Friday, November 30, 2012
World AIDS Day is Dec. 1. The disease is no longer a death sentence, but the county health department says the need to be tested is especially important for 15- to 24-year-olds.
Vic Riato has worked at the Will County Health Department since 1981. He remembers when the AIDS epidemic exploded in the mid-'80s. "I can recall during that timeframe, if you were diagnosed with AIDS, you were dead; that was a death sentence," he said. The statistics for today show that is no longer the case. As of June 30, 2012, there are 309 Will County residents living with HIV. "These are people who have been diagnosed with HIV and they are living with HIV," said Riato, health department media services manager. And they are living with AIDs, too -- 352 in Will County -- thanks to treatments for both the early and more advanced version of the disease. "I think it illustrates how far we have come that you have that many people living …
Monday, November 19, 2012
The county and a private nursing company were also named in the suit filed by the attorney for an unidentified man with HIV.
A nurse working at the county jail told an inmate's brother he has HIV, causing him "great humiliation and mental anguish," according to a lawsuit filed in Will County court on Friday. The HIV-infected inmate's name was withheld in the lawsuit. The man's attorney, William R. Cassian, filed a petition to "proceed under (a) fictitious name" on the grounds that the suit "involves very private information that is so sensitive" it is protected by the state's HIV Disclosure Act. The petition says the man is older than 18 and lives in DuPage County. The lawsuit alleges the unidentified man was "confined in the detention center" on Nov. 18, 2011. According to jail records, of the 24 men locked up in the Will County Adult Detention Center on Nov. …
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Since graduating BHS in 2003, Basil Hussain’s path has led him to Johns Hopkins University.
Many young children dream of becoming a doctor when they grow up—not many follow through with it. But Basil Hussain, a 2003 graduate of Bolingbrook High School, was as determined as it gets. After seeing his older brother struggle with a heart ailment for years, Hussain dedicated his life to helping cure disease. “I think he was in third or fourth grade when he came home from school and told us he wanted to be a doctor,” said Nuzhat Hussain, Basil’s mother. “He looked so serious, and promised to find a way to help his brother and other people like him who had the same disease. It was very touching, but at the time we didn’t take what he said seriously.” But Hussain, always a stellar student, held steady to his statement. Now, Hussain is …
Despiser of Obama
9:21 pm on Friday, November 30, 2012
Very sad , but a lot is from intrensic evil. more ›