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A criminal case is intertwined with a medical mystery, as drugs were reportedly stolen and used, then needles were reused.
A household survey in Cambodia found an HIV prevalence of 0.6%, and found that infection was more common in urban areas and in wealthier households, researchers report in the July 17 th edition of AIDS . A number of the findings support the hypothesis that the majority of infections in men are related to buying sex and that most women are infected by their husbands.
Source: IRIN As Kenya prepares its third National AIDS Strategic Plan, several high-risk groups are calling on the government to give them more say in the fight against HIV and AIDS.
Above: Syringe exchange in East Bronx serves a large number of IV drug users.
Heroin is not a drug many people associate with the here and now. It was popular in the 1960s and 70s, but now it is making a very real comeback in the New Orleans area.
By TIM KLASS Associated Press Writer SEATTLE (AP) — Federal agents busted a drug-trafficking ring that distributed methamphetamine and cocaine from Mexico in Washington state and carried unusually powerful weaponry, injecting a dangerous new factor into drug crime in the region.
Tomorrow’s memorial service for Michael Jackson will be a time to celebrate his achievements and forget his failings — including his rumoured addiction to the opiate painkiller pethidine (Demerol).
NEW DELHI----AIDS Healthcare Foundation , the largest AIDS organization in the US and which operates free AIDS treatment clinics in India under the banner 'AHF/India Cares,' today commended the Delhi High Court, which annulled a 150 year-old law that criminalizes adult homosexual relations.
A peer-driven strategy in which people with HIV encouraged individuals in their social networks to take an HIV test has proven to be an efficient and effective way to reduce undiagnosed infection, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers report in the June issue of the American Journal of Public Health . The approach worked better than traditional partner notification, and the ...
It is another part of the murky underworld of illicit doping, of the game outside the game — a moral intersection for every athlete who has been busted for performance-enhancing drugs.
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