Huckabee supported isolation for HIV+ individuals
"Isolate carriers of the AIDS plague," said Huckabee in 1992. And he's still not distancing himself from these words.Posted on December 10, 2007 4:41 PM • 113 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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Tara C. Smith is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology. Her research involves a number of pathogens at the animal-human nexus. Additionally, she is the founder of Iowa Citizens for Science and also writes for The Panda's Thumb and WIRED SCIENCE's Correlations. Please note the views expressed on this site are Dr. Smith's alone and may not be representative of the groups mentioned above.
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Mbeki: still in denial
An upcoming book on South African president Thabo Mbeki further illuminates his view on HIV and AIDS.Posted on November 6, 2007 1:45 PM • 1779 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
BBC apologizes for promotion of misleading HIV denial film, "Guinea Pig Kids"
HIV denialists caught lying again. Shocking.Posted on October 25, 2007 3:10 PM • 49 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Denialism: "they don't remember"
How short our collective memories can be...Posted on October 10, 2007 3:35 PM • 1095 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Not again...
Superstition trumps science once again.Posted on September 27, 2007 3:17 PM • 40 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Loneliness causes AIDS, claims HIV "dissident" Michael Geiger
Yes, you heard it here, folks. Is it any wonder that HIV researchers are so outraged by these people?...Posted on September 19, 2007 8:00 AM • 732 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
HIV denial: international flavor
South Africa to London, focus on HIV denial.Posted on September 14, 2007 8:30 AM • 73 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
HIV denial article in PLoS Medicine
Since there are already several threads on HIV running, and I'm loathe to have another, I'll post this up for consumption but leave the comments for one of the other threads. While I was in New York over the weekend,...Posted on August 21, 2007 5:00 PM • • 0 TrackBacks
HIV denial update #2: "alternative" treatments
Bet you didn't know the secret to good health could be found in your pants...Posted on August 16, 2007 9:00 AM • 491 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
HIV denial update #1: shake-up in South Africa
There have been some interesting updates in the field of HIV politics and denial recently. First, after having several months of moving forward with a real plan to combat AIDS in South Africa, the deputy minister of health, Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge,...Posted on August 13, 2007 9:00 AM • 27 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
The discovery of highly virulent XDR-TB
A small research study in South Africa led to the discovery of one of the most deadly pathogens around today.Posted on July 27, 2007 3:15 PM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Tripoli Six--home and free
After 8 1/2 years of imprisonment, torture in jail, and a death sentence hanging over their heads, the Tripoli Six (collected links) are back home, and have been granted pardons from the Bulgarian president. Revere, again, has the details;...Posted on July 24, 2007 10:45 AM • 33 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Tripoli Six--moving toward resolution
The strange and tragic case of the Tripoli Six, a group of 5 Bulgarian nurses and one Palestinian doctor working in Tripoli, Libya, is finally drawing to a close. The six health workers had been found guilty of infecting up...Posted on July 18, 2007 3:10 PM • 137 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
While I'm out...
Catch up on some good reading elsewhere.Posted on July 12, 2007 10:00 AM • 3 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
HIV+ toddler booted from campground
I guess the 1980s really *are* making a comeback...Posted on July 9, 2007 3:00 PM • 31 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
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