People In North Dakota Are Infected With Aids At High School Age

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University of North Dakota Medical School Receives HIV Research Grant

A five-year, $2.235 million grant to study HIV dementia has been awarded to a University of North Dakota professor. "Our research is looking at how proteins that are part of the HIV virus can excite and kill neurons in the brain," said Jonathan... Read more »

HIV/AIDS in North Dakota: 2009-2010

While the Federal government's investment in treatment and research is helping people with HIV/AIDS live longer and more productive lives, HIV continues to spread at a staggering national rate. The latest incidence data from the Centers for Disease... Read more »

Bismarck Tribune Features Three-Part Series on HIV/AIDS in North Dakota

The Bismarck Tribune this week featured a three-part series on HIV/AIDS in North Dakota. Summaries of the articles follow: "A Reason to Live ": The Tribune on Sunday profiled Steve Wagendorf, North Dakota's spokesperson for its HIV/AIDS... Read more »

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Co-Infection at age 11 Patient

My Daughter is only age 11 and was co-infected with HIV/HCV by accident at home (positive mother) but we can't figure out how it happened. We took all precautions and she is not sure when and how it happened.The question I have, at her age...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

HIV treatment today is very effective for children, and side effects, although potentially real, may not occur or can be minimized. Adherence is likely the greatest challenge. Co-infection with these viruses, can lead to accelerated progression of... Read more »

GARDASIL FOR PEOPLE WITH HPV (GARDASIL VACCINE) (HPV VACCINE FOR THOSE ALREADY INFECTED WITH HPV, 2008)

Hello Dr. Francisco, Im a 24yr old male who recently found out has HPV, as a consequence my girlfriend also has it, but anyway my in my desperation to find information about it I found this site, question is: would it hurt just to try GARDASIL, you...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Actually, my name if Frascino, not Francisco. So you can call me Dr. Bob.Regarding HPV, there are many different variants. But only a very few are associated with the subsequent development of cancer. The million dollar question remains... Read more »

AIDS victims in schools

I am doing a theses on people who have AIDS and go to the same schools as other students. I wanted to know if it is safe for the other students. I also wanted to know how contagious it is and in what ways can you get it and in what ways you...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

There is a lot of data here to support the fact that students with HIV going to school do NOT put other students at risk of infection. In the 15 years that HIV transmission has been monitored, there have been no cases of HIV transmission in a school... Read more »

Catholic high school teacher

I am a Catholic high school teacher and want to help inform my students about AIDS. I know that some of them are sexually active and I am told that I can't talk about condoms. What do I do? Sue, Chicago...

Response from Father Rodney J. DeMartini

National Catholic AIDS Network

Dear Sue, Thanks for your question -- I was a teacher and principal of a Catholic co-ed high school in the mid-eighties when I experienced the same difficult question. I always believed that I should answer a student's questions honestly and... Read more »

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Hiv usually transmitted before people know

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - HIV infection is likely to be transmitted before people are even aware that they are carriers, UK researchers report in the January 3rd issue of AIDS.

"The study demonstrates that a significant proportion of new HIV-1... Read more »

Needle prick jokes at school !

Posted by Gianerick, 1 Reply

Hey i have posted here two times before , first for hiv through earrings and someone told me i was ok and that i didnt have nothing !

Then i posted about fingering a girl called ( hand sex) and they told me that fingering is no hiv risk from that ! Read more »

HIV scare puts Mo. school in uncertain territory

Posted by franfrog, 4 Replies

HIV scare puts Mo. school in uncertain territory
NORMANDY, Mo., Thu Oct 23, 08:11 PM

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high risk not infected, a few thoughts

Posted by Anonymous

oh, come one you guys! as far as i have noticed in 32 years of life, encountering a few hiv + people, and others who have sex with hiv+ people for a long time, i will assert that anyone can get it, and there is no reason for it: just some people, in... Read more »

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