Homeless man arrested after Ore. fire burns homes (AP)
AP – Families looked for valuables, pets and mementoes Wednesday in the ashes of 11 homes destroyed by a fast-moving wildfire while a homeless man accused of starting the blaze sat in jail.
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Living the Questions (The Advocate)
The Advocate – There is an interesting paradox that comes with being diagnosed with HIV.
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China court accepts first HIV discrimination suit (AFP)
AFP – A Chinese man has filed a lawsuit alleging he was denied a job because he is HIV-positive, in what state media on Tuesday called the nation’s first such discrimination case.
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Father seeks China AIDS activist’s release (AP)
AP – A Chinese AIDS activist jailed after a run-in with a hospital administrator is in poor health but has vowed to keep fighting for compensation after being infected by tainted blood during a childhood transfusion, his father said Monday.
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German pop star sentenced in HIV trial (AFP)
AFP – An HIV-positive pop star who infected a former sex partner with the virus walked free Thursday after a German court handed her a two-year suspended sentence.
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HIV Virus May Hide in Brain (HealthDay)
HealthDay – FRIDAY, Aug. 27 (HealthDay News) — The brain can be a convenient
hiding place for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
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No Urgent Care Center for St. Vincentâs (The Advocate)
The Advocate – A dispute over money and Catholic birth control doctrine has scuttled plans for an urgent care center to open at St. Vincentâs Hospital, the pioneering HIV/AIDS institution in New York City that closed this year.
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Tearful German HIV pop star escapes jail term (AFP)
AFP – An HIV-positive pop star broke down in tears on Thursday after a German court handed her a two-year suspended sentence for infecting a former sex partner with the virus.
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AIDS breakthrough: Gel helps prevent infection (AP)
AP – For the first time, a vaginal gel has proved capable of blocking the AIDS virus: It cut in half a woman’s chances of getting HIV from an infected partner in a study in South Africa. Scientists called it a breakthrough in the long quest for a tool to help women whose partners won’t [...]
Thousands attend AIDS rally in Austria (AP)
AP – Thousands of AIDS activists rallied in downtown Vienna with singer Annie Lennox Tuesday to demand more rights for people with the disease.
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