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World AIDS Day

By |2010-12-01T20:18:40-07:00December 1st, 2010|Preparedness|

Today is World AIDS Day – an opportunity to remember those impacted by HIV/AIDS, look back at its history and toward future developments that may prevent limit its spread.  HIV was first identified in the United States in 1981.  In the early 1980’s, public health efforts focused heavily on identification of the virus.  Once the [...]

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The 2010 Infectious Disease Training and Tabletop Exercise

By |2010-08-13T07:36:30-07:00August 13th, 2010|General|

was held at ASU July 27th -29th.  This is the first time that we have brought together all of the fields of infectious disease including HIV, TB, STDs, Vector-borne Disease, Foodborne Disease and Invasive Bacterial Infections in a unified training.  The training: Had almost 300 attendees from across the state, including physicians, nurses, sanitarians, local health [...]

Arizona Black AIDS Task Force

By |2010-06-25T08:04:54-07:00June 25th, 2010|Uncategorized|

The "Arizona Black AIDS Task Force" is hosting, "Voices of Change HIV/AIDS Leadership Summit" this Saturday. The task force welcomes those who envision an Arizona with no new HIV/AIDS cases in our African American community and with the best possible life for HIV positive folks. Interested folks can call 602.845.9437 or [email protected] to information about [...]

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Did smallpox vaccination halt spread of HIV?

By |2010-05-21T08:12:59-07:00May 21st, 2010|Prevention|

A study published this week in the journal BMC Immunology suggests that being vaccinated for smallpox triggered by the smallpox vaccine may inhibit the growth of the HIV.  The researchers extracted white blood cells from subjects and exposed them to HIV in a culture dish. The results showed that HIV replication was slowed by about [...]

Abstinence

By |2010-02-10T11:41:56-07:00February 10th, 2010|Prevention|

Perhaps nothing in public is more controversial than the question of what is the best way to delay sexual activity in youth.  Some say abstinence education is the best way.  Some say it’s a more broad approach and boosting self esteem.  Some say it’s keeping kids involved in sports and other activities.  Some people say [...]

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