| How your U.S. lawmaker voted http://seattletimes.nwsourc... Aids Articles Seattle Times - By a vote of 90-3, the Senate on Thursday required the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to spend at least $5 million in HR 3043 (above) to contain a strain of staph bacteria now killing more Americans than the AIDS virus. Known as ... |
| Playboy dress-up for a good cause http://seattletimes.nwsourc... Aids Articles Seattle Times - Breakfast was served at 11 p.m. at DIFFA's annual Party at the Mansion, a Playboy-themed soiree benefiting the Seattle chapter of Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS. No sit-down dinner or live auction here, just fancy folk eating late-night ... |
| Gold medalist marathoner in Detroit: He'll run, auction off shoes http://www.freep.com/apps/p... Aids Articles Detroit Free Press - In Ethiopia, it is estimated that the AIDS epidemic has created a million orphans, according to ENHPA, and AIDS isn't even among the top three fatal diseases in the country. "Many people, they don't even have a chance to survive. It's a very ... |
| Cleveland pitcher spent thousands on human growth hormone http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-b... Aids Articles San Francisco Gate - Human growth hormone is a powerful medicine used to treat dwarfism in children and AIDS wasting disease. It is illegal to use the drug without a valid prescription and a doctor's supervision. It also is illegal for doctors to prescribe growth hormone ... |
| Key West Fantasy Fest in full swing http://www.miamiherald.com/... Aids Articles Miami Herald - ... kicked off this weekend with an event to select the decadent 10-day festival's king and queen. Key West residents Chris Lippa and Mary Lou Hoover were crowned festival king and queen late Friday, selected because they raised the most funds for AIDS ... |
| Manager of the year http://www.oregonlive.com/n... Aids Articles Oregonian - But he had a real fetish for Band-Aids and business cards. He had to have a Band-Aid when a player was taped up, or would show you a scratch on his finger that needed one. As for business cards, he asked for them everywhere, from Chinese restaurants ... |
| 'Mass Destruction' has mass appeal http://www.freep.com/apps/p... Aids Articles Detroit Free Press - A self-empowerment anthem whose purpose is to draw attention to the African HIV/AIDS crisis, the track avoids polemics in favor of an inspiring and hopeful message. Lennox is majestically powerful when she slows things down on "Smithereens," "Lost ... |
| Student 'privileged' to see Sudan refugee sworn in as U.S. citizen http://www.freep.com/apps/p... Aids Articles Detroit Free Press - Wagenheim and others active in the cause say most of the Michigan coalition's money aids people on the ground. The coalition has pushed to raise awareness of the genocide in Darfur. Sudan has been a country wracked by civil war for more than 20 years ... |
| Extreme athletes' hearts race for ultra-marathons http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-b... Aids Articles San Francisco Gate - In the group I hang out with, 100 miles is a training ride," said cyclist Curt Simon of San Rafael, who has biked 508 miles to Death Valley and back over a weekend and calls the AIDS Ride, a 545-mile trek from San Francisco to Los Angeles over seven ... |
| India, SA and UK pledge support for developing AIDS vaccines http://article.wn.com/link/... Aids Articles Times of India - WASHINGTON: India, Britain and South Africa have pledged their support to an intensified search for new vaccines to prevent AIDS and other major infectious diseases, agreeing that more needs to be done to expand financing for vaccine research and ... |