Contagious and Infectious Diseases

AIDS Wolf at Churchill's Pub November 3

AIDS Wolf Announces Miami Show at Churchill's Pub November 3

​AIDS Wolf play a noise-rock variant in the grand tradition of Miami's own Harry Pussy. That is, a blasting mix of guitar and drums that rocks as hard as it rumbles your eardrums. When you're dealing with hippies, it's free rock. And when you're dealing with art-damaged drug addicts, it's no ... More >>

Florida Judge Rules HIV Notification Laws Apply Only to Straight People

​In 1997, the Florida Legislature passed a law that made it a felony for a person with any STD, including HIV, to have sexual intercourse without informing their partner of their status beforehand. Problem is the only thing legally considered "sexual intercourse" in the State of Florida is your st ... More >>

Miami is America's Sixth Sickest City

​We're not quite allergic to The Daily Beast's trademark city ranking listicle yet, but their latest has us feeling a little sick. According to their statistics, Miami is America's sixth sickest city. No, that's not "sick" as in "perverted" or "sick" as in bro-talk for "awesome," though we have a ... More >>

Florida Avoids HIV Medication Crisis: Welvista Agrees to Provide Free Drugs Until April 1

​Roughly a week before Florida was set to exhaust all funding for its life-saving AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP), non-profit pharmacy Welvista has agreed to help the cash-strapped state by providing poor Floridians with free anti-retroviral medications.As we wrote last week, the funding snafu ... More >>

AIDS Funding for Poor Floridians Set to Run-Out in Two Weeks

​Florida's AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) runs out in two weeks. The problem is, new funding doesn't kick-in until April. That shortfall has left legislators and activists scrambling to secure extra funds to keep anti-retroviral medication flowing to the Sunshine State's 10,600 ADAP recipient ... More >>

Oral Sex May Be Linked to Rise in Certain Cancers

​Finding out oral sex may lead to higher incidences of certain types of cancer is like finding out puppies may give you a stroke or rainbows can blind you. It is just horrible. Yet, that's exactly what a new study suggests. The study links the up-tick in certain types of head and neck cancers to t ... More >>

Three More Cases of Miami Beach Hookworm Blamed on Cat Poop

​Feral cats using the sands of Miami Beach as a giant communal litter box has led to an increasing outbreak of hookworm. The Miami-Dade Department of Health has confirmed that three new cases of hookworm have appeared in humans. Great, we've now got hookworm, cholera and dengue fever war ... More >>

Supreme Court Considers Vaccine-Autism Case While New Times Probe Draws Ire

Dr. Gary Kompothecras, an influential political donor to Gov. Charlie Crist, is at the center of a controversial study.​The U.S. Supreme Court today is scheduled to hear a case that could have a wide-ranging impact on hundreds of lawsuits that claim there is a direct link between autism and vaccin ... More >>

Foodborne Illnesses 101: Eat and Run (To the Bathroom)

Nina Mathews on flickr Eat me at your own risk.​Last year it was peanut butter. Last month it was eggs. Who knows what food-borne illness outbreak will hit us this month. Seems like outbreaks are coming at us faster than New Jersey-based reality TV shows these days. But besides satisfying ... More >>

Eight Months Later, the EPIC Hotel's Water is Fine

Last November, a patient being treated for Legionnaire's Disease was found to have stayed at the EPIC Hotel in downtown Miami. Two weeks later, a second patient, treated after contracting Legionnaire's Disease, was traced back to the EPIC as well. And then, there was a third. The Miami-Dade County H ... More >>

Comeback with Rent

Last November, a patient being treated for Legionnaire's Disease was found to have stayed at the EPIC Hotel in downtown Miami. Two weeks later, a second patient, treated after contracting Legionnaire's Disease, was traced back to the EPIC as well. And then, there was a third. The Miami-Dade County H ... More >>

Suspected Case of Dengue Fever in Miami Beach Comes Back Negative

via Kitbag​Looks like we shouldn't be quite so worried about a third world disease roaring back into Miami-Dade yet (take that Tom Tancredo). Health officials reported yesterday that a case of Dengue Fever had popped up in a Miami Beach man, but now they say his test results have come back negativ ... More >>

MP3 of the Day: "Sun Street" by Deer Tick, Playing White Room July 28

​Any attempt at actually narrowing down the sound of the Providence, Rhode Island-based quartet Deer Tick ultimately comes up short. To the band's credit, that's because it actually defies definition. The fact the foursome often falls back on an alt-country approach may enter the equation, but equ ... More >>

Eating for Two

​Any attempt at actually narrowing down the sound of the Providence, Rhode Island-based quartet Deer Tick ultimately comes up short. To the band's credit, that's because it actually defies definition. The fact the foursome often falls back on an alt-country approach may enter the equation, but equ ... More >>

Swine Flu Officially a Pandemic; 75 Cases in Miami-Dade

Almost two months after the first case was reported, and about a month since anyone cared, the World Health Organization has declared swine flu is officially the first flu pandemic in 41 years!So far, H1N1 has killed 144 people, a small number compared to the millions who died during the last fl ... More >>

1 out of 3 Swine Flu Cases in Florida are in Miami-Dade

We had our fun popping the balloon of the swine flu, excuse me, H1N1 hysteria, but we never once told you to abandon your hourly ritual of hand sanitizer cleansing. Since Miami is a major hub of international travel, especially to Latin America, it always made sense to us that the strain of flu ... More >>

U.S. Won't Grant HIV-Positive Cuban Asylum

viaGive us your poor, your tired, but apparently not your HIV We don't have to familiarize any locals with the wet foot, dry foot policy, aka The Cuban Adjustment Act. Any Cuban who makes it to American soil is allowed to seek residency. Well, not any Cuban migrant. Not if that Cuban is HIV . & ... More >>

Swine Flu Patient Traveled Through Miami

via FlickrThe fine country of Austria reported its first case of swine flu today according to the World Health Organization. The patient, a 28-year-old woman, who recently returned from a trip to Guatemala to visit her parents, is expected to recover. The woman flew from Guatemala to an airport in M ... More >>

We Have Herpes in Common

via FlickrThe fine country of Austria reported its first case of swine flu today according to the World Health Organization. The patient, a 28-year-old woman, who recently returned from a trip to Guatemala to visit her parents, is expected to recover. The woman flew from Guatemala to an airport in M ... More >>

Miami HIV Scammers Guilty of $5.3 Million Medicare Fraud

A federal jury this week convicted two doctors and two assistants of bilking Medicare for millions of dollars by setting up a bogus HIV clinic in Miami, the State Attorney's office tells Riptide, the latest conviction in a racket that's quickly become the Magic City's seamiest new claim to crooked f ... More >>

Take Responsibility on World AIDS Day

Today is World AIDS day, and the single most important thing everyone can do personally is get tested regularly and play safe. The good news about HIV in America in 2008 is that if detected early most people can still look forward to a long, full life. The expected life span is nearing normal, and t ... More >>

Walk for a Different Cure

Today is World AIDS day, and the single most important thing everyone can do personally is get tested regularly and play safe. The good news about HIV in America in 2008 is that if detected early most people can still look forward to a long, full life. The expected life span is nearing normal, and t ... More >>

While You Were Out

Florida's educational system leaves a lot to be desired.

Flex in Effect

Florida's educational system leaves a lot to be desired.

Night&Day

Florida's educational system leaves a lot to be desired.

Letters from the Issue of July 08, 2004

Florida's educational system leaves a lot to be desired.

Under the Stars

Miami's gay community parties on despite the specter of a growing HIV/AIDS threat

This Week's Day by Day Picks

Miami's gay community parties on despite the specter of a growing HIV/AIDS threat

Saving Souls, Saving Lives

In the black church, treating the spirit doesn't always mix well with treating AIDS

The Beef on Tainted Bovine

Mad cow disease, part 3

A Whack at PWAC

The City of Miami and developers are targeting an AIDS group's venerable thrift store

Best Charity

Food for Life Network

Fight for Your White to Party

White Party Week is one of the nation's biggest AIDS fundraisers and wildest bashes -- a problem or a godsend, depending on whom you ask

The New Dealers

They're poor, black, and HIV-positive. Their product? The AIDS medications intended to cure them.

Down and Out in Miami-Dade County

Poor, unemployed, stricken with AIDS, and at the mercy of government bureaucrats. No wonder Vivian Rolon's life is hell.

Gone But Maybe Not Forgotten

What happens to a young artist's work when he or she is struck down by AIDS? Good question.

Lawsuit? What Lawsuit?

Miami Beach police have no idea why the city paid off a victim of alleged gay bashing

The (Signed)Language of Love

AIDS educators are targeting a new group -- deaf gay men

Live Performance Lives!

AIDS educators are targeting a new group -- deaf gay men

All Hail the New Olivier

AIDS educators are targeting a new group -- deaf gay men

One Million for You Group, One Million for My Group

Conflict-of-interest allegations force a recount in the divvying-up of federal AIDS funding

Critical Condition

AIDS researcher of high repute. Proprietor of a glamorous Miami Beach spa. Target of a federal criminal probe. The many sides of Dr. Lionel Resnick.

Bad Medicine

He allegedly fondled and caressed patients against their will. AIDS patients. No wonder he is known as Doctor Scumbag.

The Killer Inside Me

He allegedly fondled and caressed patients against their will. AIDS patients. No wonder he is known as Doctor Scumbag.

Naughty Bits

He allegedly fondled and caressed patients against their will. AIDS patients. No wonder he is known as Doctor Scumbag.

The Scarlet P

He allegedly fondled and caressed patients against their will. AIDS patients. No wonder he is known as Doctor Scumbag.

King Con Returns

A bumbling justice system has allowed self-proclaimed AIDS miracle worker Basil Wainwright to continue peddling hope -- with harrowing results

Q & A With Bob Kunst

A bumbling justice system has allowed self-proclaimed AIDS miracle worker Basil Wainwright to continue peddling hope -- with harrowing results

Causes of Death Feature

A bumbling justice system has allowed self-proclaimed AIDS miracle worker Basil Wainwright to continue peddling hope -- with harrowing results