Cliff Sanchez (R), a phlebotomist with the Chicago Recovery Alliance (CRA), tests an intravenous drug user for HIV antibodies inside one of the organization's outreach vans May 10, 2006 in Cicero, ...

Amidst fear, and with limited medical information about HIV, in 1988 California passed laws criminalizing the behavior of people living with HIV. These HIV criminalization laws have been ...

A bill before the California Senate would change laws that make it a felony to expose someone to HIV, recognizing advances in the science of HIV treatment and prevention. The proposed legislation ...

UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute will present “40 years of HIV criminalization and a path to reform” on World AIDS Day (Monday, Dec. 1), an online panel discussion on “who is most affected by ...

Last week, Maryland Governor Wes Moore signed a bill repealing the state’s antiquated HIV criminalization law. Under the now-repealed law, a person with HIV who engaged in sexual conduct that could ...

A member of the first federal commission to look at the HIV epidemic says it is "probably past time" for states to revisit their HIV-specific criminal laws. "I think it would be time to go back," said ...

In November, The Center for HIV Law and Policy released the first comprehensive analysis of HIV-specific criminal laws and prosecutions in the U.S. The publication, Ending and Defending Against HIV ...

The analysis from the Williams Institute at the UCLA School of Law looked at the risk of transmission associated with Indiana’s six criminalization laws. The report found the laws were based on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — Local HIV/AIDS resource center is hosting an event with free food, drag performances to raise ...

Criminalization of HIV transmission, notably through laws that mandate disclosure or penalise non-disclosure, sits at the fraught intersection of legal policy and public health. Originally enacted to ...

Indiana laws criminalizing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) transmission are “outdated” and largely unnecessary, asserts a Thursday report from the University of California, Los Angeles School of ...