Top 5 stories from the XVI International Aids Conference @Advocate.com.1. Black leaders declare war on AIDS Jesse Jackson Noun 1. Jesse Jackson - United States civil rights leader who led a national campaign against racial discrimination and ran for presidential nomination (born in 1941) Jesse Louis Jackson, Jackson , NAACP NAACP in full National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Oldest and largest U.S. civil rights organization. It was founded in 1909 to secure political, educational, social, and economic equality for African Americans; W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. chairman Julian Bond Noun 1. Julian Bond - United States civil rights leader who was elected to the legislature in Georgia but was barred from taking his seat because he opposed the Vietnam War (born 1940) Bond , and others vowed to help eradicate AIDS in the black community, including combatting homophobia homophobia Psychology An irrationally negative attitude toward those with homosexual orientation, or toward becoming homosexual. See Closet, Gay-bashing, Heterosexism. Cf Gay, Homosexual, Phobia. . 2. Activists call for end to U.S. ban on HIV-positive foreign trawlers A coalition of HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. , immigrant, and refugee services providers want people to travel freely to America, regardless of HIV status. 3. Middle Eastern scientists and doctors unite to fight AIDS Despite religious and ethnic differences, officials from Lebanon, Israel, Palestine. and Iran spoke with one voice concerning the epidemic in their part of the world. 4. Long-term nonprogressors upgraded to "elite" status The special category is for those who are HIV-positive but have markedly low levels of virus in their blood. 5. Two in five poz gay men in U.K. undiagnosed until recently The data from five British cities showed that more than half had become infected after a recent HIV-negative test result. Advocate.com updates breaking news daily as it happens. For our news archives, click on NEWS on the home page. |
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