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CDC enlists celebs to launch social media fight against HIV/AIDS
7:25 AM on 03/05/2010
African-Americans make up 12 percent of the U.S. population, but account for 46 percent of those living with HIV...
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Ludacris, Foxx target black youth in social media push on HIV
7:48 AM on 03/04/2010
Actor Jamie Foxx and recording artist Chris "Ludacris" Bridges today join the ranks of celebrities who have lent their popularity to push HIV prevention as part of a social media effort targeting young African Americans...
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Action - not apathy - is needed from black women on HIV
1:38 PM on 03/02/2010
From Essence Magazine - Every Black female can both protect herself from HIV and help to create an environment where other Black people can safeguard themselves...
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Black Pentecostalism's silence complicit in spreading HIV/AIDS
12:40 PM on 02/12/2010
OPINION - My conclusion is that the black church has been complicit in the spreading of HIV/AIDS because of our deafening silence...
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Mandela's freedom has been a dream, South Africa remains a nightmare
9:00 AM on 02/11/2010
OPINION - One could argue that Nelson Mandela's release from prison 20 years ago was similar to the Obama effect...
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TheGrio's 100: Helene Gayle, leading the fight against HIV/AIDS
5:00 AM on 02/01/2010
TheGrio's 100 - If you are an AIDS activist, chances are you have heard of Dr. Helene Gayle...
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Ten stories of the decade that have changed black America
9:36 AM on 12/28/2009
OPINION - As we close out the decade and await the imminent arrival of 2010, here are the ten stories that have shaken us up and changed the way we see this country, the world and ourselves...
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Conspiracy theories about HIV do real harm
10:00 AM on 12/16/2009
OPINION - HIV/AIDS conspiracy theories circulate in homes, barber shops, churches, and among activists in the African-American community.
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South Africa to treat all HIV-positive babies
2:16 PM on 12/01/2009
PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- South Africa will treat all HIV-positive babies and expand testing, the president announced Tuesday, a dramatic and eagerly awaited shift in a country that has more people living with HIV than any other...
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Photographer Nigel Barker fights pediatric AIDS
8:30 AM on 12/01/2009
When HIV/AIDS first appeared in the early 1980s, one of the last thoughts on anyone's mind was that children could be infected too. Pediatric HIV/AIDS awareness was almost non-existent.
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Getting tested could be the wake-up call that saves your life
6:30 AM on 12/01/2009
OPINION - The earlier you know your status, whether you are positive or negative, the more effective actions you can take. No matter what you may have heard...
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Alicia Keys uses her voice for the voiceless
10:49 AM on 11/11/2009
VIDEO - Nonhlanhla Mqadi wants to be a famous singer. At 15, the walls of the bedroom she shares in this orphanage, outside Durban, South Africa, are covered...
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Madonna promises to bring light to Malawian village
3:35 PM on 10/29/2009
MPHANDULA, Malawi (AP) -- Madonna has promised electricity to a village in Malawi, the impoverished southern African country where she runs a charity organization...
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Interview with Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius
3:00 PM on 10/08/2009
VIDEO - The Secretary of Health and Human Services, Kathleen Sebelius opened up to theGrio. David asks questions from our readers about everything from...
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HIV/AIDS patients burdened by emotional baggage of shame
10:06 AM on 09/24/2009
VIDEO - Nearly half of the HIV patients in America are African-American, and many are familiar with the shameful stigma that comes with the disease.
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South Africa cuts AIDS vaccine funding
3:28 PM on 07/20/2009
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) -- South Africa's government joined Monday in launching a high-profile trial of an AIDS vaccine created by its own researchers -- the first designed by a developing country -- but the moment was marred by the lead researcher's announcement it has actually halted funding its own project.
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People with HIV are being diagnosed too late
7:00 AM on 06/28/2009
Saturday, June 27, was National HIV Testing Day. People with HIV are being diagnosed too late in the disease process, and not enough is being done to screen high school students, according to the latest information from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). A new study finds nearly 40 of...
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Don't blame it on our "down low" brothers
7:56 AM on 06/18/2009
As a single black woman, I am getting really tired of folks telling me, "Girl, you better watch out for the men on the DL, 'cause they have, and spread, HIV." In recent years, it's become common to blame black men having secret and unprotected sexual encounters with other men...
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California to begin probe after porn actress contracts HIV
5:48 PM on 06/12/2009
MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) -- State health officials are looking into the latest HIV case reported in California's multibillion-dollar porn industry, fearing that reckless practices on film sets might be raising the risk of new infections. It was revealed this week that a woman tested...
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Teen injected with HIV as a baby now advocate for others
4:28 PM on 06/05/2009
BETSY TAYLOR Associated Press Writer (AP Photo Jeff Roberson) ST. CHARLES, Missouri (AP) -- Brryan Jackson has been left out of birthday party invitations and asked not to use water fountains. His daily routine at one point included 23 pills, three IV medications and two injections. But the toughest part...
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