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He Jiankui, the Chinese scientist who stunned (and horrified) the world by claiming he edited the DNA of unborn children to make them immune to HIV, is reportedly in state custody and may face the death penalty for his actions.

Hecklers disrupted former President Bill Clinton’s speech at the International AIDS Conference in Amsterdam on Friday. 

According to the report, the percentage of young people who have ever had sex has dropped from 48 percent in 2007 to 39.5 percent in 2017. Additionally, the percentage of youth reporting having four or more sexual partners decreased five percentage points, from 15 percent in 2007 to 9.7 percent in 2017.

A man who boasted he was “riddled” with HIV was jailed after being found guilty of intentionally infecting his sexual partners in a landmark court ruling.

Popular gay dating app Grindr has introduced a new feature that will remind users to get tested for HIV every three to six months.

Officials in Galveston County, Texas, say nearly 10,000 patients of a health clinic may have been exposed to potentially life-threatening viruses including HIV and Hepatitis due to faulty serialization procedures. State and local officials are attempting to determine if any patients were actually infected.

A “cluster outbreak” has caused at least 125 people in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, to contract sexually-transmitted diseases such as HIV and syphilis.

Porn star August Ames was found dead of an apparent suicide Wednesday, one day after the adult actress was apparently bullied by social justice warriors on social media for explaining she would not perform in scenes alongside male actors who also perform in gay porn, due to health concerns.

The city of Columbus, Ohio, handed out 1.5 million free needles to drug abusers as a way to stop HIV and infectious diseases.

In a controversial move, California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill lowering the crime of deliberately exposing a sexual partner to HIV from a felony to a misdemeanor.

An HIV positive man has been accused of attempting to infect Grindr dates with sabotaged condoms, according to a report.

Health care company Aetna potentially revealed the HIV status of thousands of customers after sending out letters with their details clearly visible through the envelope window.

The Free Speech Coalition (FSC), the United States porn industry’s leading trade group, is urging the shutdown of all adult film production following concerns that an adult film performer has possibly tested positive for HIV.

An HIV positive Ethiopian migrant charged with the rape of two underage girls in Östergötland took steps to “deliberately expose” victims “to the risk of contracting a chronic and life-threatening disease”.

An 88-year-old woman says she was able to talk her way out of being raped after she lied to her would-be attacker and said she was HIV-positive.

Nearly 600 veterans who received care at a Wisconsin VA hospital may have been infected with diseases such as Hepatitis and HIV due to violations in infection control procedures.

On the eve of the World AIDS Day, Pope Francis urged people to adopt “responsible behavior” to halt the proliferation of the disease.

A groundbreaking Israeli-invented drug may be the cure for AIDS, with trials showing a 97% decrease of the virus in patients’ blood in just over a week.

A devastating Human Rights Watch report published Monday accuses members of the Nigerian military of raping underaged Boko Haram victims, leading to a dramatic increase in the number of HIV cases at the camp.

Syphilis is making a comeback among millennials thanks to Tinder, a new CDC report says.

HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES — Approximately 100 adult performers stood on West Sunset Boulevard on Monday to protest Proposition 60, the Safer Sex in the Adult Film Industry Act, which would require porn actors to use condoms while engaged in intercourse on screen.

An Arizona man allegedly threatened to shoot victims with an HIV-filled tranquilizer gun while demanding money from them.

A personal fitness trainer from a Chicago suburb has been arrested and charged with knowingly transmitting HIV to several women he was dating.

Actor Charlie Sheen is encouraging HIV-positive celebrities to speak out publicly about the illness as a means to diminish the social stigma attached to the deadly disease.

A woman in Memphis, Tennessee, was arrested after trying to escape from custody by biting one of the officers to expose him to her HIV infection, reports say.

The HIV virus can be spread in plenty more ways than just sex, actress Charlize Theron asserted while delivering the opening remarks at the 21st International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa on Monday.

Even though all refugees are encouraged to participate in an initial domestic medical screening that does include HIV testing within 90 days of entering the country, no one knows how many HIV positive refugees have arrived in the United States in the subsequent six and a half years, since participation in these screenings is voluntary and a significant percentage of refugees simply choose not to be screened.

Graphic video shows a woman whom police have identified as Misty Lee Wilke allegedly running over her boyfriend in retaliation after she found out that he is HIV positive.

Actor Charlie Sheen is back in front of the camera — this time to promote safe sex in an advertisement for a new line of condoms from intimate lifestyle products company LELO.

Iconic Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie may have a closer relationship than most people realized after all, as the two star in a new ad for an STD detection service that sees the longtime best buds analyzing the result of what appears to be their own test.

A Pennsylvania man diagnosed with the HIV virus pleaded guilty to raping a six-year-old boy after arranging the meeting with another child molester.

One in two gay black men in America will be diagnosed with HIV over the course of their lifetime, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

President Obama ended the policy banning people with HIV from entering the U.S. in 2009, and now the administration is eliminating the entry ban for another three sexually transmitted diseases, according to the Center for Immigration Studies.

On Thursday, over one hundred adult performers planned to protest against mandatory condoms and “porn goggles” at an Oakland meeting of California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health.

A South African mayor defended his decision to award scholarship based on virginity as a way to reduce AIDs and unwanted pregnancies.

Even though the FDA announced this week that homosexuals may give blood, overturning a 30-year-old blanket ban, the government will still not let sexually active homosexuals donate. Any man who identifies as homosexual may only give blood if he stipulates he has not had sexual contact with another man in the previous 12 months.