A Wilton Manors man who filed a complaint against his employer rather than submit to an AIDS test has received an out-of-court settlement. As part of the settlement, the exact terms of the agreement between the man and the unnamed Broward dentist were not disclosed. The 29-year-old assistant, who was not identified in
Ellie Birkmeyer wanted to help AIDS patients, but the volunteering made her ill. Again and again she would see the lesions on their skin, hurry to the bathroom and be sick. Exhausted by failure, she wanted to quit her work at the Poverello Center, a Broward food and clothing bank for people with HIV. But she did not.
BAYEUX, Haiti - At the end of the rocky road here, a woman was doing the work of a saint. Bibiana Pinto, a missionary doctor from Argentina , examined a parade of patients, women with cancer and TB, a man with a worm in his belly, children without any food in theirs. She arrived after begging an army commander for
Becky spends her days as an inmate in the Broward County juvenile detention center, engaged in a quiet, desperate struggle to save her own life. Where most 16-year-olds long for freedom, Becky begged a judge to keep her locked up after her arrest for prostitution solicitation and cocaine possession last month. She said
It snowed on a patch of Miami Wednesday. Fell right out of the clear blue sky and into Alvia Palmer-Michel s lap, catching her very much by surprise. Snow came, crumpled green and dirty silver, from the hearts of 332 kids who met her for the first time two weeks ago. Alvia Palmer-Michel has AIDS. She married into it. S
Two Jackson Memorial Hospital security guards have been arrested and charged with stealing three desktop computers containing the names of thousands of people infected with the AIDS virus. Police said Tuesday that the arrests should allay fears that someone wanted the names to blackmail or expose people who are HIV pos
Several weeks before you leave the country, see a specialist in travel medicine who is up-to-date on diseases and political conditions in the countries you will visit, and who is willing to spend time counseling you on how to stay well. The goal of counseling is to make travelers self-confident and self-reliant, said D
Dec. 1 was World AIDS Day across the globe -- a day to remember those who have passed on and a day to bring together support and love for those who are living with the disease. An informative and inspirational program took place at Bayside Park in Miami and was well advertised in advance. So where were all the supporte
Burglars who broke into double-locked offices at Jackson Memorial Hospital stole three personal computers and several diskettes containing the names of thousands of people infected with the AIDS virus. Metro-Dade police say the burglary bore some markings of an inside job, raising concern among officials, patients and
WASHINGTON - Heckled by an AIDS activist for lots of talk, no action, President Clinton on Wednesday defended his administration s commitment to fighting AIDS, but conceded that more could be done. Thirty recommendations of the National Commission on AIDS still sitting on a shelf, gathering dust in your White House, Bi
A photo of her son pinned to her sweater, Dottie Vandenberge held a lighted candle in her left hand Wednesday night and wiped away tears with her right. The candle was in memory of her son Michael. Two years ago, AIDS killed him. He was 34. I didn t know anything about AIDS until he got sick, said Vandenberge, now a vo
KEY WEST - Although suffering from AIDS and cancer, Stephen Letarte clings tenaciously to life. But he s comfortable with the thought of death, he says. To me, it s almost like peace, he says. I know I have a desire to live. I ve clung to life. I could have given up when I was in the hospital. Letarte says he is lucky:
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