I’ve always been a big believer in the overlap between art and science. We’re seeing more of it these days — the idea of testing whole populations for HIV and sticking everyone who is infected on antiretrovirals as a way of putting a stop to the HIV epidemic has been dubbed Pop-ART, for example. I’m [...]
Look, Muffy, a new drug just for me!
With thanks to Prof K, who I’m sure didn’t mean it personally…
Halleluliah! We’ve finally got something to be happy about in HIV prevention — a microbicide that cuts the risk of HIV infection by a third. You’d think everyone would be shouting for joy. But no, we’re bending over backwards to say we’re not sure it works.
The product in question is Pro2000 gel, and the results [...]
There’s enough divorce in the world without forcing it on people who want to be together…
“Fidelity”: Don’t Divorce… from Courage Campaign on Vimeo.
On the subject of America’s extaordinary relationship with homosexuality, I urge you to see Milk, an important film about an important era, which reminds us rather vividly that we have not come far, [...]
Public health types are always agonising about oral sex. Should we say it’s dangerous or not? Now, Swedish researchers have shown that lots of oral sex with an HIV-infected partner may actually be protective against the virus.
The study, published in the (expensive, subscription only) AIDS journal and helpfully summarised by Aidsmap suggests that men who [...]
