Human Rights – One of the many questions that people like to think over when considering the future of our planet is what might remain when all else disappears. Well, there is now an answer, as unlikely as it may seem; President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia. Jammeh has informed the BBC in an...
Dec13
Virgin Gives Condoms
Virgin and ONE Team-up
Social Issues – World Aids Day on December 1st was all about wearing red, and no one knows red better than Richard Branson’s Virgin brand. Ironically enough, Virgin has teamed up with a condom company to distribute 100,000 free condoms to clinics in South Africa. I guess they...
Dec07
Sugar-Free Rejection
Pediatric-HIV Discrimination Milton Hershey School, Pennsylvania
Social Issues – I’m sure we would all like to believe that the plethora of misconceptions regarding the AIDS/HIV virus died in the 80s after the Ryan White case, but apparently they are alive and well and living in Hershey, Pennsylvania where a boy was denied access to an education at a private institution there. Abraham Smith*, 13, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, a “motivated and intelligent” athlete, applied to enter the 8th grade at Milton Hershey School. He was turned down simply because he has the disease. According to the National Association of State Boards of Education, “the presence of a person living...
Dec06
Nicki Minaj Barbie
Doll Can Feed the Ill
Celebrity Charities – Just in time for the holiday season, Nicki Minaj and Mattel have teamed up to create a one of a kind Barbie doll modeled after the pop sensation, that will be auctioned off for charity. The Barbie ties perfectly into the sensation that Minaj has created for her...
Nov09
Ellen as an Envoy
Appointed for HIV/AIDS
Celebrity Charities – In a Tuesday address to the National Institute of Health, Secretary of State Hilary Clinton emphasized voluntary male circumcision programs and mother-to-child transmission reduction efforts were vital to for creating an “AIDS-free generation.” Clinton...
Nov04
Clinical Awareness
1st LGBT Clinic in Indonesia
Social Issues – In a progressive move for the world’s largest Muslim nation, Indonesia opened the Bali Medika Clinic, specifically for LGBT patients last month. Indonesia “is currently dealing with a soaring HIV rate” and the clinic, located on the island of Bali in the...
Nov02
Testing Teens
AAP Recommends HIV Tests
Social Issues – The American Academy of Pediatrics now strongly urges teenagers to receive routine HIV tests if they live in an area where the disease has a predominance of more than 0.1 percent. The long overdue recommendations that the AAP released will prove to be a more fail-proof...
Oct23
Mogae Fighting AIDS
Decriminalize to Educate
Botswana’s former President Festus Mogae has called for his country to decriminalize prostitution and homosexuality in order to prevent the spread of HIV. Mogae, who heads the government-supported AIDS Council, said that by legalizing the two practices it would be easier to promote safe...
Sep23
Xbox Scientists
Gamers Decode AIDS Protein
A group of gamers with degrees from the University of Xbox made an incredible scientific breakthrough in a mere three weeks. The gamers solved a 15-year-old AIDS problem using Fold.it, a website that invites contributors to “Solve Puzzles for Science.” Players were able to model...
Aug27
Disgraceful Agenda: The Global Gag Rule
Republican House blocks funding for foreign aid workers
In an apparent effort to penalize foreign aid workers for not upholding right-wing religious values, The House Foreign Affairs committee has voted to reinstate a Global Gag Rule, blocking monetary assistance to international health agencies involved in saving hundreds of thousands of lives throughout the third world and developing nations. The Global Gag Rule (unconstitutional by U.S. standards) essentially prevents funding for HIV treatment, education, and water and sanitation, to agencies that also maintain healthcare counseling programs for women. These programs can be likened to Planned Parenthood in that they offer women access to...
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