Tag Archives: HIV

MICHIGAN: State Health Department Secretly Collecting Names Of HIV+

In what could completely upend all attempts to get at-risk members of the public to be tested for HIV, the Michigan Department of Community Health has been accused of storing the identities of HIV+ residents for possible use in criminal prosecutions for exposing others to the virus.  Todd Heywood reports at American Independent: While MDCH claims the database does not …

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MISSISSIPPI: Baby Reportedly “Cured” Of HIV By Rigorous Drug Treatment

A Mississippi infant born with HIV may have been effectively cured by her doctor’s decision to treat her with large doses of antiretroviral medications. Typically a newborn with an infected mother would be given one or two drugs as a prophylactic measure. But Dr. [Hannah] Gay said that based on her experience, she almost immediately used a three-drug regimen aimed …

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of the film’s producers, this week’s Swag Tuesday prize is the DVD of the Oscar-nominated AIDS documentary, How To Survive A Plague, which goes on sale nationwide on February 26th. HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE is the story of the brave young men and women who successfully reversed the tide of an epidemic, demanded the attention of a fearful …

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TODAY: Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Today is the annual National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. From the website: February 7, 2013 marks the 13th year for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a national HIV testing and treatment community mobilization initiative targeted at Blacks in the United States and the Diaspora. There are four specific focal points: education, testing, involvement, and treatment. Educationally, the focus is to …

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ACT UP Reacts To Uncle Poodle Story

Earlier this week investigative reporter Todd Heywood raised questions about Here Comes Honey Boo Boo cast member Lee Thompson (known on the show as Uncle Poodle), who claims to have had a former boyfriend sent to prison for five years for infecting him with HIV. Today ACT UP responded to the story via press release. While it’s unfortunate that Thompson …

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Is Uncle Poodle Lying About Sending His HIV+ Former Boyfriend To Prison?

Last week the gay blogosphere erupted into divisive discussions upon the news that Here Comes Honey Boo Boo cast member Lee Thompson (who is known on the show as Uncle Poodle) is claiming that he had his former boyfriend charged with HIV transmission and sent to prison for five years after learning that he himself is HIV-positive in May of …

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Honey Boo Boo’s Uncle Poodle Sent His Boyfriend To Prison For Giving Him HIV

Here Comes Honey Boo Boo cast member Lee Thompson, who is known on the show as Uncle Poodle and who gained praise last year for being out on the program, has revealed that he had his former boyfriend charged with HIV transmission after learning that he himself was HIV-positive last year. I was adamant about getting my HIV status checked …

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Mexico Lifts Gay Blood Ban?

Andres Duque has the news at Blabbeando: A little noticed Mexican health norm first approved in August and then published in the country’s regulatory Official Federation Diary on October 26th has gone into effect today essentially doing away with a two-decade ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men. The old norm (NOM 003-SSA2) explicitly banned gay and bisexual …

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New HIV Figures From The CDC

Via press release from the CDC: Overall, the number of new HIV infections in the United States has remained stable at ~50,000 per year over the last decade. This is the first CDC incidence report to show a statistically significant decline in new infections among African American women (21% comparing 2008 to 2010). While additional years of data are needed, …

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AIDS Activist Spencer Cox Dies At 44

Groundbreaking AIDS activist Spencer Cox, who was profiled in the documentary How To Stop A Plague, has died of HIV-related complications at the age of 44. Cox is widely credited with helping create the drug testing protocols that rushed life-saving medications to a desperate community.  ACT UP sends us his obituary: From 1994 to 1999, he was Director of the …

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NEW STUDY: Gay Men With Larger Penises Less Likely To Use Condoms

According to a just-issued study, gay men who have a large penis are less likely to use a condom. The study, “Self-reported penis size and experiences with condoms among gay and bisexual men” will be published in the February 2013 issue of Archives of Sexual Behavior. It used data collected from men who have sex with men by Hunter College’s …

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Battling Leukemia With HIV

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say they are encouraged by the early results in an experimental leukemia treatment that uses a “disabled form of HIV.” To perform the treatment, doctors remove millions of the patient’s T-cells — a type of white blood cell — and insert new genes that enable the T-cells to kill cancer cells. The technique employs …

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How To Take The In-Home HIV Test

Washington DC-based comedian and activist Sampson demonstrates the OraQuick in-home HIV test in this clip from MetroWeekly.

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Manhunt Promotes Truvada

The hook-up site Manhunt today announced that they will begin promoting the usage of Truvada, which was recently approved by the FDA as a daily HIV preventive for high-risk populations. Via press release: Manhunt has partnered with Gladstone Institutes’ Dr. Robert Grant and The Fenway Institute to assure that the information conveyed is accurate and consistent with peer-reviewed published science. …

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Nude HIV/AIDS Protesters Storm House Speaker John Boehner’s DC Office

More from ACT UP New York: “As the US Congress and President begin negotiating on the so-called fiscal cliff, ACT UP/NY ACT UP/Philadelphia, Housing Works and Student Global AIDS Campaign plan to give Congress a pre-World AIDS Day Message that AIDS Budget Cuts Kill.” UPDATE: Mediaite has a few more photos.

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BRITAIN: Life Expectancy For HIV+ On Therapy Nears National Average

According to a study out of the UK, the life expectancy for HIV+ people on anti-retroviral therapy is nearing the national average for all. The latest forecasts of life expectancy in people with HIV in the UK, based on mortality data from the UK Collaborative HIV Cohort (UK CHIC) study, show that the average life expectancy of people on antiretroviral …

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Feds Call For HIV Tests For All

A federal panel of experts has recommended that all Americans ages 15-64 should be tested for HIV. If their proposal is adopted, insurance companies and Medicare will be required to cover the tests. The draft guidelines were written by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent group that operates under the auspices of the Department of Health and Human …

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UNAIDS Report: 50% Drop In New HIV Infections Across 25 Countries

The United Nations’ UNAIDS project today issued their annual report and there’s some promising news: Results, by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), shows that unprecedented acceleration in the AIDS response is producing results for people. The report shows that a more than 50% reduction in the rate of new HIV infections has been achieved across 25 low- …

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Condoms Bill Passes In LA County

Yesterday Los Angeles County voters approved the measure mandating the usage of condoms in all porn productions. The measure garnered 55.9% of the vote after a hard-fought campaign. “This is a major referendum on the subject of safer sex,” said AIDS Healthcare Foundation President Michael Weinstein. The measure is sponsored by the foundation, which has been pushing for years to …

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