NY Passes HIV Testing, Needle Program Amendments

New York Governor David Paterson has signed a bill (S8227/A11487) that will force doctors to offer patients ages 13 to 64 an HIV test. New York has the highest rate of AIDS in the nation, with the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene noting that AIDS is the third leading cause of death for [...]

Government Agency Urges Black HIV/AIDS Awareness

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, joins African-Americans in remembering those who have died with AIDS and in fighting the disease. “We have a national responsibility to alleviate the HIV/AIDS-related suffering of African-Americans by ensuring that they have full knowledge of—and access to—all proven forms of [...]

Science, Health & Recalls June 30

The night before National HIV Testing Day the U.S. government unit, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the rate of HIV/AIDS among gay men is rising despite falling prevalence among heterosexuals and drug users, The Chicago Tribune reports. The CDC said in a report noting that HIV/AIDS diagnoses among men who have intercourse [...]

Science, Health & Recalls June 16

New York City’s Health Department reported that more than 25% of adult New Yorkers have Herpes Simplex Virus-2, the virus that causes genital herpes. Having Herpes facilitates the spread of HIV and doubles the risk a person will get HIV when exposed. The new study suggests that 26% of New York City residents have the virus, [...]