people living with HIV
Dept. of Civil Rights: Michigan's Ban on HIV-Positive Inmates Working in Food Service Violates Law
by Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow
April 24, 2009 - 2:46pm (Print)
The Michigan Department of Corrections has prevented HIV-infected prisoners from working in food service positions since at least 1999. But the Michigan Department of Civil Rights argues that the policy violates non-discrimination statutes.
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Why Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Matters: Voice of Positive Women
by Naina Khanna, WORLD
March 10, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)
Many Americans think of HIV as a men's disease -- even though women comprise almost a third of HIV infections.
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Wall Street Journal Says "Cure" for AIDS Stumbled Upon
by Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow
November 11, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)
Doctors in Berlin, Germany, are reporting that a 42-year-old American living in that city may have eliminated HIV from his body after a bone marrow transplant.
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One Girl's Story of Living with HIV
by Danielle Toppin, RH Reality Check, Caribbean
November 11, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)
In a series of diary entries for the Jamaica Gleaner, a young woman living with HIV relates the often neglected psychological effects of HIV infection and young motherhood.
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Travel Equality for People with HIV
by Abbey Marr, Advocates for Youth
August 13, 2008 - 3:52pm (Print)
Sixty-seven countries have some sort of travel restriction for people living with HIV or AIDS. Among these, 13 countries do not allow HIV positive people to enter their countries. The United States is one of these countries.
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