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Review: “The Effects of Circumsion on the Penis Microbiome”
It turns your bacteria Jewish*. Seriously, the strong finding of this article was completely ignored. Anyway…. A recent paper describes the effect of circumsion on the bacteria that live on the penis....
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A Legal and Scientific Issue with HIV ‘Fingerprinting’?
A couple of weeks ago, I found a post, “Is HIV ‘fingerprinting’ junk courtroom science?“, which argues: But calling the comparison of HIV strains’ genes “fingerprinting” — calling to mind the...
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The Governor Pence Scandal No One Is Talking About
It really hasn’t been a great week for the state of Indiana, with the worst hit being the signing of ‘right’ to discriminate (against gays) legislation. But what’s lost in all of that is Indiana Gov....
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When the War on Planned Parenthood Makes People (Very) Sick
A few years back, when the rightwing assault on Planned Parenthood kicked into high gear, I explained why I supported Planned Parenthood: For the younger readers–and by younger, I mean those in their...
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Texas Begins HIV Transmission Program
Not exactly sure how this saves lives (boldface mine): Amid an ongoing battle over Planned Parenthood’s participation in the state Medicaid program, Texas health officials are cutting off funding to a...
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How To Hollow Out A Public Health Success: The D.C. HIV Edition
Suppose from 2007 – 2014, the number of HIV/AIDS patients in your state dropped by seventy percent due to solutions such as needle exchange and making antivirals readily available and affordable for...
View ArticlePuerto Rico And Power
And I’m not referring to electricity. Paul Krugman writes a very good column about Trump’s neglect of our fellow citizens in Puerto Rico: The situation in Iowa remains horrifying. More than a third of...
View ArticleWe Dodged A Bullet With Former HHS Secretary Price
Admittedly, it’s not Tom Price, but his wife and Georgia lawmaker Betty Price (boldface mine): State Rep. Betty Price, a Republican from Roswell, suggested quarantining people living with HIV during a...
View ArticleFacebook Is a Conservative News Organization: The PreP Edition
It’s becoming increasingly obvious that Facebook should be thought of as a conservative publication–the editorial decisions are rightwing, as Jacob Silverman has noted (boldface mine): If it’s not...
View ArticleHIV Prevention and D.C. Statehood
While stopping COVID-19 isn’t going well in D.C., there is good news on the HIV front (boldface mine): The District has experienced a 79% reduction in newly diagnosed HIV cases since 2007, according to...
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