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VT Edition: Peter Jacobsen & Don Boniface on HIV and AIDS in Vermont
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VPR’s Jane Lindholm examines the progress our region has made in preventing and testing for HIV and AIDS with Peter Jacobsen, the Executive Director of Vermont CARES, and Don Boniface, who has been HIV positive since 1985 and living with AIDS since 1986.Vermont Edition
HIV and AIDS in Vermont
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December 1 is World AIDS Day, and we examine the progress our region has made in preventing and testing for the disease. Also, we check in on the governor’s recommendations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, one year later. And a French chef enlivens a country store in Tunbridge.VPR News
Morning Newscast: August 6, 2008
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Here are the top stories at noon: Gov. Jim Douglas says he wants heavy trucks to be able to use the Interstate 89 bridge between Vermont and New Hampshire; IBM is reducing pay for some of its shift workers at its semiconductor plant in Essex Junction; AIDS advocates say they hope the more accurate statistics will mean the federal government will do a better job of addressing the pandemic in the next year…VPR News
AIDS activist hope new statistics means more resources
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For each of the last 10 years, the federal government has underestimated the number of people who are infected with HIV. Advocates say they hope the more accurate statistics will mean the federal government will do a better job of addressing the pandemic in the next year. VPR’s Ross Sneyd has more.VPR News
Shea-Porter, Hodes , Welch support AIDS bill
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Congressman Peter Welch and New Hampshire’s Carol Shea-Porter and Paul Hodes have voted with the majority of the House to pass a bill that would triple the money to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis around the world.VPR News