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HIV Myths Put Through the Wringer (Podcast) (August 20, 2007)
Dr. Luther Virgil from the Integrated Minority AIDS Network discusses -- and dispels -- some of the myths surrounding HIV.
In News & Notes, from National Public Radio
AIDS Myths and Misunderstandings (April 26, 2007)
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From AIDS InfoNet
Statement on the Gambian Government's Unproven Claim of a Cure for AIDS (April 24, 2007)
From International AIDS Society
Magic Johnson Combats AIDS Misperceptions (December 1, 2006)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Cruising With Lazarus (August/September 2006)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Many People in All Racial Groups Believe in HIV Conspiracy Theories, Study Finds (March 2006)
In Journal of AIDS
Study: Many Blacks Cite AIDS Conspiracy (January 25, 2005)
In The Washington Post
True or False: The HIV Knowledge Test (November/December 2003)
Ten questions to gauge your awareness of HIV, who gets it and how it's treated.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
One-Quarter of Canadians Believe HIV Can Be Transmitted Through Kissing, Mosquito Bites, Poll Says (September 3, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
South Africa Man Jailed for Life After Raping Baby to Protect Self From HIV (July 29, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Healthy Skepticism and the Marketing of AIDS (December 2001)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
Myth Versus Reality (December 1, 2001)
In I Care ... Do You? Youth and AIDS in the 21st Century, from American Association for World Health
Hoaxes and Rumors About HIV/AIDS (March 28, 2001)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Myths and Realities: HIV/AIDS (March 2000)
In Satya
Along the Latex Highway: Getting It Straight -- HIV as a Gay Disease Is a Myth That Refuses to Die (March 1999)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
Nationwide Survey Finds Continuing Stigma and Misinformation About AIDS (July 1998)
From U.S. National Institute of Mental Health
Common Misperceptions About HIV/AIDS (February 1994)
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

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