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Sales of HIV Meds Catch Lawmakers' Eyes
Prosecutors and legislators report an increase in illegal sales of HIV medication by people looking to feed their families or support drug habits. Will tougher criminal penalties slow the market?
City, AIDS Activists Clash Over Fees
Advocates say a Bloomberg administration reduction of brokers' fees paid under an HIV/AIDS housing program has made life harder for HIV-positive clients.
Even Entrepreneurs Need Food Stamps
Tanya Fields is a college graduate starting her own business. She's also a welfare recipient trying to keep benefits in place until she can support herself. Can she do it all?
As AIDS Threat Changes, Push For Housing Renews
Advocates, hoping Gov. Cuomo will back a cap on rent for people in AIDS housing, say research shows that shelter saves lives and reduces government expenditures.
Missing Moses' Muscle
The Survivors
"People want to shop local. There is a big movement around it, and people understand it."
AIDS Patients Battle City Bureaucracy
Because of budget cuts, some HASA clients and HIV/AIDS advocates say, HASA is struggling to provide housing services to its clients, including rent subsidies that keep them from being evicted.
Hip Hop For The Deaf And The Def'
Silent Mob isn’t the only deaf rap group out there. But as far as the group members know, they are the only group that performs American Sign Language hip hop.
New Bill Would Change HIV Testing Across State
Gov. Paterson is expected to sign a bill that would mandate that physicians routinely offer their patients HIV testing, a move that experts say would reduce the rate of infection.
AIDS Activists Sue To Stop Budget Cuts
City Pulls Back From AIDS Services Cuts
Afraid of Crime Now? Join The Kids
There are plenty of neighborhoods in New York City where the presence of guns, as well as their deadly consequences, are routine. And it's a reality that no single demographic in New York City knows quite as intimately as youth.
Making Their Way
Immigrant Women Straddle Cultural Chasms
AIDS Activists Threaten Lawsuit Against City
The activists say the mayor's proposed $4.2 million reduction of HASA's budget would force the agency to cut caseworkers to an illegal level.
Annual Tenant Lobby Day Wins Short Term Gains
Fewer Services For The Homeless
Dressing For Success
An exhibit on how clothes make the worker is provocative but falls short of its promise.
The City's Latest
Hirings and Retirings
Lawyer: Homeless Families
Still Getting Runaround
Amid Homeless Surge,
Are Solutions In Sight?
AIDS
In the 1980s, AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) surfaced in the United States among gay men. Because of this finding, scientists and doctors believed that AIDS only affected homosexuals. However, soon after, drug-users, women, and children, also developed the foreign virus. HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus) causes AIDS. Presently, over 30 million people are living with HIV worldwide. Over 9 million people in developing countries are in need of immediate treatment. Internationally, governments spend billions of dollars annually in research, education, and treatment.
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AIDS Program Cuts Stir Protest - Johann Hamilton
Advocates are speaking out against proposed cuts to programs that feed and house people living with HIV/AIDS.
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Teen Sex Message Minces Few Words
Some have criticized the words that teens use to discuss sex in a new series of public service announcements. This author argues the only way to reach at-risk youth is to speak their language.
