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French Fight AIDS With 120-Foot Flying Condom

By Buck WolfJan 27th 2010 – 7:15PM
Franck Fife, AFP / Getty Images

Franck Fife, AFP / Getty Images

(Jan. 27) – Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a giant flying condom! The French have unveiled their latest weapon in the battle against sexually transmitted diseases: a 120-foot condom filled with helium that went on display Tuesday at the Palais de la Decouverte in Paris. The giant inflatable...

World AIDS Day Provides a Reminder: A Lot of Work Remains

By Tamara LytleDec 1st 2009 – 5:16PM

Americans found many ways to commemorate World AIDS Day on Tuesday. Prayer vigils in Las Vegas. Free rapid-result testing in Iowa. Even a carnival ring toss in New Mexico. But the atmosphere was hardly festive. The disease may have evolved from a quick death sentence to an illness that can be managed. Yet AIDS experts...

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  • 02/08/12 Action needed to reach ambitious targets set forth in... Source: News-Medical.Net President Barack Obama's December 1 World AIDS Day speech "could be pivotal, but only if it is followed by changes in how we tackle global AIDS," Chris Collins, vice president and director of public policy at amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, writes in this Huffington Post "Global Motherhood" opinion piece.
  • 01/13/12 SCB Presents Prizes To World AIDS Day Quiz Competition... Source: Brudirect.com Some 50 lucky winners of the Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) World AIDS Day 2011 Quiz Competition that featured in the Borneo Bulletin throughout the month of December in conjunction with World AIDS Day observed on December 1, received their prizes in a ceremony held yesterday.

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