Tag Archives: HIV

Conan The Bacterium

Some of the most interesting items pop up on the Department of Defense’s official YouTube channel. Clip description: Scientists at the Uniformed Services University say a bug dubbed Conan the Bacterium holds the key to creating vaccines for numerous deadly diseases such as HIV and cancer. Conan has already proven effective in killing MRSA in mice at NIH.

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Day One At The 2012 AIDS Conference

JMG reader Mark King reports from the first day of the 2012 International AIDS Conference. I’ll have coverage later today of Sec. Clinton’s opening speech.

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British Columbia Launches Campaign To Test Every Sexually Active Person For HIV

British Columbia has launched an ambitious campaign to give an HIV test to every person who has ever been sexually active. The sweeping approach is an attempt to catch the estimated 1 per cent of people who are unaware they are HIV-positive and aren’t taking advantage of an effective treatment program that is available provincially. A key component of the …

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Blacks AIDS Group Issues Grim Report

Yesterday the Black AIDS Institute issued a grim report that will surely be the subject of much discussion at next week’s International AIDS Conference. HIV-AIDS is affecting black gay men in the United States on a scale unseen among any other group in the developed world, said a report issued Wednesday ahead of the International AIDS Conference. So grave is …

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HIV Criminalization May Hinder Testing

A new study out of Canada indicates that a recent spate of prosecutions for HIV status nondisclosure may lead some men to never get tested at all. Todd Heywood reports at the Advocate: [A] significant minority of men who have sex with men said that a series high-profile criminal prosecutions related to HIV nondisclosure had impacted their willingness to get …

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Fischer: Drug Use Causes AIDS

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CDC Launches HIV Stigma Campaign

The Centers for Disease Control has launched a new national campaign intended to lessen the stigma of living with HIV. Via press release: Let’s Stop HIV Together features HIV-positive Americans from all walks of life –including “The Voice” star Jamar Rogers, POZ magazine editor , and young HIV advocate Hydeia Broadbent – standing in solidarity with their friends and family, …

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Circumcision Advocates Press To Make It A Priority In The African AIDS Battle

The International AIDS Conference will be held later this month in Washington DC and advocates of circumcision as an HIV preventive plan to pressure attendees to consider making the surgery a “priority” in the battle against AIDS in Africa. Via press release: Voluntary medical male circumcision is one of the most effective HIV prevention tools available today. Countries where VMMC …

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Gawker Offers Reward For Name Of Person Who Infected Magic Johnson

Saying that the new PBS documentary AIDS In Black America doesn’t tell the full story, the gossip site Gawker is offering a reward for the name of the person who infected Magic Johnson with HIV. For more than 20 years, Magic Johnson has been HIV positive—but it’s never been revealed who he contracted it from. Last night on PBS’s Frontline …

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Billboard Of The Day

More here. (Via Boy Culture)

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British AIDS Group Calls For Home Testing

Noting that some Brits have already begun attempting to order the OraQuick in-home HIV testing kit from America, the National AIDS Trust has called upon the British government to approve the test as well. “It will be far better for the Government to legalise and ensure the quality of such kits and that proper information, advice and support are available …

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FDA Approves In-Home HIV Test

Back in May I told you that the FDA was evaluating an in-home HIV test. Today OraSure Technologies received approval to begin selling the test kit to drugstores and online. The FDA announced today’s decision with a press release and a warning: The OraQuick In-Home HIV Test is designed to allow individuals to collect an oral fluid sample by swabbing …

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It’s National HIV Testing Day

Today Walgreens launches a two year partnership with the CDC during which the pharmacy giant will offer free onsite confidential HIV testing at two dozen (mostly) urban locations. “The goal of having the project at a pharmacy or at a retail clinic is really because of the ease of accessibility and the closeness to people’s homes,” Paul Weidle with the …

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The Second One Is Supposed To Be Me

Earlier this month I mentioned the SF AIDS Foundation’s new avatar campaign to encourage regular HIV testings. Here’s their latest image. The first one on the left is wearing a Towleroad t-shirt, so we know who that is. But I’m told that’s me to the right. Holding a MAC? Come on! I guess the third one is Dan Savage, the …

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Cure HIV With Cockroaches

I get some interesting press releases, that’s for sure. Since 1995, we are proposing that the most and 100% effective HIV vaccine is in the Cockroaches. Approaches and solutions: Cockroaches are the oldest living and most powerful on earth. This is estimated to be 350 to 400 million years. They have survived major disasters, weather phenomena and the atomic bombs. …

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NYT On Erik Rhodes

In a piece titled Death Was Early But Perhaps Not Surprising, the New York Times has weighed in on last week’s death of gay porn star Erik Rhodes, who died of a heart attack at the age of 30. The article features quotes from Manhattan nightlife figures and fellow porn actors. An excerpt: Things went from bad to worse. Mr. …

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Heart Attacks More Common With HIV

Not exactly breaking news, but here’s the NYT’s report: People with H.I.V. have more than four times the risk of sudden heart attack as their uninfected peers, Dr. Hsue and her colleagues reported last month in The Journal of the American College of Cardiology. The most likely explanation is that both the virus and the drugs that fight it cause …

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Lambda Legal Files Suit On Behalf Of Man Convicted Of Exposing Sex Partner To HIV

Lambda Legal has filed an appeal on behalf of a gay man originally sentenced to 25 years in prison for exposing a sex partner to HIV. The sentence was later reduced to five years of probation. The men used a condom during their one encounter and there was no transmission of HIV. Via press release: “The law only applies to …

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HIV Superinfections Rise In Africa

Investigators are reporting that HIV superinfection, the state of bearing more than one strain of the virus, appears to be much more common in some parts of Africa than previously thought. Voice Of America reports: “What we found in our study was that when we looked at a general population of heterosexual individuals in Uganda we found that it actually …

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LAUNCHED: New HIV Testing Campaign

Via press release from the San Francisco AIDS Foundation: At the heart of the effort is an interactive and educational website that invites users to create a personalized avatar—a tiny, digital version of themselves. Described as “the most robust avatar generator ever built,” it contains literally billions of customization options, including wardrobe, accessories, tattoos, and piercings—allowing gay and bisexual men …

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