Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Seeing Red

Replace Sex Ed with Horror Ed

Can You Keep a Secret?

If it's about John Doe having AIDS, you'd better not talk. You're probably not supposed to know in the first place.

Love (and War) in the Time of HIV

If you believe your lover infected you with the AIDS virus, what's to stop you from telling the world?

Florida Inventor Has Condom Idea

Florida businessman-turned-inventor Doug Sturlingh just filed patent papers for a product he believes will "change the world." It's called the Genital Shield, and -- though the name is a bit of a boner-shrinker -- he believes it will eventually rid the planet of STDs. His target consumer: responsibl ... More >>

60 Minutes of Controversy

Florida businessman-turned-inventor Doug Sturlingh just filed patent papers for a product he believes will "change the world." It's called the Genital Shield, and -- though the name is a bit of a boner-shrinker -- he believes it will eventually rid the planet of STDs. His target consumer: responsibl ... More >>

Loudmouths

In the battle against AIDS, some people say shouting is more effective than talking. And if you don't agree, watch out!

Firing Line

A UM nurse told a patient about a positive preliminary HIV test result -- and that was the last thing she did

Genital Shield Promises to Rid the World of STDs

A UM nurse told a patient about a positive preliminary HIV test result -- and that was the last thing she did

Here’s to Your Health

When Magic Johnson speaks, we all should listen

Looking for Mr. Positive

Urban legend or reality, The Bugchasers seeks a spotlight

Walk On, Walk Proud

Urban legend or reality, The Bugchasers seeks a spotlight

Buy More Art

Urban legend or reality, The Bugchasers seeks a spotlight

Dancing From the Heart

MCDC brings real issues to the stage

Practice Safe Sex

Miami residents may not be seeking the care they need

Positive Living

Miami residents may not be seeking the care they need

The Unwanted Test

It wasn't part of the school curriculum, and for one girl who is HIV-positive, it was a bad idea

Sex and Consequences

The new South Beach lifestyle: Same as the old South Beach lifestyle

At the Viral Front

The continuing war on HIV/AIDS

Notes from the Dead Zone

The politics of AIDS funding in black Miami

Deca-D

Even if this anabolic steroid is only a support drug in the war on HIV, why take it off the market?

BEST CURE FOR AIDS ISOLATION

The Center for Positive Connections

Don't Tell, Don't Ask

A teenager born with HIV was never told of her status until it was too late. How this happened, and why, is now a matter of national debate.

Best Charity

Food for Life Network

Dish

Saying Grace over Life's Food

The New Dealers

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

Closing Time

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

The Doctor is Out

Beset by internecine battles, troubled leadership, and funding cuts, the local office of the Florida Department of Health is in need of intensive care.

Size Matters

That's the motto among gay men in Miami Beach who have fueled a rage for illegal steroids -- health considerations be damned

Fall from Grace

Health Crisis Network's stunning financial meltdown has spurred an outpouring of concern and a raft of rumors

Good Work, Now You're Fired

Once a uniquely innovative clinic devoted to HIV and AIDS patients, Miami Beach's Stratogen Health surrenders to the corporate buyout

The (Signed)Language of Love

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

Rhaynetta's Cause: The Epilogue

AIDS activist Rhaynetta Cheatham finally succumbs to the illness

Rhaynetta's Cause

Even through her own struggle with the disease, Rhaynetta Cheatham has worked tirelessly to bring AIDS awareness where it's most needed: Miami's black community

The Bureaucracy to End All Bureaucracies

The county's AIDS umbrella group draws fire from a Metro official -- and loses its executive director

The Killer Inside Me

The county's AIDS umbrella group draws fire from a Metro official -- and loses its executive director

Obama's First 100 Days and Barely Any Action on HIV/AIDS

Wednesday will mark the culmination of President Obama's first 100 days in office, and he's done a lot: passed a massive stimulus package, ordered the closure of Gitmo, made a momentous change in travel policy to Cuba, had some pirates shot, and got a dog named Bo. Though, one area where he's moved ... More >>

On Day 99, Obama Hires HIV Czar

A quick followup of sorts to our post Monday highlighting the Obama administration's inaction on HIV/AIDS during his first 100 days in office. Yesterday it was announced the president has chosen Dr. Eric Goosby to head PEPFAR. Goosby served in the Clinton administration as deputy director of the Nat ... More >>

Florida Lab Makes Potential HIV Breakthrough

A leading research lab in Port St. Lucie thinks it might have made a potential breakthrough in the treatment and eradication of HIV. Current medications suppress the virus to undetectable levels in patients' bodies, allowing them to live relatively normal, long lives. However, the crafty little ... More >>

CNN Profiles Miami's "Kool-Aid Kids," Children Born with HIV

Every week at Jackson Memorial Hospital, teens and young adults who were either born with HIV or infected at a young age meet. They call themselves the Kool-Aid Kids. They've defied the odds and lived to a time when HIV is a manageable, albeit chronic, disease. CNN recently profiled them, and today ... More >>

HIV Rate Increases in Florida as AIDS-Related Deaths Decline

The Herald has done a pretty good job of outlining the results of Man Up: The Crisis of HIV/AIDS Among Florida's Men, by the Florida Department of Health, but the numbers are pretty shocking and worth repeating. And yeah, if you haven't been tested lately, maybe you make an appointment.1 out of ... More >>

Out of the Closet Marks World AIDS Day With 12-Hour HIV-Testing Marathon

More than 90,000 Floridians are living with HIV/AIDS, especially here in Miami-Dade, where one in every 98 Hispanic men, one in every 60 non-Hispanic white men, and one in every 29 African-American men are living with the disease. Luckily, HIV isn't necessarily an automatic deat ... More >>

AIDS Drug Wait-list Could Be Deadly for Miami-Dade Minorities

Florida budget cuts are putting AIDS pills out of reach​A new statewide waiting list for antiretroviral drugs is putting thousands of Florida's poorest AIDS patients in serious danger, according to a top doctor at the University of Miami.The list is particularly devastating for Miami-Dade minoriti ... More >>

Human Rights Watch Slams Florida, Southern States in New Report on HIV

Anti-retrivorals are particularly hard to get in Florida, says Human Rights Watch​In a report on HIV released this morning, Human Rights Watch criticizes Florida and other southern states for neglecting the epidemic and, in some cases, fueling the deadly disease.The report, "Southern Exposure: Hum ... 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 >>

With Thousands of Lives On the Line, Florida Considers Stricter Restrictions On HIV Drug Assistance

​As the HIV/AIDS epidemic enters its fourth decade, powerful antiretroviral drugs give patients hope at living long and relatively normal lives, but those drugs come with a hefty price tag and many patients rely on government assistance programs to obtain them. Florida's AIDS Drugs Assistance Prog ... More >>

Chlamydia and Syphilis on the Rise Amongst South Florida Seniors

​News flash: old people still like to bone. Unsurprisingly, as people who came of age in the wild child, free love era of the '60s and early '70s start to near their golden years the rates of new STD infections amongst the old is skyrocketing. In fact, cases of chlamydia and syphilis amongst those ... More >>

HIV Porn Scandal: Brazzers' Parent Company Responds

​The American porn industry has voluntarily shut itself down after a male performer working in Florida tested positive for HIV. Yesterday, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which fights for the use of condoms in adult movies, issued a press release claiming the performer worked for Brazzers.com ... More >>

AIDS Wolf at Churchill's Pub November 3

​The American porn industry has voluntarily shut itself down after a male performer working in Florida tested positive for HIV. Yesterday, the AIDS Healthcare Foundation, which fights for the use of condoms in adult movies, issued a press release claiming the performer worked for Brazzers.com ... More >>

Ronald Reagan High Student Sues After School Newspaper Used His Photo To Illustrate STD Story

FacebookFace blocked out of sympathy.​A former student at Ronald W. Reagan/Doral Senior High School has filed a lawsuit against the district, claiming that his face was used to illustrate a school newspaper article on sexually transmitted diseases in teenagers. After the article, kids teased h ... More >>