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Assembly panel approves requiring condoms for adult film actors
A measure requiring adult film actors to use condoms while working in California was approved by a state Assembly committee on Tuesday despite opposition from several people in the industry. The measure by Assemblyman Isadore Hall III (D-Compton) is...
Tags: HIV, Isadore Hall, III, Celebrities, Medical Procedures and Tests
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French countess is key advocate for AIDS patients in Myanmar
SHWEPYITHA, Myanmar — After her heroin-addict husband died five years ago, Ei Ei Phyu discovered she was HIV-positive. She thought her life was over until friends directed her to the open-air clinic here where she receives antiretroviral medicine....
Tags: Personal Data Collection, Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Heroin, Burma
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Oklahoma dental patients diagnosed with hepatitis C, HIV
Dozens of Oklahoma dental patients have been diagnosed with hepatitis C and at least one case of HIV, state health officials said Thursday, four weeks after finding a multitude of health code violations, including rusty tools, at a dental practice in...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Dentistry and Dental Health, HIV, Liver Disease
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L.A. County condom mandate pushes porn producers into Ventura County
Here is a political object lesson from the seamier, steamier end of the entertainment business: The new law in Los Angeles County requiring actors in pornographic films to wear condoms seems merely to have pushed the smutty movie industry into the quiet...
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Judges, Crime, Law and Justice, Entertainment, Michael Bloomberg
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Porn shoots look outside L.A. County to avoid condom law
One trade group said it was "not surprised" to see a dramatic drop in permits issued for adult video shoots in Los Angeles County in the wake of a law requiring condom use by porn actors. Only two permits have been issued for pornographic filming so far...
Tags: Politics, Crime, Law and Justice, Elections, Pornography, Freedom of the Press
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HIV vaccine trial shut down
In another major setback for efforts to develop an HIV vaccine, federal researchers have shut down a key clinical trial after an independent panel of safety experts determined that volunteers who got an experimental vaccine appeared to be slightly more...Tags: Merck & Company Incorporated, Diseases and Illnesses, Genentech Inc., Trials, Preventative Medicine
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Government shuts down HIV/AIDS vaccine trial
This post has been corrected, as indicated below.In another major setback for efforts to develop a vaccine to boost immunity to the human immunodeficiency virus, known as HIV, a key clinical trial was ordered shut down this week after an independent panel of safety experts found that participants...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Preventative Medicine, Trials, Viral Diseases and Infections, Allergies
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Hilary Koprowski dies at 96; developed oral vaccine for polio
Hilary Koprowski, a Polish-born researcher who developed the first successful oral vaccine for polio, has died. He was 96. Koprowski died of pneumonia April 11 at his Philadelphia home, said his son, Dr. Christopher Koprowski, a radiation oncologist....
Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Biotechnology, Centocor Incorporated, Preventative Medicine, Rabies
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Obama praises Bush for 'strength,' 'resolve' after Sept. 11
DALLAS — President Obama praised former President George W. Bush on Thursday for standing tough in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and for his early support for immigration reform, drawing strong allusions to his current challenges...
Tags: Immigration, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, International Military Interventions, Wars and Interventions
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Laughs, cheers and 'deep gratitude' at Bush library dedication
DALLAS -- When five presidents assembled at Southern Methodist University on Thursday for the dedication of George W. Bush's presidential center they traded wit and smiles, earning approval from the conservative crowd. Bill Clinton joked about getting...
Tags: Times Square, Barack Obama, George W. Bush, State of the Union Address, Philosophy
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Studying drug-resistant HIV in Los Angeles County
Widespread use of anti-HIV drugs in Los Angeles County could reduce new AIDS cases by almost 40%, but would also double the number of cases in which the virus had developed a resistance to drug therapy, according to a USC and Rand Corp. study. The...
Tags: Medical Research, Health and Safety at School, HIV, Viral Diseases and Infections, Medical Procedures and Tests
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Prop. 8: West Hollywood leader fought for gay rights in 1980s
As the U.S Supreme Court hears two days of arguments on gay marriage, West Hollywood Councilman John Duran, who is gay and an attorney who fought for gay rights in the 1980s, says the subject has “been an ever-evolving issue." "The city of West...
Tags: Minority Groups, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights, Abortion, U.S. Supreme Court
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