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Blisternew
With all due deference, the intention of tonight's festivities is to raise some $5,000 for a team of bicyclists riding the 165-mile stretch from Miami to Key West in the name of philanthropy.
Orlando Weekly |
Billy Manes |
10-01-2008 |
Comedy
Thabo Mbeki's Spectacular Fall from Gracenew
It was widely believed of South Africa's outgoing president, Thabo Mbeki, that the only time he wasn't plotting was when he was asleep. More than his bizarre views on AIDS or even his failure to do much for South Africa's poor, it was that reputation as an inveterate plotter that finally brought him down.
The Georgia Straight |
Gwynne Dyer |
09-24-2008 |
International
What the Mexico City AIDS Conference Taught Menew
The CDC now tells us that, oops, they counted wrong for the past several years. The true number of new HIV infections occurring each year in the U.S. is more than 40 percent higher than previously reported.
On HIV, Some Black Ministers Are Admitting that Silence Equals Deathnew
The Good Samaritan Project Black Church Week of Prayer for the Healing of AIDS in Kansas City hopes to fight infections in a city where the HIV infection rate rivals Africa's.
Tracking HIV Patients' Partners With Less Red Tapenew
The AIDSNET Council is drawing up a proposal to send to the Washington state Board of Health.
Seattle Weekly |
Nina Shapiro |
11-12-2007 |
Science
Tags: AIDS, Health & Science
What Can We Learn from Traditional Healers and Indigenous Plants?new
In the fight against AIDS, a professor pays a visit to some African witch doctors.
Rethinking AIDSnew
Doubters abandon traditional HIV/AIDS theories and treatment.
Charleston City Paper |
Greg Hambrick |
11-29-2006 |
Science
You Think *What* Can Make You Pregnant?new
Myths about sex and sexual health, as told to sex educators.
Radio Free Nepalnew
Equal Access provides radios and radio programming that just may save lives a world away.
The Big Bad Bug?new
Is the "new HIV strain" all its cracked up to be--and even if it isn't, will the hullabaloo aid prevention work, or stymie it?
Coming Out About HIVnew
Decades into the AIDS epidemic, it's still risky to disclose your HIV status--and sometimes risky not to.
Only Cowards Resign First, Speak Out Secondnew
Health and Human Services chief Tommy Thompson leaves the Bush White House having overseen the most kooky, dangerous sex education the government has ever promoted.
New York Press |
Michelangelo Signorile |
12-09-2004 |
Commentary
Playing Doctor: A Physician Practices Based on Questionable Claimsnew
Lying on a résumé isn't a crime -- except when a doctor does it. Luckily for Edward Patrick, who may have never done the residency he claims, the Ohio Medical Board is forgiving.
Cleveland Scene |
Thomas Francis |
11-02-2004 |
Science
The Poet Goes Straight: Cop's Daughter Slips and Rises Back Upnew
Once a strung-out heroin addict, poet Jackie Sheeler runs a Friday-night open mic for poetry readings at the Cornelius St. Cafe and started poetz.com to help neophyte writers.
New York Press |
C.J. Sullivan |
08-25-2004 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
What Some Black Women Don't Know About Their Mennew
Black men who have sex with men but still identify as straight instead of gay or bisexual are known as "down low." By definition, these men do not tell their wives and girlfriends that they are sleeping around, a health risk because, studies suggest, 30 percent of such men are carriers of HIV.
Baltimore City Paper |
Christina Royster-Hemby |
08-11-2004 |
Sex