.09.2012 | Gay Voices
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Combination Prevention, HIV Prevention, HIV/AIDS Prevention, AIDS Combination Prevention, AIDS Prevention, HIV/AIDS Combination Prevention, Gay Voices News
Neil G. Giuliano

It's important that we examine our own combination prevention strategy, because what's effective in sub-Saharan Africa will not necessarily be effective in the U.S. There are four things we can do right now to create our own AIDS-free generation.

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Stopping AIDS Together

Modesto Tico Valle | Posted 01.08.2012 | Chicago
Read More: HIV/AIDS, U.S. Conference on AIDS, AIDS Awareness, Aids Research, Hiv Infections, HIV/AIDS Prevention, 2011 US Conference on AIDS, AIDS Prevention, Chicago Impact, Living With AIDS, Chicago News
Modesto Tico Valle

These next few years are the most critical yet in our long race to a cure for AIDS. The LGBT community and our allies must sound the alarm again, just as we did nearly 30 years ago.

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HIV/AIDS Epidemic Traced Back In 1921 In New Book

Posted 12.24.2011 | Gay Voices
Read More: HIV/AIDS Prevention, Aids, HIV/AIDS, Hiv, HIV/AIDS Africa, AIDS Prevention, HIV/AIDS History, World AIDS Day, Gay Voices News

A Canadian professor's groundbreaking look at the genesis of the AIDS virus is generating global buzz for shedding new light onto the world's most dev...

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AIDS at 30: A Women's Story

Nancy Mahon | Posted 08.10.2011 | Impact
Read More: HIV/AIDS, South Africa, Women's Rights, Women, Human Rights, Sub-Saharan Africa, United Nations, Africa, HIV/AIDS Treatment, HIV/AIDS Prevention, HIV/AIDS Africa, Impact News
Nancy Mahon

HIV/AIDS takes such a devastating toll on women because it thrives on inequity, violence, poverty and stigma.

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AIDS: The Next 30 Years

Mitchell Warren | Posted 08.09.2011 | World
Read More: Unaids, Treatment, Un, Prevention, Aids, Vaccines, Aids 30th Anniversary, Hptn 052, HIV/AIDS, Hiv, AIDs Epidemic, HIV/AIDS Treatment, HIV/AIDS Prevention, Antiretroviral Drugs, World News
Mitchell Warren

This week the world has been looking back at 30 years of AIDS. But what about the next thirty years? Could we see an end to AIDS?

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Religion And AIDS At 30

Diane Winston | Posted 08.07.2011 | Religion
Read More: Christianity, Mainline Churches, Evangelical Christians, Aids, Gay Marriage, HIV/AIDS, Hiv Awareness, HIV/AIDS Prevention, AIDS and Religion, Religious Response to AIDS, LGBT Issues, Gay in America, Religion News
Diane Winston

Many news outlets marked the 30th anniversary of the discovery of AIDS with stories on the medical and scientific aspects of the disease. But was religion mentioned?

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Making the Fourth Decade of AIDS the Last

David Ernesto Munar | Posted 08.06.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Aids 30th Anniversary, AIDS Foundation of Chicago, National Hiv/Aids Strategy, Change the Story, Chicago, Champions of Change, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS Prevention, Obama Administration, Chicago News
David Ernesto Munar

We can and indeed must change the story about HIV/AIDS in our city and nation. Changing the story means working together to end HIV/AIDS in every neighborhood, every town, every state.

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A Step Forward in Tackling America's AIDS Epidemic (Now the Work Begins)

Chris Collins | Posted 06.05.2011 | Home
Read More: HIV/AIDS, The Colbert Report, Cdc, Obama HIV/AIDS Policy, Anthony Fauci, HIV/AIDS Prevention, Chris Collins, Stephen Colbert, Office of National AIDS Policy, National Hiv/Aids Strategy, Amfar, Barack Obama, Home News
Chris Collins

With states facing draconian cutbacks in public health, the federal financing role is more important than ever.

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Memo To Catholic Conservatives: Two Great Saints Stand Behind the Pope's Statement On Condoms

James Heffernan | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: Catholic Church, Pope Benedict XVI, Summa Theologica, Catholic Doctrine, Moral Absolutism, Pope and Condoms, Saint Augustine, Saint Thomas Aquinas, Abortion Debate, HIV/AIDS Prevention, Catholic Moral Absolutism, Catholic Conservatives, Religion News
James Heffernan

When conservative Catholics idolize the golden calf of moral absolutism, they forsake the teachings of the saints.

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A Call to Spiritual Arms: The Faith Community's Global Response To AIDS

Pernessa Seele | Posted 05.25.2011 | Religion
Read More: HIV/AIDS, National Week of Prayer, HIV/AIDS Prevention, HIV Stigma, The Balm in Gilead, HIV Discrimination, Religious Response to AIDS, World Aids Day 2010, Faith Community AIDS Response, AIDS Prevention, Global AIDS Pandemic, HIV Cure, Religion News
Pernessa Seele

Today, there are many spiritual leaders of diverse faiths who are standing tall on this World AIDS Day and declaring God's unconditional love for all people, including those living with HIV.

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AIDS Breakthrough: Gel Helps Prevent Infection

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: HIV/AIDS, Prevent HIV/AIDS, AIDS Prevention Gel, Health, Prevent HIV, Prevent AIDS, HIV/AIDS Prevention, AIDS Gel, AIDS Prevention, AIDS Breakthrough, Healthy Living News

For the first time, a vaginal gel has proved capable of blocking the AIDS virus: It cut in half a woman's chances of getting HIV from an infected part...

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