Posts Tagged as "HIV"

What One Organization Is Doing To Reduce HIV/AIDS In Long Beach

Jun. 23, 2015 / By
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As National HIV Testing Day approaches on June 27, we spoke to the ADAM Project, one local group that is working to make a difference.

LB Health Department Assists in Reducing the HIV/STD Disease Burden

Jun. 6, 2014 / By
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By Guest Writer Julio C. Rodríguez, Long Beach Health Dept.

Since the first AIDS case was reported here in Long Beach back in early 1983, the HIV/AIDS epidemic has continued to affect us...

South L.A. Black Churches Grapple with HIV, AIDS

Jun. 13, 2012 / By
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New America Media/USC Annenberg, News Report, Leiloni De Gruy, Posted: Jun 13, 2012

When HIV/AIDS was thought of as a White, gay disease, it was often the suffering of Black patients that helped the world realize that it could affect anyone.

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Majority of People Living With HIV in U.S. Aren’t in Successful Treatment

Dec. 2, 2011 / By
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Color Lines, News Report, Michael Lavers and Kai Wright, Posted: Dec 01, 2011
Less than a third of people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States are in successful enough treatment that they will remain healthy and reduce the likelihood of transmitting the virus to their sexual partners, according to the the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...