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3 hrs ago | Walta Information Centre

Through PEPFAR Support, One Million Babies Born HIV-free - Wednesday, 19 June 2013 07:59

At the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief , we measure our progress with metrics that account for every program, dollar, and service received, huffingtonpost.com reported.

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7 hrs ago | The Legal Record

Illinois Lottery Game to Fund HIV/AIDS Programs

Since 2008, the Illinois Lottery has contributed more than $4.7 million to HIV/AIDS education, prevention and support programs that serve Illinoisans, with the net proceeds of its Quality of Life special instant scratch-off games.

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Related Topix: Illinois, Illinois Government, Lottery, Science / Technology, Microsoft Office

Tue Jun 18, 2013

CBS Local

Backlash Against HiV/AIDS Billboard In Dallas

More than 14 thousand people living in Dallas County are living with HIV and many of them don't even know it.

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Related Topix: Health, Dallas, TX, African-American, Oak Cliff, TX

IRIN

Growing HIV/AIDS awareness in Indonesia's Papua region

JAKARTA, 18 June 2013 - Efforts to raise awareness of HIV/AIDS in the Indonesian provinces of Papua, which has among the country's highest rates of infection, and West Papua are making steady though slow progress, say aid workers and government officials.

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Related Topix: Health, World News, Indonesia, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens,

Voice of America

US Marks 10th Anniversary of Emergency AIDS Funding

Secretary of State John Kerry arrives to speak at the 10th anniversary celebration for the President's Plan for Emergency AIDS Relief, June 18, 2013, at the State Department in Washington.

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The Huffington Post

Neil G. Giuliano: How Marriage Equality Helps Fight HIV

Any day now, the Supreme Court is expected to release its decisions on Prop 8, California's ban on gay marriage, and the federal Defense of Marriage Act .

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Related Topix: Health, Gay/Lesbian, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Emory University

The Courier-Journal

HIV testing events to help spot people who don't know they're infected

Some Louisville churches and other groups around the state are offering free HIV testing in connection with National HIV Testing Day.

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PhysOrg Weblog

US program marks birth of one millionth HIV-free baby

This month somewhere in sub-Saharan Africa the one millionth baby will be born without HIV to a mother who suffers from the disease, thanks in large part to a decade-old US aid program.

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Related Topix: Health, World News, South Africa, Africa, Medicine, Malaria

Mon Jun 17, 2013

Free Republic

U.S. Spends $228K to Find Out Why Gay Kenyans Avoid Free HIV Treatment

The National Institutes of Health has authorized a three-year study to find out why some HIV-positive homosexual men in Kenya do not seek the free treatment that American taxpayers already are funding.

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The Straits Times

US program marks birth of 1 millionth HIV-free baby

In this May 30, 2007 photo President Bush , hoists 4-year-old Baron Mosima Loyiso Tantoh, son of Manyongo Mosima "Kuene" Tantoh of South Africa, left, who is HIV-positive, after speaking about his efforts to fight HIV/AIDS worldwide, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.

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Related Topix: Health, George Bush, US News

Hispanically Speaking

Juanes Joins Lifebeat for National HIV Testing Day

Monday, the People en EspaA ol website premiered Juanes' PSA to raise awareness for National HIV Testing Day, which is June 27. Juanes has long teamed up with Lifebeat to raise awareness for HIV/AIDS.

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Truro Daily News

Annual AIDS society auction this Friday

Art lovers may want to be at a local hotel Friday night for the annual charity auction in support of the Northern AIDS Connection Society .

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EDGE

Is Meningitis Outbreak Linked to Gay Social Apps?

GMHC Board Members Dr. Demetre Daskalakis and Dr. Frank Spinelli give meningitis vaccinations across the city "Diseases do not discriminate," resident HIV expert Dr. Demetre Daskalakis said in a recent interview with EDGE.

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Related Topix: Vaccinations, Health, Gay/Lesbian

Applied Clinical Trials

New Data Showed LIVALO? (pitavastatin) 4 mg had Neutral Effects on...

New Data Showed LIVALO? 4 mg had Neutral Effects on Fasting Serum Glucose and HbA1c Levels in HIV-infected Adults with Dyslipidemia New Data Showed LIVALO 4 mg had Neutral Effects on Fasting Serum Glucose and HbA1c Levels in HIV-infected Adults with Dyslipidemia /PRNewswire/ -- Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc. and Eli Lilly and Company announced ... (more)

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Related Topix: Fasting, Health, Biotech, Eli Lilly, Healthcare Industry, Pravachol, Pravastatin (generic)

PR-inside.com

Allion Healthcare, Inc. (ALLI) - Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare - Deals ...

The company is one of the leading provider of specialty pharmacy and disease management services in the US.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

Medical Daily

HIV Prevention For Female Sex Workers Dramatically Reduces Sexually Transmitted Infections In India

Thirteen years of peer-based, HIV prevention programs for female sex workers reduced both HIV and syphilis in young pregnant women from southern India.

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Xinhuanet

HIV/AIDS spreading to younger people in Taiwan

HIV/AIDS is spreading to more younger people in Taiwan, the island health authorities warned at Taiwan HIV Testing Month that kicked off Sunday at Taipei Main Station.

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The New Zealand Herald

Sex report slams Kiwi lessons

The report's release follows recent publicity about an 11-year-old Auckland boy who fathered a child.

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Lake Wylie Pilot

Clover center needs canned veggies

Food donations may be dropped off from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday and Wednesday and 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Thursday at 1130 S.C. 55 E. courtesy of Beth Wedge - Faye Wlodyka's piano students performed a recital May 19 for family and friends at River Hills Country Club.

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Related Topix: Clover, SC, Rock Hill, SC, Clemson University, York County, SC, Health

The Daily News Journal

'Tell the Wolves I'm Home' a beautiful coming-of-age story during AIDS scare

Carol Rifka Brunt's sets her novel, "Tell the Wolves I'm Home," in 1987. It's the beginning of the AIDS crisis, and people are still afraid to touch anyone who's HIV positive.

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