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World AIDS Day Question: How Close Are We to a Cure?

By Dave ThierNov 30th 2010 – 11:46AM

(Nov. 30) -- Wednesday is World AIDS Day, where people around the world rally to raise funds and awareness to combat the still-potent global pandemic. But 30 years after the auto-immune disease surfaced in Central Africa, there remains no cure and no vaccine. In western countries, drug cocktails that include...

Porn Actor Tests HIV-Positive; Some Filming Halted

By Lisa FlamOct 13th 2010 – 11:10AM

(Oct. 13) -- Another porn actor in California's lucrative adult film industry has tested positive for the AIDS virus, leading two companies to halt production. The positive HIV test was confirmed to the Los Angles Times by the Adult Industry Medical Healthcare Foundation, a clinic in Sherman Oaks that serves the porn...

UN Report: AIDS Spreading Across Eastern Europe and Central Asia

By Katie DrummondJul 20th 2010 – 1:15PM

(July 20) -- AIDS is spreading in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, especially among marginalized youth, according to warnings from United Nations advocates at this week's International HIV/AIDS Conference in Vienna. Rates of HIV in the region, which includes Russia and Georgia, have been climbing for much of the past...

Federal Report: HIV Among US Poor Matches Rates in Developing Countries

By Katie DrummondJul 19th 2010 – 12:21PM

(July 19) -- HIV is so pervasive in the poorest urban regions of America that infection rates match those of developing countries, where the condition is endemic among the general population. That's the startling conclusion of a new report, commissioned by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and presented at...

Obama to Unveil New Plan for Combatting HIV, AIDS

Jul 13th 2010 – 8:58AM

WASHINGTON (July 13) -- President Barack Obama is announcing a new national strategy for combatting HIV and AIDS aimed at helping reduce the number of infections and providing those living with the virus high-quality care free from stigma or discrimination. The strategy calls for reducing the rate of new HIV infections by...

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Bringing Water and Sanitation to Ethiopian Children

By Conrad Person May 17th 2012 - 07:57AM

This blog was co-authored with Teshome Lemma, WASH +Program Coordinator for Water Sanitation & Hygiene at CARE Ethiopia.

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Commemorating National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

By Valerie Jarrett Feb 10th 2012 - 10:58AM

On this, the 12th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, I remember my sister-in-law's fight with the disease.

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Valerie Jarrett: Commemorating National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

By Valerie Jarrett Feb 08th 2012 - 05:08PM

On this, the 12th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, I remember my sister-in-law's fight with the disease.

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

By Sheila C. Johnson Dec 01st 2011 - 11:22AM

I am proud to be involved in the global movement to fight HIV/AIDS through my work with the Accordia Global Health Foundation , which is building healthcare capacity and strengthening academic medical institutions in the heart of Africa to combat HIV/AIDS and other devastating infectious diseases.

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Thirty years of AIDS: Smithsonian remembers the start of a pandemic

By Sean McLachlan Jun 05th 2011 - 04:25PM

Thirty years ago this summer, the first official reports were released about a new virus that destroyed the human immune system.

Background on HivAids

An HIV/AIDS pandemic exists in China. Much of the current spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in China has been through intravenous drug use and prostitution.

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