AIDS

September 17 2012 11:51 AM

A year to the day after protesters descended on Zuccotti Park, launching what would become a national phenomenon, little has changed. The occupy Wall Street protesters who turned out to mark Occupy's anniversary had a vast number of causes.

September 15 2012 1:30 PM

An AIDS advocacy group wants Los Angeles County to make sure all actors in pornographic films wear condoms, but the porn purveyors are overwhelmingly against it. A California ballot initiative will decide who prevails.

September 10 2012 4:16 PM

A new paper taking a closer look at the people who volunteered for a previous HIV vaccine trial in Thailand has identified precise targets on the virus that could form the base of a more effective vaccine.

August 30 2012 9:35 AM

Britain in the early 1980s found itself in dire need of a happy jolt

August 24 2012 4:04 PM

The disease dubbed "Adult-Onset Immunodeficiency" by researchers is not caused by a virus, meaning it is not contagious.

August 21 2012 11:01 AM

Fears of a syphilis outbreak caused a leading porn industry group to announce a nationwide shutdown of X-rated productions while more than 1,000 performers are tested for the sexually transmitted disease. The potential outbreak has reignited California?s controversial Measure B, a referendum which would mandate the use of condoms on porn shoots inside Los Angeles County.

August 20 2012 1:17 AM

The Supreme Court will hear final arguments starting this week in a landmark case over drug patents that could change the rules for the country's healthcare sector and potentially curb its global role as a supplier of cut-price generic medicines.

August 14 2012 1:17 PM

A 17-foot long Burmese python recovered in Everglades National Park in Florida is the largest on record and was found carrying 87 eggs.

August 13 2012 3:46 PM

Fashion's finest, including designers, editors, models and celebrities like Kim Kardashian and Nicole Ritchie, will rub elbows -- and shopping bags -- during Fashion's Night Out for a night of shopping in over 500 U.S. cities with over 4,500 events nationwide. The definitive guide and full schedule was released on the official FNO 2012 website Monday, listing the participating stores around the globe ahead of Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York.