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  • ARTBeat Returns to Celebrate 20 years of ART and Reflections!  Posted 8 months ago
    ARTBeat Returns this October with a Reflections Gallery at the Providence Place Mall which will feature the works of one hundred artists on canvases donated by the Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation, each work focusing on this year’s theme. ARTBeat concludes at Skyline at Waterplace in Providence on October 27th. The public can bid on and view these paintings online, by visiting ACOS’ Red Ribbon Auction by visiting aidscareos.org/Events/RedRibbonAuction .
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Daily HIV prevention pill recommended for those at risk »
May 22, 2014
For years the message was simple: Use condoms to prevent HIV. But if you are at high risk of contracting the virus, health experts want you to consider an additional strategy -- taking a pill every day to reduce your chance of being infected.
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ArtBeat 2013 Recap! »
November 15, 2013
AIDS Care Ocean State is pleased to announce that our 17th Annual ArtBeat auction raised $47,000 to support the programs and services we provide to our clients! Held on Friday, October 25th at the Providence Biltmore Hotel the evening featured a silent and live auction.
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2013 Philanthropists of the Year »
November 4, 2013
We are honored to introduce Thomas Wright and Carol Mann as our 2013 Partners in Philanthropy!
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"C" is for Cure »
September 16, 2013
Earlier this year, the Rhode Island Foundation announced their 2013 Innovation Fellows. Out of a pool of 180 original proposals, AIDSCare Ocean State's Medical Director, Dr. Lynn E. Taylor, physician, researcher and public health advocate was chosen for a $300,000 grant for her exceptional work in the hepatitis-c virus (HCV) field.
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HIV vaccine study halted by US government over unsuccessful shots »
April 25, 2013
Large study stopped after safety review found more study participants who received the vaccine later became infected
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Mondo Guerra, Fashion Designer, Talks 'Dining Out for Life' to Fight HIV/AIDS »
April 24, 2013
In this episode of SnowbizNow, Mondo Guerra is close to tears as he and others share that on Thursday, April 25, 2013, an estimated 275,000 people will dine out in 60 cities throughout the U.S. and Canada to fight AIDS.
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Minn. HIV/AIDS cases increased in 2012 »
April 23, 2013
New cases of HIV/AIDS increased by 8 percent in 2012, the Minnesota Department of Health reported Tuesday.
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The Los Angeles Times: Scientists explore mystery of a psychedelic HIV/AIDS drug »
April 22, 2013
For those taking antiretroviral medications for HIV/AIDS, there is one drug in the mix that can put a particular kick in the cocktail: the drug efavirenz, marketed under the commercial names Sustiva and Stocrin, appears to have an "LSD-like interaction" with the receptors in the brain that govern the activity of serotonin, says a study presented in Boston today.
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The Right to Fight AIDS »
April 22, 2013
The Supreme Court today will hear a case that will decide the basic rights of groups fighting HIV. The case --Agency for International Development, Et. Al., v. Alliance for Open Society International, Inc., Et. Al.--centers on a policy that requires organizations to adopt the U.S. government's point of view as a condition of receiving U.S. global HIV/AIDS funds. Not surprisingly, it is being challenged on grounds that it violates the First Amendment.
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High court aims to balance AIDS, sex trafficking fights »
April 22, 2013
Two worthy goals collide in court as justices consider free speech rights, conditions on funding.
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