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PRNewswire - November 22, 1999
On December 1, The Health Network will air original AIDS-related programming, including:
-- 1 p.m. (ET) and 10 a.m. (PT) - Baby Steps
A 30-minute live segment will discuss the issue of children and AIDS. It will feature Dr. Michael Muszynski, Director of Infectious Disease at the Nemours Children's Clinic in Orlando, FL and a discussion about developments in research and medication, and the issues unique to children living with AIDS.
-- 2 p.m. (ET) and 11 a.m. (PT) - Women and Children First
A special episode titled "The Aging of AIDS: HIV Seniors" will include a 65-year-old woman who is a Senior Safe Sex Educator and HIV positive. She will discuss sex and the senior citizen as well as her personal story of how she contracted the disease. In the same program, Dr. Allan Frank will talk about the rising number of women infected with HIV.
-- 3 p.m. (ET) and 12 p.m. (PT) - A Healthy Balance
A 30-minute live segment will feature an advocate who fought for new laws and greater social acceptance of AIDS when her three hemophiliac children contracted the disease through tainted blood. Another guest will discuss how life-threatening illnesses such as AIDS profoundly affect the family and loved ones of the victims.
Throughout the day, The Health Network will air AIDS-related news briefs and, at 8 p.m. (ET), will join in the broadcast of a national public service announcement "roadblock," at which time all participating cable networks will simultaneously air one of several AIDS education announcements.
The Health Network's fully-integrated Web site, TheHealthNetwork.com will feature its AIDS and HIV-related information section, adding new articles, a live chat and a link to Cable Positive's AIDS-related information and events.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported receiving the highest volume of calls in a single day during a past Cable Positive campaign. Last year's event was the largest on-air programming initiative ever assembled, attracting over 620 networks and systems.
About The Health Network
The Health Network is the leading consumer-health destination on television and the Internet, where individuals can find the information they need to make more informed decisions about their health. Doctors and other health experts provide credible, easy-to-understand health news and information 24 hours a day. Television programming ranges from shows dealing with the particular interests of health-related communities -- such as parents, women and those with heart concerns -- to shows about nutrition and fitness. Individuals can get more in-depth information and interact with the doctors, experts and other individuals through the Internet at TheHealthNetwork.com . Available in more than 17.5 million homes via cable and satellite and millions more on the Web, FOX Networks, part of the FOX Entertainment Group (NYSE: FOX), operate The Health Network.
SOURCE The Health Network
CONTACT: Cynthia Sucher of The Health Network, 407-224-6903, or sucher@TheHealthNetwork.com , or Ross Moonie or Tim Paul of Schneider Integrated, 212-402-5455, or tim@schneiderintegrated.com , for The Health Network/
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