Five HIV cases have been detected in the county so far this year, following 30 cases recorded in Bangor since 2023.
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Clients still complain about HIV/AIDS help from CDC
LEWISTON — Months after complaining about the way the state helps people with HIV or AIDS, clients say there’s been little change and they’ve given up trying to get help. However, the state says clients appear to have adapted to the changes it made, and more people are starting to seek help. In July, the […]
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Clients decry Maine CDC changes to HIV/AIDS assistance
LEWISTON — When Jim Pombriant needed extra help buying food, he went to his case manager at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center. He worked, so he didn’t need the help often, but proper nutrition is a big deal to people living with HIV or AIDS, especially someone who is 69 years old. He got a […]
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Brunswick psychiatrist who works with Kenyan AIDS orphans honored for compassion
BRUNSWICK — Brunswick psychiatrist Lynn Ouellette will be honored Thursday in Boston as a finalist for the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare’s Compassionate Caregiver Award. But Ouellette told the Bangor Daily News that she has already received “a huge gift” through her practice treating patients suffering from a range of afflictions, including anxiety and postpartum […]
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Child born with HIV cured
NEW YORK — Doctors say they have cured an infant born with HIV for the first time by giving her a cocktail of drugs shortly after birth, a result that could point the way toward saving the lives of thousands more infected children. The baby, whose identity has been kept anonymous, began taking a regimen […]
Posted inLetters
E. Graham: America defies God’s moral laws
In his letter to the editor, July 29, George Jones of Otisfield questioned whether the Sun Journal has an ideological agenda. I wonder if it has a bias against biblical Christians. Many folks question just what are the agendas of the media. My second issue is AIDS/HIV in America. I watched the International AIDS Conference […]
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H. Lord: Look to Christian morality
An Associated Press article in the July 24 Sun Journal informed us that the U.S. (taxpayers) is donating an extra $150 million to “help poor countries” control AIDS. Hillary Clinton says that the U.S. has already invested more than $150 billion toward that goal. (Was that money borrowed from Communist China?) Was it Ben Franklin […]
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AIDS fight enters new phase with prevention pill
CHICAGO (AP) — Condoms and other safe-sex practices have accomplished only so much. Now the 30-year battle against AIDS is on the verge of a radical new phase, with the government expected to endorse a once-a-day pill to prevent infection with the virus. Some doctors are already giving patients the drug, Truvada, to ward off […]
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Free HIV/STD testing for women offered March 13
LEWISTON — WMCA Health Services is joining the Maine Center for Disease Control, an agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health, in taking action against HIV/AIDS. On Tuesday, March 13, WMCA Health Services will hold a free testing day in […]
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Free testing to mark Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Editor’s note: Incorrect information was submitted. Free testing will take place on Tuesday, March 13. LEWISTON – WMCA Health Services will join the nation on Thursday, March 10, to celebrate the nationally recognized Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. To celebrate WMCA Health Services will offer free HIV and STD testing to all women and […]