With AIDS ravishing Africa, the wisest course is quickly to get as much help as possible to ground zero. The $1 billion loan offer from the U.S. Export-Import Bank to sub-Saharan Africa countries to buy anti-AIDS drugs is like the proverbial gift horse. It shouldn t be rejected -- and it shouldn t be examined too close
For six weeks, team members went out after regular business hours -- a time that health officials suspect poses the greatest risk for infection. They observed the habits of drug users, alcoholics and prostitutes, and eventually mingled with them to gain their trust. To make greater headway toward lowering Miami s No. 3
Expanding health screening services, counseling and awareness programs were some of the recommendations made by a team created to study HIV and AIDS prevention in some Miami-Dade communities. The results and recommendations of the HIV/AIDS Crisis Response Team were announced this morning by Miami-Dade Mayor Alex Penela
The supplement became popular after studies in Europe, where it is widely prescribed, suggested that it eased depression and had only moderate side effects. But the studies were not done to U.S. standards. The popular herbal supplement St. John s wort is ineffective as a treatment for depression, according to results o
Sarita Taylor looked out at the audience of more than 1,000 Broward high school students and envisioned an auditorium filled with pregnant teens. Males occupied about half the seats, but that didn t dissuade Taylor, a motivational speaker from Philadelphia, from her vision. Everyone in this room is pregnant. Yes, you h
The steep three-year decline in AIDS deaths in Florida may be over. Deaths in Miami-Dade County actually rose 15 percent last year. The state Department of Health released preliminary data Wednesday indicating that 1,631 Floridians died of HIV-related diseases last year, up about 5 percent from 1998. State officials sa
In Miami-Dade County, there were 512 AIDS deaths in 1999, up from 444 the year before. In Broward County, 210 people died of AIDS last year, the same as the year before. The steep three-year decline in AIDS deaths in Florida may be over. Deaths in Miami-Dade County actually rose 15 percent last year. The state Departme
A struggling Fort Lauderdale agency that provides services to people with AIDS in Broward County is under a second investigation for allegedly misappropriating public funds. This time, the Broward State Attorney s Office and Fort Lauderdale police detectives are jointly investigating a charge that Think Life s former d
As Miami-Dade residents and health care workers talk about the best way to spread the AIDS prevention message among South Florida s minorities, one local congressional member is pushing for federal funds to start a media campaign. The U.S. House is considering a request by U.S. Rep. Carrie Meek of Miami to fund a $10 m
An untrained, unlicensed Hialeah man who was arrested last week for practicing dentistry out of his car didn t clean his equipment, health investigators said, putting clients at risk for HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis B or C. The health department is urging anyone treated by Oscar Alfredo Lopez, 47, of 6950 W. 30th Ct. to seek
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