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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: AIDS, D.C.,

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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: AIDS, Paula Wolfson

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Study: D.C. making progress in fight against AIDS

The World AIDS Conference opens Sunday in D.C., where HIV/AIDS is an epidemic.

Tags: Paula Wolfson, Gregory Pappas, D.C. Appleseed, World AIDS Conference

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D.C. encouraging HIV training, testing for employees

Employees of the District of Columbia are being offered two hours of paid leave to attend HIV awareness training and get tested.

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Study: D.C. female condom program likely saved $6M

A new study says the District of Columbia's effort to increase the use of female condoms, the lesser-known equivalent of the male condom, likely prevented 23 new HIV infections and saved taxpayers $6 million in its first year.

Tags: female condoms, D.C. Department of Health

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Promising signs of a vaccine for HIV

Results from a recent trial in Thailand have renewed hope that a preventive HIV vaccine may be on the horizon.

Tags: thomas warren, Generation Positive, AIDS,

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HIV/AIDS: The U.S. vs. Germany

Both Washington, D.C. and New York City have an extremely high prevalence of HIV infections, with 123,000 living with the virus. That's 56,000 more infections than in the entire country of Germany.

Tags: thomas warren, AIDS, Germany, Jim Graham, Generation Positive

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Generation Positive - An in-depth look at the HIV epidemic

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus, known as HIV, has become one of the most notorious killers ever known to man. In "Generation Positive," a week-long series, WTOP's Thomas Warren takes an in-depth look at the HIV epidemic in the U.S. and D.C.

Tags: thomas warren, AIDS, World Health Organization, Generation Positive

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HIV study offers hope toward vaccine development

An unprecedented new HIV study may change how soon the virus can be detected in a person's system -- which scientists hope could lead to developing an effective vaccination.

Tags: virus, vaccine, study, Kenya, Frew Sawe, detection, transmission

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