An HIV-positive mother was arrested on a felony child neglect charge after she failed to take steps to prevent her son from contracting HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. ...more

January 10, 2008

TAMPA – The Hillsborough County Health Department is marking World AIDS Day today by offering free testing for HIV, syphilis and hepatitis C. ...more

December 3, 2007

I would like to commend Lampe and Kiefer hearing Aid Center for its friendly, courteous and professional service. I wear hearing aids, and occasionally they need adjusting. Until recently, I would take them to a consultant, who would send them away to be repaired. I would have to go for a week or more without them, and it always involved a huge expense. ...more

December 3, 2007

If the United Nations, as it now acknowledges, has been overstating the number of people worldwide with AIDS and the rate of new HIV infections, maybe its gloomy pronouncement on the global climate siutation are flawed as well. ...more

November 24, 2007

Early in the AIDS epidemic, people infected with the virus often lost a dangerous amount of weight, at times looking gaunt and ghostly. ...more

October 4, 2007

The fifth in a series of international concerts that Nelson Mandela has used to raise awareness about AIDS will be held Dec. 1 in Johannesburg. ...more

October 2, 2007

The Sebring Lions Club would like to thank the community for its support during the Labor Day barbecue. Your support made it one of the best turnouts we've had. Your generous support allows us the means to finance our two projects; eye glass exams and glasses, and hearing aids to those who are in need. We welcome new members, both men and women, to join our club, which meets the first and third Tuesday of every month at 12 p.m. at the Sebring Lions Club, located at 3400 Sebring Parkway. The more members we have, the more people we can serve. ...more

September 11, 2007

The ravage of AIDS on Africa certainly isn't a new topic, but the continent's anguish finds a new voice in Lara Santoro's 'Mercy,' the story of a self-destructive journalist, the men in her life and Mercy, her housekeeper turned caregiver. ...more

September 2, 2007