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            Have you ever been through hell on earth? Had people stare at you all because of 3 little letters? Had family after family reject you because of one small problem? Did you know more than 8,000 people die a day because of what I have? Did you know that only because of a young hemophiliac boy did the government do anything? Did you know that at the end of 2003 more then 5 million people died? All because of one little virus one little virus that turns into a syndrome that turns into death, one small word can make a difference in a person's life. For over 40 million people are affected with this and around 30 million deaths. It is a disease known as AIDS and it is affecting the world.
             AIDS is short for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. It is caused by the immune system weakening because of the affects of HIV or human immunodeficiency virus. HIV affects the T cells or CD4 cells destroying the defense against illness. It can cause a range of other diseases and/or cancers. You can contract HIV through exchange of certain fluids, injected drug use, by birth to an infected mother, or sharing needles with someone who has HIV/AIDS. If you catch HIV there is not a 100% chance of contracting AIDS. There not too many ways to prevent HIV but abstinence is best. If you are infected with HIV there are certain combinations of drugs that can delay the start of AIDS.
             Many people have caught HIV/AIDS one of the most famous being Ryan White, an teenage boy who fought for his rights to return to school after discovering he had contracted HIV through a blood transfusion. He began to wake up politics to the realization that HIV/AIDS was not just a "gay" disease and it something that needed to be taken seriously. He began bit by bit to change people's minds. He even put out a life-changing article in "Time". He was the first person to convince the president to start a fund to find a cure for AIDS. He began the AIDS movement.


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1. New York City Proposes Early Treatment of HIV

... the area if city doctors adhere to his recommendation. According to Farley's aggressive proposal, doctors should treat HIV immediately after it is diagnosed. This measure would significantly reduce the transmission of HIV, which also causes AIDS, so much so that Farley believes new transmissions could potentially be unheard of in his lifetime (Hartocollis). "I am more now than I've ever been about this epidemic ... required (Hartocollis). Recent studies have emerged that convinced Farley of the usefulness of antiretroviral drugs, citing that they help to prolong healthy lives and are 96...

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2. Recent Study Finds Contraceptive Linked to HIV Transmission

... would be different had the study also involved women in America. However, the effects are most alarming for African women because the transfer of HIV from heterosexual sex is greater in sub-Saharan Africa causing many organizations to panic (Belluck). "The best contraception today is injectable hormonal contraception ... said Isobel Coleman of the Council on Foreign Relations. "If it is now proven that these contraceptions are helping spread the AIDS epidemic, we have a major health crisis on our hands" (Belluck). Jared Baeten from the University of Washington agreed, "These findings hav...

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3. AIDS

... diseases, early detection offers more options for treatment and preventing complications. What Is The Difference Between HIV And AIDS? The term AIDS refers to an advanced stage of HIV infection, when the immune system has sustained substantial damage. Not everyone who has HIV infection develops AIDS. When HIV progresses to AIDS, however, it has proved to be a universally fatal illness. Few people survive five years ... drop and the immune system deteriorates further, individuals may continue to experience the above symptoms as well as develop new ones. What Symptoms Signal The Onset Of AI...

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4. AIDS, HIV and Faith-Based Organizations

... the internal affairs whereby some conservative religious groups are giving their own disheartening responses which are contrary to other religious groups advocating for joint venture in fighting the virus. The HIV and AIDS pandemic has touched all religious groups, brought fear and shame, and raised disturbing questions about sickness, healing, death, and divine power. Initially, conservative religious groups around the ... along comes Herpes Simplex II. Nature itself lashes back when we go against God." The Reverend Jerry Falwell was more direct when he declared that HIV/AIDS was a puni...

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5. HIV And AIDS

... this disease first appeared in America it seemed to be very confined to only a few small groups of the population in very large cities. Now, HIV/AIDS is growing faster than ever. It has spread through countries all over the world. When the disease first appeared, it took physicians great lengths to ... funguses and other diseases the most healthy bodies would otherwise be capable of fighting off. From the time that an individual initially contracts the HIV/AIDS virus, one may not have any signs or symptoms for as long as eight to ten years. The government has not yet approved ... contrac...

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6. AIDS

... to 1959. There are millions of diagnosed cases worldwide, but there is no cure(Drotman 163). There are about a million people in the United States who are currently infected with HIV(HIV/AIDS 1). It infects the population heavily in some areas of the country and very lightly in other areas. No race, sex, social class, or age is immune ... to catch the virus if the condom is used properly. This means using a good quality condom, one with the kite mark, with a spermicide. The condom itself can kill the virus(HIV/AIDS 2). Condoms don't completely eliminate the risk of being infected becaus...

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7. AIDS

... although drugs that may expand one's life span and improve one's infection are available. AIDS is caused by HIV, human immunodificiency virus, however, one infected with HIV is not always infected with AIDS. Individuals who have HIV sometimes do not develop a clinical illness of AIDS for ten years or more. The term AIDS is not often used by physicians until the patient has reached the final stage ... begins to develp. The symptomatic phase is found by the appearance of twenty-six infections and cancers. These illn esses, also known as AIDS-defining complications, is just one sign that an ...

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8. Conspiracy Theories on HIV

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9. HIV

... they help fight diseases. The average T-cell count for a healthy person is 800-1200 cells per cubic millimeter of blood. The HIV/AIDS virus lowers the T-cell count, as a result of this the body is less able to fight cancers, sicknesses, and even the common cold. When you ... have HIV/AIDS your T-cell count is continually lowered, when it reaches 200 you are diagnosed with AIDS, when it reaches zero, you die because opportunistic diseases have taken over your body and are destroying what ... much more difficult to acquire when compared to diseases like herpes which can be spread simply b...

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10. AIDS: A growing epidemic

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