Infection

Woman claims to have HIV and brags about infecting men in viral video

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Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Boy who lost hands to infection becomes youngest patient to get double-hand transplant

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Ask Dr. Ty on Princeton outbreak: What is meningitis?

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Desmond Tutu hospitalized with infection

JOHANNESBURG (AP) – A South African foundation says retired archbishop Desmond Tutu has checked into a Cape Town hospital for treatment of a persistent infection…
/ April 24, 2013
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Janet Jackson appears in PSA for World AIDS Day

VIDEO – Janet Jackson speaks on HIV and AIDS in America and how over 1 million Americans are infected with the HIV disease and one in five don’t even know it…
/ December 3, 2012
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Rapper Heavy D has reportedly died at age 44

theGRIO REPORT – Sources close to legendary rapper Heavy D have told theGrio that he has passed away at age 44 after suffering from a yet to be identified infection…
/ November 8, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Ghana eradicates Guinea worm after 23-year fight

ACCRA, Ghana (AP) – On Thursday, after 23 years of hard work and a major setback, Ghana finally declared victory Guinea worm…
/ July 28, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

Blues singer Etta James in hospital with infection

RIVERSIDE, Calif (AP) – The 73-year-old suffers from dementia, leukemia, kidney problems and other ailments…
/ May 13, 2011
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

UNICEF works to stop mother-to-child AIDS

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – Under the pilot program UNICEF launched last month in Kenya, expectant mothers with HIV are being given cardboard boxes called the “Mother-Baby Pack”…
/ November 30, 2010
Luther Vandross was outed as gay after his death.

UN probes base as source of Haiti cholera outbreak

MIREBALAIS, Haiti (AP) – U.N. investigators took samples of foul-smelling waste trickling behind a Nepalese peacekeeping base toward an infected river system on Wednesday…
/ October 28, 2010