Court-orderd Hiv/aids Testing

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What Is HIV Testing? HIV testing tells you if you are infected with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) which causes AIDS. Most of these tests look for "antibodies" to HIV. Antibodies are proteins produced by the immune system to fight a specific germ. Newer HIV tests look for signs that the virus itself is in the blood. People who already know they are infected with HIV might get other "HIV" tests. These measure how quickly the virus is...

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hiv court cases moneytary awards based on wrongfull termination by eeoc

in april of 1999 i tested positive for hiv-i filed a grievance with the state eeoc-recieved a determination just this december that there was reasonable cause to believe that i was fired due to my hiv status-please i need specific court renderings...

Response from Nancy Breuer

WorkPositive, Inc.

There are times when it makes sense to function as your own attorney, and times when it does not. If you're not an attorney, please secure one! Many, many local AIDS Service Organizations have legal advisors on staff and will not charge you for... Read more »

Can my medical records come out in my girlfriend's court case?

I was just diagnosed hiv positive, my girlfriend is neg. She is going through a divorce and custody battle, can this come out, or are my medical records private?...

Response from Christa Douaihy, Esq.

Member, City of NY Bar Association Committee on AIDS

Dear Writer,Thank you for writing with your question. First, while I do not know the particular facts of your girlfriend's pending court cases, I will say that your HIV status sounds wholly irrelevant to, and should have no bearing on, her... Read more »

low cd4 court

hey my partner is hiv + and hiv - he is on medcation everything seem's to be going on okay but his CD4 keeps fluctuating which deosn't make any sense, last year around thanksgiving his CD4 was 286, april of this year is 24 he was told...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

You don't indicate whether he is on HIV meds or not, and what his HIV viral load is doing. It would seem impossible that his CD4 decreased from 286 to 24 in that time frame. Are you sure that the 24 number is not the CD4 percent and is the... Read more »

can u explain my blood courts and what is the stage

are u able to let me know what stage and blood i have means for my hiv+...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

You need to give me your HIV treatment history if any, your CD4 count, percentage and viral load for me to give you some kind of interpretation.... Read more »

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Web Site owner goes to court to force 'troll' off

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This website: http://www.cleveland.com/tech/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/business/104288693631280.xml

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Web site owner goes to court to force 'troll' offline

01/18/03
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testing for HIV Aids

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

m 21 yr old, i resently had an incident which exposed me to ghonorea. got treated n m very much ok but was so worried i could have contracted AIDS as well. have been tested n i tested Negative. but the tester said HIV Aids virus may not appear... Read more »

Testing for AIDS HIV and other STDs

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Getting tested for the standard STD clinic tests works better than just getting one test because the tests are cross indicators. Often people with an STD have more than one infection.

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testing for HIV Aids: urgent pls help!

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by the way i used a condom but forgot to remove it after the act. then what happened is that it slipped out as i was asleep n rolled on the bed. the fluid must have gotten intach with my penis cuz otherwise i wdnt hav contracted ghonorrea. do you... Read more »

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