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“Rare ‘likely’ female-to-female HIV case reported in US”

A 46-year-old woman “likely acquired” the virus during a six-month monogamous relationship with a HIV-positive woman in Texas, said the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).  As the volume of vaginal fluid is less than semen, and because there is no ejaculation mechanism for deep depositing of even menstrual blood, this case likely has another reason. […]

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Living untreated with ‘HIV’ in Africa for over a decade

…to the great surprise of doctors, there are thousands of teenagers like Tadisa who have lived with HIV for more than a decade. When Dr Rashida Ferrand wanted to research these young survivors, she was told none were still alive. “Five years ago people would shake their heads in disbelief and say: ‘Well, no, nobody […]

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Observation of drug use and “full-blown AIDS” in US prisons

While not an article directly about HIV/AIDS, the harrowing piece linked below is an engaging read and has points relevant to Rethinking. Attacks [sexual, man on man] don’t always begin like this. Sometimes, “they’ll lure them with drugs and get them really high – 90 per cent of prisoners shoot-up drugs”. Sometimes they’ll trick the […]

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Food for thought

Thousands of people with HIV have been left struggling in poverty by the Government’s welfare reforms – with some unable to afford the basic food they need to fight their condition. …Explaining the medical importance of food to HIV patients, Dr Asboe said: “We know that, in general, if people have poor nutrition, that has […]

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Russian petition

[THIS APPEARS TO BE THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF THE RUSSIAN PETITION] We, the undersigned, are writing to you with the requirement to consider our legitimate demands, given to us by the Constitution of the Russian Federation and to take action to stop the genocide of the population of our homeland, masked as non-existent AIDS epidemic. […]

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Barre-Sinoussi: Still dreaming

The scientist who helped discover the HIV retrovirus talks about her work and why she is convinced a cure for Aids can be found. …Since 1992 she has led her own unit at Pasteur, which is currently studying examples of naturally occurring immunity to HIV infection and resistance to the onset of Aids that might […]

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