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Best place to live in USA with HIV?

Posted by TonyBakerOK, 5 Replies

Hello.

I have been positive since 2005, and have lived in Tennessee, Texas, California and Currently Oklahoma.

It seems like every state is different when it comes to HIV services and Ryan White stuff.

I just moved HOME to Oklahoma and I am miserable,... Read more »

HIV+ for 2yrs. My first relationship since help??

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I've know that I am HIV+ for 2 years. My boyfriend dumped me when I found out. Finally found someone that I can date and is okay with me being +. My question is for other mixed couples. We have been having protected sex. Recently we started... Read more »

am I gonna be the first HIV+ guy coz of fingering

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I have talked with so many expert doctors and they all said if there's no wound on skin HIV can not pass through it. I said I'm biting my nails and there could be some breaks on epidermis but not the dermis layer.. they said even scars(but not the... Read more »

I am at a dark place, Getting ready...

Posted by troubledguy, 2 Replies

I don't know if my story is unique or just another hetero sexual man causing trouble for their loved ones.

I am sorry to post here post, without actually getting confirmed 100% But I know I have HIV, I felt it from the early stages where acute period... Read more »

a place for HIV poz people to come and cill...

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I am a 43 yo black male living in NYC, and I was diagnosed with HIV 4 years ago when I was hospitalized with PCP. While in the hospital, one of the doctors came to evaluate me for CMV while a co-worker and my lanlord were visiting me and he... Read more »

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aids and the work place

Dear ExpertsI am wandering if you can help me. I have been ask to do a project on Aids and HIV.My topic is aids/hiv in the work place.can u please tell me what affect aids has on the work force in this country.and what the charces are of getting...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

You will find your best resource at www.aidsfund.org. This is the website of the National AIDS Fund, the leading workplace HIV information agency in the U.S. Click on all of the options on that site to get a one-stop, first-rate education about the... Read more »

What's your first HIV test like?

Im sure that others, as well as myself, are interested in knowing what happens when you go that first time time to tested for HIV. I realize its a blood test, but could you give me some insight as to what type of questions will be asked upon...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi, Thank you for your question.The experiences a person has while taking a test for the first time can vary greatly from one place to another. Some places just do the test with no test counseling associated with it. They just take the blood and... Read more »

Could my first 2 HIV tests be wrong?

When I moved to China 3 years ago I have been with the same women. When I started working here I had to take an HIV test and it came back negetive. The second year I had to be tested again and I was still negetive. I am changing schools agin and I...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,I also have absolutely no idea what "a little high on the chart" means! Perhaps asking for clarification from an HIV specialist physician in your area could clear this up without the need for additional testing. If you've had... Read more »

First time exposure to HIV. Am I infected?

Dr. Frascino, Here is my dilemma. I have been in a monogamous relationship with my boyfriend for three years. Both of us tested negative at the beginning of our relationship. After a heated argument last week, I got pretty intoxicated and ended up...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello.Unprotected sex places you at some degree of risk for STDs, including HIV. That your random-hook-up-bottom-boy tops his positively charged partner bareback is worrisome. I agree with you this carries considerable risk. What his HIV test... Read more »

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First Drug Use and HIV Research Fellowships Awarded at 5th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment & Prevention

The International AIDS Society (IAS) and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) announced the recipients of their prestigious joint fellowships today in Cape Town, South Africa. The fellowships were awarded to Professor Maria Gudelia Rangel of... Read more »

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UN Launches First Comprehensive Web Site on Gender and HIV/AIDS

In an effort to place gender equality at the center of the fight against HIV/AIDS, the UN has launched its first comprehensive Web site that promotes understanding, knowledge and action on the epidemic as a gender and human rights issue. "By... Read more »

Researchers to Begin First Human Clinical Trial of HIV Vaccine in South Africa

Researchers in South Africa this week are set to begin the country's first human trial of an HIV vaccine, the AP/San Francisco Chronicle reports (Zavis, AP/San Francisco Chronicle , 11/3). The South African AIDS Vaccine Initiative on Monday... Read more »

U.S. Should Do More to Address Increasing HIV/AIDS Among Blacks, Opinion Piece Says

Twenty-five years after the first AIDS case was diagnosed, the "epidemic's face" in the U.S. is "becoming blacker and poorer," Kai Wright, a freelance journalist, writes in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution opinion piece. According to Wright, it is... Read more »

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