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Living With HIV
11:40 am
Tue June 18, 2013

HIV In King County: Demographics Differ From National Trend

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HIV testing , awareness and acceptance are on the rise thanks in part to governmental programs and community organizations such as The Stigma Project.
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 According to the most recent reports from King County, as of April of this year there are currently more than 7,000 people living with HIV, including AIDS cases, in King County. Those are just the reported cases. Most of the people with HIV in King County are white men between the ages of 20 and 40 years old. That is a different picture than AIDS cases nationally, where more than 50 percent of HIV and AIDS cases are people of color.

David Hyde discusses HIV with Dr. Matt Golden, Director of Public Health at the Seattle & King County HIV/STD Control Program. Plus, hear stories from people who have been diagnosed with HIV.

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Public Health
3:06 pm
Tue April 30, 2013

HIV Tests No Longer Just For High Risk Groups

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A health worker drops blood from a sample on an HIV test strip in San Salvador, June 25, 2010.
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Every person between the ages of 15 and 65, regardless of risk factors, should get routinely tested for HIV. That’s the recommendation from the US Preventative Services Task Force, an independent panel of doctors and researchers.

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Public Health
7:05 am
Tue April 30, 2013

Consensus Builds For Universal HIV Testing

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Katherine Tapp, 26, tries a rapid HIV test offered at the Department of Motor Vehicles in Washington, D.C., in June 2012. It's part of an effort to get more people screened.
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Originally published on Tue April 30, 2013 9:02 am

Everybody needs an HIV test, at least once.

That's the verdict from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which has just joined the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and a scrum of professional medical societies in calling for universal testing for the virus that causes AIDS.

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HIV Prevention
7:25 am
Thu December 13, 2012

Memorial For U-District Needle Exchange Founder

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A public memorial service is planned Thursday for Bob Quinn. Quinn was a public health maverick. He died last month.

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