Shoulders To Stand On EC April Issue 2017 The Long Road To Wellness – Jesse Helms Roadblock In 1988, research was underway to find an AIDS vaccine. It soon became clear that even though money was beginning to flow through
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Shoulders To Stand On EC March Issue 2017 The Long Road To Wellness (cont’d) Last month we looked at AIDS curriculum in Monroe County, expansion of rehabilitative treatment for IV drug abuse and the beginning conversations on needle exchange programs,
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Shoulders To Stand On EC February Issue 2017 The Long Road To Wellness (cont’d) The Road To Wellness has many twists and turns. For every two steps forward there seems to be one step back. Such is the history of
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Shoulders To Stand On EC Dec – Jan Issue 2016 The Long Road To Wellness (cont’d) Prior to the approval of AZT by the FDA, in 1986 NIAID (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease) established the Division of AIDS.
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Shoulders To Stand On EC November Issue 2016 The Long Road To Wellness Once Michael Gottlieb in 1981 identified the virus which would be called gay cancer, grid, gay compromise syndrome, HIV and finally AIDS, it took the government, the
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Shoulders To Stand On EC September Issue 2016 Impact of AIDs on Students in American Schools In 1985 AIDS cases were reported in 51 countires. Here in the United States at the end of 1985 there were 20,740 AIDS cases
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Shoulders To Stand On EC July Issue 2016 AIDS in Minority Communities (Continued) The year 1986 was a pivotal year in AIDS history. Ronald Reagan, President of the United States, makes his first remarks on the AIDS epidemic. It is
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Shoulders To Stand On EC June Issue 2016 AIDS in Minority Communities This month Shoulders To Stand On will begin looking at AIDS in Minority Communities. AIDS does not discriminate. In 1981, when Dr. Michael Gottlieb and his
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Shoulders To Stand On EC April Issue 2016 A Community’s Response To AIDS – ACT-UP While the government failed to respond to the epidemic, a number of non-governmental organisations were founded in the most affected areas of the USA such
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Shoulders To Stand On EC February Issue 2016 A Community’s Response To AIDS – Ronald Reagan Speaks About the AIDs Epidemic, the First Report on AIDS and Research Beginnings at the University of Rochester. In January, 1986 Anthony Fauci, Director