Note: There has NEVER been a documented case of transmitting HIV by spitting on another person.
HIV-positive man with a history of spitting at police officers and biting fellow jail inmates was sentenced to 35 years in prison Wednesday.
Willie Campbell’s sentence came one day after the same Dallas County jury convicted the 42-year-old of harassment of [...]
HIV-positive man gets 35 years for spitting on Dallas police officer
YouTube bragger ‘Trashman gave AIDS to thousands’
UPDATED: Reported as a hoax — thanks Matthew.
A MAN has posted videos on YouTube in which he claims to have deliberately “infected” thousands of women with AIDS.
The masked-man - who calls himself “Trashman” and speaks with an American accent in a series of clips posted on the video-sharing website - claims to have “infected” between [...]
More than 2 Million Children Worldwide Living With HIV
A new United Nations report shows progress in treating children with HIV/AIDS, but says challenges remain.
The Children and AIDS report by three U.N. agencies, UNICEF, UNAIDS and the World Health Organization, says that last year 2.1 million children under the age of 15 were living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. It estimates 290,000 [...]
Op-Ed: Swiss Say Condoms Not Necessary…Sometimes
POZ Founder Sean Strub
The Swiss Federal Commission for HIV/AIDS released a remarkable statement a few weeks ago that opened the door to the possibility of sex without condoms for people with HIV.
Citing their review of a long string of studies measuring HIV transmission from people with HIV to HIV-negative partners, the Commission concluded that sex [...]
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 [...]