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Is California Governor Jerry Brown Allowing HIV-Positive People to Donate Blood?
Written by:
Arturo Garcia
Sep 18, 2017
Web sites misstate what would happen under a bill that was signed into law on 6 October 2017.
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Did the Trump Administration’s Policies Halt a Research Project Seeking an HIV Cure?
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Dec 11, 2018
A quietly instituted “pause” on the federal procurement of fetal tissue for biomedical research ...
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Did a Young Woman Deliberately Infect 324 Men With HIV?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Apr 6, 2018
A dubious story is based on a baseless, unverified, and anonymous Facebook post.
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Is Anchor Butter Contaminated with HIV?
Written by:
David Emery
Mar 1, 2018
A new variant of a years-old rumor about a worker adding HIV-infected blood to foods or beverage ...
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Are Cadbury Products Contaminated with HIV?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Feb 25, 2018
Rumors that a worker at Cadbury plant was arrested for contaminating the company's products with ...
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Trump Fires All Remaining Members of Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Dec 30, 2017
The controversial move followed the highly publicized resignation of six members in August 2017 ...
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Is There a 'New Outbreak' of HPV That 'Kills Faster than AIDS'?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Nov 27, 2017
A fabricated health scare that originated in Africa got a new lease on life in November 2017.
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Did the Man Who Discovered the HIV Virus Confess to 'Inventing' It?
Written by:
Dan MacGuill
Jun 12, 2017
A bizarre, entirely false story originated on a web site notorious for bizarre, entirely false s ...
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Was Mia Khalifa Diagnosed with HIV?
Written by:
Dan Evon
Apr 21, 2017
Rumors that the porn star is HIV-positive originated on a fake news web site.
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Warning Issued by Thailand About HIV in Canned Food?
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Dec 29, 2016
Age-old rumors about viral contamination of food evolved into a claim that HIV is present in can ...
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Bee Venom Kills HIV
Written by:
Alex Kasprak
Dec 19, 2016
Preliminary research has shown that a single compound found in bee venom can destroy HIV, but it ...
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600 Veterans Possibly Infected with HIV and Hepatitis at VA Facility in Wisconsin
Written by:
David Emery
Dec 4, 2016
The VA says there is no indication infections were transmitted by a dentist using unauthorized e ...
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Sex Roulette
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
May 18, 2016
A number of tabloids are reporting rumors that a risky new "sex roulette" trend — involving orgi ...
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South Africa's 'HIV Genital Tattoo' Law
Written by:
Dan Evon
Apr 19, 2016
A fake news article reported that a new law in South Africa would require people with HIV to ind ...
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Charlie Sheen: I've Been HIV Positive for Four Years
Written by:
Dan Evon
Nov 17, 2015
Actor Charlie Sheen publicly acknowledged in November 2015 that he has been HIV-positive for fou ...
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Are Discolored Bananas Infected with HIV?
Written by:
Dan Evon
David Mikkelson
Nov 10, 2015
Discolored bananas that have fallen prey to a fungus may be visually unappealing, but they do no ...
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Off the Beaten Tracts
Written by:
Kim LaCapria
Oct 8, 2015
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Is Pepsi Contaminated with HIV?
Written by:
David Mikkelson
Jul 14, 2011
Rumors that a worker at a Pepsi or Frooti plant contaminated those beverage products by injectin ...
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AIDS Mary
Written by:
Barbara Mikkelson
Sep 27, 2000
A long-circulating urban legend, "AIDS Mary," holds that a woman seduces men with the intent of ...
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HIV-Infected Needle Attacks
Written by:
Snopes Staff
Barbara Mikkelson
Mar 1, 1998
Decades-old rumor holds that madmen are jabbing unsuspecting moviegoers with HIV-infected needles.
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