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    <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 16:35:28 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>UK: Same-Sex Relationships and HIV Included in Sex Education</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[All public schools in the United Kingdom will be required to teach comprehensive sex education that includes HIV/AIDS and same-sex relationships, announced U.K. officials on November 5, reports Pink News.&nbsp;

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      <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>South African Health Minister Supports Country&amp;#8217;s HIV Policy Shift</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[South African health minister Aaron Motsoaledi reiterated that the government, including President Jacob Zuma, is devoted to helping fight HIV/AIDS, Times LIVE reports. Motsoaledi spoke during a conference in Midrand, a section of Johannesburg, about living with HIV/AIDS.

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      <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>&lt;i&gt;Precious&lt;/i&gt;, a Film With an HIV Plotline, Opens in Select Theaters</title>
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Precious: Based on the Novel </span>Push<span style="font-style: italic;"> by Sapphire</span> opens in select theaters today, November 6. The film follows African-American Harlem teenager Claireece &#8220;Precious&#8221; Jones as she faces hardships such as sexual abuse, illiteracy, poverty, obesity, teen pregnancy and HIV.&nbsp;


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      <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Activist Urges China to Lift Its HIV Travel Ban</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Beijing-based antidiscrimination activist Lu Jun has issued a letter to China&#8217;s Ministry of Health requesting that officials honor their promise to revise laws preventing HIV-positive foreigners from entering the country, <span style="font-style: italic;">China Daily</span> reports.

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      <pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>California: Two AIDS Groups Merge to Overcome Economic Woes</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Two Monterey County, California, HIV/AIDS organizations&#8212;the Monterey County AIDS Project and John XXIII&#8212;are merging to form Central Coasts HIV/AIDS Services (CCHAS) to cope with California budget cuts, reports <span style="font-style: italic;">The Salinas Californian</span>.&nbsp;

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      <pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Researchers Enlist Dark-Haired Volunteers for PrEP Study</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Dark-haired HIV-negative men and women in San Francisco are being enlisted in a study that examines whether pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) prevents HIV transmission, the <span style="font-style: italic;">San Francisco Chronicle</span> reports.&nbsp;

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      <pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Experts Warn That AIDS Will Remain a Global Crisis in 2031</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Unless there is a more comprehensive response to HIV/AIDS, the epidemic will remain out of control on its 50th anniversary in 2031, according to a panel of experts reported on in <span style="font-style: italic;">The New York Times</span>.&nbsp;

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      <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Positive Texas Man Charged for Having Unprotected Sex With a Minor</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Aggravated sexual assault with a deadly weapon charges have been filed against 26-year-old HIV-positive Texas man Christopher Everett for having unprotected sex with a 16-year-old boy without disclosing his status, according to an arrest affidavit obtained by local ABC affiliate KXXV.&nbsp;

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      <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>With Nearly 100 People, Kentucky ADAP Waiting List Is Longest in U.S.</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Kentucky&#8217;s AIDS drug assistance program (ADAP), which offers free or inexpensive drugs to low-income HIV-positive residents, has the longest waiting list in the country, The Associated Press reports. More than 1,200 people are enrolled in the program, and nearly 100 are on the waiting list, which started in June.&nbsp;

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      <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>GSK and Pfizer Launch HIV-Specific Drug Company</title>
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GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer announced November 3 the launch of ViiV Healthcare, a collaboration between both pharmaceutical companies&#8217; HIV drug divisions. The new company, based in London and the United States, aims to address needs specific to those living with HIV worldwide through investing in innovative research and by offering improved patient access to treatment.&nbsp;





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      <pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>U.N. Chief Urges All Countries to Lift HIV Travel Bans</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Applauding President Barack Obama&#8217;s removal of the United States&#8217; 22-year-old travel ban on HIV-positive visitors, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon urged other countries to follow his lead, Agence France-Presse reports.&nbsp;

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      <pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Prosecutors Deem HIV a Weapon in Michigan Assault Case</title>
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Daniel Allen, an HIV-positive Clinton Township, Michigan, man who allegedly bit his neighbor&#8217;s lip during a dispute, faces up to 15 years in prison on charges of assault with intent to maim, assault with intent to commit great bodily harm and possession or use of a harmful device; prosecutors claimed he intentionally tried to transmit HIV to his neighbor, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Detroit News</span> reports.&nbsp;


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      <pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Michigan Officials Push to Remove Food Service Ban for Positive Prisoners</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) is working to revamp a contested policy that bars HIV-positive prisoners from working in prison food service jobs, <span style="font-style: italic;">The Michigan Messenger </span>reports. A new policy could lift the ban by early December.&nbsp;

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      <pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Study: Men With Larger Foreskins Are More Likely to Contract HIV</title>
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Men with larger foreskins are more likely to become HIV positive, according to a new Uganda-based study as reported by Reuters.&nbsp;


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      <pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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      <title>Study: HIV Self-Tests Are Highly Accurate, Easy to Understand</title>
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By following basic written instructions and using a standard HIV testing kit, people can self-administer the test with the same accuracy as a health care professional, according to a study from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore as reported by <span style="font-style: italic;">Science News</span>.&nbsp;



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      <pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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