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NEW JERSEY: AIDS Awareness Effort Extends Digital Reach in Newark
On Thursday, a new HIV testing campaign that will target gay African-American men ages 18-24 launched from the steps of Newark's City Hall.
MISSOURI: Mo. Black Population Has Higher HIV Rates
The rate of newly diagnosed HIV cases is eight times higher for black Missourians than their white counterparts, the state Health Department said recently.
UNITED STATES: Beliefs About Transmission Risk and Vulnerability, Treatment Adherence and Sexual Risk Behavior Among a Sample of HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men
Optimistic beliefs about HIV transmission risk and STD vulnerability that are generated by advances in HIV treatment can influence motivation to practice safer sex.
AUSTRALIA: Rapid Decline in Presentations of Genital Warts After the Implementation of a National Quadrivalent Human Papillomavirus Vaccination Program for Young Women
Australia has provided free quadrivalent HPV vaccine to 12- to 18-year-old girls through a school-based program since April 2007 and to women age 26 and younger through general medical practices since July 2007.
JAMAICA: USAID Putting More Resources into HIV/AIDS Campaign
The US Agency for International Development wants its HIV prevention funding efforts in
UNITED STATES: Truth About Sex: 60 Percent of Young Men, Teen Boys Lie About It
Results from an online survey of sex and relationships, including attitudes and sexual history, paint a complicated picture for young US men.
NEW YORK: N.Y. Governor: St. Vincent's Hospital to Get $6 Million in Loans
The state and secured creditors will give St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan another $6 million as it seeks to prevent bankruptcy or closure, Gov.
UNITED STATES: Hiers Named to President's Council
Kathie Hiers, CEO of AIDS Alabama, has been selected to serve on the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS. The 25- person council is expected to help guide federal efforts to devise a national HIV/AIDS strategy.



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