Hiv Positive Risks

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19 yr old & You said: If your partner were confirmed to be HIV-positive, the risk would be 0.1 to 0.2 percent per episode

Hello Doctor. All I'd like to tell you is that you are doing a great job with your service. Not to take much of your time, based on your statement "if your partner were confirmed to be HIV-positive, the risk would be 0.1 to 0.2 percent...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,"Are you making sense?" No, not a bit. Two negatives never make a positive. For HIV to be transmitted, one of the partners needs to be HIV-positive. That's not all that difficult to understand, is it?"How does someone... Read more »

HIV risk from a positive woman?

Greetings again, Mrs. Southall--I'm still a virgin, and still very very scared of sex in many... Read more »

Response from Shannon Southall »

Canker sore oral sex on HIV positive woman how big of a risk?

I stupidly did this the other week and I've had bad diarrhea with blood for 2.5 weeks now... Read more »

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HHS Announces $156.5 Million in Grants for HIV Prevention, Substance Abuse Programs for HIV-Positive, High-Risk Communities

HHS Secretary Tommy Thompson on Wednesday announced 115 grants totaling $156.5 million, which will be administered by the agency's Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration , to subsidize HIV prevention planning programs and... Read more »

Abuses Against HIV-Positive, High-Risk Groups in Ukraine Impeding Access to Prevention, Treatment, Report Says

Abuses against people living with HIV/AIDS and groups at high risk of contracting the virus in Ukraine are impeding access to treatment and prevention services, according to a report released on Thursday by New York-based Human Rights Watch , the... Read more »

Debate Over Antiretroviral Treatment Interruption Remains After Findings Show Method Increases HIV-Positive Patients' Risk of AIDS, Death

The Washington Post on Tuesday examined the debate surrounding the Strategies for Management of Antiretroviral Therapy trial, which compared daily antiretroviral therapy with a drug-conservation strategy that involved taking medication... Read more »

NIAID Halts Trial on Antiretroviral Drug Conservation Strategy After Findings Show Method Increases HIV-Positive Patients' Risk of AIDS, Death

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases on Wednesday announced it ended enrollment in a clinical trial comparing daily antiretroviral therapy with a drug-conservation strategy, which involves taking medication intermittently,... Read more »

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Exposure risks with known HIV positive man

Posted by 2010Worrier36, 1 Reply

I am a gay male who last weekend met another gay male who told me he was HIV+ after we had fooled around. I'm now worried that I put myself at risk of exposure. He has been positive for 13 years now and seemed to care about safer sex.

These are the... Read more »

Any low risks tested positive???

Posted by jambo, 2 Replies

Do any of you know of instances where an apparently low risk activity actually resulted in a positive test result? Activities like deep kissing (i know there is 1 reported case), rubbing near a wet penis/vagina, insertive oral, etc???

I have had a... Read more »

Hiv Positive Dating | Hiv Positive Singles | Hiv Positive Forums | Hiv Positive Chatroom

Posted by Chloe1023, 5 Replies

http://www.Pozspaces.com is a HIV positive singles dating site for individuals who may be HIV positive or have AIDS. We understand that living with this virus/disease can be difficult when it comes to dating. We want to provide the opportunity for... Read more »

Hiv Positive Dating | Hiv Positive Singles | Hiv Positive Forums | Hiv Positive Chatroom

Posted by Pozme

www.Pozspaces.com is a HIV positive singles dating site for individuals who may be HIV positive or have AIDS. We understand that living with this virus/disease can be difficult when it comes to dating. We want to provide the opportunity for those... Read more »

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