Living With Hivaids

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Advice for a Young Man Newly Diagnosed with HIV

Bren Shucart | Posted 01.31.2012 | Gay Voices

When I tested positive in the spring of 2005, it felt like the end of the world. HIV was this boogieman that I had been taught to hate and fear since before I really understood how sex worked, and suddenly this monster was inside me.

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World AIDS Day 2011

Candice Wiggins | Posted 01.31.2012 | Impact

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In January 1991 I attended my father's funeral after he died from complications related to AIDS. Attending the funeral was a different experience for me, as I was just one month shy of my fourth birthday.

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World Aids Day: 8 Years Poz, the Lessons of Living With HIV

Scott Foval | Posted 01.31.2012 | New York

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It is important for me to tell those who are newly diagnosed to understand, having HIV does not mean your life is over. You have a lot to live for, and I am an example of what happens when one doesn't give up.

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HIV's Derailment Doesn't Have to Mean HIV's Denial

Thomas DeLorenzo | Posted 12.25.2011 | Gay Voices

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AIDS, in spite of nearly taking my life just a few days before, was giving me a new one. AIDS would be the precise reason I would go to law school, for there is nothing like fighting for your life with an insurance company to make you wish you had a J.D.

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US Launches HIV Testing Program In Zimbabwe

AP | ANGUS SHAW | Posted 05.25.2011 | Home

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HARARE, Zimbabwe — The United States launched a program in Zimbabwe Wednesday to encourage HIV testing, with the U.S. ambassador, local musician...

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Oprah Misses the Mark on HIV/AIDS... Again

Kellee Terrell | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment

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Instead of anything substantial, eye-opening or educational, Winfrey decided to focus on issues that distort the epidemic.

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'Resurrection' From HIV: A Basic Human Right

Lance Bangs | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact

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I came away from the experience of making "The Lazarus Effect" believing that universal access to medication should be a basic human right.

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

Marissa Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011 | Impact

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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HIV Researchers Find Antibodies That Prevent Virus From Causing Severe AIDS

The Los Angeles Times | Thomas H. Maugh II | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living

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After nearly two decades of futile searching for a vaccine against the AIDS virus, researchers are reporting the tantalizing discovery of antibodies t...

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