Circumstitions News- FLORIDA: Last charge dropped against mother of spite-circumcised son
- ZIMBABWE: Youth tries to cut off his own foreskin after being teased
- CHILE: Officials oppose 'normalisation' surgery of intersex children
- EASTERN CAPE: Death Toll at 23
- MALAYSIA: Boy loses penis-head in botched medical cutting
- KENYA: Boy faces loss of his penis after botched medical cutting
- KENYA: Knife-rapists go door-to-door
- EASTERN CAPE: 9 male genital cutting deaths so far this season
- JAKARTA: Why female genital cutting is so common in Indonesia
- COPENHAGEN: Danish doctors come out against infant male genital cutting
- His Body, His Rights – Bonobo3D
- Daughter of Circumcising Doctor Exposes Crimes Against Children
- Book Discussion - Circumcision: The Hidden Trauma
- Protest Medical Fraud & Child Abuse at Oshiro Pediatrics
- Forced Circumcision is a Gay Rights /Sexual Rights Issue
- Bellingham Bloodstained Men Demonstration
- Circumcision: A Boy's Perspective
- Botched Infant Circumcision - A Victim Speaks
- A Message for Parents-To-Be from Dr. George Denniston
- Oh Shit! Now I Have to Decide About Circumcision
- Before the Parade - Bay Area Intactivists
Tag Archives: CDC
IAS 2009: The perils of success: what if the new HIV prevention methods work?
At the International AIDS Society Conference in July, a session was devoted to preparing for success in the PrEP and microbicide trials. One talking head had this to say on getting people to buy into and utilize prevention approaches that … Continue reading
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Tagged AIDS, Aidsmap, CDC, circumcision, foreskin, HIV, IAS 2009, International AIDS Society, penis, South Africa, Venter
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NHPC 2009: Report from a member of Intact America in attendance
Above, David Llewellyn and Georganne Chapin speak with attendees at the 2009 National HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta,Georgia, held August 23-26, 2009. From David Llewellyn, Esq.: This week I attended the CDC sponsored 2009 National HIV Prevention Conference in Atlanta, … Continue reading
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Tagged AAP, activism, AIDS, Alden, Atlanta, Berkelhamer, Blank, CDC, Chapin, circumcision, Fenton, foreskin, Frieden, HIV, intact america, Jenkins, Kilmarx, Kretsinger, Llewellyn, Mermin, NHPC, penis, prevention, Reed, Tayloe
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NHPC 2009: Physicians woefully ignorant of the foreskin, slightly more ignorant of the belief circumcision “prevents” AIDS
[This is a republished post. I do not know why there is no reference for this report or link to a source. It is highly likely that the percentages cited below have changed. NHPC refers to the National HIV Prevention … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, AIDS, Atlanta, CDC, Chen, circumcision, foreskin, Gust, Heffelfinger, HIV, Kilmarx, Kretsinger, NAPC, penis, USA
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CDC: Circumcision of No Benefit to Gay and Bisexual Men
The New York Times is reporting on a new study to be published Wednesday in The Journal of the American Medical Association. The work reviewed the results of 15 separate studies conducted in eight countries which included nearly 54,000 men. … Continue reading
RESEARCH: Politics plays a part in research
An object lesson, perhaps first pioneered in the case of infant circumcision and largely still unrecognized in that area, has recently gotten some attention in the media. Advocates for research funds in any disease obviously play politics to get it, … Continue reading
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Tagged AIDS, CDC, Center for Disease Control, Chronic Fatique Syndrome, circumcision, HIV, politics, research
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