Contagious and Infectious Diseases

Matthew R. Kerns on Gay Fantasia, his late-night theater immersion project

For Gay Fantasia, opening this weekend at Naropa University's Nalanda Campus, the audience has a chance to be direct participants in the production. The piece -- which binds the last days of Harvey Milk together with the beginning of the HIV and AIDS crisis through a personal story -- is presented i ... More >>

Kasel Associates Industries, subject of smell complaints, recalls more pet treats

Back in December, we told you about a group of neighbors in RiNo who have been raising a stink over what they say are "putrid" smells coming from a pet treat factory called Kasel Associates Industries. The same month that the factory's owner sued the neighbors for harassment, batches of his products ... More >>

How To Survive A Plague: An AIDS and GLBTQ activism film primer

In 1987, ACT UP -- the AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power -- was born in New York City, an activist-centered response to the growing HIV and AIDS epidemic that was largely going ignored by the American government. Through How To Survive A Plague, a documentary opening Friday, October 12 at the Denver ... More >>

David France examines the history and survival of ACT UP

All the Rage

Occupy Denver: Police and Public Works amp up park visits after reported scabies case

Last week, one Occupy Denver protester self-identified as having scabies. The skin infection, created by mites inside the skin, is spread through close contact, leaving city officials concerned about health in Civic Center Park and protesters worried about repeated visits from police and Public Work ... More >>

Cafe Cultura's Rise Up! offers free HIV and AIDS testing this Friday

​The hardest part about getting tested for HIV and AIDS often isn't the test itself -- it's the anxiety surrounding the whole experience. For the last three years, Café Cultura has set out to east that tension by offering free testing in a comfortable atmosphere. In honor of National Women and G ... 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 >>

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 already ... 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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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:

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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 >>

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...

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 >>

Lending Aid

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

A Walk to Remember

Least popular button on 14th Street: FluVote

Out of AFrica

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

Artistic Assistance

Of Meth and Men

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

A Walk to Remember

The Low Down

Life on the down low can be risky business.

A Grim Prognosis

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

Positive Thinking

The Positive Project offers a human learning experience.

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

Going Ape

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

A MAGIC BULLET FOR 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

GETTING TESTY

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

LETTERS

ILL WILL

LETTERS

LETTERS

ILL WILL

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