HIV risk scars for black gay men
The CDC announced that about half of gay and bisexual black men in the U S will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetimes. Georgia and the South show higher diagnoses with stigma, poverty, and survivor sex linked to spread, while HIV prevention efforts emphasize testing and safe sex.
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Atlanta
CDC
U.S
LaMar Yarborough
Yarborough
Georgia
Perry
DeWayne Ford
AID Atlanta
HIV By The Numbers for Gay Men By Race Risk Projections
The CDC projects lifetime HIV diagnosis risk in the United States by sex race and risk group using 2009 to 2013 diagnoses and death rates. The figures show 41 in 2 for gay black men 41 in 4 for gay Latino men 1 in 6 for all gay and bisexual men and 1 in 11 for white gay men and 1 in 99 overall, an improvement from 1 in 78 in 2004-05.
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U.S
United States
CDC
Missouri fires assistant professor over protest clashes
The University of Missouri dismissed Melissa Click, an assistant communications professor, after a suspended period following clashes with student journalists during campus protests. She argued her actions aimed to protect black protesters, while curators cited unprofessional conduct and did not provide a severance package.
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Kansas City
University of Missouri
Columbia
Melissa Click
Pam Henrickson
Henrickson
Click
St. Louis
John Phillips
Red Cross calls for greater access in Syria crisis
ICRC president Peter Maurer warned that humanitarian needs in Syria are growing as access remains limited to besieged and hard to reach populations. He cited Waer in Homs, damaged Al Walid hospital, and airdrop challenges near Deir el-Zour amid ongoing fighting and a pending cease fire.
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Damascus
Syria
International Committee of the Red Cross
Peter Maurer
Associated Press
Homs
Waer
Maurer
ICRC
al Walid
United Nations
Wael al-Halqi
United Nations’ World Food Programme
Deir el-Zour
WFP
Los Angeles moves to seize tiny homeless shelters
City officials in Los Angeles began seizing and destroying small wooden shelters used by homeless residents in South Los Angeles as part of a broader cleanup ahead of a planned sweep. Elvis Summers, who built the structures, removed seven units and says the effort harms vulnerable people while advocates argue the shelters offer a safer option than sidewalk tents.
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Los Angeles
Elvis Summers
Summers
L.A
Bureau of Sanitation
Curren Price
June Ellen Richard
van Nuys
Inglewood
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Boston
U.S. Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
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Washington, D.C
Maryland
Tremayne Perry
Red Cross
Maeva Bambuck
IHH
Turkey
Hood
Price
Young Security Services
Cleveland St
Elyria
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