Sex Ed for Seniors

Staff / Truthdig Jul 26, 2007 Although many assume the elderly lead largely abstinent lives, AIDS is on the rise among seniors as HIV-positive Americans are living longer than ever. With one study suggesting the majority of HIV patients in New York will be over 50 within a decade, AIDS workers are beginning to pay more attention to the senior set. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bad News About Global AIDS Rate

Staff / Truthdig Jul 23, 2007 Even though the sense of urgency about HIV/AIDS appears to have dropped off in mainstream media and culture in recent years, the latest news about infection rates is far from favorable President Bush's adviser on HIV/AIDS, Dr Anthony Fauci, for one, reports that we're "losing the numbers game" with respect to new infections around the globe . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stop Ignoring AIDS and Africa

Staff / Truthdig Jun 5, 2007 Stephanie Nolen, the last Western journalist covering the AIDS beat in Africa, tells Truthdig it is unfortunate but true that the more people die, the less people care, which is why she has decided to get personal with a new book that approaches the crisis from a different perspective. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )

Jenna Bush Has a New Career

Staff / Truthdig Jun 4, 2007 First daughter Jenna Bush (left) may be known for late-night reveling and getting kicked out of Argentina, but HarperCollins is betting at least $300,000 that she has enough gravitas to carry off a nonfiction book about AIDS and poverty in the Third World. According to Radar Online, "Ana's Story: A Journey of Hope" is bad, but at least Jenna (unlike her dad) endorses the condom. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New Jersey Considers Mandatory HIV Test

Staff / Truthdig May 12, 2007 A new proposal would make New Jersey the first state to require HIV testing for pregnant women and their babies, unless the women decline the test in writing. Currently four states test just mothers, and two others only newborns. The bill is opposed by the D.C.-based Center for Women Policy Studies on the grounds that it limits health rights. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Borders, Bullies and Global Health

Scott Tucker / Truthdig Apr 21, 2007 Australian Prime Minister John Howard is hurting politically, and so he has despicably turned against the vulnerable, arguing recently that Australia should have a blanket ban against HIV-positive immigrants. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Circumcision Reduces AIDS Risk

Staff / Truthdig Dec 14, 2006 According to officials from the National Institutes of Health, circumcision reduces the risk in men of contracting HIV through heterosexual sex by roughly 50%. The announcement was based on several recent studies conducted in Africa. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jabari Asim: Overcoming the Stigma

Jabari Asim / Truthdig Nov 28, 2006 In advance of World AIDS Day, a new anthology confronts the stigma of HIV in the black community. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

AIDS Rises With Abstinence Push

Staff / Truthdig Nov 23, 2006 HIV infection rates were dropping for a decade in Uganda until that country began emphasizing abstinence over condom use -- like in Bush & Co.'s Bible-based, sexually prudish mandates. HIV rates are now on the rise again. Don't bother Bush with facts; his mind is made up. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

U.N. Says 39.5 Million People Have HIV

Staff / Truthdig Nov 22, 2006 It's spreading fastest in Eastern and Central Asia and Eastern Europe, but almost two-thirds of the world's cases are in sub-Saharan Africa "AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria make up the deadliest triad the world has known," said the U . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Gene Gerard: White House Failing America?s AIDS Crisis

Gene Gerard / Truthdig Jun 17, 2006 A new report shows that Bush has slashed anti-AIDS programs across the board. Meanwhile, he's pandering to the religious right by pushing abstinence-until-marriage programs--regardless of the fact that they are proven ineffective at stopping the spread of HIV. Don't bother Bush with facts; his mind is made up. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bush’s Favorite Writer Leaving the White House

Staff / Truthdig Jun 15, 2006 Michael Gerson wrote every major speech of Bush's presidency, led a crusade to fund the fight against AIDS, malaria and poverty, and pushed for stronger action in Darfur. He also formulated Bush's plan to spread democracy around the globe--with somewhat mixed results. No apparent scandal here: He'd been talking about leaving since 2004. Dig deeper