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Bush on World AIDS Day Issues Order to Lift Ban on HIV-Positive Foreigners Entering Country; Other World AIDS Day News

President Bush Friday on World AIDS Day issued an executive order to lift a provision of U.S. law that bans HIV-positive foreigners from entering the country without a special waiver, the San Francisco Chronicle reports (Russell, San Francisco... Read more »

Michigan Lifts Ban on HIV-Positive Inmates Serving Food; South Carolina Inmate Segregation Comes Under Fire

The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) has lifted its 11-year-long ban on HIV-positive inmates serving food, according to a report in The Michigan Messenger . Food service is considered one of the highest-paid and most-coveted jobs in the... Read more »

U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

HIV Travel Ban May Be Lifted for Infected Visitors

CDC has received a high volume of public feedback on the proposal to remove HIV from the list of diseases that keep non-citizens from entering the United States. The public comment period runs through Aug. 17. "We're trying to end the stigma and... Read more »

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Travel ban lifted?

Dr Dr Bob,Now that the PEPFAR Bill has become law, when will the travel ban on HIV visitors to US be lifted? Any news on that?Thanks for all your work in helping to bring this about (hopefully)Jay...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Jay,No news yet about when the new policy will be operational. You know how Dubya likes to drag his feet when it comes to anything that makes sense. (Just look at the whole global warming fiasco.) Stay tuned. We'll keep you posted!Dr. Bob... Read more »

Lift The Idiotic Travel and Immigration Ban

Dr. Bob. Hello from Ireland. I hope that one of the first actions by President OBama is to lift that moronic ban on HIV/AIDS tourists and would be immigrants. That said, you and all the experts have contributed to my knowledge on HIV/AIDS. My ever...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Kevin,Considering what a total mess the moronic rodeo clown currently occupying the White House has made of Iraq, the environment, the economy and the world, I'm assuming President Obama is going to be extremely busy throughout his... Read more »

Costa Rica Lifts Ban on Gay Blood

Costa Rica Lifts Ban on Gay Blood Donations August 13, 2007 by Dylan Vox Los Angeles, CA - The United States is still under the antiquated rule that gay men are not allowed to donate blood because of the risk of spreading infectious disease. This...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Thanks! Unfortunately there is not much hope the U.S. will follow suit until King George the "W" ends his Reign of Error.Dr. Bob... Read more »

Ban on gay blood donors set to be lifted in the UK

Hi Dr Bob,Have you seen this news from the UK? Will the US follow suit?"Gay men will soon be able to donate blood after the Government moved to lift donor restrictions across the UK.A lifetime ban was put in place in the UK in the 1980s as a...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi.The UK is much more logical than the U.S. on things like universal health care and, now, on lifting the ban on gay blood donors! Eventually the U.S. will follow suit, but not until the current crop of anti-science wingnuts in Congress are voted... Read more »

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Unrightfully Banned From REALJOCK Gay Health Site

Posted by Stuart_Lanning, 1 Reply

Recently I registered on REALJOCK's Forum to interact mostly with others that were HIV positive as well as, spread the message about the dangers of HIV. As an activist and songwriter, I was diagnosed positive about eleven years ago. I am familiar... Read more »

ban the drug zerit...

Posted by Anonymous, 5 Replies

I was prescribed the drug Zerit by Bristol Myers Squibb by my physcian
back in June 1998 after being on the drug for 2 months I have developed
a severe side effect called peripheral neuropathy. I ended up in... Read more »

HIV real or fake? You decide DELETED

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Time to ban DL1000?

Posted by James1941, 2 Replies

I see that TheBody has deleted a post from DL1000 (I was going to say 'this dickhead' but, for the sake of decorum, I didn't). A question, or is it a conundrum? The question is, why doesn't TheBody just bar him? The conundrum is, if TheBody does... Read more »

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