Myths About HIV/AIDS
 Zimbabwe Leader Believes That Women Making Themselves "Less Attractive" Will Curb HIV Infections: A Blog Entry by Kellee Terrell (May 15, 2012)
From TheBody.com
- HIV-Related Conspiracy Beliefs and Its Relationships With HIV Testing and Unprotected Sex Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Tshwane (Pretoria), South Africa (May 8, 2012)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- AIDS Myths and Misunderstandings (April 18, 2012)
To read PDF, click here.
From AIDS InfoNet
- Myths About HIV (January 2012)
From The Well Project
 Fear, Not Loathing and HIV (December 1, 2011)
From TheBody.com
- Say What? HIV-Positive Wall Street Protester Tells Cop Who Punched Him to Get Tested (October 24, 2011)
From TheBody.com
 "Does This Look Like AIDS?": A Blog Entry by Brandon Lacy Campos (September 11, 2011)
"There are those moments in life when an individual opens up his mouth and something so far beyond ridiculous and inappropriate comes out that your first and immediate reaction is to start looking for hidden cameras."
From TheBody.com
 10 Harmful Myths About HIV/AIDS (September 9, 2011)
With the lack of HIV education in our society, it's no surprise that many HIV myths persist. We briefly run through some of the most common and dangerous misconceptions about HIV.
From TheBody.com
 10 Common Fears About HIV Transmission (July 27, 2011)
A rundown of some common, everyday activities that many people worry may have exposed them to HIV -- but that, in fact, carry virtually zero risk.
From TheBody.com
- Albinos in Tanzania Murdered or Raped as AIDS "Cure" (May 6, 2011)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Steaming Hot Monkey Fusion Sex! A Blog Entry by Bob Frascino, M.D. (March 20, 2010)
From TheBody.com
- Australia: HIV Myths Persist Despite Campaigns (December 15, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Myth Versus Reality (November 2009)
From American Association for World Health
- Zoonoses: A Blog Entry by Gary Bell (August 5, 2009)
From TheBody.com
- U.S. HIV Awareness Is Disturbingly Low, Survey Suggests (April 28, 2009)
The latest nationwide survey by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, which reveals disturbing trends about how much complacency the U.S. has about its HIV epidemic, and how far we still have to go in fighting misconceptions and stigma.
From Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Global Fund Executive Director Co-Authors Article Dispelling AIDS Myths (March 20, 2009)
The more experts learn about how to fight HIV throughout the world, the more they realize that many of the assumptions people hold about the pandemic aren't true.
From Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
- Are You Positive You're Negative? (January 16, 2009)
An easy-to-read report revealing the facts behind myths that keep people from getting tested for HIV.
To read PDF, click here.
From amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research
- 100 Questions & Answers About HIV and AIDS: How do we know HIV wasn't created in a lab? (2008)
An excerpt from a book by Joel Gallant, M.D., M.P.H., responding to some of the most common questions that newly diagnosed people have about HIV.
From Jones and Bartlett Publishers
- 100 Questions & Answers About HIV and AIDS: Isn't it true that drug companies are withholding the cure to make money? (2008)
An excerpt from a book by Joel Gallant, M.D., M.P.H., responding to some of the most common questions that newly diagnosed people have about HIV.
From Jones and Bartlett Publishers
- 100 Questions & Answers About HIV and AIDS: What about the theory that HIV doesn't cause AIDS? (2008)
An excerpt from a book by Joel Gallant, M.D., M.P.H., responding to some of the most common questions that newly diagnosed people have about HIV.
From Jones and Bartlett Publishers
- HIV Myths Put Through the Wringer (Podcast) (August 20, 2007)
Dr. Luther Virgil from the Integrated Minority AIDS Network discusses -- and dispels -- some of the myths surrounding HIV.
In News & Notes, from National Public Radio
- Statement on the Gambian Government's Unproven Claim of a Cure for AIDS (April 24, 2007)
From International AIDS Society
- Rumors, Myths and Hoaxes About HIV/AIDS (March 8, 2007)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Magic Johnson Combats AIDS Misperceptions (December 1, 2006)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Cruising With Lazarus (August/September 2006)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Many People in All Racial Groups Believe in HIV Conspiracy Theories, Study Finds (March 2006)
In Journal of AIDS
- Study: Many Blacks Cite AIDS Conspiracy (January 25, 2005)
In The Washington Post
- True or False: The HIV Knowledge Test (November/December 2003)
Ten questions to gauge your awareness of HIV, who gets it and how it's treated.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- One-Quarter of Canadians Believe HIV Can Be Transmitted Through Kissing, Mosquito Bites, Poll Says (September 3, 2003)
[Archived Article]
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
On TheBodyPRO.com
- South Africa Man Jailed for Life After Raping Baby to Protect Self From HIV (July 29, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Healthy Skepticism and the Marketing of AIDS (December 2001)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Myths and Realities: HIV/AIDS (March 2000)
In Satya
- Along the Latex Highway: Getting It Straight -- HIV as a Gay Disease Is a Myth That Refuses to Die (March 1999)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Nationwide Survey Finds Continuing Stigma and Misinformation About AIDS (July 1998)
From U.S. National Institute of Mental Health
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