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"Anthraquinones and structurally related compounds have been recently shown to exert antiviral activities and thus exhibit a therapeutic potential. In this study we report the isolation of the 1,4-phenanthrenequinone, denbinobin, from a variety of Cannabis sativa. ... These results highlight the potential of the NF-kappaB transcription factor as a target for natural anti-HIV-1 compounds such as 1,4-phenanthrenequinones, which could serve as lead compounds for the development of an alternative therapeutic approach against AIDS." Read more in Biochemical Pharmacology, November 15, 2008.

"UNAIDS Executive Director Peter Piot on Sunday said that an Indian law criminalizing sex between men is a "major obstacle" to the country's efforts to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS, News Track India reports. Piot called the law a "violation of human rights" and said that it should have been abolished a long time ago. The law is being deliberated during hearings on a petition to decriminalize homosexuality."The United Nations last week called on India to decriminalize homosexuality, effectively overturning the law that has been in place since British colonial rule and carries either a lifetime…

"A survey of scientists whose studies became the focus of a public debate about NIH grant funding has found that many of them engaged in self-censorship as a result of the controversy. The study found that following the criticism of their research, scientists removed politically sensitive language from grant applications and stopped studying certain topics."These self-censorship tactics were employed despite the fact that all of the criticised studies—most of which investigated sexual behaviour, drug-use, and other HIV-related questions—were defended in an NIH internal review and retained…

"Associate Professor Katherine Samaras, Head of Garvan’s Diabetes and Obesity Clinical Research Group and senior endocrinologist at St Vincent's Hospital, has demonstrated that inflammation (typically associated with immune function) plays a much greater role than previously suspected. Her findings were published online last week in the journal Obesity. ..."Cumulatively, the tests showed marked changes in body composition and a dramatic increase in tissue-damaging inflammatory molecules." Read more in ScienceDaily, November 18, 2008.

"Perhaps one of the most promising emerging health systems tools, which can build capacity around the HIV/AIDS response and filter into the global health response, lies increasingly in the palms of our hands."Mobile telephones are reaching people in Africa's cities, towns, villages, and countrysides more rapidly than anywhere else in the world (figure 1).2 The overlap with the global health-care crisis does not go unnoticed. We previously reported that despite very low incomes, most clients attending two University of Nairobi clinics (serving sex workers and providing HIV services for the…

More than one-third of HIV-positive men in Scotland's capital of Edinburgh are unaware of their status, according to a recent study conducted by the Dutch group Wolters Kluwer Health, the

The sex tourism industry is expanding in the Colombian city of Cartagena, which could be contributing to an increase in HIV prevalence in the region, IRIN/PlusNews reports. According to IRIN/PlusNews, a combination of wealthy tourists and local residents has driven the rise in commercial sex work in Cartagena, which is located on Colombia's Caribbean coast.

Health officials in Toronto are attempting to address an increase in the number of reported sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, in the city, the National Post reports. STI figures through September from

Young travelers in Australia who engage in binge drinking and unsafe sexual activity are contributing to increasing rates of sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, according to specialists, the Herald Sun reports (McLean, Herald Sun, 11/19). According to the

A new CDC study published in the American Journal of Industrial Medicine has found that health care workers face an increased risk of dying from bloodborne diseases, such as HIV, and related illnesses compared with workers in other fields, Reuters reports.

Zazzle(R) and EDUN LIVE Offer Exclusive, Limited Edition Designs MarketWatch - 4 hours agoALAFA stands for the Apparel Lesotho Alliance to Fight AIDS. It was launched in Maseru in May 2006. It is an industry-wide programme providing education and

AIDS official: HIV spreading fast in RussiaAkron Farm Report, NE - 5 hours agoStarting in 2006, the government — enriched with oil-boom proceeds — exponentially increased funding for the battle against AIDS as part of a push to Lavish 1800 year-old bronze chariot unearthed in Bulgaria Brocktown Newsall 2,509 news articles

Lawsuit says Ind. teen with HIV bullied at schoolInternational Herald Tribune, France - 7 hours agoIn one instance, the lawsuit said, the middle schooler's soccer coach asked the girl whether she had AIDS, then told her the team could use her HIV status

WNCTAIDS official: HIV spreading fast in RussiaThe Associated Press - 8 hours agoMOSCOW (AP) — Russia's top AIDS official lambasted the government's approach to fighting HIV, saying the number of registered cases was growing 10 percent a More funding failing to curb AIDS epidemic in Russia: official AFPAnti-AIDS official: HIV spreading fast in Russia The Associated Pressall 203 news articles

Current World NewsMuch higher cancer risk in HIV patients raises cancerAtlanta Journal Constitution,  USA - 10 hours agoBy Stephanie Desmon But now that patients with the AIDS virus are living longer, doctors are discovering a new set of complications: People with HIV have a Many People Disregard Advice to Get HIV Tests Washington PostRoutine HIV testing not performed, forum says Baltimore SunHIV Testing Not 'Routine as a Flu Shot' at Hospitals (Update1) BloombergU.S. News & World Report - eFluxMediaall 314 news articles

Papuans with HIV/AIDS to get microchipsJakarta Post, Indonesia - 1 hour agoAmid protests from Papuans and NGOs, the Papua provincial legislative council is set to pass a bylaw on HIV/AIDS that includes a controversial article

Column: The facts on AIDSHamilton-Wenham Chronicle, MA - 5 hours agoBy Staff reports Twenty years ago, a summit of health ministers realized that a united global effort was required to halt the spread of HIV and AIDS.

Kick Off NigeriaFirst Ladies vow to fight HIV/AIDSNew Vision, Uganda - 6 hours agoBy Vision reporter FIRST lady Janet Museveni and her Nigerian counterpart Mrs Turai Umaru Yar’ Adua have pleadged to work together in tackling the HIV/AIDS Ex OPEC Head Lukman Among Proposed Nigerian Ministers (Update1) BloombergNigerian president unveils list of cabinet nominees Reuters South Africaall 119 news articles

WNCTAIDS official: HIV spreading fast in RussiaThe Associated Press - 8 hours agoMOSCOW (AP) — Russia's top AIDS official lambasted the government's approach to fighting HIV, saying the number of registered cases was growing 10 percent a More funding failing to curb AIDS epidemic in Russia: official AFPAnti-AIDS official: HIV spreading fast in Russia The Associated Pressall 203 news articles

Messiah Sing Along to Benefit Global HIV/AIDSYourHub.com, CO - 11 hours agoAll donations will go to the fight against global HIV/AIDS. Come sing favorite choruses with the Colorado Chamber Orchestra and hear arias performed by four

Nearly 60,000 people in the United States were infected with HIV and some 25,000 are unaware of their infection, a forum on HIV research said Thursday.Major barriers still stand in the way of making testing for the human immunodeficiency virus the norm, despite the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendation of routine HIV testing of people age 13 to 64.The Forum for Collaborative HIV Research is holding a two-day National Summit on HIV Diagnosis, Prevention and Access to Care in Washington. Full Story Here...

A clinical trial testing the effectiveness of what was believed to be a promising new HIV vaccine has resulted in failure.The vaccine, made by the pharmaceutical company Merck, offered no protection against infection by the Aids virus.The Step Study showed that the vaccine did not prevent infection in those not previously infected with HIV, nor did the vaccine reduce the amount of virus in those study participants who became infected with HIV through exposure from an infected person while in the trial. Full story Here

A coalition of AIDS advocacy groups are calling on Canada's next federal government to restore funding they say the Conservatives diverted from support programs for people living with AIDS and HIV.In 2004-2005, an all-party agreement promised to increase federal AIDS funding from $42.2 million to $84.4 million a year by 2009. The funding was to go toward research, community support for those living with HIV and AIDS and programs for people most at risk for HIV infection. Full Story Here

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed deep concern Tuesday that the U.S. financial crisis will have a serious global impact, especially on rich donor nations that play key roles in fighting poverty.He urged a resumption of stalled world trade talks, which the U.N. sees as crucial to opening world markets to poorer developing countries. Full Story here...

Dr. Jeong-Nam Kim is doing a health communications study at Purdue University. Specifically, their research explores how information sharing behavior, throughonline communities (such as blogs) influences coping strategies among peoplewith chronic conditions including cancer, diabetes, AIDS, etc. It's a very short survey. I personally took it, it's a very short survey and only take a few minutes of your time. Please click HERE to take it.

A recent report by the United Kingdom's Royal College of Nursing found that 48% of the 5,000 nurses polled had been injured by a needle previously used on a patient during their careers, with about one-third fearing risk of exposure to bloodborne diseases such as HIV and hepatitis, BBC News reports (BBC News, 11/19). According to the PA/Google.com, the survey also found that although most nurses who had experienced a needle injury were provided with information about risks from their employer, 28% were not. In addition, about one-third of nurses within the National Health Service who had…

Uganda's Ministry of Health has started to draft a medical male circumcision policy for HIV prevention, the New Vision/AllAfrica.com reports. "Assessment of the capacity of health units to implement the policy has been conducted," Sam Zaramba, general director of health services, said. He also said that the policy "will not be a stand alone strategy" but part of the country's HIV prevention strategy that emphasizes abstinence, condom use and fidelity (Bugembe, New Vision/AllAfrica.com, 11/20). HIV/AIDS Biggest Challenge to Ugandan Army, President Says In related news, Uganda's President…

More than 1,000 HIV-positive people and HIV/AIDS advocates gathered near the White House on Thursday to urge President-elect Barack Obama to improve both domestic and globalHIV/AIDS initiatives, VOA Newsreports (Lesser VOA News, 11/20). The groups that organized the rally are asking Obama to take action on a national AIDS strategy in the U.S., as well as build upon current efforts abroad through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief during his first 100 days in office (100 Days To Fight AIDS release, 11/20). Michael Swigert, associate director of Africa Action, said that Obama's…

In the face of increasing HIV cases in the Philippines, lawmakers are debating a reproductive health bill that could have a significant impact on reversing the upward trend in new cases through HIV prevention, care and support services, IRIN/PlusNews reports (IRIN/PlusNews, 11/19). The bill would increase HIV services in the country, as well as require government hospitals to include contraceptives in the supplies they purchase and make reproductive health education mandatory in schools (Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, 11/14).According to a recent report from the Department of Health's National…

About 35% of women in India's Karnataka state know that condoms can prevent HIV transmission, according to India's National Family Health Survey, the Times of India reports. The survey indicated a need for increased access to HIV prevention and education and expanded access to female condoms, according to the Times. The NFHS survey also found that 12.3% of women and 32.6% of men in the state have comprehensive knowledge about HIV.According to the Times,Karnataka has not been included in a National AIDS Control Organization condom distribution program despite the state's high HIV prevalence,…

Public Health & Education

This was during the educational programme to fight against HIV in workplaces organised by ILO.

The network of HIV/AIDS positive in Sierra Leone (NETHIPS, christian aid and national AIDS secretariat, NAS, Tuesday held their second annual conference at the atlantic hall national stadium in Freetown. This year's meeting was themed: "Take the lead to mitigate the impact of HIV/AIDS in Sierra Leone."

A ground-breaking South African study has provided the first hard evidence that treating HIV-positive babies with antiretroviral (ARV) medicines from as early as six weeks dramatically improves their chances of survival.

ActionAid Inter-national has ranked the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as the highest with number of people living with HIV/AIDS in Nigeria.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- The CDC's 2006 recommendation that HIV testing should be essentially universal in healthcare, even for low-risk patients, has been largely unheeded, in part because many clinicians have declined to go along, said researchers here.

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (MedPage Today) -- For infants with HIV, early anti-retroviral therapy reduces mortality, treatment failure, and disease progression, researchers here said.

WASHINGTON (MedPage Today) -- People living with HIV have an increased risk of non-AIDS cancer, a researcher said here.

BERLIN (MedPage Today) -- Specialists are cautiously appraising reports that a bone marrow transplant -- with specially selected donor stem cells -- appears to have cured a 42-year-old American man of HIV.

SAN FRANCISCO (MedPage Today) -- The failure of the HIV vaccine tested in the halted STEP trial leaves an important question unanswered, researchers here said.

A new report suggests that the number of cases of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in the U.S. has declined in the past fifteen years, but new cases continue to be reported. Researchers note the decrease in the number of XDR-TB cases coincides with improved TB and HIV/AIDS control.

The Plague of Athens is one of 10 historically notable outbreaks described in an article in The Lancet Infectious Diseases. The phenomenon of widespread, socially disruptive disease outbreaks has a long history prior to HIV/AIDS, severe acute respiratory syndrome, H5N1 avian influenza and other emerging diseases of the modern era, note the authors.

Evolutionary theory points to a new approach to combat drug resistance in disease-causing organisms and in cancer, according to new research. Keeping germs from cooperating can delay the evolution of drug resistance more effectively than killing germs one by one with traditional drugs such as antibiotics.

The Forum for Collaborative HIV Research convened a national summit on Nov. 19-21, at which some 300 leading HIV researchers, health care providers, and policymakers shared new data on the advances and barriers to early, routine HIV testing, considered a key to slowing the US epidemic which now encompasses more than 1.1 million Americans living with HIV.

The risk of non-AIDS cancer is higher for individuals infected with HIV than for the general population, according to a meta-analysis presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Seventh Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research.

AIDS.gov is partnering with the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and Blog Catalog for "Bloggers Unite for World AIDS Day 2008".

One of AIDS.gov's World AIDS Day 2008 activities include participation in a virtual event in Second Life. To learn more, we sat down (in Second Life, of course) with two of the event's organizers, Ricky Davis and Jena Ball.

Mashups -- what are they? Are they being used by the HIV/AIDS community? To learn more, we spoke with Rob Worthington from AIDSportal and AIDS.gov advisor, David Galiel.

In this week's audio version of our blog, we discuss highlights from the Health 2.0 Conference: User-Generated Healthcare 2008.

In this week's audio version of our blog, we talk with Pete Alcorn, Manager of Podcasts at iTunes about promoting your podcasts and the future of podcasting.

World AIDS Day 2008 (December 1) is now less than two weeks away! Worldwide, an estimated 33 million people are living with HIV . In the United States, an estimated one million Americans are living with HIV. AIDS.gov is partnering...

World AIDS Day (December 1) is less than a month away! One of our many World AIDS Day activities will be our participation in a Second Life (SL) 2008 World AIDS Day event. As we mentioned in a previous post...

Mashups -- what are they? Are they being used by the HIV/AIDS community? To learn more, we spoke with Rob Worthington from AIDSportal and AIDS.gov advisor, David Galiel . AIDSportal “HIV Jobs” Mashup What is a mashup? Rob told us,...

Last week, over 1,000 healthcare and technology industry leaders met in San Francisco for Health 2.0: User-Generated Healthcare 2008 . The conference co-founders, Matthew Holt, author of The Health Care Blog , and Indu Subaiya, MD, packed the two-day event...

Admiral Joxel Garcia, Assistant Secretary for HealthPete Alcorn, Podcast Manager at iTunes. Photo courtesy of Personal Life Media on Flickr Last week, Miguel Gomez, Director of AIDS.gov, sat down with Admiral Joxel Garcia, the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health for...

I’ve posted quite a bit already about the impact of the current financial crisis on low income countries, developing economies, and overall health and development efforts.  I just came across a Reuters article by Bappa Majumdar that describes in stark terms the threat to people living with HIV/AIDS around the world as rich countries react to [...]

Another quick update, this time from an AP article about Obama cabinet appointments: Daschle could push Obama for quick action on health care reform next year, if he follows his own advice. Daschle said efforts during the Clinton administration, led by Hillary Clinton, took too long and went into too much detail, giving every interest group an opportunity [...]

According to a recent article from the New York Times, Doctors in Berlin are reporting that they cured a man of AIDS by giving him transplanted blood stem cells from a person naturally resistant to the virus. But while the case has novel medical implications, experts say it will be of little immediate use in treating AIDS. [...]

Numerous news outlets have announced that Sen. Tom Daschle has accepted the post of Secretary of Health and Human Services in the future Obama cabinet.  This hasn’t gotten a ton of coverage yet due to continued suspense over whether Hillary Clinton will become Secretary of State, but I just wanted to update the story.  I’ll [...]

This just in from Helene Cooper at the NYTimes: ­President-elect Barack Obama has offered the nomination of Secretary of Health and Human Services to Tom Daschle of South Dakota, the former Democratic Senate leader who was an early supporter of Mr. Obama’s run for the presidency. Democratic officials said that Mr. Daschle has accepted the nomination. But they [...]

On November 4, 2008, the American people made history by electing Barack Obama as our next President of the United States. In Michigan, on that same day, Michiganders made history...

While a 42-year-old American is recovering from leukemia in a Berlin hospital, HIV specialists are discussing his HIV that is undetectable despite being off HIV medications for almost 2 years....

The voters in the state of Michigan have passed a proposal that would permit the medical use of marijuana for those people suffering from a host of debilitating diseases, including...

It started innocently enough. JL began to feel itching around the anus. Naturally he thought it was his hemorrhoids acting up again. As time passed, the itching gave way to...

A nationwide study headed by HIV researchers from the University of Washington in Seattle now suggests that earlier HIV treatment equates to a better prognosis in the long term. Experts...

Whatever I had is finally leaving my body. With the time change, and the late nights of Nyquil-induced slumber, I went three days without seeing sunlight. But now, I'm ready to re-emerge among the living, and the bright flashes of sunlight that greeted me today in the cold, brisk, air only made it apparent that I'd missed my deadline for my 2nd book. To have my next book- a vampire book- completed and sent to my high falootin' NYC agent by the time Twilight hit theatres was a great plan, the hope being to have my book published before the second Twilight movie sucks the genre dry. But my…

I can't take any pills for the kind of lingering cough I have right now, so my only prescription is some herbal remedies and an excessive amount of E.R. episodes. For those who don't know, E.R. is a television show about a hospital in Chicago called County General. New interns unwittingly enter, believing they will learn what it takes to become successful doctors. Those who have been around keep the dark secret of County General under wraps, never telling the newcomers that the place was built on an ancient Indian burial ground. Hoping they will take over so that they the elder doctors can…

In the last week, Gwenn and I sent out about 800 postcards to colleges and universities, informing them about our safe sexiness. It's something we've been doing since the beginning of our campus speaking career back in 2000. The hope is that the schools like it enough to check out the website, or write for more information and, of course, eventually have us on campus to speak to students. Here's the one we just sent for the Spring 2009 semester. As it stands, we have extra postcards around from previous mailings, which makes for confusing Christmas card mailings to friends and family. "Merry…

How does the joke go? When God gives you AIDS, take lemon shots? Well, God may not have given me AIDS, but he sure saddled me down with whatever gunk is going around. The coughing, the just feeling blah. In an effort to turn the tide today, I did three lemon shots. What sucks about the timing is that I've had trouble writing this week. After a couple of days of trying, I found that my body needed to just chill out, and my mind was starting to turn on me a bit. So, instead of screwing up things, I figured I'd kick back and give myself the best chance of getting better. What's good about the…

Connecticut has determined that gay marriage is legal, squarely kicking Proposition H8 in the ol' wedding favors. The other night I was watching Countdown With Keith Olbermann. On November 10, his Special Comment, the rant that ends his show as masterfully lampooned by Ben Affleck on Saturday Night Live, was about Proposition 8. I couldn't write it better than he says it here. The odds of me living a full life are great. It was the gay community that fought to have the AIDS issue brought into the light in the 1980's, to make sure treatments were being developed so more friends wouldn't have…

Most people love this time of year, the holidays which is suppose to be shared with friends and loved ones. I have come to hate it and it is usually the worst time of year for me. I have been...

I haven't been blogging much lately, simply for the reason that I guess I kind of ran out of things to say for the moment. I guess you can consider this entry sort of like a memo of the few...

I have to say things have been going pretty good in my little world. I have been in my apartment now for going on two months. Lucifer (my demon kitty) and I couldn't be happier. Despite the health issues I...

Yesterday I attended my first women's support group. It consisted of eight women including myself. We all had our stories and it amazed me how much they had in common with me.One of the ladies, I believe had been...

As of late, my mind has been on HIV more than it normally is. Not because something is going on with my health, actually that area of my life is doing quite well except for a pinched nerve in my...

Benjamin ferret doesn't care much, anymore. I wake him up from deep sleep, and all he wants to do is crawl on my chest and lick my nose and mouth. It seems to give him joy, so I let him....

This weekend exists out of time and space for me. Whatever I am going through, Halloween is a great opportunity to step outside of myself and be someone else. In pagan ritual, this was meant to confuse the dead. Sometimes...

Stay Adam makes a joke about snapping Benjamin's neck, and I almost get angry. Of course, he ALWAYS makes the same joke about Benjamin, whenever I ask him to assist me in trimming their nails (I scruff and hold them,...

I am falling, or maybe flying. I have met the Under Toad, and he is me. I am three years old, maybe four. Possibly only two. Swinging my chubby feet in the warm chlorinated water. Mom sits in a lounge... Continue reading "Water Baby" »

Breathe in, breathe out. Easy enough, most of the time. Forgive my indulgence, I really wanted to give a heads up to where I have been since, well, forever. Woke up the other night unable to do those things. Ended...

Yesterday, I blogged about the Prop 8 demo in New York City Wednesday night, and while praising the action, I still yearned for more of the energy and creativity of the ACT UP days. Andrew Sullivan aptly summarized my post...

Okay, don’t get me wrong. Last night’s Prop 8 demo in New York City was inspiring on many levels. The turn-out was huge. The fact that it all happened virally online, starting with a single Facebook event posted only three...

I stand with most of the activists quoted in the excellent article in this month's POZ Magazine about the increase in the criminalization of HIV-positive people around the world. Money quote: “These laws are a throwback to the myths and...

If you find me roaming the streets like a zombie, babbling about Sarah Palin and FOX news, then please help me if you can. Approach me slowly -- no quick movements, please -- and gently stroke my arm while saying...

The Wall Street Journal's Mark Schoofs is one of the best AIDS reporters I know. He just wrote a fascinating update on the so-called "Berlin patient" -- potentially the first person "cured" of HIV/AIDS. The startling case of an AIDS...

I learned this morning that long time AIDS, gay and community activist Hank Wilson has died. Hank had been battling lung cancer for some time, and managed to keep up his activist work through much of this last battle. I...

Last week was HAART 2.0, the first significant HIV meeting I have organized for Project Inform. The meeting brought together about 40 community activists, scientists, government regulators and representatives from the pharmaceutical industry, with the goal of improving the use...

(Almost) daily I write a list of 10 things I am grateful for and email it to 5 people, who do the same. Last night was the first day of a meeting, titled HAART 2.0, that I have been working...

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A quick update: As I wrote about here, two women who are very close to me- my Mom and one of my closest friends, were recently diagnosed with breast cancer. First, I want to thank everyone for there kind words...

I’d like to say that Frank the cockroach was a dear friend. In point of fact I hardly knew him. But in life and in death, Frank gave me the creeps. His rendition of “Happy Birthday” was off key. His...

As I staggered into the bathroom this morning after a night of celebrating my 58th birthday with a few of my friends, I saw out of the corner of my right eye a large cockroach. The roach was on its...

The Election In what can only by viewed as a resounding repudiation of the Bush administration and its failed economic and social policies, the American voters have swept the Republicans out of Washington by the widest electoral margin in my...

Federal Express arrived at my door here in Sweden this morning with a very special package - my official U.S. absentee ballot. I’ve always taken voting seriously, but the ballot that I received and mailed back to the Board of...

Last night, Eva and I drove across the border from Sweden into a small Scandinavian country called “Gudomlig” (which roughly translated, means “godliness”). In Gudomlig, instead of spending most of their tax revenues maintaining a standing military and propping...

 L: George Towne / R: Eric RheinGeorge Towne, Eric Rhein & others @ The Barbara Ann Levy GalleryBridge Art Fair, Booth 8December 2 - 7, 2008 Hermes Payrhuber@ James Kelly ContemporaryART MIAMI, Booth A2December 3 - 7, 2008

ARTAIDS presentsMORE TO LOVE: The Art of Living TogetherA travelling exhibition to Chiang Mai, Thailand28 November – 19 December 2008Chiang Mai, ThailandArtAids employs art in the fight against AIDS. It invites leading artists to produce work dealing with AIDS and related issues. These works of art are used to raise public consciousness, to encourage involvement, and to generate funds for supporting projects aimed at preventing and fighting AIDS. The works created for the ArtAids event More to Love: The Art of Living Together are travelling on to Chiang Mai after their first successful…

Carmine Santaniello, 2008 Leslie Lohman Gay Art Foundation26 Wooster Street, NYCNovember 19-December 20, 2008Reception Nov 18 from 6-8PM Greg Mitchell and Kenn Graziano, Cocteau-Marais, 2008IMAGINARY PORTRAITS - Gay Lovers in History This exhibition is comprised of paintings, drawing and photographs depicting historical gay & lesbian lovers for whom no period image of them together exists.Peter Harvey, PhoenixIMAGES FROM THE TRIANGLE - The AIDS Paintings of Peter Harvey These paintings (and select studies for the paintings), created over a 5-year period in the mid-1990s, are the…

Andrew McPhailAll My Little FailuresWorld AIDS Day ExhibitionArmory Center for the Arts145 North Raymond Avenue, Pasadena, CANovember 17 - December 5, 2008.An exhibition of sculptures by artist Andrew McPhail will be on view at the Armory Center for the Arts.  This show marks the Armory's 4th year of memorializing World AIDS Day, which falls on December 1st of every year. This year's World AIDS Day theme is "Leadership," a reminder of the need for strong leaders in the fight against the AIDS crisis. Andrew McPhail addresses the question of HIV and AIDS in the form of sculpture, drawing,…

FRAMING AIDS 2008QMAD, Queens Media Arts DevelopmentFor the fourth consecutive year, Queens' youngest non-for profit cultural organization, QMAD, Queens Media Arts Development, has organized the presentation of FRAMING AIDS 2008, Queens' Annual Observance of World AIDS Day Through The Arts. The three weeks, multidisciplinary event consists of an Art Exhibition, Film Screenings, Online Media Projects and community outreach programs created to raise awareness about the World Pandemic in local communities and NYC at large.FRAMING AIDS ART EXHIBITIONNovember 30 – December 22Hosted at The Queens…

“Cognitive dissonance” is the social scientists’ way of saying, “Not seeing what we don’t wish to see”. “Being in denial” has crept into common usage to describe the same phenomenon; “State of Denial” is Bob Woodward’s book about that situation in the Bush White House. The HIV/AIDS scene is replete with illustrations [“True Believers of HIV/AIDS: Why do they believe despite the evidence?, 30 October 2008; “’SMART’ study begets more cognitive dissonance”, 11 June 2008; Death, antiretroviral drugs, and cognitive dissonance, 9 May 2008; HIV/AIDS illustrates…

“More than 40 young children have been infected with HIV at a hospital in Uzbekistan, officials have said” (BBC News: Uzbek children in ‘Aids outbreak’, by Martin Vennard). According to UNAIDS data for 2006 (2006 Report on the global AIDS epidemic — A UNAIDS 10th anniversary special edition), the overall prevalence of “HIV” in Uzbekistan was 0.2% (0.1-0.7); in 2007, it was 0.1% (<0.1-0.3; 2008 UNAIDS Report). Wherefrom, one wonders, came the HIV that infected those children? For comparison, the prevalence is reported as 0.6% in North America and 0.3% in Western…

I had concluded my post about this with the words, “Those facts cause me to dread the further ‘news’ and rumors that will be leaking out from those ignorant, panicked, ‘everything is normal’, school administrators and health officials in St. Louis.” The foreboding was warranted: “November 9, 2008 — H.I.V. Scare Unnerves a St. Louis High School — By MALCOLM GAY ST. LOUIS — Walking the halls of Normandy High School between classes, Mya McLemore, a senior, pays close attention these days to the faces of her fellow students. She keeps an eye out for those who avert…

Years ago, I found instructive — and have remembered ever since — the distinction Paul Halmos makes between misleading and lying: “There is a difference between misleading statements and false ones; striving for ‘the clear reception of the message’ you are sometimes allowed to lie a little, but you must never mislead….. A part of the art of lecturing is to know when and how to lie. Don’t insist on protecting yourself by being cowardly legalistic, but lead the audience to the truth” (I Want to Be a Mathematician, 1985, pp. 113 14; for further applications, see To Rise…

“Everyone knows” that HIV causes AIDS and that HIV is spread by sex and infected needles. No further thought is then needed to explain facts and propose public policies. For example, in Ghana, the cultural practice of marrying one’s brother’s widow is indicted without further ado for the alleged spread of HIV/AIDS: “Widowhood inheritance, . . . a cultural practice in the Upper West Region that allows brothers of a deceased to marry his widow after the funeral rites of the deceased, is said to be one of the major causes of the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Jirapa and Lambussie districts.

... not in The Globe: Average spending on drugs per capita in Canada in 2006 was ... well-being, from malaria to maternal mortality to AIDS to sanitation facilities, almost all of the ...

... HIV and AIDS. As a result, World AIDS Day emerged as the first international health ... still a fatal disease? There is no cure for HIV/AIDS, but there are effective treatments available. The prognosis is good when people ...

... nights event Least, Last and Lost showcased the CPMs outreach activities for those released, drug users and people living with HIV/AIDS in an effort to provide them with love, care and support and rehabilitate them ...

... exponentially increased funding for the battle against AIDS as part of a push to improve ... including 5.1 billion rubles ($193 million) on drug treatments for 30,000 HIV-infected patients, but only 200 ...

... little over a third of patients seeking treatment for sexually transmitted infections were being offered ... said Dr Ken Mayer of Brown Universitys AIDS Programme, now it is time to move ...

The UN has banned smoking at “all United Nations indoors premises, including regional and country offices throughout the United Nations system”, and that tobacco sales be banned at “all United Nations premises”. WHO  About 300 people have died in Zimbabwe in recent weeks in a cholera outbreak which has hit about 6,000 people. The World Health Organization reports that the outbreak is likely to continue as the water and sanitation situation is worsening, with severe shortages of potable water, sewage and waste disposal problems reported in most of the populated areas.

As the press has speculated ad nasuem about President-elect Obama’s cabinet and White House personnel, the term “Team of Rivals” has gotten a lot of play. Of course “Team of Rivals” was Doris Kearns Goodwin’s great book about Lincoln’s approach to his cabinet and governing. The Team of Rivals notion has been the phrase of the week as the press salivated about Clinton drama in the Obama no drama zone and why on earth the President-elect would choose Senator Clinton for Secretary of State. The press needed a story to fill up dead air so they followed every possible leak about the…

Around 3 in the afternoon yesterday, a friend of mine whom I met from G4M last year sent me this text message:   “I’m hiv+. I know you’re working for HIV-AIDS. Can you help me? I know I need to know more about it.” His message crushed my heart. It was like thousands of pins and needles piercing my heart all at once. He was only 25, and both he and his partner have it. What’s more is that he both has the HIV1 and HIV2 viruses. I was devastated. I know I am advocating for HIV-AIDS prevention for two years now, and even working for a country program to stop the…

FACTS ABOUT HIV & AIDS What is HIV? Human Immunodeficiency Virus HIV is a virus that attacks the part of the body that fights diseases and protects us from getting sick (immune system). With a weak immune system, a person with HIV can easily catch other germs. Their body can’t fight the germs and they can get very sick (this is called AIDS). HIV cannot be cured. Once someone has HIV it stays in their body for life. What is AIDS? Acquired (something you get) Immune Deficiency (weak, no protection from diseases) Syndrome (different symptoms, signs and illnesses) AIDS is not a disease, but…

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AFP - Greater investment in combatting AIDS is failing to slow its spread in Russia, the director of the Russian federal AIDS centre Vadim Pokrovsky said Friday.

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 20 (HealthDay News) -- Two years after U.S. health officials recommended routine HIV testing for Americans 13 to 64, such testing remains hit-and-miss, and the AIDS epidemic marches on.

AP - Two years after the government urged making HIV tests as common as cholesterol checks, there are small gains but still one in five people infected with the AIDS virus doesn't know it, scientists said Thursday.

HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finalizes research that changed guidelines around the world regarding when HIV-infected babies should begin drug therapy.

Reuters - Sooner is better when it comes to treating infants born with the AIDS virus, HIV, researchers reported on Wednesday.

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