Passage of HB 61 will encourage HIV testing among teens at risk of HIV
ALCC media contact: Ricardo Cifuentes 312 427 8990
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The effort to repeal...
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State Must Reinvest Savings in HIV Prevention & Services to Link HIV-Positive People to Medical Care
SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Governor Pat Quinn released a proposed $35.6 billion state budget on March 6 that would reduce state HIV/AIDS funding by $4.27 million, or 16 percent.
“Thanks to President Obama, many people with HIV will gain new health insurance coverage...
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State Must Reinvest Savings in HIV Prevention & Services to Link HIV-Positive People to Medical Care
SPRINGFIELD -- Illinois Governor Pat Quinn released a proposed $35.6 billion state budget on March 6 that would reduce state HIV/AIDS funding by $4.27 million, or 16 percent.
“Thanks to President Obama, many people with HIV will gain new health insurance coverage...
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ATLANTA, GA - The stories we tell ourselves about the world we live in matter. While we celebrate this week’s story of an HIV-miracle cure, let’s not forget the story of injustice that made it possible.
There have been a lot of stories about this week’s “ Mississippi Miracle ”—the apparent functional cure of a two-year-old girl who was born...
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February 22, 2013
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“Queen of Indie Soul” Conya Doss to perform Friday, March 8 at the House of Blues to Raise Awareness about HIV/AIDS
Benefit concert will cap two-day observance of national Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day by the...
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John is a 26-year-old black man on Chicago’s West Side.
He’s HIV-positive.
And his name’s not really John. He wouldn’t tell me his real name, which makes sense, as he hasn’t even told his immediate family that he’s been living with HIV for five years. Nor has he told any of his friends. He hides his pill bottles. He admires women from afar, but rarely...
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A video of the 2008 Dance for Life finale, choreographed by Randy Duncan.
Before Randy Duncan found the world’s stage, he got down in the living room.
Growing up in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago in the 1960s and ‘70s, Duncan would dance with his sister in front of the television, trying to emulate the R&B moves...
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AIDS walked into Robert Neubert's life almost 30 years ago.
It was the mid-1980s and Neubert was the musical director for a traveling musical theatre tour. His good friend Paul, an actor in the company, was sick and needed further medical attention beyond what was available during a stop in Rockton, Ill. Doctors there were unable to help him and suggested he return home to seek an HIV specialist,...
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Rosa Rufus never said a bad word about anyone.
She always had a smile on her face.
Such are the memories shared as her friends and colleagues at the AIDS Foundation of Chicago reel from the loss of her presence.
Rosa Lee Rufus died in the early morning of Friday, Jan. 18. For eight years, Rufus worked in the finance department for the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC),...
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