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Latest HIV vaccine doesn’t work; U.S. government halts study
WASHINGTON — The latest bad news in the hunt for an AIDS vaccine: The government halted a large U.S. study on Thursday, saying the experimental shots aren’t preventing HIV infection.
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Peruvian father accused of setting son on fire because he is gay, HIV+
A Peruvian father faces allegations of setting his 22-year-old son on fire after learning he is gay and HIV positive.
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Kan. lawmakers approve bill that repeals ban on quarantining AIDS, HIV patients
TOPEKA, Kan. — Kansas state lawmakers have approved a bill to protect medical and emergency workers that also repeals a 25-year-old ban on quarantining AIDS and HIV patients.
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Gay student’s HIV status revealed in student council smear campaign
HOUSTON — Campus police at the University of Houston-Downtown have launched an investigation over flyers that surfaced on campus that detailed private medical information about a gay student’s HIV status.
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Kan. health dept. proposal could allow for quarantine of individuals with HIV
TOPEKA, Kan. — A proposed bill in the Kansas state legislature could allow the quarantine of people with AIDS or HIV, according to an LGBT advocacy group in testimony before a Kansas state Senate panel on Thursday.
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Christian PAC warns Rob Portman that his gay son may now die of AIDS
William Murray’s far-right “Government Is Not God” political action committee has some harsh words for Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio), who late Thursday revealed that his son Will is gay, and he now supports marriage equality.
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‘Concerned father and husband’ testifies same-sex marriage will spread AIDS
Mike Frey, a self-described “concerned Minnesotan father and husband,” testified before a Minnesota state House committee hearing on a proposed same-sex marriage bill, and offered a jaw-dropping, graphic lesson in anal sex, concluding that same-sex marriage would lead to the spread of AIDS, resulting in a “health risk to the society at large.”
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W.Va. state Senate advances bill to charge for HIV testing
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Facing pressure from shrinking federal funds, the West Virginia Senate advanced a bill Thursday that would allow local health departments to charge patients for testing for sexually transmitted diseases.
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Va. man guilty in fraud scheme; claimed he was developing AIDS treatment
RICHMOND, Va. — A Virginia man has been found guilty of defrauding investors through a project purportedly developing a treatment for the virus that causes AIDS.
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Scientists say baby born with HIV apparently cured
A baby born with the virus that causes AIDS appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child from Mississippi who’s now 2½ and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection.