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Lawsuit Looms on US Syphilis Tests in Guatemala

MIAMI -- Attorneys representing potentially thousands of Guatemalans who were affected by U.S. syphilis experiments decades ago said Tuesday they will sue top federal health officials unless a system is created out of court to settle claims by the victims or their survivors. The legal move comes after revelations last...

Gonorrhea Rate at Record Low; Other STDs Rise

ATLANTA (Nov. 22) -- A new government report on sexually spread diseases shows gonorrhea in the United States has dipped to the lowest rate ever recorded. But chlamydia and syphilis infections continued to increase last year. That's according to a report released Monday by the Centers for Disease Control and...

Scientists: Columbus Did Not Introduce Syphilis to Europe

(Oct. 26) -- Christopher Columbus has been blamed for instituting slavery in the New World and setting the stage for centuries of bloody conquest. But new evidence might help clear his name in at least one way: Researchers say they now have proof that the famed explorer didn't introduce syphilis to Europe. After making...

US Apologizes for Infecting Guatemalans With STDs

(Oct. 1) -- The United States has not been kind to Guatemala. On Tuesday, Wellesley College professor Susan Reverby discovered that the United States conducted Tuskegee-like experiments on unwitting Guatemalans during the '40s, infecting them with syphilis and gonorrhea. (Here's her paper.) MSNBC reports: According to...

LA Won't Force Condom Use in Porn Films

(Feb. 3) -- Health officials will not force actors to use condoms when making pornographic films, despite the urging of activist groups hoping to stop the spread of AIDS among porn industry workers. Officials in Los Angeles, where the industry is centered, said Tuesday that it would be nearly impossible to enforce such...

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06/03/12 Bangladesh Braces for HIV Epidemic Source: The Independent of Bangladesh Bangladesh has shown low HIV prevalence rates so far but may be silently moving towards an epidemic, say experts pointing to underreporting and poor monitoring for the virus in the general population.
06/01/12 Officials: Syphilis cases on increase in Halifax Source: The Chronicle Herald Health officials in Halifax say syphilis is still showing up in higher than usual numbers as they try to deal with a continuing outbreak of the sexually transmitted infection.
06/01/12 70% of Swaziland's sex workers HIV positive Source: The Swazi Observer UNADJUSTED HIV prevalence among sex workers stands at 70.3%.
05/31/12 Summary of Notifiable Diseases â United States, 2010 Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) The contains the official statistics, in tabular and graphic form, for the reported occurrence of nationally notifiable infectious diseases in the United States for 2010.
05/31/12 Here comes the (healthy) bride and groom Source: The Manila Times YOU'VE done it, the pair of you, the question asked and answered; the countdown is on.