All posts tagged "hiv/aids"
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Family Care
It's unlikely you ever met the late Carl Vogel. If you've seen his playwright sister Paula Vogel's Obie-winning Baltimore Waltz, you may have at least...
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Expanding Effort
More than 60 people applied for a part-time, paid position, to become the first HIV program associate at The Center, the area's LGBT community center....
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Outspoken, Ep 9: AIDS Walk and Lynda Carter [video]
On Saturday, Oct. 2, Ebone Bell and Aram Vartian spoke with people at the Whitman-Walker Clinic's annual AIDS Walk, and asked participants for their thoughts...
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Administration Seeking $4 Billion to Fight Global Disease, Including HIV/AIDS
A big announcement today from the U.S. Department of State on the administration’s efforts to fight global disease, including HIV/AIDS: As part of America’s leadership...
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Sebelius Speaks About HIV/AIDS Challenges, Funding
Earlier today, Secretary of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius addressed the 2010 United States Conference on AIDS in Orlando, Florida. In her speech...
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“‘AIDS Lady’ Socialite Judith Peabody,” 80, Dies in NYC
Judith Peabody, a New York City socialite known well for her causes, as well as her fashion, died on Sunday, according to The New York...
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Imposters Arrive
When it comes to counterfeit smuggling rings, the images that come to mind are generally knock-off handbags or ''Rolox'' watches sold on street corners. It...
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Navigating an Epidemic
The White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) presented its National HIV/AIDS Strategy during a press event at the White House on Tuesday, July...
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Animal Magnetism
Chip Wells presents a mild, polite demeanor. There's a Southern sensibility in the man that makes personal, yet common, questions – his age, for example...
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Sudden Departure
During a news conference on Tuesday, June 8, Mayor Adrian M. Fenty announced that Dr. Shannon Hader has resigned from her position as senior deputy...
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Mixed Messages on Blood
After a generation of gay men grew up being prohibited from donating blood after having had sex with just one man even one time since...
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Community Service
Though no one could imagine in 1991 what would grow from an effort to meet the basic needs of people living with HIV/AIDS in D.C.'s...
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Blood Talk
Following up on a March announcement from the Department of Health and Human Services, the June meeting of the Advisory Committee on Blood Safety and...
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Strategizing AIDS
The White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) presented a tentative outline of a National HIV/AIDS Strategy during a community meeting in D.C. and...
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Deciphering the Data
Standing at a lectern in front of the Wanda Alston House, one of the nation's few transitional homes specifically for LGBT youth, Thursday, March 25,...
