VIDEO: Why Did Hillary Clinton Falsely Cast Nancy Reagan as a Champion of AIDS Sufferers?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 12, 2016 Hillary Clinton on Friday afternoon walked back a gross misstatement in which she had praised the recently deceased former first lady Nancy Reagan and President Reagan for starting “a national conversation” on the deadly AIDS virus. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Too Bad, So Sad: Donald Trump’s Presidential Campaign Is Hurting His Company

Staff / Truthdig Jan 13, 2016 Apparently, being a loudmouth racist politician doesn't put you in the best place with your customers when you own a business; the rise of a "Jewish Islamic State" in the West Bank is quite alarming; and at this point, we should be able to eradicate AIDS, so why haven't we? These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

You’ll Never Guess What Bernie Sanders Did With Martin Shkreli’s Campaign Donation

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Oct 18, 2015 Remember Martin Shkreli, the contemptible pharmaceutical CEO who dramatically raised the price of an HIV medicine? Seems he contributed to Bernie Sanders' presidential campaign—something the Vermont senator was less than pleased about. But Bernie got back. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Truthdiggers of the Week: All Those Who Piled on Martin Shkreli

BLANK Sep 27, 2015 The drug company CEO who announced a 5,000 percent increase in the price of a lifesaving drug was forced to back down after Twitter users, the industry and others exploded in outrage. We have three words for these sometimes rude commenters: Good for you. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

CEO Who Raised HIV Drug Price by 5,000% Also Hiked Cost of Pill for Children With Incurable Disease

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Sep 23, 2015 Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli is being called the most hated man in America for raising the price of the HIV drug Daraprim from $13.50 to $750 per pill. Now his earlier pricing decisions are being examined. It is being reported that one such decision led to a 2,000 percent price increase for a medication taken by children suffering from a rare kidney disease. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO Martin Shkreli: 5,000 Percent Price Boost ‘Not Excessive at All’

Staff / Truthdig Sep 23, 2015 In case you hadn't heard, last month, Turing Pharmaceuticals CEO and former hedge fund manager Martin Shkreli got hold of the rights to parasite-zapping drug Daraprim, and then he had the bright idea to raise the price from $13.50 to $750 per pill. Now he has a big public relations problem and a self-created health care crisis on his hands. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

In Yet Another Medical Breakthrough, Cuba Takes a Huge Step Toward Eradicating AIDS

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jul 14, 2015 After we learned that the island nation has had a cancer-suppressing vaccine for several years, it seemed impossible the country could have achieved another medical milestone -- until the World Health Organization announced that Cuba had become the "first country to eliminate the transmission of HIV and syphilis from mother to baby." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Portugal’s Approach to Drugs Is Saving Lives; Why Aren’t We Copying It?

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jun 16, 2015 In 2001, the Southern European country tackled drug use with what seemed like a radical plan. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

For Nader, Defiance Is a Way of Life

Chris Hedges / Truthdig Apr 13, 2015 Our democracy may be farce, our citizens may be entranced by electronic hallucinations and our ecosystem may be collapsing, but the longtime gadfly, armed with his 50-year-old typewriter, will not give up. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

China Partners With Gay Hookup App to Spread AIDS Awareness

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Dec 9, 2014 China decriminalized gay sex only in 1997, and stigmas remain, but a doubling of HIV infections among young urbanites has made for some unlikely bedfellows. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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 )

Suspicious Prescriptions for HIV Drugs Abound in Medicare

Staff / Truthdig Aug 6, 2014 The inspector general of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services finds Medicare spent tens of millions of dollars in 2012 for HIV drugs there’s little evidence patients needed. A 77-year-old woman with no record of HIV got $33,500 of medication. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )