Second article in link, by Liam Scheff.
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Race, HIV/AIDS, peer review
Blog post by Henry H. Bauer.
Critique of a critique: Myles Power’s Debunking the AIDS Denialist Movie House of Numbers
19/2/2014: The original post featured a statement that Liam Scheff misrepresented the Padian paper and that this was ‘a point of embarrassment’. However, I realise that it is I who should have been embarrassed as he did interpret the paper correctly. This has now been modified below. I apologise to Mr. Scheff. It is a […]
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. […]
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 […]
Fear Trumps Science in HIV Case
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 […]
Man diagnosed with cancer and HIV had neither
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]
Couple hounded by hospital for not allowing baby to be tested for HIV
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, […]
Disparity in developing-world cancer deaths and AIDS funding
See relevant graphic on this BBC News article.
New Nicole Zwiren film – trailer
HIV: A Whole Different Story [Thanks: ARAS]