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June 23, 2011
KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - A team in Fizi territory in South Kivu province found more than 100 victims of rapes…
May 31, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - When the first case of AIDS was reported on June 5, 1981, AIDS was described as a…
May 25, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - One in 16 African-American men and one in 32 African-American women will be diagnosed with human immunodeficiency…
May 3, 2011
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - In 2009, President Jacob Zuma pledged an ambitious testing and treatment campaign and more…
April 14, 2011
LONDON (AP) - In the U.S., there were six stillborns per 1000 births, though the rate is nearly double for…
February 11, 2011
Conversations surrounding sexually transmitted illnesses and the rise in new cases of HIV often morph into great concern; but, typically,…
February 7, 2011
TheGrio's 100 - "I am the future and I have AIDS." These words, spoken by a 12-year-old Broadbent at the…
December 1, 2010
In 1996, her infamous statement at the Republican Convention-- "I am the future and I have AIDS" -- catapulted her…
November 30, 2010
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Under the pilot program UNICEF launched last month in Kenya, expectant mothers with HIV are being…
November 23, 2010
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - In comments made public last weekend, the pope said condoms could be morally justified in some…
November 23, 2010
MILWAUKEE (AP) - Scientists have an exciting breakthrough in the fight against AIDS. A pill already used to treat HIV…
October 15, 2010
VIDEO - The billboard directs women facing unexpected pregnancies to dangerousplace.com, a website that can connect women to help in…
August 17, 2010
DARMSTADT, Germany (AP) - German R&B singer Nadja Benaissa of the superstar girl band No Angels, is on trial for…
July 23, 2010
VIENNA (AP) - President Obama says Washington is committed to continuing the progress made in battling the disease while Clinton…
July 21, 2010
OPINION - While studies show it could prevent four out of ten women from contracting HIV, this is by no…
July 20, 2010
JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South Africa, a nation of about 50 million, has an estimated 5.7 million people infected with HIV,…
July 19, 2010
theGRIO REPORT - In his plan President Obama calls on the help of health and service organizations to accomplish the…
July 13, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Approximately 56,000 people in the U.S. become infected each year with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS,…
July 6, 2010
Miami ranks No. 1 in the nation, according to CDC data...
June 30, 2010
The weak economy is ravaging the government program that provides life-sustaining antiretroviral drugs to people with HIV or AIDS who…