Ask anyone in the LGBTQ community about safe sex, STD prevention and risks of HIV/AIDS, and you'll notice that the conversation usually shifts to gay male-to-male sex. But what about lesbian safe sex? It's true that STD rates are significantly lower for women who only sleep with women. But how many ... Full story...
(London) Doctors have long suspected that people with herpes are more likely to catch HIV. So they thought that by treating herpes, they could also cut a person's HIV risk.
Plans for a large-scale trial of a potential AIDS vaccine are being dropped in favor of a smaller, more focused study, the National Institutes of Health said Thursday.
(Washington) Scientists will have to take "enormous intellectual leaps" to develop an AIDS vaccine in the coming years, say researchers clearly frustrated by the failure of a once-promising shot.
(New York City) A city Health Department study finds that more than a fourth of adult New Yorkers are infected with the virus that causes genital herpes.
(Los Angeles, California) Research has shown that HIV-positive African American and Hispanic men who were sexually abused as children are particularly vulnerable to engaging in high-risk sex and experiencing depressive symptoms.
When an article about "fruit flies” popped up on a gay website, at first I thought it was about straight women who gravitate toward gay men.
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