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 May 16, 2008
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Another Peace Corps Volunteer Dismissed for Being HIV-Positive
In January, the Peace Corps dismissed volunteer Jeremiah S. Johnson, 25, after he tested HIV-positive during his service in the Ukraine. Along with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), Johnson is working to bring legal action against the Peace Corps; at the time of his ouster, the corps stated that he was the first volunteer to be diagnosed with the virus. But in the May 16 edition of The Washington Post, reporter Stephen Barr reveals that of the 75,000 Americans who have joined the Peace Corps since 1989, 36 have tested positive either during or at the conclusion of their overseas tours.
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South African HIV-Positive Soldiers Sue Government
A group of South African soldiers, with the help of the trade union The South African Security Forces Union (SASFU), have filed discrimination lawsuits against their country's Defense Ministry for not recruiting soldiers who have HIV and for denying promotions to soldiers who are HIV-positive, reports the BBC.
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Positive Legislator and Advocate Dies at 63
Democratic Illinois state representative Larry McKeon—the state’s first openly gay and HIV-positive legislator—died on Tuesday, May 13, at the age of 63 from stroke complications.
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May 15, 2008
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HIV Infection Rates Rise Near Myanmar
Health officials are concerned about a recent spike in HIV infections in a northeastern Indian state bordering the recently cyclone-ravaged Myanmar, according to the Indian news website Daily News & Analysis (DNA).
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May 14, 2008
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Does HIV Affect Memory and Thinking?
Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) are studying the potential cognitive impacts HIV may have on people over 60, according to the Bay Area Reporter.
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Andrew Sullivan Blasts HIV Travel Restrictions
In a Washington Post opinion piece, HIV-positive political commentator Andrew Sullivan urges the removal of the United States travel ban on HIV-positive immigrants entering the country.
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Microsoft Executive Takes the Reins at the Gates Foundation
Longtime Microsoft executive Jeff Raikes will succeed Patty Stonesifer as the next chief executive of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world’s largest philanthropic organization which donates billions in grant money each year to fight global poverty, malaria and HIV/AIDS, The Seattle Times reports.
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May 13, 2008
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Chicago Tribune Magazine Looks at America’s Positive Youth
In a feature story published on Sunday, May 11, the Chicago Tribune Magazine (chicagotribune.com, 5/11) examined children and teenagers who were born with HIV—highlighting their day-to-day challenges despite the improved treatment options available to them.
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Kenya’s Muslim Leaders Call for Ban on Condoms
Muslim clerics are campaigning against condom programs in Kenya’s provincial capital of Garissa, claiming that HIV transmission can be prevented solely by following Islamic teachings including fasting, regular prayer and abstaining from extramarital sex, IRIN/PlusNews reports (plusnews.org, 5/12).
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May 12, 2008
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An HIV Doc’s Dilemma
In a first-person special to the Los Angeles Times (latimes.com, 5/12), Marc Siegel, MD, examines the ethical debate faced by many doctors who learn that an HIV-positive patient may be concealing his status while having unprotected sex with a negative partner.
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Community Leaders Call for HIV Prevention Funding Boost
In a West Oakland, California, forum hosted by U.S. Representative Barbara Lee on May 9, health and federal officials met with African-American community leaders to discuss the disproportionate impact of HIV/AIDS on black Americans, the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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New Computer Game May Fuel Future Disease Research
A new computer game developed by researchers at the University of Washington allows gamers to manipulate and fold virtual protein strands and gain a better understanding of their structures, U.K. news website In The News reports.
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May 09, 2008
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AIDS Researchers Call for HIV/AIDS Funding Shift
Some HIV/AIDS researchers are arguing that funding for condom promotion, HIV testing and vaccine research is hindering prevention efforts in sub-Saharan Africa, saying more money should be funneled into programs that promote circumcision and reduction of sexual partners, BBC News reports.
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International Health Group Helps HIV-Positive People in Myanmar
In an interview with Joe Belliveau, Médecins Sans Frontières’ (Doctors Without Borders) operation manager for Myanmar, Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reports that the organization has worked to help people in Myanmar who are living with HIV and who lost access to antiretroviral treatment in the devastating cyclone earlier this month.
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May 08, 2008
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Russian Official Won’t Support Methadone Replacement Therapy
On May 5, a top Russian health official, Gennady Onishchenko, said Russia is “not ready” to implement methadone replacement therapy for intravenous-drug users in the country, a move that could help prevent the spread of HIV in Russia, the Associated Press reports.
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HIV Cases Rise in Germany
The number of reported HIV cases in Germany rose by 4 percent last year, German broadcast company Deutsche Welle reports.
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May 07, 2008
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HIV Prison Program Gives Inmates Outside Chance
A recent study has found that 95 percent of the former prison inmates in a transitional HIV care program called Project Bridge were still returning for care more than a year after their release, according to EurakaAlert/Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News.
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Making AIDS a Family Practice
Findings printed in the April 23 edition of the journal AIDS support a “family-centered” approach to HIV treatment for children in Africa on antiretroviral therapy, AIDSMap.com reports.
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U.N. Takes Awareness to Work
On May 6, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon launched a program that will offer U.N. employees and their families HIV training, counseling and testing, Chinese news site Xinhuanet.com reports.
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Nelson Mandela’s Birthday Bash Fund-raiser
Performers Annie Lennox, Dame Shirley Bassey, Razorlight and Queen with Paul Rodgers will headline Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former South African president Nelson Mandela’s 90th birthday concert in London June 27, with all proceeds benefiting Mandela’s 46664 HIV/AIDS awareness campaign, Agence France-Presse reports.
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May 06, 2008
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Texas Attorney General Stops Needle Exchange
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott rejected a bill on May 5 that would have legally sanctioned the state’s first program for giving intravenous-drug users clean needles to prevent the spread of HIV and hepatitis C, the San Antonio Express-News reports.
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UNAIDS Urges Russia to Tackle IV-Drug Use
At a Moscow AIDS conference on May 3, UNAIDS chief Peter Piot said Russia should build on its progress combating HIV/AIDS by offering more help for injection-drug users in the country, Reuters reports.
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Saddam Hussein Feared HIV in U.S. Custody
Published excerpts of Saddam Hussein’s Iraqi prison writings showed that he feared that he would contract HIV and other sexually transmitted infections during his time in U.S. custody, The Associated Press (AP)/Yahoo News reports.
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South African Health Dept. Disputes Country’s HIV Rates
South African health officials are challenging the Development Bank of Southern Africa’s (DBSA) claim that 7.6 million South Africans are living with HIV, according to South African newspaper Business Day/AllAfrica.com.
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May 05, 2008
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Global Fund May Provide Loans to Wealthy Countries
Officials at the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria are contemplating a move to start loaning money to developing countries that grow too wealthy to qualify for grants, Reuters reports.
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Expert Calls for Emergency HIV Prevention Plan
According to Beny J. Primm, MD, executive director of the Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation, a Brooklyn-based AIDS policy group, the United States is in urgent need of a specific domestic HIV/AIDS prevention program, The Hartford Courant reports.
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May 02, 2008
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HIV Official Won’t Reopen San Francisco Bathhouses
At a recent community meeting in San Francisco, the city’s new HIV prevention director said he is not prepared to support ending a decades-long ban on city bathhouses, according to the Bay Area Reporter.
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Canadian Government Thwarts AIDS Prevention?
An article published in the International Journal of Drug Policy claims the Canadian government interfered with research at a Vancouver safe-injection site and committed a “serious breach of international scientific standards” after a 2006 independent scientific review of the facility, The Globe and Mail reports.
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Survey Says: Aussie AIDS Charities Lagging
People are less likely to open their wallets for AIDS charities than they are for charities benefiting children, the elderly and animals, Australian gay and lesbian newspaper SX News reports.
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A Home for HIV-Positive New Yorkers
In its Job Market section on April 27, The New York Times (nytimes.com) profiled Praxis Housing Initiatives, a nonprofit group that works to improve the lives of homeless New Yorkers living with HIV.
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May 01, 2008
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Sex Ed for Palm Beach Preteens
Beginning in May, middle schools in Florida’s Palm Beach County will provide comprehensive sex education for their sixth-grade students, including lessons on sexually transmitted infections (STIs), pregnancy and contraceptives, the Palm Beach Post reports.
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New Methadone Clinics Fight Spread of HIV in Vietnam
On April 28, the United Nations announced that Vietnam has launched a methadone drug substitution program to help injection drug users in the country fight addiction and reduce the spread of HIV, the Agence France-Presse (AFP) reports.
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