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  2. Women and HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    Native American women are found to be 2.4 times as likely to contract HIV/AIDS, compared to white women. [37] 2010 Women began representing 1 out of every 4 cases of HIV/AIDS in the U.S. [1] 2011 HIV/AIDS became the leading cause of death for African American women aged 25 to 34. [36]

  3. HIV/AIDS in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A 2006 report from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that about half of the 1 million U.S. citizens living with HIV/AIDS were African–American. [49] A 2010 study published on the American Journal of Public Health reported that 64% of women infected with HIV/AIDS in the United States were African–American. [50]

  4. And the Band Played On - Wikipedia

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    And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic is a 1987 book by San Francisco Chronicle journalist Randy Shilts.The book chronicles the discovery and spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) with a special emphasis on government indifference and political infighting—specifically in the United States—to what was then ...

  5. Female prostitution during the HIV/AIDS crisis in the United ...

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    HIV laws also set forward extremely low requirements for conviction. The prosecution did not have to prove that there was malicious intent, nor that the defendant had actually given anyone HIV, nor that the sex act in question could spread HIV. [3] In most cases, being in the sex trade and having HIV was enough to receive a conviction.

  6. Mary Fisher (activist) - Wikipedia

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    Mary Fisher (born April 6, 1948) is an American political activist, artist and author.After contracting HIV from her second husband, she has become an outspoken HIV/AIDS-activist for the prevention, education and for the compassionate treatment of people with HIV and AIDS.

  7. Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    AIDS is one of the top three causes of death for African American men aged 25–54 and for African American women aged 35–44 years in the United States of America. In the United States, African Americans make up about 48% of the total HIV-positive population and make up more than half of new HIV cases, despite making up only 12% of the ...

  8. History of HIV/AIDS - Wikipedia

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    HIV-1 strains were once thought to have arrived in New York City from Haiti around 1971. [63] [64] [65] It spread from New York City to San Francisco around 1976. [63] HIV-1 is believed to have arrived in Haiti from central Africa, possibly from the Democratic Republic of the Congo around 1967.

  9. Ronald Reagan and AIDS - Wikipedia

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    Reagan did not publicly acknowledge AIDS until 1985 and did not give an address on it until 1987. Reports on AIDS from Surgeon General C. Everett Koop in 1986 and a commission led by James D. Watkins in 1988 were provided to the Reagan administration and offered information about AIDS and policy suggestions on how to limit its spread.