Aids

My Father Gave My Mother AIDS

Posted by robynoratocom

Mom had a headache that wasn't going away. In fact, it was getting worse. Mom never complained about anything, ever. Maybe that's why my parents got along so well. But now she began to cry about her head hurting and aspirins not helping. Dad took mom to the doctor, who said, "Just a headache. Go home and ride it out."

They were obedient patients that trusted doctors... until mom's headache got so bad she couldn't talk or walk. Rushing mother to the emergency room, dad demanded some test that revealed a brain tumor known as a glioblastoma. Two weeks after the surgery dad told all of us to pray for mom.

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Remembering the Super Bug of 2005

Posted by Villagenyc

On February 5, 2005, the New York City Department of Health in conjunction with the Aaron Diamond Aids Research Center called a press conference and issued an urgent health alert to the public. The event was especially targeted towards men who have sex with men. According to health officials, one individual had been infected with what appeared to be a never before seen particularly potent and apparently mutated strain of HIV that had rapidly progressed to full blown AIDS.

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New York AIDS Walk expected to draw thousands :: EDGE New York City

Posted by Villagenyc

In its 23 years, the walk has grown from an event that raised $710,000 from 4,500 walkers in 1986 to the largest AIDS fundraising events in the world last year with 45,000 participants who raised an estimated $6.8 million. It has raised roughly $98 million throughout its history to help fund vital health and social services to those living with the virus.

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IRIN humanitarian news: Less silence, more science could make anal sex safer

Posted by okami

NEW DELHI, 27 February 2008 (PlusNews) - The silence and taboo surrounding anal sex is putting millions of men and women at risk of HIV, delegates attending the fourth international microbicides conference in New Delhi, India, heard this week.

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Warning Is Sent to AIDS Vaccine Volunteers

Posted by StellaDee from Washington Post

AIDS researchers have begun warning hundreds of volunteers that a highly touted experimental vaccine they received in recent months might make them more, not less, likely to contract HIV in the midst of one of the world's most rampant epidemics.

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Black clergy, activists, join forces to stop AIDS :: EDGE New York City

Posted by Villagenyc

. The ministers pledged to promote awareness and testing. They also sought to promote the physical, mental and spiritual needs of those affected by AIDS. "We are in crisis mode," Bishop T.D. Jakes said. "Our focus right now is saving lives. We can save souls later."

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'Aids drugs' flood black market: Africa: Zimbabwe: News24

Posted by theangryindian from News24

Harare - Aids drugs - some of them contaminated, diluted or faked - are being sold at flea markets and hairdressing salons in the face of growing shortages in clinics linked to Zimbabwe's economic crisis, says the health ministry.

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