Prevention University of California Dr. Fred Hetch presented data obtained from the San Francisco options project that followed HIV+ patients and their lovers. Some resistant HIV strains were found to transmit and infect partners. This information became a sensational international news story about a new mutant resista
In Part 1 we attempted to contextualize the recently concluded 14th International AIDS Conference held in Barcelona, Spain coming at year 21 of the epidemic, glossed over its opening ceremonies, and reviewed the presentations of four speakers at the conference s first plenary session on Monday morning. We also trie
It would be naive to expect any of the enthusiasm that accompanied some of the international AIDS conferences held immediately after the widespread debut of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) around 1996. Indeed, with 95% of the world s HIV population going without basic AIDS medications, anemic prevention ef
To gay, lesbian and bisexual Americans, Vermont Gov. Howard Dean is a hero--and deservedly so. When the religious right fought a desperate battle to stop Vermont s civil unions law, Gov. Dean stood firm for what he believed was right. In large part because of this man s courage, same-sex couples have the same rights as
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