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Are You at Risk for HIV? Take This Quiz
From Body Health Resources Foundation
Reducing the Risk of Getting HIV From Sexual Activities (August 25, 2008)
In AIDS 101, from San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Frequently Asked Questions About Safe Sex and Prevention (June 2008)
From Rick Sowadsky, M.S.P.H.

HIV and AIDS: Questions and Answers (Regularly Updated)
From Planned Parenthood
Safer Sex Guidelines (September 30, 2008)
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From AIDS InfoNet
Why Is There So Much Conflicting AIDS Information? Who Can You Believe? (September 2008)
From Rick Sowadsky, M.S.P.H.
What You Should Know About Oral Sex (June 2009)
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
What Is Sacred? (May/June 2008)
Sacredness and sexuality, side by side.
In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Stopping the Spread of HIV (May 17, 2008)
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From AIDS InfoNet
CDC Says HIV Prevention Programs Must Make Treating Other STDs a Priority (April 10, 2008)
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From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Living With HIV/AIDS (June 21, 2007)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV Prevention (January 22, 2007)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Future of HIV Prevention: New Tools, New Hope (Winter 2005/2006)
A brief review of male circumcision, microbicides, vaccines, barrier methods and pre-exposure prophylaxis.
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In ACRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
New Prevention Methods Offer Hope and Challenges, According to Report (August 16, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Sexual Partner Reduction Is HIV Prevention's "Neglected Middle Child," Article Asserts (April 13, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
What is the Effect of HIV Treatment on HIV Prevention? (September 2003)
From Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
Education Needed to Avoid New AIDS "Upsurge" in United States, Winston-Salem Journal Editorial Says (August 7, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
With STDs, Many Still Wind Up Sorry Instead of Safe (August 5, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Outrage Could Set Back AIDS Battle (May 29, 2002)
Will the case of the 18-year-old being prosecuted for not disclosing his HIV status to his girlfriend hurt current HIV-prevention efforts?.
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Pickett Fences: Act the Fuck Up! (May/June 2002)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Relax, It's Just SEX! (March 13, 2002)
From AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
Radical Red: Li'l Fucker (March/April 2002)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
Youth and AIDS in the 21st Century: Preventing HIV Infection (December 1, 2001)
In I Care ... Do You? Youth and AIDS in the 21st Century, from American Association for World Health
HIV Prevention for the Third Decade of AIDS (May 2001)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Policy Facts: HIV Prevention (May 2001)
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From AIDS Action Council
Lying About Sex (March 2001)
In Reasons for Hope, from Search for a Cure
Combating Complacency in HIV Prevention (February 2001)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
HIV Prevention: Now More Than Ever (February 2001)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Policy Facts: AIDS-Related Stigma (January 2001)
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From AIDS Action Council
Along the Latex Highway: Getting Pierced or Tatooed Safely (October 2000)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Apathy, Lack of Funds Imperil AIDS Prevention: Top American AIDS Official Calls Rate of New Infections "Unacceptably High" (July 12, 2000)
In The Village Voice
Communication Skills and HIV Prevention (July 7, 2000)
A social movement to help people develop life skills in communication and relationships could contribute to HIV prevention.
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
Viral Load and Heterosexual Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Type 1 (March 30, 2000)
In New England Journal of Medicine
Prevention (December 1, 1999)
In Be a Force for Change, from American Association for World Health
Annotated Bibliography: HIV/AIDS Prevention Resources (June/July 1999)
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In SIECUS Report, from Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
Expert AIDS Panel Issues Report Card: AIDS Action Panel Gives U.S. High Marks for Research and Low Marks for Prevention and International Efforts (December 1, 1998)
From AIDS Action Council
HIV/AIDS Prevention (December 1998)
A selection from Be a Force for Change, an HIV/AIDS resource booklet.
In Be a Force for Change, from American Association for World Health
Prevention and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases as an HIV Prevention Strategy (November 1998)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV Prevention Through Early Detection and Treatment of Other Sexually Transmitted Diseases -- United States (July 31, 1998)
Recommendations of the Advisory Committee for HIV and STD Prevention.
In Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Combating Complacency in HIV Prevention (June 1998)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Recent HIV/AIDS Treatment Advances and the Implications for Prevention (June 1998)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Plight of AIDS Prevention (April 1998)
McArthur fellow, Mark Harrington, warns against premature declarations of victory.
From Treatment Action Group
HIV and Sexually Transmitted Diseases (Spring 1998)
In CRIA Update, from AIDS Community Research Initiative of America
Overview: Transmission and Prevention (1998)
In The Encyclopedia of AIDS
Prevention: What Do the Combined Data Tell Us About Groups at Greatest Risks? (1998)
Trends in the HIV and AIDS epidemic.
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The Intersection of Host and Virus: Risk Factors for HIV Infection (1998)
In The Encyclopedia of AIDS
Confronting AIDS: Public Priorities in a Global Epidemic (November 1997)
A World Bank report about the impact of AIDS.
From AIDS Economics
How Do You Talk To Your Partners About HIV and STDs? (November 1997)
From Rick Sowadsky, M.S.P.H.
Is It Ever Safe? Mutation, Reinfection and You (October 1997)
In Alive & Kicking!, from We The People Living With AIDS/HIV of the Delaware Valley, Inc.
Male-to-Female Infection Rate Higher (October 1997)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
HIV Prevention and the New Virology (1997)
How new understandings of AIDS pathogenesis and improvements in antiviral treatments will impact HIV primary prevention.
From Managing Desire
Safer SM (Sadomasochism) Education Project (October 1996)
From AIDS Committe of Toronto
Couples Study in Haiti Shows Reduction in Heterosexual HIV Transmission (August 26, 1996)
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
HIV Prevention in Clinical Practice (August 1996)
Practical advice for practitioners from the director of the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies.
In HIV Newsline, from San Francisco General Hospital
Prevention News From HIV Newsline (August 1996)
In HIV Newsline, from San Francisco General Hospital
Protecting Patients and Professionals From Blood-Borne Diseases (April 1993)
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration
AIDS: Prevention Is the Only Vaccine Available (1988)
In The Journal of Social Work & Human Sexuality
What Is HIV? (December 31, 1982)
From HIV Coalition (HIVCO)
Download free AIDS in America software
This program reviews the basic facts about HIV and AIDS. It has been produced specifically for college and university audiences, but is also suitable for high school audiences.
From University of Alberta
HIV Prevention Fact Sheets (November 30, 1999)
From Center for AIDS Prevention Studies

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