Five years ago, HIV was something that hadn t affected Janet Parke s life. But a trip to the American College Health Association meeting in New Orleans in the spring of 1990 motivated Parke to organize an HIV/AIDS Awareness and Prevention Program at Broward Community College North Campus, where she s a professor. A
Michael Wheeler, who has the AIDS virus, lives on $480 a month, drives a 15-year-old pickup -- and is scrambling to prove his poverty. To get another year s food stamp allotment, he needs documents from his mortgage company, condo board, condo insurer and car insurer. He also needs his birth certificate, Social Securit
A Miami Beach Police internal affairs investigation into alleged discrimination toward a gay officer whose lover has AIDS found four of the five claims were unfounded or unsubstantiated. Only one of Peter Zecchini s assertions that fellow officers consistently failed to back him up while on patrol was substantiated. Bu
The Broward County HIV Health Services Planning Council voted unanimously this week to oppose building a 500-bed hospital and research center in Oakland Park for children with AIDS. Adequate services already exist within Broward County for the care and treatment of pediatric AIDS cases, according to a resolution adopte
A huge smile on his face, 10-year-old Junior Jean held the presents close to his chest -- waiting for more. I asked Santa for some Nintendo games like Super Mario Brothers III and Paper Boy, Junior said. Oh, I want some Power Rangers, too. Junior got his Power Rangers and everything else on his list. So did 24 other ki
Within hours after the government approved the new AIDS drug saquinavir last week, a dozen patients called Dr. Allan Stein asking for it. For some, saquinavir may extend life. Others, he has been telling: Wait. It s the first of a wonderful class of drugs, says Stein, who treats AIDS patients in Miami.
They came on a recent chilly morning dressed in shorts and T-shirts, sweats and sneakers. Even before most people were out of bed and on their way to work or school on Friday, close to 40 students and faculty from Florida Memorial College, along with employees from the Economic Opportunity Family Health Center, were jo
Today is World AIDS Day, designed to raise awareness of the illness. Several AIDS fund-raisers and events are being held in South Florida. Some of them: * Barry University students and staff members will form a human red ribbon on the university lawn from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. today. A brief ecumenical service for AIDS suf
Pastors and ministers of several African American churches have joined to combat the spread of AIDS with education. In a letter to other pastors, the Revs. Arthur Jackson Jr., John F. White, George E. McRae, Marilyn L. Usher and Garry Hoston stressed to their counterparts the importance of teaching HIV/AIDS health educ
KEY WEST - The Florida Keys will join hundreds of other communities in observing World AIDS Day Friday. Monroe County events will take place through the week in schools, churches and at meetings of civic groups. Many organizations will display red ribbons distributed by the Disease Prevention Center and AIDS Help.
The photographer is ready. Elena Monica gives her tumble of auburn curls a quick shake, glancing into the floor-to-ceiling mirror, and settles onto the edge of a sofa. Do I have to be serious? she asks, feigning a scowl. All the pictures make me look like I m suffering. That s the way we expect people with HIV to look,
Think white. Everyone else is. The Beach is abuzz with preparations for the 11th annual White Party at Vizcaya and its many related events all over town. Since the first fete in 1985, the White Party has become a conscientious socialite s November must -- if you can afford the $100 invitation and get one of the 2,500 t
KEY WEST - An unwavering rate of HIV infection among young gay men in the Keys is alarming AIDS prevention workers, who plan a meeting with experts and community leaders to tackle the issue next month. In the Keys, about 5.6 percent of gay men checked for the infection test positive; about 1.3 percent of all Keys resid
During an arrest Thursday, rsday in Liberty City, Miami police officer James Dumay was bitten by a woman who screamed she had AIDS. The woman, who would have been booked for disorderly intoxication, now faces an attempted murder charge. She said, I ve got AIDS, and I hope you get it. I should have spit inside your mout
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