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Last Updated: Dec 29th, 2006 |
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HIV-AIDS
Four Indicted in Illegal HIV Prescription Drug Scheme
A New Hampshire woman and four California men have been indicted for allegedly operating a scheme in which large quantities of a prescription HIV drug were illegally purchased from illegitimate sources at prices significantly below the price the manufacturer charges pharmacies, and then illegally distributed to wholesale distributors using false paperwork.
Dec 29, 2006
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Health Issues
Many Gay Teens Don't Come Out to Doctors According to New Study
Only a minority of gay, lesbian or bisexual teenagers tell doctors about their sexual orientation, RAND Corporation researchers said Thursday. According to a recent study, even though 70 percent of the individuals were aware of their orientation as teens, just 35 percent told their doctors.
Dec 29, 2006
Health/Fitness
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HIV-AIDS
US: Gag Rule Threatens Global Fight Against HIV/AIDS
A federal appeals court should strike a provision of US anti-AIDS law that undermines proven and effective efforts to fight HIV/AIDS among sex workers, thus putting their lives and health at risk, Human Rights Watch and a coalition of 26 public health experts, human rights organizations and HIV/AIDS groups said December 21 in an amicus curiae to the court.
Dec 27, 2006
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Health Issues
SF's 'Phil the Syphilis Sore' Gets Credit for Syphilis Testing Boost
A social marketing campaign urging gay and bisexual men in San Francisco to get checked for syphilis has been linked to an increase in syphilis tests. In the cartoons, an affable penis interacts with an angry, red, roundish character named Phil the Syphilis Sore.
Dec 27, 2006
Health/Fitness
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HIV-AIDS
Safer Sex Resources Become More Available to Kenyan Gay Men
Safer sex health services are now being offered on a more frequent basis to gay and bisexual men in Kenya, even though it is still a crime for them to have sex there, UN news service IRIN Plus reports. That crime can carry a 14-year jail sentence.
Dec 26, 2006
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