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Dr. Joel Weisman, key figure in AIDS care, dies

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Via SF Gate
Dr. Joel Weisman, one of the first physicians to detect the AIDS epidemic, who became a national advocate for AIDS research, treatment and prevention, died Saturday at his Los Angeles home. He was 66. He had heart disease and had been ill for several months, said Bill Hutton, his domestic partner of 17 [...]

17% of gay men in Chicago are HIV-positive, and half of them do not know it

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By:  Kymber Veautour
The Associated Press reported Friday that Chicago Health Officials state, “The Chicago Public Health Department estimates 17 percent of gay men in Chicago are HIV-positive, with half of them unaware they are infected.”
I find this particularly disturbing due to the fact that over half of the infected men are unaware.  Unaware!  I [...]

Fears over HIV vaccines laid to rest

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Via NewScientist.com
FEARS that HIV vaccines may encourage infection with the virus have largely been laid to rest. This could revive the search for a vaccine.
In September 2007, pharmaceutical company Merck halted its STEP trial of an HIV vaccine because it appeared to work no better than a placebo. Then it emerged that recipients of the [...]

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Kymber Veautour Reviews Chestnut Street Cafe Gay, Owned and Operated Cafe in Rhode Island.

It took me a few weeks to get to Rhode Island to see what the fuss was about, but I finally made it down.  With a street name and a website address Chestnut Street Cafe to go on, I was off to the hot new place to be in Rhode Island.
I first had to look [...]