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Where Does Hiv Comes From

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Can you get HIV from coming in contact with a + person's snot?

Okay, I know it's gross, but....if a person is infected, and the caretaker comes into contact with used Kleenex that is still moist, is there a risk of infeciton?Thanks in advance....
Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine
There are no cases that I am aware of where HIV was transmitted that way.MH... Read more »

The cure for HIV ...when is it coming

Hi, bob... Do you think there will ever be a cure for HIV and when do you think it will come? Do... Read more »

HIV+ husband coming back

my husband was closet gay. he left 11months ago wants to come out& live as gay person. during... Read more »
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AIDS.gov

National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: Coming Together to Fight HIV/AIDS

To commemorate National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, Senior Advisor to President Obama Valerie Jarrett shared her heart-felt thoughts on the importance of combating HIV/AIDS. Watch her video message: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness is not... Read more »
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Florida: New Resource for Residents With HIV/AIDS Comes to Polk

Metropolitan Charities, which provides case management in Pinellas and Hillsborough counties, recently opened an office in Lakeland, in Polk County. "We definitely want to get to people who aren't getting services," said Sherman Rauld, the agency's... Read more »
U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Arizona: Training for HIV/AIDS Volunteers Coming Up

Next month, the Tucson Interfaith HIV/AIDS Network will offer a training session for program volunteers and others who want to learn more about the disease. The cost of the Jan. 10 training is $17 per person, which covers printed materials and a... Read more »
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

Lifting of U.S. HIV Travel Ban Might Be "Coming Soon"

The Obama administration "hastaken a new step towardlifting" the HIV travel ban , "a possible indication that a full repeal is coming soon," the Washington Blade reports. "A memo issued Tuesday by U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services... Read more »
Connect With Others

New HIV test Coming Window will be 12 days.

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies
What will losers like Aids2Hiv say when this test comes out ? Just proves that the newer generation tests are more accurate than what the 13 week nazis are still saying. The Elisa test out there right now can detect HIV Antibodies in 21 days making... Read more »

Suspected hiv notice coming.

Posted by diego47, 2 Replies
I made a very stuip mistake and had, unprotected receiving, anal sex in early Steptember 2010. A few weeks later my body started going crazy. I kept getting diarrhea or having loose stool. I went to pcp and tested for everything (STD) and was... Read more »

Confusion & Conflict when it comes to HIV and AIDS

Posted by bradford, 1 Reply
Confusion and Conflict when it comes to HIV and AIDS

In Canada, HIV was first diagnosed among gay men. Later, hemophiliacs and others with health problems were infected due to tainted blood received through blood transfusions. People infected... Read more »

Coming out to the Parents, with HIV...

Posted by PosJohnathan, 1 Reply
here is how i told them i was bi-sexual and hiv positive....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKTVlp8wkjQ Read more »

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