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Teenage sexuality topic of class for parents

Last updated Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 11:52pm

OGDEN -- The Weber-Morgan Health Department is offering for parents a free one-time class on teen sexuality. The class will be held from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. April 26 at Mound Fort Junior High School, 1396 Liberty Ave.

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(MANUEL BALCE CENETA/The Associated Press) Sheila Brockington, project director of Family and Medical Counseling Service, Inc., left, and Deputy Director Angela Wood hold a swab kit outside the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) office in southeast Washington. At one office of the Department of Motor Vehicles in the U.S. capital, motorists can get a driver’s license, temporary road tax stickers and something wholly unrelated to the road: a free HIV test.

At DC DMV: Driver’s license, tag renewal, HIV test

Jessica Gresko The Associated Press

Last updated Tuesday, November 22, 2011 - 8:31am

WASHINGTON — At one Department of Motor Vehicles’ office in the nation’s capital, motorists can get a driver’s license, temporary tags and something wholly unrelated to the road: a free HIV test.

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Magic Johnson remains a living symbol of hope

Bill Plaschke Los Angeles Times

Last updated Sunday, November 6, 2011 - 5:29pm

LOS ANGELES -- Magic Johnson has finished giving a speech in a high school gymnasium when he asks the students if they have any questions.

A girl shyly raises her hand and moves to the microphone.

"I don't really have a question," she says. "I just want to know if I can come up there and give you a hug."

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WSU to host National Latino HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Nancy Van Valkenburg Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, October 12, 2011 - 12:01am

OGDEN -- Weber State University will host National Latino HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and testing at 9 a.m. Thursday in Room 232 of the Shepherd Union Building at WSU, 3848 Harrison Blvd.

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'A Night at the Speakeasy' fundraiser set for HIV/AIDS project

Jesus Lopez Jr. Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, September 22, 2011 - 11:31pm

OGDEN -- Partygoers will have a chance to frolic as in the time of flappers, tommy guns and jazz music when Northern Utah Coalition-HIV/AIDS Project and Weber State University present "A Night at the Speakeasy," a fundraiser set for Oct. 8 to benefit the project's clients and their families.

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Experts: Cover contraceptives more

Noam N. Levey Tribune Washington Bureau

Last updated Tuesday, July 19, 2011 - 11:13pm

WASHINGTON -- An independent panel of doctors and health experts Tuesday recommended that health plans cover contraceptives for women without co-pays, setting the stage for another debate over the effect of the healthcare overhaul President Barack Obama signed last year.

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Get free rapid HIV testing in Clearfield

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau Standard-Examiner

Last updated Sunday, June 26, 2011 - 10:37pm

CLEARFIELD -- In conjunction with Utah's HIV Awareness Week, the Davis County Health Department is offering a free rapid HIV testing clinic.

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HIV-infected organs can save lives, doctors say

Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun

Last updated Monday, April 11, 2011 - 3:07pm

BALTIMORE -- The nation has a huge need for kidneys, livers and other organs for transplant, but federal law has one absolute rule for donors: no HIV infections.

Some Johns Hopkins doctors now argue that HIV should not disqualify the organs from transplant into recipients who also are already infected with the virus.

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How Greg Louganis overcame HIV and his fears

Steve Kelley, The Seattle Times

Last updated Sunday, February 27, 2011 - 6:09pm

SEATTLE -- His demons were everywhere. They followed him to the pool for practice. They stalked him in the Olympic Village when he tried to relax. They were on the stage with him for every news conference, on the board before every dive.

In 1988, in Seoul, while the world was preparing to watch the last of the best of Greg Louganis, the greatest diver his sport has produced, Louganis was merely trying to keep his life together.

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Bill on HIV testing of sex assault suspects moves on

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 11:37pm

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill that would allow testing sexual assault suspects for the HIV virus is one step closer to becoming law.

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Bill targets HIV-positive defendants in sex cases

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Wednesday, February 2, 2011 - 5:46pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Prostitutes and those who solicit for sex can be charged with a third-degree felony if law enforcement officials believe the defendants know, or should have known, they are HIV positive.

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