Archive for the ‘Plague’ Category

Senators probe ' plague ' of military sex assaults

May 7, 2013
Sexual assaults in the military are a growing epidemic across the services and thousands of victims are still unwilling to come forward despite a slew of new oversight and assistance programs, according to Pentagon documents. Troubling new numbers
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Strength and Activism Halt a Plague

April 22, 2013

I still have a knot in my heart hours after watching How to Survive a Plague. I'm not quite sure whether to smile or cry or to continue trying to transport myself back in time so that I too could make a difference in the treatment options during the
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Oscar nominated documentary 'How To Survive a Plague' screened in Delhi

April 9, 2013
Delhi: Tracking the history of AIDS epidemic in the US, 'How to Survive A Plague', the documentary which was nominated for an Academy Award this year, was screened at The Grand, Vasant Kunj on April 6th 2013. Applauded worldwide for its gripping story
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Plague draws attention amid concern that it might be deployed by terrorists

April 8, 2013

According to the World Health Organization, about 100 pounds of aerosolized plague bacteria sprayed over a city of 5 million might sicken 150,000 people, fueling an epidemic, particularly if antibiotics were in short supply. Such an epidemic is exactly
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LLGFF Review: How To Survive A Plague

March 30, 2013
After the success of the acclaimed documentary We Were Here, which told the story of the early days of the AIDS outbreak in San Francisco, comes a new documentary on the epidemic. How To Survive A Plague moves the story forward to the late 1980s and
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Review: All-Star Western #17 – A Plague Upon Gotham

March 30, 2013
Vandal Savage brings a cholera epidemic to 19th century Gotham City, and Jonah Hex still won't leave town. March 4th, 2013 Andy Hunsaker. All-Star Western #17. Every once in a while, it's good to check in with All-Star Western, where Jimmy Palmiotti
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'How To Survive A Plague' Gets Dramatic Adaptation As ABC Miniseries

March 29, 2013

What's been referred to as "required viewing" will become practically that as ABC picks up the Oscar nominated AIDS-epidemic ear documentary How To Survive A Plague. Even better news is that ABC will run an expanded version of the film as a miniseries!
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Risk of plague still prevails even after centuries of Black Death epidemic

March 16, 2013

Washington, Mar 16 (ANI): Archaeologists have unearthed a 'Black Death' grave in London, containing more than a dozen skeletons of people suspected to have died from the plague. The victims are thought to have died during the 14th century and
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'How to Survive a Plague,' documentary on AIDS epidemic, new on DVD

February 22, 2013

U.S. government and drug-company efforts to halt the epidemic were slow, AIDS activists like Peter Staley felt. So they organized protests, educated themselves and wrote drug-trial plans. This Oscar-nominated documentary tells the emotional story of
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'How to Survive a Plague' revisits early days of AIDS epidemic

February 20, 2013

NEW YORK — In the 30 years that David France, director of the Oscar-nominated AIDS activism documentary "How to Survive a Plague," has lived at the corner of 7th Street and Avenue C, the neighborhood has transformed dramatically. During the worst
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