Tag: "AIDS"
Study: 14% of gay men in D.C. are HIV positive
More than 14 percent of gay men in the District are HIV positive, almost five times as high as the overall rate for the city's adults and teenagers, according to a snapshot of the community [...]
Sen. Kerry leads group calling for FDA to end ban on gays donating blood
[caption id="attachment_6756" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Kerry"][/caption] Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts called today for the Food and Drug Administration to lift a “discriminatory” ban on gay men donating blood. Kerry led a group of 18 [...]
Gosling released on bail following admission of AIDS-era mercy killing
[caption id="attachment_6238" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Gosling"][/caption] Veteran BBC broadcaster Ray Gosling was released on bail today following an arrest Wednesday after admitting he had once killed his lover as he lay seriously ill in hospital "in [...] BBC reporter admits to mercy killing of AIDS stricken lover (Video)
Award-winning documentary maker Ray Gosling, 70, revealed to TV viewers Monday night he once carried out a mercy killing on a former lover who was suffering from AIDS. Asked whether he had any regrets, he [...]
United States lifts 22-year HIV immigration, travel ban
[caption id="attachment_4663" align="alignleft" width="360" caption="The White House, on World AIDS Day 2009"][/caption] The United States has lifted a 22-year immigration ban which has stopped anyone with HIV/AIDS from entering the country. The BBC reports: President [...]
‘In the Life’ looks at progress and efforts in fighting HIV
Over twenty million people have died from AIDS since its cause, HIV, was discovered in 1981. Though leading scientists worldwide have dedicated their life's work to understanding the virus, its genetic complexity is unprecedented and [...]
World AIDS Day: In honor of 25 million lives worldwide
Today is World AIDS Day, a day to remember and honor the 25 million people worldwide who have lost their life to the most destructive epidemic in recorded history. Each year, we mark World AIDS [...]
Administration officials highlight progress on HIV/AIDS Issues
On the eve of World AIDS Day, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, Senior Advisor to the President Valerie Jarrett, and other officials discuss the progress the Obama [...]
Obama reauthorizes ‘Ryan White Act,’ announces end of HIV travel ban (Video)
President Obama on Friday called an end to the 22-year ban on travel to the United States by people tested positive for HIV, fulfilling a promise he made to gay advocates and acting to eliminate [...]
Personalized therapeutic HIV vaccine shows promise
An experimental treatment strategy involving a vaccine that is tailor-made from an HIV-positive person’s virus and immune system cells can reduce viral load and improve the function of the immune system, according to a [...]
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