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Duke Researchers Working to Isolate Glaucoma Gene in Ghana

In his waiting room, Dr. Rand Allingham saw all the evidence he needed of glaucoma’s disproportionate impact on his Black patients Story:

August 9, 2005

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A Problem We Can No Longer Ignore

A Problem We Can No Longer IgnoreWe covered with “Mobilizing Against HIV/AIDS” in 1999 and “A Predator in Paradise” in 2003, both issues examining HIV/AIDS in the United States and the Caribbean. But with recent headlines such as “HIV Rate Doubles for Blacks” and “AIDS Across U.S. is Spreading at a Disproportionate Rate for African-American […]

March 23, 2005

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Dialogue, Personal Example Work Best For Parents in Drug Talks With Teens

Dialogue, Personal Example Work Best For Parents in Drug Talks With TeensUNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. Parents can more effectively advise teens about alcohol and drug use if they try dialogue before lecture and they set an everyday example, rather than give a one-time drug sermon, according to a Penn State University researcher.Drug talks can work best […]

February 23, 2005

Students

New AIDS Organization Aimed At Black College Students

New AIDS Organization Aimed At Black College StudentsLOS ANGELESIn response to growing numbers of new HIV infections among Black college students, the Black AIDS Institute and the Magic Johnson Foundation have formed L.I.F.E. AIDS, (Leaders In the Fight to Eradicate AIDS), an effort aimed at educating and mobilizing Black college students to respond to the […]

February 23, 2005

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Getting Students Engaged About Africa

Getting Students Engaged About AfricaNational college tour seeks to raise awareness about economic injustices toward African countriesBy Angelique ShofarWASHINGTONForty million Africans face chronic food shortages everyday, while millions have died as a result of war and conflict. And it is estimated that 27 million are living with HIV/AIDS. Yet, despite Africa’s multiple devastations, the continent […]

February 23, 2005

Health

National HIV/AIDS Writing Competition

National HIV/AIDS Writing Competition Gives Young People a VoiceNEW YORKShawn C. Nabors, 14, of Brooklyn, N.Y., is the winner of “Positively Negative,” an HIV/AIDS National story-writing competition for youth ages 14-22. Nabors will receive a $500 cash prize and his story will be adapted into a screenplay and made into an HIV/AIDS educational film to […]

December 29, 2004

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New Institute to Enhance Treatment of HIV/AIDS Patients in Sub-Saharan Africa

New Institute to Enhance Treatment of HIV/AIDS Patients in Sub-Saharan AfricaKAMPALA, Uganda The Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), a new medical facility providing state-of-the-art training and treatment of HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases opened its doors on the grounds of the Makerere University. The institute, one of the largest centers of its kind in East Africa, […]

November 17, 2004

Sports

Arthur Ashe Commemorative Stamp Unveiled at U.S. Open

Arthur Ashe Commemorative Stamp Unveiled at U.S. OpenWASHINGTONArthur Ashe, humanitarian and world-class tennis star, will be immortalized on a commemorative postage stamp to be issued by the U.S. Postal Service in 2005.  The announcement came last month during the unveiling of the stamp image as part of the Arthur Ashe Kids’ Day presented by Hess, […]

September 22, 2004

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Auditors Recommend USC Return Nearly $1 Million

Auditors Recommend USC Return Nearly $1 Million For HIV/AIDS Training LapseLOS ANGELES Federal auditors have recommended the University of Southern California repay or forfeit more than $1 million in government funds following lapses in its training program for HIV/AIDS counselors for minority communities. Federal officials shut down the university’s program in 2001 amid concerns about […]

August 25, 2004

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UGA Wins Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism

UGA Wins Knight Chair in Health and Medical JournalismATHENS, Ga. The University of Georgia’s Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication won a major endowment grant to create an innovative Knight Chair in Health and Medical Journalism.The grant will allow the Grady College to develop and teach undergraduate and master’s courses in health and medical […]

July 14, 2004

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HIV, STD Prevention Programs Urgently Needed, Researchers Conclude

HIV, STD Prevention Programs Urgently Needed, Researchers ConcludeSAN FRANCISCONew research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) concludes that high-risk sexual behaviors were common among HIV-infected and uninfected young African American men having sex with men (MSM) in North Carolina, and that HIV and STD prevention programs targeting young Black MSM, both in […]

April 7, 2004

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AIDS Treatment Study in Africa Enrolls First Participants

AIDS Treatment Study in Africa Enrolls First ParticipantsCHAPEL HILL, N.C.After overcoming numerous financial and governmental obstacles, doctors have enrolled five people infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, in the first National Institutes of Health-funded AIDS treatment research study in Africa.When those patients complete four weeks of successful therapy, another 15 will be enrolled […]

December 3, 2003