Contagious and Infectious Diseases

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LETTERS

Best Travel Advice for Scary Places

International Travel Clinic

The Low Down

Life on the down low can be risky business.

Lending Aid

AfroBlu mixes things up to raise funds for AIDS in Africa.

A Walk to Remember

AfroBlu mixes things up to raise funds for AIDS in Africa.

Positive Thinking

The Positive Project offers a human learning experience.

Out of AFrica

The World Vision Experience personalizes the horror of AIDS in Africa.

Runway Success

The World Vision Experience personalizes the horror of AIDS in Africa.

Artistic Assistance

The World Vision Experience personalizes the horror of AIDS in Africa.

A Walk to Remember

The World Vision Experience personalizes the horror of AIDS in Africa.

Of Meth and Men

The drug fuels gay parties -- but the party was almost over before Rod finally found help.

Lust Lost

Unblinking Beirut imagines an era when AIDS poisons intimacy.

A Grim Prognosis

HIV infection is soaring in the Latino population. Can El Futuro slow it down?

Free For All

Highlighting the week's greatest gratis event

New Life

It may be the thought that counts, but only donations will keep the Colorado AIDS Project out of trouble.

Art for AIDS' Sake

What to see on "A Day Without Art."

A Plague on All Your Houses

Denver readies itself for a bio-bomb — but is the federal program behind this exercise a dud?

Nobody Gets Out of Here Alive

Patrick Gourley has seen enough death from AIDS. Now it’s time for rebirth.

Up and Running

Powerful new AIDS-fighting drugs seem to be working. And so are the people who take them.

Man on a Mission

Powerful new AIDS-fighting drugs seem to be working. And so are the people who take them.

Going Ape

Animal-rights activists want a CU scientist to stop the monkey business.

Bloodletting

Performance artist Cristofer Lix talks and sings about living with AIDS.

A MAGIC BULLET FOR AIDS

Performance artist Cristofer Lix talks and sings about living with AIDS.

ADDICTED TO LOVE

BORN TO AIDS-INFECTED DRUG USERS, THESE WERE THE BABIES NOBODY WANTED. EXCEPT MEGAN ROSS.

DRUG BUST

AS AIDS FUNDS SHRINK, SO DOES ACCESS TO A DRUG THAT COMBATS BLINDNESS.

BRIEF ENCOUNTER

THE NEW AIDS OFFICIAL FOR THE URBAN LEAGUE SUDDENLY QUITS.

ON THE OUTSIDE

FIREBRAND STEVE ARRINGTON, NOW IN ILL HEALTH, RECALLS THE GHOSTS OF AIDS BATTLES PAST.

BUYING TIME

FIREBRAND STEVE ARRINGTON, NOW IN ILL HEALTH, RECALLS THE GHOSTS OF AIDS BATTLES PAST.

GETTING TESTY

A DISPUTE OVER AIDS TESTING ENSNARES A HEALTH OFFICIAL FROM COLORADO SPRINGS.

LETTERS

A DISPUTE OVER AIDS TESTING ENSNARES A HEALTH OFFICIAL FROM COLORADO SPRINGS.

ILL WILL

A DISPUTE OVER AIDS TESTING ENSNARES A HEALTH OFFICIAL FROM COLORADO SPRINGS.

LETTERS

A DISPUTE OVER AIDS TESTING ENSNARES A HEALTH OFFICIAL FROM COLORADO SPRINGS.

ILL WILL

LANCE CLEM, FORMER HEAD OF THE GOVERNOR'S AIDS COUNCIL, CLAIMS A DISPUTE OVER FEDERAL FUNDS COST HIM HIS JOB.

Letters to the Editor

From the week of January 5

Eat the pig! Particularly at the Berkshire!

Seriously, people?  You're getting weird about eating pork now? I understand that all this talk about the swine flu is freaky. I realize that we're kinda on the edge of a panic now, and that the Centers for Disease Control have just announced that a worldwide pandemic is imminent. I get that we ... More >>

Kenny Be's Worst-Case Scenario: How to avoid the swine flu hypedemic, part2

Forget the Swine Flu epidemic. The Swine Flu hypedemic is far more contagious...

What's scarier: swine flu or the vaccine to prevent it?

The virus.​Plenty of parents are terrified to vaccinate their children these days, fearing side effects that are worse than what the vaccine was intended to prevent in the first place. Such concerns are magnified in the case of H1N1, aka the swine flu. After all, as noted in Joel Warner's blog ... More >>

Healthcare pro says "no" to swine-flu vaccine

The virus at work.​In a Tuesday blog, the Colorado Department of Health's Margaret Huffman reassured the public that the H1N1/swine-flu vaccine was safe and said concerns about it weren't dominating calls received on the state's CoHELP info line. If so, that flies in the face of a new Associat ... More >>

State health officials fighting swine flu with sarcasm

The number of swine flu cases reported in Colorado last week fell for the third week in a row, as can be seen on this handy-dandy chart courtesy of the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. But a decline in H1N1 didn't stop the department from making a handy-dandy PSA, which attemp ... More >>

Hepatitis scare at Grand Lake restaurants: Who needs to get shots?

Max & T's.​It was one of those moments when the personal and the professional collided. On Friday, my wife and I were in Grand Lake when a summer storm passed through -- so we took refuge at Max & T's Bar and Grill, where we ate a delicious lunch. Then, the next morning, I opened up my Denver ... More >>

WALKING TALL

Max & T's.​It was one of those moments when the personal and the professional collided. On Friday, my wife and I were in Grand Lake when a summer storm passed through -- so we took refuge at Max & T's Bar and Grill, where we ate a delicious lunch. Then, the next morning, I opened up my Denver ... More >>

World AIDS Day: Here and now

​ Even if you miss out on a Mondo t-shirt for amfAR, there are still ways to observe World AIDS Day locally. Here's how to help let the world know that HIV/AIDS isn't over, because yeah, it's not:

Flu shots may hurt like hell, but free Nuggets tickets should ease the pain

Flickr​The folks at the Colorado Adult Immunization Coalition wants you to get a flu shot -- and to encourage people to volunteer for jabbing, they've created the "Enough is Enough" contest, with those who upload photos of themselves being injected to a Facebook page automatically eligible to ... More >>

Intermountain Humane Society euthanizes 23 cats after ringworm outbreak

IMHS.org​Intermountain Humane Society in Pine Junction is embroiled in a controversy sure to stir any animal lover. After an outbreak of ringworm, center personnel decided to euthanize six cats that came down with the ailment, as well as seventeen others, in an effort to halt the epidemic. But ... More >>

Pozitive Influence

IMHS.org​Intermountain Humane Society in Pine Junction is embroiled in a controversy sure to stir any animal lover. After an outbreak of ringworm, center personnel decided to euthanize six cats that came down with the ailment, as well as seventeen others, in an effort to halt the epidemic. But ... More >>

Briceson Ducharme on The Apocalyptic Ball and living with HIV

Norman Dillon​Tomorrow night, Ginger Sexton and the Sexton drag empire take over the Gothic Theatre for the second annual Apocalyptic Ball, a celebration of life and a fundraiser for the Colorado AIDS Walk. Sexton -- who by day is known as make-up artist Briceson Ducharme -- started up the va ... More >>

Colorado not so proud of potentially Listeria-infested cantaloupe

Flickr​All around the Denver area today, students will be enjoying lunches made exclusively with Colorado products as part of Colorado Proud School Meal Day, which educates students about locally sourced food. One thing that won't (we hope) be on the menu? Listeria. In light of a recent List ... More >>

Diana DeGette and Henry Waxman request listeria outbreak investigation

​U.S. Representative Diana DeGette didn't just fall off the turnip truck. She's been concerned about food safety throughout her tenure in Congress, and yesterday, she and California Representative Henry Waxman sent a letter demanding a full investigation into the listeria contamination that's ... More >>

Five ways to observe World AIDS Day

​ Update: Make that four ways: We've just received this notice from Planned Parenthood's Monica McCafferty. Due to unpredictable and incremental weather and road conditions, we are canceling this evening's candlelight vigil at the Capitol in honor of World AIDS Day. We will reschedule the ev ... More >>