Why has the Netherlands—a country sometimes viewed as having a permissive approach to drugs—had better results than so many governments with much more strict policies? A new report by the Open Society Global Drug Policy Program shows how the Netherlands maintained low rates of HIV amo... Read more...
Actors making pornographic movies in Los Angeles will be required to use condoms while filming, under a new law signed by the city mayor. The new regulation has been welcomed by health officials but pornography industry leaders say it could force them to abandon the city. LA's San Fernando V... Read more...
The world's largest supporter of AIDS programs has made an ominous announcement: Because of the global financial crisis, it is well short of its fundraising goals. The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria pays for more than half of the world's HIV medicine, and supports hun... Read more...
An adult film performer has tested positive for HIV, prompting an industry-wide shut down. Production of most adult films has stopped in Southern California while the performer is re-tested. The name and gender of the performer is not being released. If the initial case is confirmed, the group... Read more...
It is a fitting message for the day—the reality is viral hepatitis does, in fact, affect everyone, everywhere. Consider, for instance, that three percent of the world’s population is infected with the hepatitis C virus, a leading cause of liver disease. That’s 130 to 170 million people chr... Read more...
With the largest rate of teens having sex in the country and the fifth-highest HIV/AIDS rate in that age group, Philadelphia has launched a campaign to reverse those trends with a website that offers mail-order condoms to children as young as 11. A similar effort in Provincetown, Mass., last ... Read more...
[vodpod id=Video.5807402&w=425&h=350&fv=%26rel%3D0%26border%3D0%26] In a horrible first, a kidney transplant patient at a New York City hospital contracted HIV from a living donor, the city revealed Thursday. New York City Department of Health investigators say it happened in 2009 ... Read more...
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The following is a transcription of a conversation between Credo Mutwa and Steve, who is helping him to communicate his information through this website. It was recorded on Sunday, April 29th 2001 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Credo: "I wish to appeal to the world. First, I am not a quack or... Read more...