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CDC: 1 in 2 Black gay men in US will be diagnosed with HIV

 NEW YORK (AP) — About half of gay and bisexual Black men will be diagnosed with the AIDS virus in their lifetime, according to...

Lady Gaga gets jazzy at AIDS research tribute to Ryan Murphy

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Lady Gaga is continuing her jazzy period. The entertainer performed an hour-long jazz set Thursday at the American Foundation for AIDS...

AIDS patients fear discrimination in ACA exchange

MIAMI (AP) — Patient advocates say some insurance companies are making HIV and AIDS drugs unaffordable in plans issued through the Affordable Care Act...

'What the hell is going on with the Black press?' Black-owned media MIA on Sterling exclusives

I’m going to take a slightly different approach to Monday night’s CNN Anderson Cooper Donald Sterling exclusive interview and ask a question that’s been...

Clippers' Sterling disparages Magic Johnson, HIV status

LOS ANGELES (AP) - In an interview aired Monday where he expressed sorrow for recorded racist remarks that earned him a lifetime NBA ban,...

‘Girlfriends’ share info to reduce spread of HIV

The Girlfriends Project (TGP) is a program designed to reduce the number of African American women who get HIV infections. It’s a special program...

Take charge of your health today. Be informed. Be involved….HIV/AIDS

These monthly pages focus on health disparities in the Pittsburgh region. They educate readers about key health issues and inform them of research opportunities...

HIV/AIDS and the African American community

Ronald D. Stall, PhD, MPH, is a professor of behavioral and community health sciences and of infectious diseases and microbiology at the University of...

Scientists say baby born with HIV apparently cured

LEAD INVESTIGATOR--This image provided by Johns Hopkins Medicine shows Dr. Deborah Persaud of Johns Hopkins' Children's Center in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Johns Hopkins Medicine) by Lauren Neergaard WASHINGTON (AP) — A baby born with the AIDS virus appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child from Mississippi who's now 2½ and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection.

C. Everett Koop, 'rock star' surgeon general, dies

DEAD AT 96--In this Oct. 1, 1993 file photo, former Surgeon Genera C. Everett Koop, left, sits with then-first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton during a meeting with more than 100 prominent doctors in the White House in Washington. (AP Photo, File) by Connie Cass Associated Press WriterNEW YORK (AP) — Dr. C. Everett Koop has long been regarded as the nation's doctor— even though it has been nearly a quarter-century since he was surgeon general.

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