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Public health
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Love, drugs and condoms: Couples with different HIV status face a new reality

Serodiscordant couples can safely maintain relationships using condoms, PrEP, and antiretroviral therapy, but foreign aid cuts threaten access to those prevention tools.
fromMail Online
4 days ago

What is 'bluetoothing'? New trend is fueling a surge in deadly disease

Drug users have found a dangerous and cheap way to get a high that is fueling a surge in HIV diagnoses. Called 'bluetoothing', the practice involves injecting yourself with the blood of another drug user in an effort to share in their high. Already common in Fiji, the practice has driven an 11-fold surge in HIV cases on the Pacific island nation in just a decade.
Public health
#charlie-sheen
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Charlie Sheen gave up threesomes and other sex nearly 10 years ago

After he became a hot young movie star, he began relying on the services of escorts, provided to him by his friend, Hollywood madam Heidi Fleiss. There also were nights at the Playboy mansion and flings with men while high. During his very public flameout in 2011, he boasted about his tiger blood and two live-in girlfriends, who in turn told the New York Post about their big shared bed and triple-decker sex life.
Film
Arts
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

The Ministry of Joyce McDonald's Sculptures

Reverend Joyce McDonald transformed her life and ministry through intimate clay sculptures that merge spiritual themes, personal history, and material detail.
Science
fromNature
2 months ago

Daily briefing: This marsupial is biofluorescent - the month's best science images

Wild eastern quolls glow under UV light, showcasing animal bioluminescence.
fromIrish Independent
2 months ago

Man who had conviction overturned for intentionally or recklessly infecting women with HIV is deported

In December 2023, his conviction for causing serious harm to two partners by intentionally or recklessly infecting them with HIV was quashed by the Supreme Court.
Public health
fromAdExchanger
3 months ago

Ads To Burn After Reading | AdExchanger

Healthline is fined $1.55 million for violating CCPA due to misuse of user data through ad targeting during streaming, highlighting consent issues and regulatory scrutiny.
Privacy professionals
fromAdvocate.com
3 months ago

As Superman returns, how a gay HIV survivor helped Christopher Reeve and was helped in return

"I didn't physically take care of him, and I wasn't a nurse or anything like that, but I definitely helped, certainly after the accident. I helped organize and sort of focus Chris on a different set of priorities than he probably had before his accident."
LGBT
Public health
fromenglish.elpais.com
3 months ago

Four million more people could die of AIDS-related causes by 2029 if US aid gap isn't filled

Suspension of PEPFAR funding will lead to millions of deaths and new HIV infections, warns UNAIDS.
Environment
fromMission Local
3 months ago

People We Meet: Liam O'Brien is here to crush butterfly misogyny

Liam O'Brien, diagnosed with HIV, became a butterfly expert and authored a field guide after spending years painting and studying the species.
UK politics
fromwww.bbc.com
4 months ago

Infected blood victims call for faster compensation

Compensation for infected blood victims is urgently needed and government action is lagging behind.
Campaigners demand faster responses from the government a year after the inquiry report.
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