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World Community Grid: FightAIDS@home. Black Celebrities Unite in Response to AIDS: New Greater Than AIDS PSAs and Social Media Messages Mark National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (Feb. 7) MENLO PARK, Calif., Feb. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is being released by the Kaiser Family Foundation: HIV Experts Propose New Pathway for Conducting Phase 3 Drug Trials: New Approach Intended to Remove Barriers to Innovation in Drug Development WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the war on HIV/AIDS begins its fourth decade, medical researchers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, patient advocates and government regulators face a new and unexpected scientific challenge CALIFORNIA: One Year Later, Lyon-Martin Still Open One year after Lyon-Martin Health Services almost closed due to debts, the San Francisco agency has improved its financial outlook. CALIFORNIA: HIV Message Is Simple: Get Tested; Efforts to Lower the Rate of Virus in Black Community Focus of Tuesday Gathering Community organizers in San Diego are hosting an event on Tuesday they hope will galvanize African-American efforts to tackle HIV/AIDS locally and nationally. MALAWI: Can Interfaith Research Partnerships Develop New Paradigms for Condom Use and HIV Prevention? The Implementation of Conceptual Events in Malawi Results in a 'Spiritualized Condom' "The aim of this intervention research study was to engage senior leaders of faith-based organizations (FBOs) in ASIA-PACIFIC: UN Calls for Acceleration of HIV Treatment in Asia-Pacific Nations Monday's opening of a three-day UN Economic and Social Commission for the Asia Pacific (UNESCAP) meeting in Bangkok began with praise for the region's impressive gains in tackling HIV/AIDS in recent years. VIRGINIA: Five Years After HPV Vaccine Law, State Remains Split In 2007, Virginia passed the nation's first law requiring sixth-grade girls to be vaccinated against human papillomavirus. WASHINGTON: National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Event to Take Place at Mt. Zion The HIV/STD Program of Public Health-Seattle & King County, in collaboration with community organizations, is commemorating National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Tuesday with a 6-9 p.m. NEVADA: Health Officials Mark Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, and state officials are urging Nevadans to get tested for the virus. MISSISSIPPI: Tuesday Is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day On Monday, Hattiesburg Mayor Johnny DuPree issued a proclamation recognizing Feb.

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