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Primary Care Doctors Urge HIV Tests for All U.S. Teens, Adults
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News —
... 64, such as in an emergency room, physicians should have the right to scan for HIV. For those who don't regularly visit a doctor, blood tests could be scheduled, with the results recorded by states and the CDC. As The Post reported last week, a recent study in the Lancet concluded that such measures, accompanied by treatment for all those who are HIV positive, have the potential to end the AIDS epidemic in Africa within a decade. The effects are likely to be faster in this country ... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/20...
World AIDS Day
GayPatriot —
... people that HIV has not gone away, and that there are many things still to be done.
According to UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS, there are now 33.2 million people living with HIV, including 2.5 million children. During the last year, some 2.5 million people became newly infected with the virus. Around half of all people who become infected with HIV do so before they are 25 years old and are killed by AIDS before they reach age 35.
But are we doing enough to combat HIV/AIDS in the United States? ...
Aids Day +20: And The Band (Still) Plays On…
Firedoglake —
... Today is the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day. It is also the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the AIDS virus (or 27th, depending on whose calculations you are reading).
The fact that AIDS remains the #1 health threat worldwide ought to be an eye-opener for the complacent. Sadly, it is no news to folks whose lives have been touched -- personally or through family and friends -- by HIV/AIDS.
One area of contention is still access to the expensive drugs which help to better manage the ...
