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  • Walgreens and Greater Than AIDS Team Up In National Effort To Encourage HIV Testing and Prevention

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    DEERFIELD, Ill., June 14, 2016 – In the lead up to National HIV Testing Day on June 27, Walgreens and Greater Than AIDS, a leading national public information response to the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic, are teaming with health departments and local AIDS service organizations (ASOs) to offer free HIV testing and counseling about new prevention strategies, including Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP). Testing will take place at select Walgreens stores in 150 participating cities, June 23-25: Thursday,…

  • New Video Series From Greater Than AIDS Gives Voice to Trans Women About High Rates of HIV Facing Their Community

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    MENLO PARK, Calif., – At a time of growing dialogue about transgender people and issues, the impact of HIV on the community has been largely absent. Transgender women are among those at highest risk for HIV today. The CDC estimates that one in four trans women in the U.S. is living with HIV, and among Black trans women it is one in two. In response to these overwhelming statistics and the vulnerability of trans women,…

  • Dr. Flash Joins #AsktheHIVDoc!

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    * March 10th is National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day *  SAN FRANCISCO, CA, March 6, 2018 – Dr. Charlene Flash, an HIV specialist and primary care doctor based in Houston, joins the roster of health care professionals participating in the latest installment of the popular Greater Than AIDS video series, #AskTheHIVDoc. Just in time for National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (March 10), this edition focuses on women. In a series of short,…

  • Generation M2: Media in the Lives of 8- to 18-Year-Olds

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    A national survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that with technology allowing nearly 24-hour media access as children and teens go about their daily lives, the amount of time young people spend with entertainment media has risen dramatically, especially among minority youth. Today, 8-18 year-olds devote an average of 7 hours and 38 minutes (7:38) to using entertainment media across a typical day (more than 53 hours a week). And because they spend so…