All posts tagged "Aids"

President Donald Trump faces another potential headache, as Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) has threatened a blockade against his nominees — over a new issue.

According to Semafor, Cornyn is now vowing "that he [will] not support committee action on Kari Lake’s nomination to be ambassador to Jamaica or Doug Mastriano’s bid to become ambassador to Slovakia without confirmation that the administration will distribute money from the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, commonly known as PEPFAR."

The committee vote was scheduled for Wednesday, and Cornyn made clear what he intended to do....

The internet is buzzing after Charlie Sheen's Today Show appearance, where he announced that he has been HIV positive for more than four years. I shouldn't be surprised that memes and jokes about Sheen #notwinning would be trending on social media, but speculation about his behavior leading up to his diagnosis and the subsequent online reaction was upsetting.

Indian gay rights activists voiced shock and outrage Tuesday over public comments by the health minister that homosexuality was a "disease" brought to the country by foreigners.

GENEVA — The World Health Organisation published Tuesday new global guidelines for expanding AIDS treatment, focusing for the first time on homosexuals, who face discrimination in many countries.