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New Study Suggests HIV Risk with Hormonal Contraceptives: What It Means for Family Planning Policy and Programs

by Ruwaida Salem, Knowledge for Health (K4Health)

October 13, 2011 - 10:01am (Print)

A new study published this week in The Lancet Infectious Diseases suggests that use of hormonal contraceptives, particularly injectables, may double the risk of uninfected women acquiring HIV.

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Family Pleads for Release from Prison of Dying HIV-Positive Woman

by Jodi Jacobson, Editor in Chief, RH Reality Check

January 3, 2011 - 11:24pm (Print)

An HIV-positive woman in Florida serving a five-year prison sentence for spitting on a police officer is dying from cancer and has one month to live. Her family is pleading for her release so she can die at home.

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World AIDS Day 2010: Important Progress, New Challenges

by Sharon Camp, Guttmacher Institute

November 30, 2010 - 9:14pm (Print)

Fewer people worldwide are getting infected with HIV than a decade ago, and those infected are living longer. But declines in HIV infections are uneven and new infections still outpace new patients put on treatment by two to one.

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HIV Transmission through Pre-Chewed Baby Food?

by Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check

August 20, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

Could pre-chewed baby food be a vector for HIV transmission? A report in Pediatrics suggests that it may -- but when thinking about this phenomenon, we need to avoid the knee-jerk "Ewwww" reaction that a ScienceNews reporter had.

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Reform of Iowa's HIV Transmission Law Meets Resistance

by Lynda Waddington, New Journalist Fellow

July 29, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

The case of an Iowa man sentenced to the maximum allowed by state law for failing to disclose to a one-time intimate partner that he was HIV-positive has been cited as evidence of the need to reevaluate state criminal transmission laws.

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Removal of Ban on Needle Exchange Faces Opposition

by Paola Barahona, Physicians for Human Rights

July 17, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Last Friday, Congressman David Obey (D-WI), took the first -- and courageous -- step to end the 20-year ban on federal funding of needle exchange. But opponents are gearing up to reinstate the ban and prevention advocates need to mobilize now.

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Uganda to Reintroduce Female Condoms

by Serra Sippel, Center for Health and Gender Equity

June 29, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

The Ugandan government plans to reintroduce and promote the female condom this fall, where it may give women another tool for safer sex negotiation and protection.

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German Pop Star Publicly Arrested for HIV Tranmission

by Fiona Pettitt, International Community of Women Living with HIV/AIDS

May 27, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

Criminalization of HIV transmission and exposure places blame on one sexual partner rather than encouraging equal responsibility in safe sex.

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Criminalizing HIV Transmission: Undermining Prevention, and Justice

by Aziza Ahmed

January 28, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

While criminalizing HIV transmission is appealing to some governments, it actually undermines public health goals and violates the rights of people living with HIV.

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HIV: Still Not Just a "Gay Thing"

by Amanda Marcotte, RH Reality Check

December 3, 2008 - 8:00am (Print)

The myth that HIV is strictly a "gay thing" has re-emerged from the shadowy world of rumor and email forwarding and is poking its head out in the right wing media.

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