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February 11, 1999
Night & Day
February 11 - 17, 1999
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August 24, 2007
WPLG Calls For Naugle To Resign
February 11 - 17, 1999
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December 17, 1998
An Epidemic of Apathy
Local activists were hoping people would flock to see the AIDS Memorial Quilt. They didn't.
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February 5, 1998
The Straight Dope
Local activists were hoping people would flock to see the AIDS Memorial Quilt. They didn't.
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February 5, 1998
The Single-Minded Professor
Local activists were hoping people would flock to see the AIDS Memorial Quilt. They didn't.
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February 26, 1998
Letters
Local activists were hoping people would flock to see the AIDS Memorial Quilt. They didn't.
News
March 26, 1998
Enough to Make You Sick
The CDC is trying to determine what the residents of downtown Belle Glade already know -- that poverty, drugs, and prostitution are bad for your health
News
June 4, 1998
Cause of Death: Excessive Privacy
You can die HIV-positive in Broward County, and your sexual partners will never know
News
September 24, 1998
The Dentist Is Out
The closure of a publicly funded children's dental clinic has low-income patients down in the mouth
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January 21, 1999
The Straight Dope
The closure of a publicly funded children's dental clinic has low-income patients down in the mouth
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January 28, 1999
Color Blinded
A federal grant earmarked for "African-Americans" with AIDS has care providers in Broward debating linguistics rather than logistics.
News
February 4, 1999
Nova, HEAL Thyself
Members of a student group insist bad behavior, not HIV, causes AIDS, and that controversial message is testing academic freedom
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February 18, 1999
The Straight Dope
Members of a student group insist bad behavior, not HIV, causes AIDS, and that controversial message is testing academic freedom
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March 11, 1999
Best Charity
Poverello Center
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May 27, 1999
Sexual Roulette
Despite the risk, HIV-positive gay men are engaging in unsafe sex in the wake of improved AIDS medications. Don't believe us? Check out South Florida's "backroom bars."
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June 3, 1999
Letters
Despite the risk, HIV-positive gay men are engaging in unsafe sex in the wake of improved AIDS medications. Don't believe us? Check out South Florida's "backroom bars."
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June 17, 1999
Letters
Despite the risk, HIV-positive gay men are engaging in unsafe sex in the wake of improved AIDS medications. Don't believe us? Check out South Florida's "backroom bars."
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May 17, 2001
Best Place to Gamble
Steak houses
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January 3, 2008
Are Hospitals Helping the Homeless?
Not enough, say some who are learning to fend for themselves
Music
April 3, 2008
Dengue Fever
Singer Chhom Nimol makes Dengue Fever worthwhile.
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March 13, 2009
NFL Tackles Flesh-Eating Infections
Staph infections sacked these two Pro BowlersLast fall, staph infections were going around the NFL like a bimbo on a broken Ferris wheel. Even Time magazine felt compelled to point out that "a microscopic foe can be much more imposing than a 300-pound lineman"; why, even the indomitable Peyton Manni ... More >>
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March 13, 2008
The Sodom & Gomorrah to Thelma & Louise
Staph infections sacked these two Pro BowlersLast fall, staph infections were going around the NFL like a bimbo on a broken Ferris wheel. Even Time magazine felt compelled to point out that "a microscopic foe can be much more imposing than a 300-pound lineman"; why, even the indomitable Peyton Manni ... More >>
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February 2, 2006
The Protection Racket
And the band plays on
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December 1, 2005
WHEEL L_VE
And the band plays on
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November 3, 2005
Letters for November 3-9, 2005
And the band plays on
Culture
October 20, 2005
Agitation Nation
Larry Kramer's The Normal Heart brings back a time of acting up
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May 22, 2003
Unsafe Sex
Our intrepid reporter probes the gay orgies that have helped to spark a runaway syphilis outbreak
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March 28, 2002
Acting Out
Whether or not the state helps out AIDS sufferers, last week's botched protest says much about the HIV community's problem
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January 10, 2002
Drug Holiday
Once a leading gay activist, CenterOne cofounder Gary Steinsmith has fallen on hard times
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November 16, 2000
Culture For a Cause
"The One Million Dollar Art Show"
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April 13, 2000
The Last Sanatorium
When tuberculosis, one of mankind's most pernicious diseases, threatens public health, the patients are sent to A.G. Holley State Hospital
News
October 14, 1999
Burning Down the House
After the closing of an apartment building for AIDS victims in Fort Lauderdale, the city's ability to oversee a multimillion-dollar, federally funded program is called into question
News
August 12, 1999
Padre Pio's Big Adventure
A little piece of a bleeding Italian priest has traveled here to help in the healing
Blogs
September 2, 2009
Attacking Swine Flu Before It Attacks Us
Flickr: dabby1This fellow hopes to get in your bloodstream before the vaccine.The past few months, this blog and Broward Health have had a strained relationship, to put it mildly; but hey, global pandemics make for strange bed partners. Juice is glad to report that the north county's $1 billion p ... More >>
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October 22, 2009
Rape Victim Sees Doctor, Loses Health Insurance
flickr.comRape? Sounds like a pre-existing condition to insurance companies.Christina Turner, a 45-year-old Fort Lauderdale woman, was downtown, letting men at the bar by her drinks. The next thing she remembers is waking up on a roadside with cuts and bruises that indicated she may have been rap ... More >>
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October 26, 2009
Waiting for Swine Flu Vaccine? Just Skip It.
Don't want it. Don't need it.In what may come to be called the Great Swine Flu Fuck-Up, local health officials have vaccinated thousands of schoolkids this year with the regular seasonal flu nasal mist -- a vaccination which unfortunately promises to protect them not at all. The seasonal flu vacc ... More >>
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October 27, 2009
Lauderdale Dr. Gary Snyder Argues Against Flu Vaccine
Snyder's home flu repellent: Vitamin DHistorians will look back some day on the autumn of 2009 as a period of mass hysteria over a relatively innocuous strain of flu called H1N1, which so far has killed 1,000 Americans (normal seasonal flu averages 36,000 U.S. deaths per year, according to the CD ... More >>
Blogs
November 23, 2009
Finally - Some Swine Flu Vaccine!
Here's a cut-and-paste press release about where and when you can -- finally -- get the swine flu vaccine. Officials at the Broward County Health Department announced Broward County's first H1N1 Vaccination Clinic which shall be open to all members of the public starting Monday, November 30, 2009 ... More >>
Blogs
December 9, 2009
Is Brain Safe To Eat?
Mmmmm.... brains.The question was raised for me after checking out Pakistani restaurant Usmania, which we reviewed this week. Usmania serves a dish called brain masala, a karahi-cooked curry made from the cerebral matter of goats. In the review, I mention my fiancee was adamant I not eat this dis ... More >>
Music
July 22, 2010
Deer Tick's Twang Fervor Takes Over Grand Central
Mmmmm.... brains.The question was raised for me after checking out Pakistani restaurant Usmania, which we reviewed this week. Usmania serves a dish called brain masala, a karahi-cooked curry made from the cerebral matter of goats. In the review, I mention my fiancee was adamant I not eat this dis ... More >>
Blogs
August 27, 2010
Calvin Williams Murder: Why is AIDS Rate so High for Black Men?
Calvin Williams was allegedly killed by his lover.This spring's murder of L.C. Swain Middle School teacher Calvin Williams brought to light a harsh truth about AIDS among African-American men. For many in South Florida, sex on the down-low is a deadly gamble.According to Riviera Beach police repo ... More >>
Blogs
May 23, 2011
Practitioners of Quack Autism Treatment in Trouble With Governor
David Geier, (not an) MD.Two weeks ago, the Pulp published a small item about Mark and David Geier -- a father-son team of self-proclaimed autism experts who treat the condition with a powerful chemical castration agent called Lupron. They're from Maryland, but their interests run deep in Florida ... More >>
Blogs
June 1, 2011
Elton John Complains to Gov. Rick Scott About HIV/AIDS Funding
broadwaymusicalhome.comElton John: Rocket Man and advocate of Florida's HIV/AIDS program.Just about everyone has had something to complain about with Gov. Rick Scott lately, and you can add Sir Elton John to that list.On behalf of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, John wrote a letter to the governo ... More >>
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June 9, 2011
Take a Stand
broadwaymusicalhome.comElton John: Rocket Man and advocate of Florida's HIV/AIDS program.Just about everyone has had something to complain about with Gov. Rick Scott lately, and you can add Sir Elton John to that list.On behalf of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, John wrote a letter to the governo ... More >>
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June 11, 2011
Daniel Hay Lewis -- Charged With Transmission of HIV -- Doesn't Even Have HIV, Attorney Says
BSODaniel Hay LewisDaniel Hay Lewis,a Hallandale Beach resident charged with criminal transmission of HIV after allegedly trying to bite a police officer while being arrested for shoplifting, doesn't actually have HIV, according to his public defender.After allegedly trying to steal $12,000 worth ... More >>
Blogs
June 14, 2011
Daniel Hay Lewis' Bond Reduced as State Starts to Backpedal on HIV-Transmission Charge
BSODaniel Hay LewisApparently it's getting tough for the state to continue prosecuting someone for criminal transmission of HIV when its suspect isn't HIV-positive.Daniel Hay Lewis -- accused by police of attempting to bite a cop in the process of trying to steal $12,000 worth of garden products ... More >>
Blogs
June 16, 2011
BSO Releases New Report That Says Daniel Hay Lewis Claimed to Have AIDS
BSODaniel Hay LewisThe Broward Sheriff's Office has now released a new "detailed" report on the arrest of Daniel Hay Lewis, claiming that Lewis stated he had AIDS several times before attempting to bite a deputy.Lewis, a Hallandale Beach resident, was arrested May 30 while allegedly trying to ste ... More >>
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August 4, 2011
Florida AIDS Medicine Waiting List Longest in America
Flickr user: Sully PixelMore than 3,600 Floridians are on a government waiting list for AIDS medicine -- the longest list in the country, according to the national nonprofit the AIDS Institute. Of the needy patients, 886 live in Palm Beach and Broward counties.The medicine, which keeps patients h ... More >>
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December 8, 2011
West Nile Virus Apparently Still a Thing -- Case Confirmed in Palm Beach County
kintera.comPalm Beach County's health department is reporting that a woman has acquired the West Nile virus -- the first case in the county in five years.The county issued a "mosquito borne disease advisory" yesterday when the case was confirmed, after the woman was diagnosed with the disease by ... More >>
Blogs
January 23, 2012
A Drug That Sort of Prevents HIV Transmission: What Could Go Wrong?
Imagine a drug that could stop the spread of HIV. People could screw whomever they wanted however they wanted and sleep peacefully knowing that the virus wouldn't soon be waging an all-out assault on their immune systems. It sounds like a quick fix to one of history's most pressing public he ... More >>
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