HIV/Aids Immigration Ban Lifted In U.S.

A 22-year old HIV/Aids immigration has been lifted in the United States The ban has stopped anyone who is positive with either HIV or AIDS from entering the country. The ban, which was started in the late 1980s, was lifted on Monday and the U.S. plans to host a bi-annual global summit starting in 2012 [...]

The Branded Condom

Haven’t all you artists and designers dreamed of designer your own condom?! Now is your chance. The New York City Department of Health has started a contest to come up with a new design for the NYC Condom. The chosen design will be on a limited-edition package that will surface in fall 2010. Any New [...]

Safe Sex NOWWhat: Sex education and HIV/AIDS prevention programs are desperately needed NOT just in Africa and Asia, but in the United States.

The Dirt: Sex is a great thing and a little tiny latex product can make it even better, yes, the condom! Greenwich, Connecticut-based Sekolo Projects inspired us to have a safe sex party theme through their sex education work in Namibia, Africa. But, here in NYC, we have an HIV problem too. HIV and AIDS [...]

Trendcetera Celebrates Fashion Week & Freedom

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Retail & Celebrity Charity News Week of December 8-14

Carla Bruni-Sarkozy New Global Fund Ambassador On December 1, World AIDS Day, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy accepted a position as global ambassador for the protection of mothers and children against AIDS with The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Bruni-Sarkozy will draw attention to the needs of women and children infected with or affected by [...]

International News December 1

Indonesian State Attempts Chip For HIV Patients In an extreme effort to control HIV/AIDS, officials in the Indonesian province of Papua are supporting a bill to require that HIV/AIDS patients be implanted with microchips. According to the Boston Herald, the plan is to monitor the behavior of “sexually aggressive” patients, which would allow the authorities [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News Week of November 10

Charlize Theron Takes On UN Role Actress and activist Charlize Theron has been appointed by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as a United Nations Messenger of Peace, focused on ending violence against women.  She was recognized for her work to bring attention and gain support for social issues, specifically in her native South Africa. Theron, [...]

Retail & Celebrity Charity News Week of November 3

General Mills Starts Healthy Hispanic Initiative General Mills has launched a three-year, grassroots program with the Bell Institute of Health and Nutrition and the Latino Nutrition Coalition encouraging Hispanic families to share healthy and nutritious meals. Mente Sana en Cuerpo Sano (Sound Body, Sound Mind) involves the use of a 10-session curriculum developed by the [...]

Science, Health & Recalls August 4

An American woman paid $50,000 for five puppies that were cloned from her dead pitbull by South Korean company RNL Bio, the Associated Press reports. The company cloned the dog with researchers at Seoul National University where scientists created the first cloned dog in 2005. The company hopes to clone roughly 300 dogs annually. Scientists [...]

Science, Health & Recalls July 21

An analysis of U.S. government cancer statistics from 1973 through 2004 showed that the rate of new melanoma cases in younger women increased 50% since 1980 but did not increase for younger men during the period, The Washington Post reports. The report from the National Cancer Institute was published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology. One [...]

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