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3 groundbreaking documentaries to watch on Netflix for World AIDS Day

Thursday, December 1, 2016

Two of the films focus on the history of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in America, while the third focuses on the current state of AIDS in America, India and South Africa.

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New York City AIDS Memorial unveiled on World AIDS Day

Thursday, December 1, 2016

The memorial has been in the works for over five years.

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Video: President Obama’s last World AIDS Day message

Thursday, December 1, 2016

"Together, we can do this," Obama says in the video. "And long after I leave office, you'll have a friend in me."

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Miami leads America’s top ten cities with highest rates of HIV

Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Despite new treatment methods, Human Immunodeficiency Virus remains one of the most common and most dangerous STDs in the U.S.

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HIV-positive doctor says his dog saved his life

Monday, November 30, 2015

"When Dogs Heal" tells the stories of HIV-positive people and their dogs in an exhibit launching in Chicago on Tuesday -- World AIDS Day.

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Help destroy an insidious HIV myth by kissing this model on Tuesday. Seriously.

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

A pop-up kissing booth will be erected on Tuesday starring handsome model Alex Mountain -- and it's all to dispel a tenacious HIV myth.

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World AIDS Day: For the countless many, gone too soon

Monday, December 1, 2014

Thirty-three years ago, on June 5, in 1981, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta published a report of five cases of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) among previously healthy young men in Los Angeles. All of…

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White House commemorates World AIDS Day with Presidential Proclamation

Sunday, November 30, 2014

President Barack Obama on Friday issued the following Presidential Proclamation in advance of World AIDS Day on Monday, an annual observance to raise awareness and commemorate those who have lost their lives to one of the…

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AIDS. Remember me?

Sunday, November 30, 2014

On the morning of my 30th birthday, I checked my then-partner, Shane Sawick, into the hospital. He would not come out. Shane died just two weeks later, suffering from Progressive Multifocal Leukoencephalopathy (PML); one disease, among…

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World AIDS Day 2013: Presidential Proclamation

Sunday, December 1, 2013

Each year on World AIDS Day, we come together as a global community to fight a devastating pandemic. We remember the friends and loved ones we have lost, stand with the estimated 35 million people living…

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