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Did the Trump Administration’s Policies Halt a Research Project Seeking an HIV Cure?

A quietly instituted “pause” on the federal procurement of fetal tissue for biomedical research has...

Did a Young Woman Deliberately Infect 324 Men With HIV?

A dubious story is based on a baseless, unverified, and anonymous Facebook post.

Is Anchor Butter Contaminated with HIV?

A new variant of a years-old rumor about a worker adding HIV-infected blood to foods...

Are Cadbury Products Contaminated with HIV?

Rumors that a worker at Cadbury plant was arrested for contaminating the company's products with...

Trump Fires All Remaining Members of Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS

The controversial move followed the highly publicized resignation of six members in August 2017 and...

Is There a ‘New Outbreak’ of HPV That ‘Kills Faster than AIDS’?

A fabricated health scare that originated in Africa got a new lease on life in...

Is California Governor Jerry Brown Allowing HIV-Positive People to Donate Blood?

Web sites misstate what would happen under a bill that was signed into law on...

Is Pepsi Contaminated with HIV?

Rumors that a worker at a Pepsi or Frooti plant contaminated those beverage products by...

Did the Man Who Discovered the HIV Virus Confess to ‘Inventing’ It?

A bizarre, entirely false story originated on a web site notorious for bizarre, entirely false...

Was Mia Khalifa Diagnosed with HIV?

Rumors that the porn star is HIV-positive originated on a fake news web site.

Are Discolored Bananas Infected with HIV?

Discolored bananas that have fallen prey to a fungus may be visually unappealing, but they...

Warning Issued by Thailand About HIV in Canned Food?

Age-old rumors about viral contamination of food evolved into a claim that HIV is present...