/channels/news_feeds/all/term/World%20AIDS%20Day/rss en /channels/channels/news/experts-world-aids-day-december-1-353168 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Every year, on December 1, the world commemorates World AIDS Day. People around the world unite to show support for people living with and affected by HIV and to remember those who lost their lives to AIDS. (<a href="https://www.un.org/en/observances/world-aids-day">United Nations</a>)</p> <p>Here are some experts from ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University who can comment on this topic:</p> <p><b><a href="https://mcgill.ca/microimm/anne-gatignol">Anne Gatignol</a>, Full Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine</b></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gettyimages-1438281346.jpg?itok=cRuYoEHm" width="160" height="101" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">29 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2023</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:20:11 +0000 webfull 195256 at /channels /channels/news/neuroscience-hiv-world-aids-day-dec-1-264551 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Dec. 1 is World AIDS Day, a time to raise awareness about a disease that has afflicted 70 million people worldwide, 35 million of whom have died as a result.</p> <p>When most people think of AIDS, they generally do not think of a neurological disease, yet HIV infection can have an important impact on brain function. Untreated, HIV can cause severe dementia.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">30 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2016</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 30 Nov 2016 17:28:36 +0000 webfull 123449 at /channels /channels/news/world-aids-day-2015-mcgillmuhc-experts-257016 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>December 1 is World AIDS Day, reminding us that the fight against the AIDS pandemic is far from over. More than 36 million people have died since it emerged in the early 1980s. Today, 35.3 million people around the world are living with the virus. 73,000 Canadians are currently HIV positive up from 49,000 in 2001, according to statistics from the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research (CanFAR).</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">25 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2015</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 25 Nov 2015 20:56:52 +0000 webfull 114275 at /channels /channels/news/world-aids-day-december-1-mcgillmuhc-experts-240448 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><b>Here is a list of experts from ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ, the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University Health Centre (MUHC) and the Lady Davis Institute of the Jewish General Hospital available for comment on your stories for World AIDS Day:</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">27 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2014</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 27 Nov 2014 19:05:27 +0000 webfull 106822 at /channels