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Thursday, March 18, 2010 - 1:36pm By Tim McElreavyA new study from the University of Michigan Medical School suggests that a chemical in bananas may inhibit HIV infection and could lead to new treatments for the prevention of the disease that causes AIDS. BanLec, a lectin or sugar-binding protein...
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010 - 11:11am By Matthew LawrenceA troubling message yesterday from the head of the UN AIDS agency indicates that new HIV infections are on the rise among homosexuals, drug users and sex workers, many of whom don't seek help for fear of arrest, reports Yahoo. Worldwide, a...
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Tuesday, March 9, 2010 - 3:42am By Dr Martha LeeThe Las Vegas Taxi Authority (TA) — which monitors thousands of cabs in the city — is distributing a policy manual to officers listing homosexuals alongside intravenous drug users and sex workers as “persons of high-risk groups” for communicable...
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Monday, March 8, 2010 - 2:24pm By Chris HallNew legislation that was introduced into the California legislature last month has some observers concerned that it would violate the privacy rights of porn performers by requiring that their HIV status be disclosed without their permission. AB...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 11:11am By Dr. Amy MarshBaristas take note. Natural Harvest: A Collection of Semen Based Recipes contains a recipe for “Cappuccino de Semi” (also referred to as “Cappuccino de Seme”). The author says, “Mixing the semen with the milk before steaming enhances the flavors...
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 3:33pm By Tim McElreavyThe prospect of going to the dentist can lead to quite a bit of trepidation. A newly funded program in New York City may add to the worry, or it might elicit some sighs of relief. For years, public health officials have been calling for HIV tests...
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Monday, February 1, 2010 - 5:06pm By Tim McElreavyThe revelation in the January 31, 2010 edition of South Africa's The Sunday Times that Jacob Zuma has fathered his 20th child with a woman who is not one of his five wives has ignited further controversy around the already embattled president of...
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Thursday, January 28, 2010 - 11:36am By Tim McElreavyThe government of Kenya has established for the first time a court with legal jurisdiction over issues related to HIV/AIDS. Under the auspices of the Attorney General's office, the new court has the power to call witnesses and obtain evidence. It...
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Monday, December 7, 2009 - 5:22am By Dr Martha LeeAn HIV-positive man has confessed to injecting his blood into his sleeping wife and infecting her with the virus that can cause AIDS. It is believed the man wanted to give her the disease so she would start having sex with him again, New Zealand'...
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 2:55pm By Liz HighleymanOver the course of four decades, HIV has gone from being a near-certain death sentence to a "manageable illness." Treatment has evolved from handfuls of marginally effective tablets and capsules (and sometimes injections and infusions) to...
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Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 1:26pm By Tim McElreavyNearly 30 years into the AIDS epidemic, there is still no cure. While there is still hope, the best defense against the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, remains education and prevention. We in the United States often...
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Monday, November 30, 2009 - 9:23am By Matthew LawrenceChinese authorities plan to open a gay bar in Dali City as a means to combat the rise in HIV cases in Yunnan Province, reports China View. About a third of new AIDS cases last year were the result of homosexual sex, according to the...
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Sunday, November 29, 2009 - 8:11am By Dr Martha LeeIf Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009 is passed, a person who is convicted of gay sex is liable to life imprisonment. But if HIV positive the penalty is death. The Times of London reports Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009 is making...
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Thursday, November 26, 2009 - 7:16am By Matthew LawrenceA new United Nations study has caused some experts to call for a decrease in funding HIV/AIDS programs, according to the Washington Post. According to the report, the worldwide AIDS epidemic probably peaked in 1996, and the number of infected...
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Thursday, November 19, 2009 - 5:52pm By Tim McElreavyHIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is probably the most feared sexually transmitted disease and with good reason. With infection rates in the U.S. on the rise, awareness and prevention programs are seeking new ways to reach those at risk. Some would...
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