Bush Meat And Hiv

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Baltimore Sun Examines Research Linking HIV Transmission to Monkey Meat

The Baltimore Sun on Sunday examined research being conducted by a Johns Hopkins' Bloomberg School of Public Health team investigating the potential links between traditional practices for hunting monkeys and apes in west-central Africa and the... Read more »

First Human Cases of Two Retroviruses Discovered Among People in Contact With Monkey Meat in Cameroon

Scientists have detected the first human cases of two retroviruses among two people in rural Cameroon who hunt monkeys and other primates, according to a study presented on Friday at the 12th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections ... Read more »

Statement of Paul A. Volberding, M.D., Board Chairman HIV Medicine Association, in Response to President Bush's HIV/AIDS Speech

It was heartening to hear the President's announcement regarding the immediate availability of an additional $20 million to respond to the nearly 2,000 persons with HIV/AIDS who are on waiting lists for life-saving medications. We only hope that... Read more »

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The Bush Administration (BUSH, McCAIN, OBAMA POLICIES ON HIV/AIDS)

Just an opinion, but many believe and there are videos with experts, that Bush as well as other top political figures both Dem and Rep,as well as around the world does not want a cure for HIV or funding nor borders to pretect the USA simply because...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,". . . videos with experts . . . ."???? Hmm . . . well then I guess it must be true, right? Oh wait, weren't there lots of "videos with experts" telling us Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and that George... Read more »

Eating raw meat

Hi I've been HIV+ for about 4 years. I'm currently taking Atripla, have an undetectable VL, a CD4 count of around 500 and am feeling fine. I am something of a foodie and enjoy eating rare meat, sometimes completely raw meat (eg, steak...

Response from Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A.

Program for Wellness Restoration

I would avoid rare meat of all kinds. I even avoid sushi due to fear of contamination, food poisoning and parasites.Don't play with fire. Gut related problems in HIV can be very difficult to treat sometimesnelson... Read more »

raw meat! (SUPERINFECTION) (COINFECTION)

I am poz and so is my partner. He insists on barebacking me. I argue with him but I always end up taking his load. Is this going to make me die sooner? What effect will having a big load dumped in me almost every day do to my health?I am on meds am...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Even poz-on-poz barebacking is risky business. Will it make you die sooner or have a deleterious effect on your health? Theoretically it could, if you were to become coinfected with a more aggressive strain of HIV. That your partner has an... Read more »

No Sleep No Eat Cant Even Beat My Meat

Hi DocGreetings from the garden state. Happy holiday weekend. I am not sure if you remember me. I had a one time exposure with a female friend.(insertive vaginal) She was tested for HIV four months after the 2 guys she had been dating. She was...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,After loads of negative HIV tests you ask: "My question is like so many others can I woohoo?" My answer is also like so many others as well: "Exactly what part of HIV negative are you having difficulty... Read more »

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Bush ignores HIV prevention methods that work

Posted by bradford, 2 Replies

U.S. President George Bush ignores HIV prevention methods that work!
Who is informing the president on HIV and AIDS?

Failure of the American president to recognize the need to promote condoms has not only undermined over two decades of HIV prevention... Read more »

Bush

Posted by Anonymous, 7 Replies

Can I ask people on this forum to use logic in the next presidential election. Truthfuly, when the facts are laid out it would be best for everyone who is hiv to elect Bush for another term.

Why do you say? Under Clinton even though he promissed the... Read more »

Bush's nomination of Jerry Thacker

Posted by killfoile, 2 Replies

Hey Everybody,

Want to know about Jerry Thacker?, read the following story from the Sun-Sentinel. And if the article doesn't scare you enough, check out Mr. Thackers website: www.scepter.org.

To think that people like this are given positions of... Read more »

Bush's nomination of Jerry Thacker

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