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WashingtonPost Business, 16.12.08 06:00 UTC

Whitman-Walker, a Longtime Front in AIDS War, Moves Out

The last of the boxes were hauled away yesterday from the Whitman-Walker Clinic at 1407 S St. NW. The moving truck made its final run. The rooms were empty. The heat was off. A chandelier hung in the ...

WashingtonPost Print Edition, 16.12.08 05:41 UTC

Whitman-Walker, a Longtime Front in AIDS War, Moves Out

The last of the boxes were hauled away yesterday from the Whitman-Walker Clinic at 1407 S St. NW. The moving truck made its final run. The rooms were empty. The heat was off. A chandelier hung in the ...

USA Today, 01.12.08 19:34 UTC

South Africa emerges from AIDS denial

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Church bells tolled and workers put down their tools on Monday as South Africa observed a minute of silence for AIDS victims and ended a decade of denial about the epidemic.

Nature, 01.12.08 16:07 UTC

Should everyone have an HIV test?

US doctors propose expanding the use of HIV tests to slow the spread of infection.

CNN Top Stories, 01.12.08 15:01 UTC

AIDS Day'08: Much accomplished, much to do

Editor's note: Dr. Anthony S. Fauci is director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases at the National Institutes of Health.

San Francisco Chronicle, 01.12.08 04:31 UTC

AIDS: This is no time for complacency

This World AIDS Day coincides with the 25th anniversary of the discovery of HIV, the cause of this worldwide epidemic. In 1981, several of us faced the sudden appearance in San Francisco of a new ...

WashingtonPost World, 26.11.08 13:04 UTC

Model Predicts Halt to Africa's AIDS Epidemic

A strategy of testing adults every year for HIV and immediately treating every person found to be infected could virtually end the AIDS epidemic in Africa in about a decade, new research suggests. ...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 26.11.08 05:31 UTC

What is AIDS and HIV

AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. AIDS is the final stage of HIV infection. It can take years for a person infected with HIV, even without treatment, to reach this stage. Having ...

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 26.11.08 05:30 UTC

How HIV is and is not transmitted

HIV is a fragile virus. It cannot live for very long outside the body. As a result, the virus is not transmitted through day-to-day activities such as shaking hands, hugging, or a casual kiss. You ...