Immunity Resource Foundation
An information base on Scientific and Medical Issues challenging the HIV/AIDS hypothesis
The HIV trial of Craig Lamar Davis in Clayton Country is over and the verdict is in: guilty on both counts of aggravated assault. Davis faces up to 20 years in prison for knowingly exposing a woman to HIV, a felony in Georgia, and his sentencing is scheduled for February 21. The trial lasted a […]
A PLYMOUTH man had half a lung removed as treatment for lung cancer, was placed in quarantine for 10 days with TB and given a positive test result for HIV – only to be told he had none of the conditions. [Source: Plymouth Herald]
A couple were reported to social services for refusing to let hospital staff test their nine-week-old baby for HIV. …They say their nightmare began when a consultant was carrying out a blood test on Jean in A&E. As the consultant handed the needle to a nurse she accidentally pricked the nurse’s skin. …Mrs Celliers, 35, […]
See relevant graphic on this BBC News article.
HIV: A Whole Different Story [Thanks: ARAS]
[T]here is one small sub-group [where crystal meth] is having a disproportionate effect…: gay men on the extreme end of the party scene in London, where it’s being linked to a worrying rise in HIV. …The drug can be smoked, snorted and swallowed, but increasing numbers of gay men in the capital are injecting it, sharing needles and […]
When things couldn’t get more ridiculous, there’s been – admittedly ridiculed – talk about giving free crack pipes as an outreach effort to pull crack users into health programmes. As the Republican representative says “What next? Free crack!” Just like clean needles only encourage drug use, so would free crack pipes. Target the drug, not […]
Read the article on Emanuel Pechir’s blog.
A study led by researchers at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) provides new insight into the impact that pro-inflammatory molecules have on early death in HIV patients who abuse alcohol. The findings, published online in the journal AIDS, pinpoint the inflammatory markers most associated with early death and may help explain why some patients […]
Over 25yrs ago, as a child, I remember innocent UK kids programming being contrasted in the ad breaks with government campaigns about the dual terrors of AIDS (‘Don’t Die Of Ignorance’) and heroin abuse (‘Heroin Screws You Up’). Both ad campaigns were likely thought up by the same production company as they made use of […]