HIV

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"I am at the lowest end of all"
Report: For rural South African women, violence + HIV = human rights abuse.
Gang rapes and worse
Kenya's post-election chaos is proving particularly harmful to women.
Male circumcision no help to women?
A new study says it directly cuts men's HIV risk, but not women's.
The roots of Kenya's upheaval
It's not just tribal hatred that's spurring bloodshed in this stratified African nation.
Will Bill's dough make trouble for Hillary?
Some big donors to the former president's philanthropy also donate to Hillary's campaign. His private fundraising could be costly to a next Clinton White House.
Quote of the Day: Jenna Bush on condoms
Does the first daughter's position on safe sex conflict with her dad's abstinence-only views?
AIDS crisis? What AIDS crisis?
South African President Thabo Mbeki sacks his deputy health minister, leaving HIV/AIDS patients back in the hands of "Dr. Beetroot."
Anti-prostitution pledge required for AIDS funding?
Plus: Bush's chief advisor on HIV says we're losing the fight.
Sex ed suppressed in India
The federal government pushes for sex ed while conservatives oppose it.
Fighting AIDS with abstinence
Bush's plan for AIDS relief in Africa: Promote condoms for "high-risk" groups, ignore transmission within marriage.
Milk money
How one American mom's desire to donate breast milk to African orphans, with a little help from Oprah, stirred up a milk bank mess.
Real bodies of research
What do AIDS researchers owe their poor, at-risk subjects?
Women's rights latest ammo against AIDS
Researchers say improving women's lot will stem the virus' spread in Africa.
The invisible AIDS cure
Western do-gooders may want to help Africa stop the AIDS epidemic. But Helen Epstein's new book shows the most effective solutions are often the continent's own.
New York's circumcision campaign
City health officials embrace circumcision to fight HIV.
Mandating HIV testing for moms and newborns
Early detection is key. But should the state require testing?
Circumcision cuts men's HIV risk but raises women's?
A new study says maybe, maybe not.
Sex and the single septuagenarian
HIV and STDs are on the rise among senior citizens. So when it comes to safe sex, it may be time to teach America's old dogs some new tricks.
Catholics for condoms
The Roman Catholic Church comes one step closer to loosening its prohibition on condom use.
The needle and the damage undone
Vancouver has halted a drug epidemic by helping street addicts shoot up in safety. Will U.S. cities -- and Bush's drug czar -- learn from the Canadians' success?
Big and beautiful, but not healthy, in South Africa
Expert says rise in obesity among South African women is due in part to fears of appearing to have HIV/AIDS.
"I can give you condoms, but I'll have to tell the cops"
Kansas trial: Must counselors report teen sex? (Including "fondling with intent to arouse"?)
Help for rape victims, or violation of defendants' rights?
Mass. Gov. Mitt Romney pitches a complicated proposal to help survivors find out if their attackers are infected with HIV.
40 million and climbing
The rate of HIV infection worldwide is still on the rise, with Asia particularly at risk, the U.N. reports.
An epidemic failure
President Bush claims he is leading the world in the fight against global AIDS. But he has been inexplicably stingy and slow to act -- and by placing religion over science, he's responsible for the loss of untold numbers of lives.
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