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UK: Church Tells HIV Patients To Stop Treatment

Sky sent three undercover reporters to the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), which is based in Southwark, south London. All of them told the pastors they were HIV positive - all were told they could be healed.

Published
25 November 2011
From
Sky News (video)
Bad science and bogus treatments
Unfounded Claims Of HIV Cure Spikes Demand For Tokay Gecko In Southeast Asia

The medicinal demand for Tokay Geckos has skyrocketed in Southeast Asia, with animals over 300 g in weight in particular demand.

Published
16 November 2011
From
Asian Scientist Magazine
Bad science and bogus treatments
Journalist's Libel Suit Against AIDS Activist Dismissed

A New York state judge has dismissed journalist Celia Farber's libel suit against AIDS activist Richard Jefferys, on the grounds that she is a public figure, making her defamation claims subject to a heightened standard of scrutiny. Celia Farber is a leading critic of the scientific consensus that HIV causes AIDS.

Published
07 November 2011
From
New York Law Journal
Low and theoretical transmission risks
Fish pedicures unlikely to cause HIV infection

The Daily Mail and the Sun are alarming their readers today with articles alleging that “fish foot spa pedicures could spread HIV and hepatitis C” and that

Published
18 October 2011
By
Roger Pebody
Bad science and bogus treatments
UK: Church HIV prayer cure claims 'cause three deaths'

At least three people in London with HIV have died after they stopped taking life saving drugs on the advice of their Evangelical Christian pastors.

Published
18 October 2011
From
BBC
Access to medicines and treatment
In the absence of antiretrovirals, people living with HIV opt for herbs

In the absence of antiretroviral (ARV) treatment, people living with HIV in Uganda are seeking other ways to delay the onset of AIDS or to treat opportunistic infections, a trend that is worrying health campaigners.

Published
13 October 2011
From
Key Correspondents
Bad science and bogus treatments
Makers of Goat Blood HIV Drug Cheat Investors of $20M

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has accused Immunosyn Corp., the makers of a bogus HIV drug made from goat’s blood, of cheating investors of $20 million, the Courthouse News Service reports. 

Published
19 August 2011
From
Poz magazine news
Religion and faith
Namibia: Government Issued ARV Drugs Dumped in Katutura

WHILE Government goes to great lengths to provide anti-retroviral drugs to people living with HIV and AIDS, there are those who throw them away instead of using them for the intended purposes.

Published
18 August 2011
From
AllAfrica
Activism
Careless talk: politicians and HIV

Uganda's recently appointed health minister, Ms Christine Ondoa, has been berated by Aids activists for comments she allegedly made in an interview with a local newspaper on August 1. According to The Observer, Ms Ondoa claimed to know three people who had been cured of HIV through prayer.

Published
13 August 2011
From
The Citizen Daily
Bad science and bogus treatments
The crazy things they say: politicians and HIV

Christine Ondoa joins a long list of African leaders who have been criticized for comments deemed detrimental to the fight against HIV; here are some of the more controversial statements made by politicians.

Published
03 August 2011
From
IRIN Plus News
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