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Sexually Transmitted Diseases

  • Music

    April 25, 2012

    Ring My Belle: Yacht Rock

    The sea is the new state fair.

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Seattle Scientists Inching Toward HIV Vaccine

    Image Source​As our feature story this week makes clear, the fight against HIV/AIDS is far from over. But researchers from the University of Washington and the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have made significant progress developing a vaccine for the virus, and the Gates Foundation has ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2011

    HIV and Depo-Provera in Seattle: What You Should Know

    Image Source​This week's feature story details some fascinating research from the University of Washington about a suspected link between HIV and the birth control shot Depo-Provera. While the contraception is most popular in sub-Saharan Africa, there are a few local connections that should gi ... More >>

  • News

    October 12, 2011

    Depo Dangers

    What a UW study means for Africa's #1 contraceptive.

  • Film

    October 12, 2011

    Seattle Lesbian & Gay Film Festival: Now in Its 16th Queer Year

    Two history lessons at this year's festival.

  • Blogs

    October 11, 2011

    Gates Foundation Project Saves 100,000 Indians from HIV, Study Says

    ​Using counseling, outreach, needle exchanges, a whole lot of condoms and a whole lot of money from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, a project in India was able to stop more than 100,000 people from getting HIV.

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2011

    UW Researchers: Popular Contraceptive Makes African Women More Susceptible to HIV

    For many African women, the generic version of the hormonal birth control shot Depo-Provera is a godsend. Just one injection every three months allows them to know with near-100 percent certainty that they will not conceive unexpectedly. In poverty-stricken nations where mothers frequently suffer se ... More >>

  • News

    October 5, 2011

    Rick Perry: Miracle Faker

    Texas' governor paints a pretty portrait of his state. Pretty inaccurate, that is.

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2011

    Expert: 'Functional Cure for HIV/AIDS Within a Decade'--and Seattle Played a Vital Role in Developing It

    The holy grail of HIV/AIDS research: a one-shot cure.​Research into developing a widely available, functional cure for HIV/AIDS is moving at breakneck speed, prompted by the case of a former Seattle man who became the first person ever cured of the virus, and carried out, in part, by Seattle-a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 11, 2011

    Could Seattle Researchers Find a Cure for HIV?

    Timothy Ray Brown, a former Seattle resident, is the first person in the world cured of HIV​A Seattle organization hopes to develop a cure for HIV with the help of a new $20 million federal grant.

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2010

    Today in Sex: For World AIDS Day, A Reminder of Some of the Greats We've Lost

    ​Though AIDS doesn't make the news every night like it did back in its hellday, there are still over 33 million people living with it worldwide. One and a half million of them here in North America. We know how to prevent it (keep your fluids to yourself), yet ex-president George Bush writes a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 23, 2010

    Today in Sex: Beware, The One-Eye Can Give You Pink Eye

    ​Who doesn't enjoy a nice facial? I mean, what's sex without a facefull of jizz, amirite? Well, next time your best guy gets ready to unload make sure you either squeeze your peepers shut tight or strap on a pair of goggles, because apparently the one-eye can give you pink eye.

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2010

    Catching Crabs at Flying Fish

    I'm at the new South Lake Union location of Flying Fish (reviewed three months ago by our Jason Sheehan) when the server sets down an enormous platter of crabs. Crabs! This sex educator thinks back to those scary VD movies of yesteryear. But making this connection would be too easy, too obvious, an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 23, 2010

    Today in Sex: Celebrate Sex Education Week!

    ​I grew up in a nice liberal suburb of New Jersey where—along with math, science and existentialism—our public school provided a comprehensive, scare-tactic-based foundation in sex education. Along with the boring stuff like the mechanics of the act and pregnancy prevention, we were ... More >>

  • Calendar

    September 15, 2010

    Seattle AIDS Walk

    ​I grew up in a nice liberal suburb of New Jersey where—along with math, science and existentialism—our public school provided a comprehensive, scare-tactic-based foundation in sex education. Along with the boring stuff like the mechanics of the act and pregnancy prevention, we were ... More >>

  • News

    August 4, 2010

    Best of Seattle 2010: Ric Smith

    Best Hero to the Housebound

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2010

    Today in Sex: Wrap It Up, Grandpa!

    ​According to a recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the latest posterboys for STDs aren't zit-riddled, priapic teens, but their gray, grizzled grandpas, brimming with renewed boner-ability thanks to drugs like Cialis and Viagra.

  • Diversions

    January 20, 2010

    Your Words of Wisdom

    ​According to a recent study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine, the latest posterboys for STDs aren't zit-riddled, priapic teens, but their gray, grizzled grandpas, brimming with renewed boner-ability thanks to drugs like Cialis and Viagra.

  • Blogs

    November 19, 2009

    University of Washington Study Holds Important Info for Herpes Sufferers--and Everyone Who Loves Them

    Worst Valentine's Day gift ever​No doubt that most of the U.S.' estimated 45 million Herpes sufferers take the counsel of their doctors and use condoms during sex even between outbreaks. But for those who don't and instead choose to throw their and their partner's future health on the craps ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 27, 2009

    Dine Out for Life This Thursday

    No need to worry about how much you spend, with nearly 150 restaurants participating in Lifelong AIDS Alliance's Dine Out For Life, there's an establishment for every budget. 30% of the proceeds of your omelet, cocktail, burger or five-course meal will go towards Lifelong AIDS Alliance and their var ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 22, 2009

    The UW Gives You Another Reason to Use a Condom

    Nearly one in three Seattleites who noticed they had genital herpes symptoms continued having sex, according to a recent UW study. The study looked at 236 volunteers who were recently diagnosed with the STD:Women reported pain and men reported lesions as the most frequent and bothersome symptom or s ... More >>

  • Calendar

    November 19, 2008

    AIDS Wolf

    Tuesday, November 25

  • News

    November 7, 2007

    Health Officials Want to Track HIV Patients' Partners With Less Red Tape

    AIDSNET Council is drawing up a proposal to send to the state Board of Health.

  • Film

    September 26, 2007

    Angels in the Dust: Again With Miserable Africa

    AIDSNET Council is drawing up a proposal to send to the state Board of Health.

  • News

    May 2, 2007

    As Drug-Resistant HIV Spreads, Its Implications Are Still a Mystery

    It's far from clear how much alarm is warranted for the HIV "superbug."

  • Diversions

    January 17, 2007

    One in Six

    A dose of truth.

  • News

    November 15, 2006

    The AIDS Evangelists

    World Vision is campaigning to raise AIDS compassion among Christians. The key: focus on widows and orphans.

  • Diversions

    February 8, 2006

    Scary Mary

    World Vision is campaigning to raise AIDS compassion among Christians. The key: focus on widows and orphans.

  • Diversions

    July 13, 2005

    Just Say 'Hell, Yeah!'

    World Vision is campaigning to raise AIDS compassion among Christians. The key: focus on widows and orphans.

  • Arts

    March 2, 2005

    Deep Throats

    There's plenty to tell, and not all of it tawdry, in this X-rated account.

  • News

    December 1, 2004

    HIV: Criminal Intent

    Anthony Whitfield was recently convicted in Olympia in one of the nation's worst HIV assault cases. But his prosecution raises serious questions about who is being charged with spreading the AIDS virus and reveals the problems of trying to police private behavior for the public good.

  • News

    August 11, 2004

    The AIDS Scare That Wasn't

    Seattle's 'new wave' of HIV infections hasn't materialized.

  • Diversions

    March 3, 2004

    Wit & Wisdom (Neither From Me!)

    Seattle's 'new wave' of HIV infections hasn't materialized.

  • News

    June 11, 2003

    Im Not a Whore, but I Play One on TV

    The mainstreaming of gay culture leaves no room for realityand opens the door to shame-based HIV.

  • News

    May 21, 2003

    'What We Need to Do'

    African-American clergy join their community's fight against AIDS.

  • News

    November 27, 2002

    WELCOME TO THE MONKEY HOUSE

    Seattle is home to 800 nonhuman primates, but the University of Washington won't let anyone see them. Here's why.

  • News

    October 23, 2002

    The new faces of AIDS

    Disproportionately infected, blacks confront the reality that it's no longer a white, gay disease.

  • News

    July 24, 2002

    AIDS: The Second Wave

    A return to sexually risky behavior prompts an in-your-face response.

  • News

    June 26, 2002

    Boys Will Be Boys

    While lesbian activism is in the streets, gay men are out at play.

  • Arts

    May 22, 2002

    The Nightstand

    Book news and gossip.

  • News

    February 13, 2002

    Love for sale

    A Web site offers help in avoiding all that convoluted rigmarole.

  • Diversions

    December 19, 2001

    Sores & bores

    A Web site offers help in avoiding all that convoluted rigmarole.

  • News

    September 26, 2001

    Queer blood

    Controversy over the prohibition on blood donations from gay men surfaces after the terrorist attacks.

  • Arts

    July 4, 2001

    Tricks of the trade

    A Seattle doctor infiltrates the best little whorehouse in Nevada.

  • News

    June 21, 2000

    Where are the men?

    Gay men's political activism is at a 30-year low.

  • Diversions

    June 21, 2000

    DUMP: The Alternative to EMP

    Gay men's political activism is at a 30-year low.

  • News

    July 7, 1999

    Letters

    "Of course, one can't expect white-coat welfare recipients to admit that their breeding colonies and labs should be cut off from the federal tax dollar trough they feed from . . ."

  • News

    January 27, 1999

    AIDS charity: Patient search

    "Of course, one can't expect white-coat welfare recipients to admit that their breeding colonies and labs should be cut off from the federal tax dollar trough they feed from . . ."

  • Film

    May 6, 1998

    Touch me, I'm sick

    It's sooo tragic when beautiful young white people die.

  • News

    April 1, 1998

    Hope for herpes—again

    After a major disappointment, UW researchers are again on the trail of a new vaccine.

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