Each year in the United States, over 55,000 people contract HIV. Considering the wealth of AIDS/HIV information that has been dispersed since the early 1980s when HIV first arrived on the scene in the US, the statistics are staggering. Currently, both the International AIDS Society and the government recommend that a patient newly infected with […]
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Research Shows HIV Treatment Should Begin Sooner
November 23rd, 2008 · No Comments
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Normandy High School HIV Scare
November 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Parents are used to receiving letters sent home from school announcing upcoming fundraisers or field trips to the local aquarium, but no parents of students at Normandy High School in St. Louis were prepared for the alarming letter they received on October 13, 2008. In it, the school administrators stated that epidemiologists working for the […]
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HIV Intervention Programs
November 3rd, 2008 · No Comments
When you walk into a car lot and actually want to purchase a car, the last thing you want at that moment is to have somebody briskly running up to you to “help” you as you make your decision. For many, this “help” can be a total turn-off and they may leave the lot without […]
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