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HIV/AIDS

AIDS Walk New York 2010 (Photo: AIDS Walk New York/Flickr)

Thousands Set To Step Off Sunday For AIDS Walk New York

Thousands of people on Sunday will take part in the 2013 AIDS Walk, to raise money for awareness about HIV/AIDS.

2013/05/18

A doctor wears a stethoscope during an examination (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Study Shows Soaring STD Rates In Many Areas Of New York City

A study by the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene has found that large parts of the city are plagued with soaring rates for multiple STDs – including HIV/AIDS.

2012/12/10

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NYC Lawmakers To Discuss New HIV/AIDS Housing Help Policy

People sickened with HIV or AIDS and seeking help from New York City to pay their rent could become ineligible for housing assistance if they refuse to go into substance abuse treatment.

2012/02/08

Viles of HIV specimens (credit: Mark Lennihan, AP Photo)

HIV-AIDS Becoming Big Concern Among N.J. Residents 50 And Older

Health organizations have spent years trying to educate the public on how to prevent AIDS. But now they are targeting one specific group: people 50 and older, the new face of HIV/AIDS.

2011/07/08

Victor Mooney leaves the island of Goree in 2006 to row across the Atlantic to raise HIV/AIDs awareness. (SEYLLOU/AFP/Getty Images)

Queens Man Makes 3rd Attempt To Row Across Atlantic

Inspired by his brother, 45-year-old Victor Mooney hopes to begin his journey from Cape Verde and row to the Caribbean and eventually to the Brooklyn Bridge.

2011/01/17

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