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PRIDE! Kent speaker raises awareness about HIV, AIDS

Kelsie Britton March 29, 2015

Roughly one in 10 people in the U.S. are HIV positive.Joshua Morgan, outreach and risk reduction coordinator for Community AIDS Network Akron Pride Initiative (CANAPI), spoke about that statistic and other...

World AIDS Day teaches HIV awareness and prevention

Chelsea Graff December 4, 2014

More than one million people in the United States are HIV positive. Of those living with HIV, approximately one in six are aware of their infection.Scott Dotterer, the coordinator for the Office of Health...

Kat Holtz, HIV specialist for the Portage County Health Department, demonstrates how large a small-sized condom is during her presentation about AIDS prevention and the United Nations vision of "Getting to Zero" with HIV on Dec. 1, 2014. Holtz said that if a guy ever claims his penis is too big for a condom, he should see this demonstration.

Speakers educate students about HIV/AIDS prevention

Samantha Ickes December 1, 2014

Health officials joined together Dec. 1 to educate students on HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention in honor of World AIDS Day.The presentation featured two keynote speakers addressing the “Getting to Zero”...