CDC Director Compares Ebola Epidemic to AIDS

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig Oct 9, 2014 On Thursday, a day after the Ebola virus claimed the first person diagnosed with the disease in the U.S., the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention invoked another recent and ongoing health crisis while fundraising in Washington, D.C. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Hopes for HIV Treatment Dashed After Virus Reappears in ‘Cured Girl’

Staff / Truthdig Jul 11, 2014 HIV scientists believed they were on the path toward a cure for AIDS when an infected newborn showed no signs of the virus after a new treatment. Years later, the illness has been detected again. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

A Living Hell Beneath Romania’s Capital

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig May 25, 2014 In a video companion to a written report filed last week, Britain's Channel 4 News takes viewers beneath the streets of post-Communist Bucharest to a world inhabited by hundreds of men, women and children stricken by drug abuse, HIV and tuberculosis. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

‘Stand Up Planet’: Hasan Minhaj Follows the Funny Around the Globe

Emily Wilson / Truthdig May 14, 2014 Hasan Minhaj wants everyone to see “Stand Up Planet.” But that’s not because he’s the host -- Minhaj believes the documentary shows how comedy can change the world a joke at a time. Hasan Minhaj wants everyone to see “Stand Up Planet.” But that’s not because he’s the host—Minhaj believes the documentary shows how comedy can change the world a joke at a time. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Medea Benjamin on Her Egyptian Detention

Staff / Truthdig Mar 7, 2014 This week on Truthdig Radio in association with KPFK: The Code Pink co-founder tells us why Egypt thinks she's a threat to national security. Also: Making sense of Ukraine, Uganda bans homosexuality, and the Advocate's Matthew Breen on AIDS breakthroughs. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Dawn of AIDS Ages Ago

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Mar 7, 2014 Researchers hypothesize the first human infected with HIV was a Bantu hunter who came into blood-to-blood contact with a chimpanzee with a similar virus in a jungle in Cameroon more than a century ago. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Back in the Day, Minimum Wage Could Feed a Family

Staff / Truthdig Dec 6, 2013 Current minimum wage earners can't make it above the poverty line, but this wasn't the case before the ’80s; a radioactive bomb can be used to clear out the AIDS virus in the body; meanwhile, a new study finds a correlation between intelligence and drinking. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

On the Verge of Genocide

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Nov 23, 2013 "Militias in the Central African Republic are slitting children's throats, razing villages and throwing young men to the crocodiles" as malaria and AIDS wreak parallel horrors, The Guardian reported Friday. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Child Born With HIV Still Shows No Sign of Infection

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Oct 24, 2013 A child diagnosed with HIV at birth "is still showing no detectable levels of the virus in her blood, despite finishing antiretroviral treatment … 18 months ago," The Independent reports. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Machismo and Married Men Spread HIV in Mexico

Staff / Truthdig Sep 18, 2013 Sexist behavior is nothing new in Mexico, but perhaps what some don’t realize is the effect it's had on female health as men refuse to use condoms, and women, fully dependent on their partners, are left without a choice. In the state of Chiapas, the most common way to contract HIV is from a lifelong partner or husband. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

HIV Sneaks Into Porn Industry

Staff / Truthdig Sep 11, 2013 After the adult film industry lifted a ban on production, an AIDS advocacy group is claiming that the fourth porn actor in a month has contracted HIV. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

America Keeps Swindling Students

Staff / Truthdig Aug 17, 2013 The U.S. government is making college loans easier than ever to get, further ensuring the debt slavery of the nation's youth; it's possible the cure for AIDS is actually universal HIV screening; and, Craigslist has been accused time and again of killing newspapers, but is this argument valid? These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )