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FDA approves at-home HIV testing kit
The FDA unanimously recommended an at-home HIV test kit. The FDA says it should get approved to be sold. The panel says the test should be sold over-the-counter and can be taken in the privacy of one's home. If approved by the FDA, the test will be...
Tags: Food and Drug Administration
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Mother of boy who died from AIDS educates schools about the disease
The mother of a Kokomo boy who died from AIDS spoke to students at a local high school Thursday. Jeanne White-Ginder, the mother of Ryan White, spoke to students at Decatur Central High School, educating them about HIV and AIDS. Ryan was diagnosed...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Teaching and Learning, AIDS, Students, Health
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Wayne Township school district warns of possible TB exposure
The Metropolitan School District of Wayne Township notified parents Wednesday that dozens of elementary students could have been exposed to tuberculosis. The school district said 46 students at Westlake Elementary School were possibly exposed to the...
Tags: Teaching and Learning, Lungs and Airways, Tuberculosis, Students, Health
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Greenwood man sentenced to 7.5 years for failing to disclose HIV status
A Greenwood man who admitted he knowingly spread HIV will stay in prison even longer. Tony Perkins was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison Friday. Perkins admitted he didn't tell five of his sexual partners that he was HIV positive. He pleaded guilty...
Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Trials, Prisons, Punishment
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Greenwood man pleads guilty to failing to warn partners of HIV status
A Greenwood man has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison after pleading guilty to not telling sexual partners he had HIV. 49-year-old Tony Perkins pleaded guilty to five counts of failing to warn partners he had HIV. Perkins was arrested...
Tags: Trials, Punishment
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More alleged victims claim man failed to inform them of HIV status
A 20-year-old student from North Central High School said she was shocked when she saw on Fox59 that the man she dated over the fall was HIV positive.
"I just started crying, I didn't know what to do," said the student, who wishes to remain anonymous....Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Diseases and Illnesses, Health
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Marion Co. prosecutor to decide if HIV positive man will face charges
The Marion County prosecutor will soon decide if a man accused of failing to tell his sexual partners about his HIV status will face charges.
Lawrence Police have completed all of their interviews in the investigation of 20-year-old James Propes and have...Tags: Justice System, Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Lawyers
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Teen reports man failed to warn her about his HIV status
The Lawrence Police Department is investigating after a 17-year-old female told police she may have contracted the HIV virus after sleeping with a man she met online.
It all started when Elaina Wilson met James Propes on a social dating site over the...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Planned Parenthood
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Man with HIV sentenced to prison for not telling partners
In February 2010, Tony Perkins of Greenwood was arrested for knowingly having sex with women without telling them he was HIV positive. On Tuesday he was sentenced to 18 months in prison.
"He's not a man, he's a monster," said one of the women Perkins...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, AIDS, Trials, Health, Prisons
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Local HIV positive teen reaches out to others
When you think of people living with HIV or AIDS, you may not think of local children.
Half of the populations in several hard-hit countries, like Swaziland, are dying of the disease.
However, this story is about a young lady right here in Indiana, a...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Diseases and Illnesses, Charity, AIDS, American Red Cross
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Cosmetologists, barbers continue fight against proposed bill
Indiana cosmetologists put down their clippers Friday to take up a cause to protect their paychecks.
Barbers, hair stylists and nail technicians crowded the Indiana Statehouse, speaking out against a house bill. If it passes, barbers and cosmetologists...Tags: Hepatitis C
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Woman comes forward following arrest of man with HIV
The Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department said another woman has come forward to police following the arrest of a man infected with HIV.
Thomas Majors, 28, was taken into custody Monday after police said he failed to warn his sexual partners he...Tags: Viral Diseases and Infections, Diseases and Illnesses, Communicable Diseases, Heroin, AIDS
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