Blood-borne disease scare at UPEI
Students may have been exposed to HIV, Hep B and C, during blood sugar testing
View ArticleWhat students are talking about today (October 5 edition)
Voyeur arrested, three-year degrees & pipeline politics
View ArticleHalf of students don’t use condoms? Really?
The surprising results of Canadian student sex surveys
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Was Jane Doe the bait?
Her name is covered by a publication ban, but it waits on the witness list of Regina vs. Johnson Aziga like a ticking bomb. “Jane Doe” is the last woman known to have slept with Aziga, a man on trial...
View ArticleInsite, foresight, hindsight
The B.C. Court of Appeal’s ruling on Vancouver’s Insite shooting gallery for heroin addicts makes for interesting reading. We are all so busy arguing over the merits of harm reduction, and the wisdom...
View ArticleIdea alert
Keith Martin says there’s already a framework for addressing maternal and child health internationally. And, as luck would have it, he helped write it. Last summer, at the pre-G8 Conference on...
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Playtime for proteins
When Mark Thompson plays his favourite video game, he’s focused on fighting HIV and Alzheimer’s rather than killing aliens or battling zombies. Thompson is one of the top players on Foldit, an online...
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How public health failed
With an almost eight per cent infection rate, 60 per cent of government health spending in Kenya goes toward AIDS; John only recently began to practice safe sex | Marco Negri/Zuma/Keystone Press; Larry...
View ArticleAre all these people soft on crime?
Two weeks ago, a group representing 11 religious denominations expressed its objections to the government’s justice program. Now, it’s a group of 500 health professionals that is registering its...
View ArticleHIV deaths in China cut 60 per cent in 7 years
Improved access to HIV drugs in China has reduced deaths by more than 60 per cent in seven years, although more still needs to be done to improve access, researchers say in the Lancet Infectious...
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Newsmakers: July 14-21
Kevin Winter/American Idol He speeds for good deeds When you imagine the record-holder for the fastest bicycle trip across Canada, you’re probably not picturing somebody’s grandpa. But as of this week,...
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Good news, bad news: July 28-August 4
Good news Tom Williams/Roll Call/Getty Images Declaring war on war criminals For years, the federal government stubbornly refused to release the names and faces of suspected war criminals hiding in...
View ArticleThe police blotter
British Columbia: RCMP arrested a 65-year-old Surrey man for allegedly selling homemade “moonshine” to walk-up customers from the basement window of his home, as well as operating an illegal still...
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Insite: ‘Too early to tell’ if it works?
“I think it’s just too early to tell.”—Ontario health minister Deb Matthews on whether she opposes safe-injection sites, 11/02/2011 In the 1990s, Vancouver was Canada’s capital of drug-related crime...
View ArticleFor Roger
NDP MP Glenn Thibeault reflects on his brother, Roger, who died 20 years ago of AIDS. For World AIDS Day, Thibeault is hoping to bring the experiences he learned from his brother to Parliament. “I hope...
View ArticleSupreme Court hears HIV transmission trial
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Wednesday in two cases that examine the line between sexual non-disclosure and aggravated assault. At issue is whether people who know they have HIV or AIDS...
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Should we make surgeons get tested for HIV, hep B and hep C?
Petr Josek/Reuters When patients go into the hospital for a surgery, it’s next to a miracle they ever leave the building unscathed. It’s not that hospital administrators and health professionals don’t...
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Can mass HIV testing really end AIDS?
Dr. Julio Montaner, Director of the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. (Darryl Dyck/CP) “And if we can stop the transmission, we can stop the disease.”—Dr. Julio Montaner, director of...
View ArticleBill C-398 defeated
A sufficient number of Conservatives voted against Bill C-398 tonight to defeat the private members’ bill that was intended to make it easier to send generic medicine to developing countries. A...
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