HIV Archives

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...

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.

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...

Bee Venom Kills HIV

Preliminary research has shown that a single compound found in bee venom can destroy HIV,...

600 Veterans Possibly Infected with HIV and Hepatitis at VA Facility in Wisconsin

The VA says there is no indication infections were transmitted by a dentist using unauthorized...