Cue up some tunes, and let us be off… Tuesday and I am home after a pleasant afternoon going to class - I enjoy New Testament Studies. We talked about the Gospel of Mark once again and the Baptism of Jesus. We’ve been here before in Gospel and Acts from last semester. After class Luigi a...

Over the past decade it has become accepted that some T cells play a role in dampening down immune responses. These cells are dubbed regulatory T cells or Treg for short. In lab studies, Treg have been shown to suppress the activation of other T cells, and there is considerable evidence that this re...

"Non, je ne regrette rien" As I am writing this morning and listening to the songs of the "little sparrow" - Edith Piaf - my mind starts drifting back over my life. Can't think of a better place to reflect on life's 'regrets' than Turkey Hollow. With Spring encroa...

Some very promising news on an otherwise disappointing day. The Chicago Tribune and local news stations report a bill giving gay and lesbian couples the right to form civil unions in Illinois has "squeaked" through a key committee. [The bill]......

Linda, a 24-year-old sex worker in Kigali, Rwanda, didn’t want to be tested for HIV because she feared she would find she would soon die. Her fear was not unfounded. Being aware of one’s HIV-positive status was a first step toward dying of AIDS in Rwanda, as in most parts of Africa. Anti-retrovi...

Here’s a crazy fucking story, some Ethiopian dude who lives in Chicago has been sending Obama HIV blood because he wants help from the government because he’s very sick with HIV. Now, I’ve heard of this happening at bank machines a couple years ago, when Aids was still relevant and...

  Some whack job is in custody after mailing HIV-tainted blood to President Obama. [CNN] As if you needed more reasons to have sex. [Physorg] Oh no! Ed McMahon is hospitalized with pneumonia, and he's in serious condition. Can this poor guy not get a break? [Us] It appears Jessica Capshaw w...

The NYT City Room blog reports that RuPaul's Drag Race contestant Ongina has hand-delivered a $25,000 donation from the MAC Cosmetics AIDS Fund to NYC's Hetrick-Martin High school, which serves LGBT students who've had difficulty in regular public schools. The school is noted for being a space where...

Yesterday Colorado state Sen. Dave Schultheis voted against a bill paying for the HIV screening of pregnant women because only sluts get AIDS. Democrats were outraged Wednesday morning when Republican state Sen. Dave Schultheis said he planned to vote against a bill to require HIV tests for pregnant...

A young journalist from Britain writes that the LGBT community needs a stronger and more effective HIV/AIDS prevention program: Craig’s story brings home the reality of barebacking – a reality missed by the glossy HIV prevention adverts and messages aimed at my generation of gay men (I’...