Many cases of sexually transmitted diseases are escaping detection because gay men are not being tested each year as advised, federal health officials said Wednesday. And if the men do show up, the officials added, many doctors and clinics are not following screening recommendations.
But more cases could be detected if the government approved new [...]
Sex Diseases in Many Gay Men Go Unfound, Experts Say
Sex Infections Found in Quarter of Teenage Girls
I hope everyone is practicing safe(r) sex.
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The first national study of four common sexually transmitted diseases among girls and young women has found that one in four are infected with at least one of the diseases, federal health officials reported Tuesday.
Nearly half the African-Americans in the study of teenagers ages 14 to 19 were infected [...]
Who Has AIDS in L.A. County?
More than 25 years after the start of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and with more than one million people infected with HIV/AIDS in the United States, a clear trend has emerged: the risk of infection is much greater for Latinos and African Americans than other ethnicities.
Although Latinos represent about 15 percent of the U.S. population, the [...]
Day Laborers Offered Money for Sex
A New American Media article sheds light on a rising, but not necessarily newfound, concern among the rising HIV/AIDS rate among day laborers.
Bienestar, an organization devoted to educating, preventing and treating HIV and AIDS in the Latino community, has launched a program geared specifically toward day laborers.
“As the day ended, people would come, other men [...]
Longer Drug Regimen Found to Help Babies Avoid HIV
Over recent years, giving an antiretroviral drug to a woman infected with the AIDS virus in labor and to her baby at birth has reduced the risk of transmitting the virus to the baby.
Yet many babies born uninfected go on to acquire H.I.V., the AIDS virus, in the lengthy period of breast feeding because of [...]
‘Black MSM Have Higher HIV Rates Despite Similar Risks’
According to a new study released at the 2007 National HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta, “ Black men who have sex with men (MSM) are seven times more likely than their white counterparts to be infected with HIV.”
The studies found that black MSM were no more likely than white MSM to have [...]
Protein in Semen Makes HIV More Infectious
At work so can’t do much synthesizing.. but read on!
“German AIDS researchers have discovered a protein common in semen that boosts the infectious potential of HIV 100,000-fold - a remarkable finding that may show how the virus can spread through sexual contact and also suggests new strategies to stop the epidemic.
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The new study suggests that [...]
In the news 11/20-11/30
AIDS Monastery Ordered Closed In Myanmar
During the junta’s crackdown on pro-democracy activists, the state regime closed down Maggin Monastery, a hospice that provided treatment to AIDS patients. No reason was given as to why the monastery was closed down.
Source: 365 Gay News
Clinton Calls For Sweeping Action On AIDS
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton proposed a broad agenda [...]