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• Sorting out HIV/AIDS denialists

  Published: July 4, 2007, 6:49 pm

  Tags: Hiv Denialists, Mark Wainberg, Aids Dissidents, John Moore

  in the custody of two HIV-infected children being transferred to foster parents who ensured that proper care was received. Those children have thrived.In a recent case in Australia, a man was charged with transmitting HIV to several sexual contacts. He had been fully aware of his HIV-positive status, but argued that it had not been

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• Compulsory HIV testing for pregnant women in NJ on the cards

  Published: June 19, 2007, 2:57 am

  Tags: New Jersey, Mandatory Hiv Testing, Democrats, Compulsory Hiv Testing

  newborn in its care for HIV.According to AP reports, the current law in the New Jersey only requires HIV testing to pregnant women. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention says that early detection can prevent many HIV-infected women from transmitting the virus to the infant.Experts believe that drugs during pregnancy can minimize

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• Stuart Rennie on HIV Prevention

  Published: June 11, 2007, 10:59 am

  Tags: Mandatory Hiv Testing, Stuart Rennie, Hiv Prevention, Reproductive Health Ethics

  to do to hold the carnage. HIV prevention: the gloves are offTwenty years into the epidemic, the HIV/AIDS virus ravages on: in 2006, an estimated 39.5 million people in the world were living with HIV, 4.3 million were newly infected, and 2.9 million AIDS-related deaths. Of the deaths, 2.1 million occurred in sub-Saharan Africa. As for new HIV

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• Research Paper Presents Serosorting As More Dangerous

  Published: July 23, 2007, 1:53 pm

  Tags: Academia, Public Policy, Health Care, Mathematics, Science, Aids, Hiv

  believed themselves to be HIV-negative, but who had chronic, asymptomatic HIV infection, the transmission risk was calculated as seven in 10,000. This risk increased for individuals thinking themselves HIV-negative, but with advanced HIV infection to 36 in 10,000. The highest transmission risk of all was for HIV-negative' individuals with

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• Controversy Over Rejected Trojan Condom Pig Ad

  Published: July 21, 2007, 11:03 am

  Tags: Sex, Health Care, Kulturkampf, Sexuality, Media, Aids, Hiv

  Well, here is the condom ad that was too controversial for network television! Decide for yourself.

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• HIV+ U.S. Soldier Charged With Assault With Deadly Weapon

  Published: July 20, 2007, 3:30 am

  Tags: Homophobia, Military, Public Policy, Aids, News Analysis, Hiv

  certain control measures for HIV+ people."Specificially,[Maj. Tom Earnhardt, an 82nd Airborne spokesperson] said soldiers in the 82nd Airborne take an annual HIV test. He told The Associated Press that Dalton was ordered by his commander in November not to have unprotected sex after a test showed Dalton was HIV-positive. State law also prohibits

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• The discovery of XDR-TB [Aetiology]

  Published: July 27, 2007, 4:15 pm

  Tags: Aids Hiv

  XDR-TB has been in the news quite a bit lately, largely thanks to Andrew Speaker's notoriety. Even though his TB was later re-classified as "just" multi-drug resistant (MDR-TB) instead of the initial extremely drug resistant (XDR) type, it did serve to raise awareness about the issues public health authorities face when dealing with something

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• Sunday Seven: Seven check-ups every woman needs

  Published: July 29, 2007, 4:00 am

  Tags: Blood, Bmi, Cancer, Cardiovascular, Cervical, Check, Cholesterol, Dental, Diabetes, Diseases, Exam, Eye, Height, Hiv, Hypertension, Overweight, Pap, Pressure, Screening, Seven, Skin, Smear, Sunday, Tests, Underweight, Ups, Weight, Woman

  choose for yourself, like an HIV test, an eye exam, and a dental check-up -- which can turn up abnormalities that might signal cancer of the mouth, neck, throat. I say go for them all. Leave no stone unturned, and be sure you are doing the best you can to ensure your best future. Source: Woman's Day, July 10, 2007Permalink   Email

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• Broadsides: Thank God Donatella Versace Makes Fashion, Not Babies

  Published: August 1, 2007, 5:45 pm

  Tags: Abortion, Boxing, Broadsides, Hiv, Italian Women, Menopause, Obituaries, Pregnancy

  Italian women over the age of 40 are having more babies than similarly-aged women in any other western industrialized country. But the U.S. is not far behind! [Guardian] Speaking of wombs: A group... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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• NYC is Preventing HIV

  Published: August 1, 2007, 6:45 pm

  Tags: Condoms, Hiv, Latex Condoms, Nyc

  stop the spread of STIs like HIV. Maybe some other cities will follow

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• Speed Read Feed for August 7, 2007

  Published: August 7, 2007, 1:32 am

  Tags: Speed Read Feed, Barack Obama, Bumpshack, Foot Mouth Disease, Georgia, Grocery Store, Hello Kitty, Hillary Clinton, Hiv, Mcdonalds, Russian, Speed Read Feed, Text Messaging, Thai

  Grocery store to give away free prescription drugs to public- Sun-Sentinel Georgia says it was bombed by Russian jets- Breitbart Hillary Clinton widens lead on Barack Obama in latest poll- USA Today Border cop charged with murdering immigrant- Reuters 90% of Americans want text messaging banned while driving- Peninsula Vaccines ordered for

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• Bill Introduced To Lift U.S. Entry Ban on HIV+ People

  Published: August 7, 2007, 3:50 pm

  Tags: Immigration, California, Lgbt, Aids, Politics, Hiv

  a bill to lift the ban on HIV+ individuals from travelling or immigrating to the United States. The current ban was signed into law by President Bill Clinton in 1993. HR 3337 would repeal that ban and empower the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services to review the ban and impose a 30-day comment period before the Secretary

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• Towleroad Guide to the Tube #160

  Published: August 13, 2007, 4:30 pm

  Tags: Aids Hiv, Chris Crocker, Election 2008, George W Bush, Hillary Clinton, News, Television, Towleroad Guide To The Tube, Van Hansis

  INVISIBLE: New Hillary Clinton campaign spot to begin airing in Iowa tomorrow. (source: slog) AIDS: The latest from Chris Crocker. VACATION: Clip from Fahrenheit 9/11. Bush on track to become the 'vacation president': "The presidential vacation-time record holder is the late Ronald Reagan, who tallied 436 days in his two terms. At 418

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• News: Steve Wozniak, Compact Disc, Margaret Cho, Rehab

  Published: August 17, 2007, 10:50 am

  Tags: Aids Hiv, Apple, Arizona, Britney Spears, Criss Angel, Democratic Party, Kathy Griffin, Margaret Cho, Music, News, Provincetown, Religion, Scottsdale

  Griffin. Scientists: HIV may stop brain cells from growing. "For some time we've known that HIV can cause a form of dementia, but this had been attributed to the loss of mature brain cells, killed off by an HIV protein called gp120. Now Stuart Lipton and his colleagues at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research in San Diego,

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• More Reports and Research On Uncircumsized Men and HIV

  Published: August 21, 2007, 6:39 pm

  Tags: News, Research, Public Policy, Health Care, Uncut, Circumcision, Science, Aids, Hiv

  sex increased the rate of HIV transmission from female to male sexual partners. A summary of the article by the invaluable Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report says:For the study, Fredrick Makumbi of the Makerere University Institute of Public Health and colleagues examined 2,552 uncircumcised, HIV-negative men ages 15 to 29 in the Rakai district of

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