Today's Picks from Wikipedia Wikipedia em Português AIDS is a collection of symptoms and infections in humans resultingfrom the specific damage to the immune system caused by infection withthe human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the late stage of which leavesindividuals prone to opportunistic infections and tumours. Althoughtreatments for AIDS and HIV exist that slow the virus' progression,there is no known cure. HIV is transmitted through direct contact of amucous membrane or the bloodstream with a bodily fluid containing HIV,such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid, preseminal fluid and breast milk.This transmission can come in the form of: (anal or vaginal) sex;blood transfusion; contaminated needles; exchange between mother andinfant during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding; or otherexposure to one of the above bodily fluids. Most researchers believethat HIV originated in sub-Saharan Africa during the twentiethcentury; it is now a pandemic, with more than 40 million people nowliving with the disease worldwide.Read the rest of this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS Português Today's selected anniversaries: 1215:King John of England put his seal to the Magna Carta.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magna_Carta) Português 1389:In the Battle of Kosovo, Turks defeated Serbs and Bosnians.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kosovo) 1752:Benjamin Franklin conducted an experiment to prove that lightning iselectricity by flying a kite in a thunderstorm. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Franklin) Português 1904:The General Slocum burned in New York's East River, killing over 1,000 people.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Slocum) 1954:The Union of European Football Associations was founded in Basel, Switzerland.(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA) Português Wikiquote of the day: "Responsibility's like a string we can only see the middle of. Bothends are out of sight." -- William McFee (http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_McFee)