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CDC Celebrates National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (PDF 102 KB)
March 20, 2010 is National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. On this day, we recognize the impact of HIV/AIDS in Native populations, and encourage increased efforts for HIV prevention and care among Native peoples, including American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders. It is essential for our national HIV prevention efforts that members of Native populations take a leading role in learning more about HIV/AIDS, getting tested, and getting involved in HIV prevention at both local and national levels.
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Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, on National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, March 20, 2010
On National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of NIH, joins American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians in remembering those who have succumbed to HIV/AIDS. We at NIAID reaffirm our commitment on this occasion to the goal of controlling and ultimately ending this devastating pandemic.
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National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Celebrated on March 10th
March 10th marks National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a nationwide observance coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health. More than 200 events will take place across the country to encourage discussion and educate women and girls about the importance of getting tested.
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Researchers: AIDS Virus Can Hide in Bone Marrow
HIV can avoid the effects of antiretroviral therapy by hiding in long-living bone marrow cells, reawakening later to continue the cycle of infection, scientists reported on Sunday. The virus is dormant in bone marrow cells, forming a reservoir of infection resistant to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and the immune response, wrote Dr. Kathleen Collins, of the University of Michigan, and colleagues.
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