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Your questions: What do people read on your blog? Stuff about Time, Bill Gates, Kids and shopping for a new PC. Here are some of the most popular posts.Microsoft is maturing, and now pays a dividend. The world's richest man is trying to remake himself as a philanthropist who uses his vast fortune to fight the scourge of AIDS in Africa. Which is the real Gates? Ask FrankenBill." Click on... In this article: Microsoft, Bill Gates, Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Windows XP, Twitter, and Walt Mossberg |
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Medical News Today | October 28, 2009
Gateses To Appeal For Ongoing U.S. Funding Of Global Health
...reports. At a Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation event in Washington, D.C., Bill Gates will address "members of Congress, the U.S. global AIDS and malaria coordinators, the health policy counselor for the White House Office of Management and...
In this article: United States, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Gates, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Melinda Gates, Washington, Medical advice, and Recession
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washingtonpost.com | October 26, 2009
Bill and Melinda Gates to Lobby for Global Health Funds
...at the Shakespeare Theatre Company's Sidney Harman Hall in downtown Washington, where he will address members of Congress, the U.S. global AIDS and malaria coordinators, the health policy counselor for the White House Office of Management...
In this article: Melinda Gates, Malaria, Bill Gates, Gates foundation, United States, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, Washington, and George W. Bush
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The Seattle Times | November 18, 2009
Defending science: the disease of denialism
...and his technologically-oriented crusade to improve global health. He's also covered the quest to develop synthetic life-forms, the AIDS epidemic and computer hackers. Specter's Seattle audience was receptive to his pro-science message,...
In this article: Michael Specter, Global warming, Seattle, Haemophilus influenzae, Autism, The New Yorker, University of Washington, Gates Foundation, and Bill Gates
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Bill Gates urges more spending on global health
...and his wife, Melinda. The two were in Washington to urge policymakers and others to continue or even increase federal dollars spent on programs to fight AIDS, malaria and other diseases in underdeveloped nations. "We're seeing a lot of...
In this article: Bill Gates, Melinda Gates, George W. Bush, Washington, United States, GAVI Alliance, Malaria, HIV, and The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Mashable! | November 11, 2009
Bill Gates' Plan for Fixing the World
In his case, those causes include providing necessary medicine and equipment to help stop the spread of disease, finding vaccines for the likes Malaria and AIDS, and improving education, both in the US and around the world. As for...
In this article: Bill Gates, Gates Foundation, Microsoft, Malaria, Global warming, Warren Buffett, New York City, Methane, and TED
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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS or Aids) is a set of symptoms and infections resulting from the damage to the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This condition progressively reduces the effectiveness of the immune system and leaves individuals susceptible to opportunistic infections and tumors. HIV is transmitted through direct contact of a mucous membrane or the bloodstream with a bodily fluid containing HIV, such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid, preseminal fluid, and breast milk. This transmission can involve anal, vaginal or oral sex, blood transfusion, contaminated hypodermic needles, exchange between mother and baby during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding, or other exposure to one of the above bodily fluids.
AIDS is now a pandemic. In 2007, an estimated 33.2 million people lived with the disease worldwide, and it killed an estimated 2.1 million people, including 330,000 children. Over three-quarters of these deaths occurred in sub-Saharan Africa, retarding economic growth and destroying human capital. Most researchers believe that HIV originated in sub-Saharan Africa during the twentieth century. AIDS was first recognized by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1981 and its cause, HIV, identified by American and French scientists in the early 1980s.
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