Navajo Confront an Increase in New HIV Infections

Navajo Confront an Increase in New HIV Infections

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“I'm scared to death,” said Dr. Jonathan Iralu, an infectious disease specialist who runs an H.I.V. clinic in this dusty town where old trading posts and ramshackle motels line the main drag on the edge of Navajo land, not far from the Arizona border …
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Is the Economic Climate Causing a Rise in Addiction?

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The National Treatment Agency in Britain has also reported that there are now record numbers of people recovering from drug addiction in England. Of course, there are also those who may have become addicted and have not sought help, which means that …
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Hundreds of vulnerable children losing permanent caregivers

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For most kids, medical help to stop smoking, treat drug addiction or diagnose mental illnesses simply wasn't available. And then the CAS Family … Two-year-olds who couldn't speak started to get co-ordinated services from specialists. Young women who …
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