World Aids Day

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Five Years On: My Diagnosis And Mission Living As HIV+

Scott Foval | Posted 12.22.2008 | Chicago

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Equality, Barack Obama, Gay Rights, World AIDS Day, Proposition 8, Prop 8, Health, Gay Marriage, Obama AIDS, Obama AIDS Policy, Howard Brown Health Center, Rick Warren, Chicago News

I am telling my story so that people know why today, more than ever, it is unquestionable that we need to re-invest in HIV/AIDS research.

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AIDS Charity and our Domestic Needs

Cord Jefferson | Posted 12.11.2008 | Living

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Sub-Saharan Africa, Infectious Diseases, World, Africa, Aids, Hiv, HIV/AIDS Africa, Aids Statistics, World AIDS Day, Living News

Among Manhattan's middle-aged black men, the HIV/AIDS rates are comparable to those of sub-Saharan Africa. Blacks in the United States are at a flash point in their struggle with AIDS.

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Give A Day for World AIDS

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 12.05.2008 | Home

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Marc Kielburger, Craig Kielburger, Africa, World AIDS Day, Home News

Outrageous and solvable. That's how Dr. Jane Philpott sees the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Outrageous because of the scores of lives this disease has taken. S...

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Staggering Gains in the Fight Against AIDS

Michel D. Kazatchkine | Posted 12.04.2008 | Living

Read More: AIDS Treatment, Aids Research, World Health Organization, AIDS Vaccine, Global Fund, AIDs Epidemic, Who, Malaria, AIDS in Thailand, Tuberculosis Treatment, AIDS Research Funds, Aids Epidemic in Africa, Tuberculosis, Africa and AIDS, Antiretroviral Drugs, World AIDS Day, Living News

In a world where inequality continues to grow, the recent gains in health form a bridge between the rich and the poor. We need to strengthen this bridge.

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This Era of Black Women and HIV/AIDS

Irene Monroe | Posted 12.02.2008 | Living

Read More: Black People, Black Women, HIV/AIDS, Gwen Ifill, African-Americans, World AIDS Day, Living News

Seventeen percent of the U.S. teen population is African American. In 2004, 70 percent of all teens testing HIV-positive were black.

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AIDS Awareness

Michael DeJong | Posted 12.02.2008 | Living

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Green Living, Housecleaning, Technology, Health, World AIDS Day, Biomedical Research, Living News

On World AIDS Day, we need to remember those we have lost, but we also need to remember the 39.5 million individuals and households that are also affected by and with HIV.

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The New Obama in South Africa

Mona Gable | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: World AIDS Day, Barbara Hogan, Thabo Mbeki, Relationships, Barack Obama, Blackwater, South Africa, President Obama, Politics News

In October South Africa got a new health minister, a former anti-apartheid activist named Barbara Hogan who's being called the "new Obama." How's that for change South Africans can believe in?

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Reading The Pictures: George And Laura Look Good In Ribbons

Michael Shaw | Posted 12.01.2008 | Media

Read More: George Bush, White House, Laura Bush, World AIDS Day, Ribbons, Media News

It's always been about backgrounds and logos. Desperate days in the legacy hunt?

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Obama AIDS Day Message Praises President Bush

AP | ANN SANNER | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

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CHICAGO — President-elect Barack Obama praised the Bush administration's effort to combat AIDS and pledged Monday to continue to fight the deadl...

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World AIDS Day: A Spiritual Approach

Dr. Susan Corso | Posted 12.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Pandemic, HIV/AIDS, Gay, Health, Disease, World AIDS Day, Living News

Imagine, in the face of the despair, a young pastor delivering a sermon to a principally gay, male congregation on the spirituality of HIV/AIDS.

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French First Lady Joins Global Fight Against AIDS

AP | JOELLE DIDERICH | Posted 12.01.2008 | Style

Read More: Aids, Carla Bruni, France, Foreign Affairs, Sarkozy and Carla Bruni, World AIDS Day, Style News

PARIS — France's glamorous first lady threw her considerable star power behind the global fight against AIDS on Monday, as the world tallied the...

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Leading the Way Toward a Generation Free of HIV

Pamela W. Barnes | Posted 12.01.2008 | Living

Read More: HIV/AIDS, AIDS Awareness, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, Health, Aids in Children, World AIDS Day, Living News

As president and CEO of the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation, I've visited the countries hardest hit by HIV/AIDS and I've seen that success is possible.

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World AIDS Day and Bush's Tiny Shot at a Legacy

Max Bernstein | Posted 12.01.2008 | Home

Read More: George Bush, Ex-Presidents, George W. Bush Leaving Office, Bush World Aids Day, World AIDS Day, Home News

Despite your leaving disaster in your wake in every other facet of your presidency, AIDS is the one issue the world will still listen to you on.

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The Day of the Red Ribbon

Dr. Logan Levkoff | Posted 12.01.2008 | Style

Read More: HIV/AIDS, US Hiv Rates, Health, Aids, Red Ribbon, Hiv, Sex Education, World AIDS Day, Reagan Hofmann, Hiv Awareness, AIDS Awareness, Sexual Health, AIDs Epidemic, Hiv Infections, Style News

If HIV is preventable, why are there over 56,000 new infections in this country every year? Why is it that red ribbons are only worn on World AIDS Day -- or occasionally to the Academy Awards?

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We Must Never Forget and Never Relent in Our Fight Against AIDS

Rep. Jim McDermott | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Aids, HIV/AIDS, World AIDS Day, Politics News

World AIDS Day is a day to bear witness, to celebrate the progress we have made and to re-dedicate ourselves to the fight by telling our own personal stories.

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What World AIDS Day Means To Me

Susan Smith Ellis | Posted 12.01.2008 | Living

Read More: HIV/AIDS, AIDS Awareness, AIDS Activism, Health, (RED), Aids, Hiv, HIV/AIDS Africa, (RED)Wire, (RED) Starbucks, World AIDS Day, Living News

For me, today is a day where I think of what still needs to be done, of the literally millions of people we still need to help in Africa who are fighting to survive.

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High Hopes Await Obama in HIV/AIDS Fight

Mark Ishaug | Posted 12.01.2008 | Chicago

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Health, George W. Bush, National AIDS Strategy, Barack Obama, Healthcare, World AIDS Day, Obama AIDS, Obama AIDS Policy, Chicago News

When he assumes power, Barack Obama will take the reigns of the largest, sustained commitment of any nation to lifesaving HIV treatments for some of the world's most impoverished citizens.

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On the 20th Anniversary of World AIDS Day, Turning the Corner for People Living with HIV

Dr. Ana Langer | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, AIDS Discrimination, Hiv Health Care, Hiv Infections, Health, Aids, Hiv, Health Care, World AIDS Day, Politics News

As people live longer with HIV, new challenges have emerged. Chief among them are the effects of social stigma and discrimination against people with HIV.

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World AIDS Day: Aidsism in America

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Aidsism, Health, Aids in America, World AIDS Day, Politics News

On the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day, despite the medical advances that have been made, this story serves as a powerful reminder of the struggles and indignities people living with HIV/AIDS still face.

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Why Some Claim The AIDS Crisis Is Overblown

AP | MARIA CHENG | Posted 12.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Aids Crisis, World AIDS Day, Aids, Living News

LONDON — As World AIDS Day is marked on Monday, some experts are growing more outspoken in complaining that AIDS is eating up funding at the exp...

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Over 4,000 People Will Die Of AIDS Today In Africa. (Just Like Every Other Day)

James Boyce | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Starbucks, World AIDS Day, The Global Fund, (RED), HIV/AIDS, Video, Politics News

Of all the things that I have seen, of all the conversations, of all the meetings, I wanted to share with you today the one thing that sticks in my mind, and keeps me awake at night.

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A Post-Thanksgiving Cornucopia: World AIDS Day, The Birth of (RED)WIRE, Milk and Prop 8

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.01.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Prop 6, Congress, Hiv, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ontario, Who, Dixie Chicks, Asia, China, Wolrd Health Foundation, Gay Adoption, Ali Partovi, Olympic Bird's Nest, Patna Women's College, The Killers, W Hotels, Premiere Wen Jiabao, Aids, Elvis Costello, World AIDS Day, Melissa Etheridge, Latin America, President Barack Obama, Rod Stewart, Nand Kishore Yadev, Sheryl Crow, The Police, Senator Dianne Feinstein, Emile Hirsch, Coldplay, India, Matthew Sheppard, James Franco, Starbucks, Gay Marriage, Jay-Z, Josh Brolin, Toronto, Prop 8, Spider-Man, Canada, Sean Penn, Keith Olbermann, California, Don MacKinnon, Lisa Gurry, W, AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Senator Barbara Boxer, (RED), Elton John, World Health Organization, Kargil Chowk, Hear Music, Senator John v. Briggs, High School Music, John Legend, Unicef, Molly Johnson, Msn, Lucas Grabeel, United States, Harvey Milk, Gus Van Sant, Death Cab for Cutie, Into the Wild, President George W. Bush, Itunes, Carribean, Matthew Shepard, Ilike, Entertainment News

The new online digital magazine (RED)WIRE will sponsor a series of unique performances by artists such as U2 and Sheryl Crow, in its bid to help fight AIDS.

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U.S. Presidential Candidates' Health Care Plans 2008: HIV/AIDS Proposals -- A Time for Leadership

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics

Read More: Aids, HIV/AIDS, World AIDS Day, Politics News

The resurgence of HIV underscores why leadership is needed in the fight against this disease and why the candidates must describe proposals to address this pandemic now.

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World AIDS Day: Dancing Our Way To A Better World

Laiah Idelson | Posted 12.01.2007 | Living

Read More: Make a Difference, HIV/AIDS, World AIDS Day, Living News

Dancing for six hours straight in a college-campus building might sound like a bizarre way for college students to spend a Friday night. But this Worl...

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World AIDS Day 2007: Electing to Fight Against HIV/AIDS

Susan Blumenthal, M.D. | Posted 11.30.2007 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, World AIDS Day, Politics News

It's concerning that so few of the presidential candidates have described their plans for leadership in the fight against HIV/AIDS.

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