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Study: Role of Homosexual Behavior Ignored in African AIDS Problem
AIDS is disproportionately transmitted through homosexual behavior in the United States, but AIDS activists have long claimed that it is primarily heterosexual in Africa. A new study published in The Lancet now finds that in many African countries, the homosexual AIDS transmission rate is 10x that of heterosexuals. Read more »
Harvard AIDS Researcher Backs Pope on Contraception
Reprinted by permission of the Christian Post
By Anne Thomas
Christian Today Reporter
Fri, Mar. 20 2009 09:36 AM EDT
A leading AIDS expert from Harvard University has come out in support of comments made by Pope Benedict XVI suggesting that the distribution of contraception actually spreads rather than prevents AIDS.
Edward C. Green, director of the AIDS Prevention Research [...] Read more »
Pope to Address Human Rights, Moral Root of Africa’s Problems
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By Jennifer Gold
Christian Today Reporter
Tue, Mar. 17 2009 08:28 AM EDT
Pope Benedict XVI is set to arrive in Africa Tuesday for his first visit to the continent since becoming the head of the Roman Catholic Church four years ago.
Aboard the Alitalia plane headed to Yaounde, Cameroon, the pope told reporters [...] Read more »
HIV/AIDS Rate in D.C. Passes West Africa
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By Jennifer Riley
Christian Post Reporter
Mon, Mar. 16 2009 12:28 PM EDT
A new report reveals “very depressing” news that every mode of transmission of HIV in Washington, D.C., has increased, and overall the HIV and AIDS rates in the nation’s capital are higher than some countries in Africa.
“Our rates are higher [...] Read more »
Homosexual Sex Driving AIDS Epidemic in Asia
LifeSiteNews highlights a report from the World Health Organization which says homosexual sex is “fueling” an AIDS/HIV epidemic in Asia:
“Studies show that at present, the proportion of HIV infections being transmitted among men who have sex with men is larger and more significant than we had originally believed,” said Dr Massimo Ghidinelli, WHO Regional Adviser [...] Read more »
Study: Condoms Aren’t Cutting It
Fox News reports on an enlightening new condom study from the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
The study examined 715 black American women
many of those who said they’d consistently used a condom over the past two weeks had objective evidence that this was not the case. One-third had evidence of sperm DNA in samples of [...] Read more »
Sexually Transmitted Disease Rates: As High as Our Hormones
Reuters is reporting on the latest release from the Centers for Disease Control on Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
I wrote yesterday about the increase in Sexually Transmitted Diseases in South Dakota at my Red County blog, but it seems South Dakota isn’t the only place to see an increase. Nationwide, STDs are skyrocketing.
While the full report shows increases all [...] Read more »
