Medical researchers dropped their microscopes on Sunday when a team of doctors from Mississippi revealed that an infant in their care was born with HIV and cured two years later. Dr. Hannah Gay, who treated the baby, dropped the mic.
Under current federal funding guidelines, international HIV/AIDS programs have to adopt anti-prostitution policies if they want U.S. money. But in taking up a new case Friday, the Supreme Court decided to put that mandate to the First Amendment test.
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Discovered: Hops help prevent severe forms of pneumonia and bronchitis in kids, plus video of an elusive Malaysia cat, what bat autopsies can teach us about AIDS, and why genetic mutations are more common than you thought.
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China caught up with the rest of the world this week by eliminating a 14-year ban on blood donations by lesbians. Most gay men, on the other hand, are still not welcome to donate.
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Truvada is the first drug proven to prevent HIV infection (by up to 73 percent in some cases) and it's won an endorsement by an FDA advisement panel, which means it's expected to get full FDA approval by June 15. Obviously it's a landmark step in our fight against the AIDS epidemic, so why are health officials and heads of AIDS organizations freaking out?
Michael Harris' elegant essay about the lives of gay men in the "post-AIDS" era ends with a haunting, poignant metaphor.
On the immigration problem, Chinese strategy, and the Vatican messing with AIDS
The U.N.'s new report on the epidemic has some good news
But 34 million live with AIDS, and young women especially continue to be infected
On Paul Ryan for president, the G-8's fudged numbers, and the benefits of circumcision
Diaz's anti-gay marriage rally coinciding with the annual AIDS Walk draws more fire
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