Fashion for a Good Cause

Gay Men’s Health Crisis, the Chelsea-based nonprofit that provides lifesaving services for men and women living with or affected by HIV/AIDS, held its third annual Fashion Forward gala on Mon., Nov. 16, to salute the fashion industry’s commitment to the cause.

Hosted by style consultant and “Project Runway” star Tim Gunn, the night included a cocktail reception and silent auction, followed by a runway show presented by Saks Fifth Avenue and featuring designs by Dolce & Gabbana, Gucci, Alexander McQueen and Marc Jacobs.

Proceeds from the event, held at the Metropolitan Pavilion on W. 18th St., went to support GMHC’s mission of providing prevention and care services to more than 15,000 New Yorkers affected by the disease.

AIDS Vaccine Shows Promise

Scientists and government leaders have already started mapping out how to try to improve the world's first successful AIDS vaccine, which protected one in three people from getting HIV in a large study in Thailand.

That's not good enough for immediate use, researchers say. Yet it is a watershed event in the 26 years since the AIDS virus was discovered. Recent setbacks led many scientists to think a successful vaccine would never be possible.

The World Health Organization and the U.N. agency UNAIDS said the results "instilled new hope" in the field, even though it likely will be years before a vaccine might be widely available.

"This is truly a great moment for world medicine," said Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker, the U.S. Army Surgeon General. The Army helped sponsor the study, the world's largest of an AIDS vaccine.

It was the first time scientists tried preventing HIV the same way they treat it — with a combination approach. The study used two vaccines that work in different ways, and that may be one reason the strategy worked, even though neither vaccine did when tested individually in earlier trials, scientists say.

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New Music Video from Whitney Houston

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World 800-metre champion Caster Semenya a hermaphrodite

SYDNEY - World 800-metre champion Caster Semenya of South Africa has male and female sexual organs, the Sydney Morning Herald reported Friday, posing an ethical and political quandary for world track and field's ruling body.

The Herald said extensive physical examinations of the 18-year-old runner ordered by the IAAF have shown she is technically a hermaphrodite

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New Whitney Houston Video- I Look To You

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