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Organizations are reaching out to specific communities to spread the message that getting tested for HIV is important!

Across the nation, methamphetamine use among gay men is not as pervasive as it was a decade ago. But with one out of four gay men in L.A. using meth, it is still a huge problem.

Instead of protecting from malicious intentional infection, criminalizing HIV has only had a negative effect on public health -- not to mention HIV-positive accused individuals.

On Jan. 16, activists in South Florida launched a campaign to urge the Food and Drug Administration to rethink its nearly 30-year ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men.

Northern California’s Bay Area will host a variety of World AIDS Day events on Dec. 1 to raise awareness of the still-prevalent global pandemic.

Policies that criminalize HIV non-disclosure are meant to reduce transmission, but instead can prevent people from getting tested, for fear of arrest. The non-profit Sero is working to educate people on how these laws play out.

For many Asian Pacific Islanders, HIV prevention and testing is hampered by stigma and the need to "save face." Some Bay Area groups are working to counter this stigma.

Low rates of new HIV infections in SF track a steady decline as far back as 2004. Now, thanks to pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis, condoms, clean syringes and sero-sorting, the City by the Bay could be the first to eliminate HIV.

David Dean Smith, an HIV-positive Michigan man, recently turned himself into authorities amid shocking claims that he has had sex with 3,000 men and women with the intent of inflecting them with AIDS.

An adult film performer has tested positive for HIV, causing porn producers to shut down shoots in Southern California as the diagnosis is confirmed through re-testing, according to an industry group.