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From Michigan Messenger:

LANSING — The Ingham County Health Department is raising concern over what it is terming an “alarming” increase in new syphilis cases reported since Jan. 1.

“We are alarmed,” said Renee Canady, deputy health officer of the Ingham County Health Department. But officials at the department, including Canady, stopped short of calling this uptick an “outbreak.”

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From Michigan Messenger

Researchers at Duke University have found a potent and rare antibody they believe may be a key to developing a vaccine for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. The anti-body, called 2F5-like antibody, has been shown to be effective in removing up to 80 percent of virus in an infection.

The antibody had never been found circulating in the body until now which is what has researchers excited…

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From Michigan Messenger.com

The Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC), the nation’s largest HIV charity, is criticizing the 2009 Omnibus Appropriations bill because it holds funding flat for HIV prevention efforts through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The organization contends such a flat funding scale when taken into account with inflation is in fact a reduction in HIV prevention funding.

The bill was submitted by President Barack Obama, and is waiting to be taken up in the U.S. House…

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This week’s Pig Fucker of the Week comes to us from Jason Bryans. Jason pointed me to this charming resident of the Netherlands who has been vlogging his own sincerely held religious views.

Introducing Jesusophile!

Let us begin with this 21-year-old’s take on condoms. For your viewing pleasures:

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