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CDC Recommends Routine, Voluntary HIV Screening in Health Care Settings

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Associated Press 09:45 AM Sep, 21, 2006 ATLANTA -- All Americans between the ages of 13 and 64 should be routinely tested for HIV to help catch infections earlier and stop the spread of the deadly virus, federal health recommendations announced Thursday say. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said HIV testing should become about as common as a cholesterol check. Nearly half of new HIV infections are discovered when doctors are trying to diagnose a sick patient who has come for care, CDC officials said. "We know that many HIV infected people seek health care and they don't get tested. And many people are not diagnosed until late in the course of their illness, when they're already sick with HIV-related conditions," said Dr. Timothy Mastro, acting director of the CDC's division of HIV/ AIDS prevention.

Most HIV infections linked to people unaware they carry the virus - Advocate.com, July 2006

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Up to 70% of the 40,000 new HIV infections occurring in the United States each year are transmitted sexually by adults unaware they are infected with the virus, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials write in the journal AIDS. A mathematical model developed at the CDC shows that 54% to 70% of new U.S. HIV cases are transmitted through sexual activity by people who are infected but have not been diagnosed as HIV-positive.

AIDS deaths decline in Kansas - Advocate.com, June 2006

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The number of newly diagnosed HIV cases is holding steady in Kansas, but AIDS-related deaths are dropping in the state, health officials told the Associated Press. A total of 176 new HIV cases were diagnosed in Kansas in 2004, roughly the same number that were diagnosed a decade earlier. But AIDS deaths have dropped from a peak of 134 per year in 1994 to just 34 last year. Health officials say improvements in anti-HIV drugs and other advances in medical technology have helped lower the death rate. But they still worry that HIV infections continue at high levels. "People think that if you get the virus, it's OK because there's a pill to take," Geri Summers, director of the Douglas County AIDS Project, told the Associated Press. "There's still no cure for AIDS, and the pills that people have to take a lot of times have horrible side effects."

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Red Ribbon Art Auction 2008

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Dr. William Tsutsui, Associate Dean of International Studies, the College of Liberal Arts and Dr. Marjorie Swann, Associate Professor of English, University of Kansas hosted the event on November 9, 2008. The Douglas County Aids Project is pleased to announce Karen Wiley as the Featured Artist for the 16th Annual DCAP Red Ribbon Art Auction. The featured artwork "Asian Grasses", by Karen Wiley, was shown on October 24 and 25 during the Auction Preview at Watkins Museum, Downtown Lawrence.

World AIDS Day 2006

Lawrence vigil, other events to mark World AIDS Day - Lawrence Journal-World Read the full article For the past two weeks at several Lawrence businesses, interested people have been able to write a message onto a "Ribbon of Life" to pay tribute to a loved one or share a thought about fighting AIDS worldwide. AIDS Day project features visual tribute - Channel 6 News View the video Today is world AIDS day and the Douglas County AIDS project is commemorating with a visual tribute. AIDS Day leads fight - KUJH TVNews View the video

Red Ribbon Art Auction 2006

Art auction takes creative aim at AIDS - Lawrence Journal-World Read the full article "I think the issue nationally has gone under the radar for a few years now, but we need to remind people that it is still a pressing problem," said Kristin Brumm, executive director of the Douglas County AIDS Project. Local art was the focus of an auction tonight supporting DCAP - Channel 6 News View the video In the fourteenth year of the Red Ribbon Art Auction, area artists donated 40 pieces for a live auction and 60 more for a silent auction to benefit AIDS awareness.