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DC Mayor Arrested for Protesting Budget Restrictions
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON -- The budget deal lawmakers struck to avoid a government shutdown was greeted by some with relief, but it has one city already reeling: the capital itself. City officials say Washington was used as a pawn last week's budget bargaining, with new restrictions part of the price of a deal. Angry that Congress appears ready to take away autonomy granted to the city in the last several years, Mayor Vincent Gray and six Council members including the chairman were among 41 people arrested Monday outside the Capitol while protesting the changes that might be inevitable. Seven hours later, ...
Britain Allows Some Gay Men to Donate Blood -- Why Not the US?
By Lauren Frayer - AOL NewsBritain is reversing its ban on gay men donating blood, but there's a catch: Homosexual blood donors have to swear they haven't had sex with another man in the past 10 years. British health officials are expected to implement the change in the coming weeks, reversing a decades-long ban that gay rights advocates had decried as discriminatory. They argued that many gay men practice safe sex in monogamous relationships or are abstinent altogether, and thus were being excluded from charity blood drives by a blanket ban solely because of their sexual orientation. Getty Images Britain ...
More Families Are Adopting HIV-Positive Children
By not in system - AOL NewsThe immediate task might be coaxing a toddler into one more swallow of nasty-tasting medication. Longer term, there are tough choices to be made about telling that child - and the surrounding community - why those daily doses may be needed for the rest of his or her life. While most adoptions present challenges, there's a distinctive set of them facing parents who decide to adopt children living with HIV. A twice-daily medication regimen, lingering prejudice and fear, uncertainty about the child's longevity and marriage prospects. Mary Ellen Moody, AP The Vander Zwaag family poses ...
Myanmar Struck by Earthquake; 5 Facts About the Former Burma
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsThe impoverished Southeast Asian country of Myanmar, known as Burma under British rule, is somewhat off the beaten path in terms of American news consumption and rarely makes headlines. So when it was struck by a powerful earthquake today, AOL News thought it would take a moment to offer up a quick list of key facts about the resource-rich but harshly ruled nation. It was struck by a 6.8-magnitude earthquake today. There were no reports of deaths or major destruction in the country, but in Myanmar, where a repressive government restricts virtually every source of news, accurate information ...
Transplant Patient Got AIDS From New Kidney
By not in system - AOL NewsATLANTA -- A transplant patient contracted AIDS from the kidney of a living donor, in the first documented case of its kind in the U.S. since screening for HIV began in the mid-1980s. It turns out the donor had unprotected gay sex in the 11 weeks between the time he tested negative and the time the surgery took place in 2009. In a report Thursday on the New York City case, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that organ donors have repeat HIV tests a week before surgery. "The most sensitive test needs to be done as close as possible to the time of transplant," said Dr. ...
Gene Therapy Raises Hope for a Future AIDS Cure
By not in system - AOL NewsIn a bold new approach ultimately aimed at trying to cure AIDS, scientists used genetic engineering in six patients to develop blood cells that are resistant to HIV, the virus that causes the disease. It's far too early to know if this scientific first will prove to be a cure, or even a new treatment. The research was only meant to show that, so far, it seems feasible and safe. The concept was based on the astonishing case of an AIDS patient who seems to be cured after getting blood cells from a donor with natural immunity to HIV nearly four years ago in Berlin. Researchers are seeking a ...
A Promising New Approach to Cure AIDS [VIDEO]
By not in system - AOL NewsIn a bold new attempt to cure AIDS, scientists used genetic engineering in six patients to develop blood cells that are resistant to infection with the virus that causes the disease. ...
More Veterans Exposed to Infections at VA Facilities
By Mara Gay - AOL NewsMore veterans may have been exposed to serious infections such as HIV and hepatitis at VA facilities because of inadequately cleaned equipment. The Veterans Affairs Department has identified 12 more veterans who may have received colonoscopies with unsanitary equipment at a VA hospital in in Miami, officials said. In 2009, VA officials there notified 2,400 war veterans who could have been exposed while undergoing the routine procedure at the hospital since 2004, according to The Miami Herald, which first reported the additional exposures. VA spokeswoman Mary Kay Hollingsworth said in a ...
Man to Row, Row, Row His Boat Across the Atlantic
By Michael McLaughlin - AOL NewsThe third time could be the charm for a New York City man trying to row across the Atlantic Ocean by himself. Victor Mooney, 45, a college publicist, will paddle west from the Cape Verde islands in February after two previous attempts to cross the Atlantic had to be abandoned. The trip is a mission to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS -- a disease that claimed the life of one his brothers. Another brother is infected. "I'm hoping that for every stroke I make, someone can get tested for the virus," Mooney said. South African Arts International, Ltd. Victor Mooney hopes his third ...
David Gutierrez, Discharged From Air Force, Gets 8 Years for Spreading HIV
By Mary Phillips-Sandy - AOL NewsA military court has sentenced U.S. Air Force Sgt. David Gutierrez to eight years in military prison for violating orders to use a condom and notify partners of his HIV-positive status. Gutierrez was also dishonorably discharged from the armed services, which means he will forfeit his wages and benefits. During the proceedings, Gutierrez had begged the sentencing judge to stop short of dishonorable discharge so he could keep his military health benefits, which pay for his expensive HIV medication. According to Gutierrez's wife, Gina Gutierrez, her husband contracted HIV in 2007 during a ...
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