AM 1240 WJON » HIV/AIDS http://wjon.com Sat, 18 May 2013 16:17:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 New Push for HIV Testing for More Americans [AUDIO] http://wjon.com/new-push-for-hiv-testing-for-more-americans-audio/ http://wjon.com/new-push-for-hiv-testing-for-more-americans-audio/#comments Tue, 20 Nov 2012 15:02:44 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=149451 There's a new push to make testing for the HIV/AIDS virus as common as cholesterol checks. An independent panel that sets screening guidelines is proposing all Americans ages 15 to 64 get an HIV test at least once - not just people considered at high risk.

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]]> http://wjon.com/new-push-for-hiv-testing-for-more-americans-audio/feed/ 0 Getty Images HIV Cases Decline in Minnesota in 2011 http://wjon.com/hiv-cases-decline-in-minnesota-in-2011/ http://wjon.com/hiv-cases-decline-in-minnesota-in-2011/#comments Tue, 01 May 2012 14:45:38 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=97119 The number of new cases of HIV went down in 2011, compared to the year before. The Minnesota Department of Health says there were 292 confirmed cases last year, down from the 331 reported in 2010. Forty-one of last year's new cases were in greater Minnesota.

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]]> http://wjon.com/hiv-cases-decline-in-minnesota-in-2011/feed/ 0 Getty Images Fight HIV/AIDS While Dining Out on Thursday http://wjon.com/fight-hivaids-while-dining-out-on-thursday/ http://wjon.com/fight-hivaids-while-dining-out-on-thursday/#comments Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:10:40 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=94789 Restaurants in St. Cloud and Alexandria are joining in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Participating restaurants donate a portion of their sales to help people living with HIV/AIDS.

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]]> http://wjon.com/fight-hivaids-while-dining-out-on-thursday/feed/ 0 Getty Images AIDS Event Planned for St. Cloud http://wjon.com/aids-event-planned-for-st-cloud/ http://wjon.com/aids-event-planned-for-st-cloud/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 06:28:11 +0000 Jim Maurice http://wjon.com/?p=56726 The Rural AIDS Action Network is hosting a Commemorative Service at their office at 300 East St. Germain Street at 5:00 p.m. There will be a brief video and a time to remember friends and family who have died of AIDS.

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]]> http://wjon.com/aids-event-planned-for-st-cloud/feed/ 0 Getty Images National Black HIV/AIDS Day Set for Monday http://wjon.com/national-black-hivaids-day-set-for-monday/ http://wjon.com/national-black-hivaids-day-set-for-monday/#comments Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:43:03 +0000 Tim Lyon http://wjon.com/?p=7043 Free, confidential HIV testing is being offered this week in conjunction with the 11th annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on Monday.

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