|
July 28, 2010
I must disagree with Elizabeth Hasselbeck on this issue, as she does not think that the rise in teen pregnancies is at all related to “abstinence only” education.
|
|
July 27, 2010
Infants born to mothers who are HIV-positive should have their HIV status determined at birth or soon after, with a diagnosis of HIV infection confirmed within 4 to 6 weeks of age, so that treatment can be initiated as early as possible, according to new guidelines issued by the World Health Organization (WHO). The guidelines are available at on the WHO Web site.
|
|
July 27, 2010
Katie Couric's Notebook: HIV
|
|
July 27, 2010
Campaigners on Tuesday lamented the fact that the female condom, just as effective as its male equivalent, has failed to gain the profile it deserves in the fight against AIDS.
|
|
July 27, 2010
The Pill turned 50 this year. So how has it changed women's lives and what's next for contraception. EmpowHer host Shay Pausa finds out.
|
|
July 23, 2010
It seems you can’t keep a bad idea down. Even though the Obama administration has pledged that science will finally trump ideology when it comes to global AIDS prevention, we recently learned that U.S. funding for failed prevention programs is continuing.
|
|
July 22, 2010
Since the 1960s, a sex education war has waged in school districts and state legislatures around the country. Schools seeking to be responsible in helping students learn how to protect themselves from unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections established medically accurate sex education programs.
|
|
July 22, 2010
Bristol Palin and her fiance, Levi Johnston, are what you get when you combine the religious right's dedication to abstinence as the only way to avoid teenage pregnancy, a celebrity culture that exalts and pays for these teenagers' dumb choices, and the contempt for education and "elitism" spouted throughout the country by Mama Grizzly Sarah Palin, who looks to be a much less happy mother of the bride-to-be than Hillary Clinton.
|
|
July 21, 2010
Children of women 30 or older suffered greater harm from prenatal exposure to alcohol, researchers find
|
|
July 19, 2010
In the U.S., one in three girls gets pregnant by age 20. Knowing the facts can help you make the right choices for yourself.
|
|
July 13, 2010
I am committed to renewing national leadership to fight HIV/AIDS here at home, as we continue our efforts to fight HIV/AIDS around the world. My Administration has engaged in an extensive process to engage Americans and listen to their ideas for improving our national response to HIV/AIDS.
|
|
July 13, 2010
The Obama administration wants to get the U.S. HIV-AIDS epidemic under control. It's introducing a new national HIV-AIDS strategy to reduce new infections, target the most vulnerable groups -- such as gay men and African-Americans -- and address disparities in care and treatment.
|
|
July 09, 2010
It's a veritable pileup — a convergence of factors that's led to a long line of HIV/AIDS patients waiting for assistance to pay for the medicines that have helped them live longer and healthier lives.
|
|
July 06, 2010
Preventive care moves to the head of the class in the health care overhaul law, because starting this fall, new health plans will have to begin providing certain preventive medical services free of charge.
|
|
July 01, 2010
SIECUS released the seventh edition of our SIECUS State Profiles: A Portrait of Sexuality Education and Abstinence-Only-Until-Marriage Programs in the States
|