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Drag queens help raise money for meals for AIDS, cancer patients (PHOTOS)

A shuttle bus zipped around downtown D.C., Adams Morgan and Dupont Circle Thursday night with a sign on the side that read "Food & Friends Presents: Queen Force One." Inside, the bus drag queens on a mission to help others.

Tags: Food & Friends, drag queens, cancer

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D.C. tailors HIV and AIDS talk to senior citizens

The District of Columbia has one of the highest HIV infection rates in the country, and nearly 40 percent of the people living with the disease are over age 50.

Tags: D.C., HIV

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Va. eliminates waiting list for AIDS drug aid

In less than two years, Virginia has eliminated the waiting list for a program that helps low- income residents obtain AIDS medication.

Tags: The Washington Times

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Aging AIDS epidemic raises new health questions

AIDS is graying. By the end of the decade, the government estimates, more than half of Americans living with HIV will be over 50. Even in developing countries, more people with the AIDS virus are surviving to middle age and beyond.

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NIH pledges $5M toward dual heroin-HIV vaccine

The federal government is pledging $5 million toward a military medical researcher's work on a dual vaccine to treat heroin addiction and prevent infection with the AIDS virus.

Tags: Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, heroin,

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Expert: D.C., Balto. need Africa-style 'War on AIDS'

There's a dire AIDS and HIV problem in D.C., but the numbers for the entire D.C.-Baltimore corridor are staggering.

Tags: HIV, Paula Wolfson

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13 AIDS activists arrested outside White House

Thirteen AIDS activists were arrested outside the White House after tying dollar bills and pill bottles to the executive mansion's fence and calling for better funding of HIV and AIDS programs.

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Group marches in DC ahead of AIDS conference

Tags: AIDS conference, Keep the Promise

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National Cathedral to host AIDS memorial service

Washington National Cathedral is displaying sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt along with many other sites in the nation's capital, and the cathedral plans to host an interfaith memorial service this weekend.

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CDC trying out free AIDS tests at drugstores

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