Today is World AIDS Day, an event that can sometimes get lost in the shuffle due to the common misperception that AIDS has been "cured" or less of a global problem.
But according to the CDC, someone in the U.S. contracts HIV every 9 1/2 minutes. And in Knoxville, the number of new HIV/AIDS cases in Knox County has stayed about the same in the last few years of data available from the Tennessee Department of Health. (For more on AIDS in Knoxville, read Rose Kennedy's cover story from last year.)
Here are some local World AIDS Day Events happening this week:
World AIDS Day Health Fair
UT Pedestrian Walkway
Dec.1, from 8:30 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Sponsor: Lambda Student Union
World AIDS Day Observance
The Gallery, 100 S. Gay Street
Dec.1 at 6:30 p.m.
Sponsor: Helen Ross McNabb Center
World AIDS Day Service
"How Are You Healthy?"
Serving BBQ!
Central Baptist Church of Bearden
Dec. 3 at 5:30 p.m.
World AIDS Day Service
Mt. Pleasant AME Zion Church
Rockford, TN
Dec. 2 at 6 p.m.
And in Maryville:
World AIDS Day Event
St. Paul Lutheran Church
429 Sandy Springs Rd
Maryville, TN 37803-6337
(865) 982-4285
Dec. 1 at 7 p.m.
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