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Nov 6
Senior Housing Where The Old Go To Flourish, Not Wither
EngAGE is a program in Los Angeles that helps low-income seniors have a happier, more fulfilling, and more creative life than you imagine in your standard nursing home. Getting old in America is rough. Health care expenses, needing extra attention from one’s family, and giving up the comforts of home to move into senior housing amount to an experience that can ...
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Oct 26
BOARD APPROVES $11 MILLION FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING
Acting on a joint motion by Supervisors Mark Ridley-Thomas and Zev Yaroslavsky, the Board of Supervisors unanimously approved $11 million in funding for affordable housing projects that will benefit homeless people, low-income veterans and other at risk populations. Approximately 176 units are expected to be built as a result of this investment.
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Oct 22
OraSure Rolls Out First In-Home Rapid Oral HIV Test
The face of HIV testing changed forever, October 9, when OraSure Technologies announced that its OraQuick In-Home HIV Test is now available in stores, retailing for about $40 and allowing the user to swab his or her gums and read the test result at home in less than half an hour.
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Oct 1
Surviving the Heat
The list of L.A. County Cooling Centers. If you are planning to visit one of these Cooling Centers, it is advisable that you call in advance to make sure there is still seating available.
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Sep 30
South Africa Gets Ready for HIV Vaccine Trial
A vaccine candidate which showed that it can protect against HIV infection by up to 31% when tested in Thailand three years ago will be further tested in South Africa as soon as next year.
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Sep 27
Care Harbor provides free medical, dental and vision services in LA
In collaboration with L.A. Care Health Plan and Dignity Health, Care Harbor provided free medical, dental and vision services to those in need.
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Aug 27
FDA approves new combination pill for HIV treatment
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved Stribild (elvitegravir, cobicistat, emtricitabine, tenofovir disoproxil fumarate), a new once-a-day combination pill to treat HIV-1 infection in adults who have never been treated for HIV infection.
Stribild contains two previously approved HIV drugs plus two new drugs, elvitegravir and cobicistat. Elvitegravir is an HIV integrase strand transfer inhibitor, a drug that interferes ...
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Aug 15
Undocumented immigrants line up for relief from deportation
Long lines formed at help centers and lawyers' office across America Wednesday as thousands of young, undocumented immigrants began applying for relief from deportation. They took advantage of one of the biggest immigration policy changes in years. An executive order by President Barack Obama allows those who entered the country illegally as children to remain and work without fear of ...
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Jul 24
Treating HIV and preventing it at the same time
Antiretroviral can reduce the spread of HIV to sexual partners. But experts are now divided about whether the treatment-as-prevention approach can essentially halt the AIDS epidemic. Treatment drugs can do more than improve the health of people with HIV: if administered early, medications can also reduce the spread of the disease to sexual partners and may help stem the AIDS ...
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Jun 27
Landlord and Tenants Awareness
Safety and living standards should always be up to code. A Landlord/Manager should always do routine check-ups on the property and alert the tenants of any problems that the landlord would be solving and/or tenants must take care of. Tenants should also notify Landlords/Management of any existing problems and concerns. Both parties should respect each other and safety should always ...
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