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28th Annual AIDS Walk Boston & 5K Run to Take Place on 6/2/13
BOSTON, Mass.—Registration is now open for the 28th annual AIDS Walk Boston & 5K Run, which will be held June 2, 2013. The Walk & 5K Run draws 10,000 to 15,000 participants and is AIDS Action’s largest annual fundraiser. The Walk is 6.2-miles long. The 5K Run is a competitive, timed event, and is fully sanctioned [...]
World AIDS Day 2012: Getting to Zero
By: Rebecca Haag*– The AIDS epidemic has raged for 30 years. But the prospect of ending it has never looked brighter. Science is driving toward better treatments. Health care reform is being implemented around the country. And President Obama has set concrete goals and a timeline to reduce new infections by half in the United [...]
AIDS Action Committee Applauds Governor & State Lawmakers For Passage of HIV Screening Bill
BOSTON, Mass. —Tomorrow, April 26th, Governor Deval Patrick will sign “An Act To Increase Routine Screening of HIV.” This bill will modernize the Commonwealth’s HIV testing laws by replacing the need for written consent before an HIV test can be administered with verbal consent. AIDS Action Committee President and CEO Rebecca Haag issued the following [...]
