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December 28, 2005
Feds Ask Questions, HIV Preventionistas Squirm
The advocacy group Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP) is sounding an alarm about a new federal monitoring system that they say may frighten away clients of HIV prevention programs with invasive questions and unconvincing promises of privacy. 
December 20, 2005
HIV Snapshots From The ICAAC Conference
There were no HIV treatment headlines out of this week's Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) in Washington, DC, but reports of some new drugs in development were enough to create a small buzz.
December 14, 2005
HIV Rapid Tests Under Fire
The new oral HIV test—just a swab of your cheek, with results in 20 minutes—is in trouble. A rash of false-positives in San Francisco and elsewhere has left health officials wondering about the future of the OraQuick Advance test, which has come into wide use this year and had high hopes of going over-the-counter in 2006. 
December 07, 2005
Reader Feedback On 'Our Movement'
More POZ.com reactions to Sean Strub’s World AIDS Day speech...
Neuropathy News: Getting Off the Pain Train
Burning feet, tingling hands, numb toes—the symptoms of HIV-related peripheral neuropathy can be torture. Just ask the 30% of people with HIV who suffer from PN...
December 05, 2005
POZ Podium: Sean Strub: What's Wrong With Our Movement
Sean Strub As we stand here on World AIDS Day, in this magnificent setting, our theme, and my assigned topic, is "Embrace Life." But I may not address it in quite the way the organizers intended. I find it hard to Embrace Life when...
December 01, 2005
The Promise Keepers: World AIDS Day On Campus
College kids all over the country are taking a break today from studying for finals to write their names on strips of bright-red paper along with a personal promise about fighting AIDS—anything from having safe sex to lobbying Congress. 
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