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Planned Parenthood to offer free HIV testing Week June 23-27
by (PPMI)
Submitted 06-18-2014 under NONPROFITS
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan — In recognition of National HIV Testing Day (June 27), Planned Parenthood of West and Northern (PPWNM) is encouraging men, women, and young people to get tested for HIV. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and...
Free HIV Testing Week, June 23-27, 2014
by (PPMI)
Submitted 06-18-2014 under
Free HIV testing at any Planned Parenthood of West and Northern Michigan health center, Monday, June 23, through Friday, June 27, 2014. We have eight locations including in Grand Rapids, Wyoming, Muskegon, an Ionia. You must make an appointment....
$446 million Michigan taxpayer dollars to teen pregnancy each year
by (mafteium)
Submitted 12-16-2010 under OPINION
In the United States, statistics about teenage sexual activity are staggering. A study in Vital and Health Statistics by Abma, et. al., shows that by age 15, 13% of girls and 15% of boys have engaged in sexual intercourse, and by 18, nearly 60% of...
"Get Tested, Get Peace" for World AIDS Day
by (PPMI)
Submitted 11-23-2010 under NONPROFITS
Twenty percent of the more than one million Americans living with HIV don’t know they have the virus that causes AIDS, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Testing and treatment can save lives and reduce the spread of...