Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• Health officials urge routine HIV testing up to age 64

  May 19, 2013 in Features on Page D6 “Have sex? Age is not a condom.” The message appears on posters featuring mature-looking models and another piece of advice: “Talk to your doctor about your sex life.”

• A matter of survival: An aging population continues living with HIV

  May 19, 2013 in Features on Page D1 Mark Garrett is alive, which, among his group of friends from 25 years ago, puts him in the tiny minority. That Garrett is 58 and living with HIV puts him … 1

• Project to help feed shunned Zambians

  April 25, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V6 A group of Gonzaga University students is relying on chickens to expand the school’s relationship with aid organizations in Zambia. Aubrey Weber, Joe Worthey, Max Bear and Jordan Madrid have … 3

• Scientists say baby born with HIV apparently cured

  March 3, 2013 in Health, Nation/World A baby born with the AIDS virus appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child from Mississippi who’s now 2 1/2 and has been … 1

• FDA approves first rapid, take home HIV test

  July 3, 2012 in Health, Nation/World WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first over-the-counter HIV test, allowing Americans to test themselves for the virus that causes AIDS in the privacy of their … 4

• FDA favors first drug for HIV prevention

  May 8, 2012 in Nation/World WASHINGTON — Federal drug regulators today affirmed landmark study results showing that a popular HIV-fighting pill can also help healthy people avoid contracting the virus that causes AIDS in the … 2

• Pills prevent HIV in straight men and women

  July 13, 2011 in Nation/World Two new studies found that daily pills prevented infection with the AIDS virus in heterosexual men and women in Africa, bringing new hope for someday offering a medical shield against … 5

• Amy Dreps

  May 3, 2011 in City on Page A7 The North Idaho AIDS Coalition recently received one of the largest grants in the nonprofit organization’s history, a $72,000 award through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program that’s likely to be … 1

• Face Time: North Idaho AIDS Coalition gets large grant

  May 2, 2011 in City, Idaho, News The North Idaho AIDS Coalition recently received one of the largest grants in the nonprofit organization’s history, a $72,000 award through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program that’s likely to be … 1

• ‘Magnet’ couples forge relationships despite challenges

  December 28, 2010 in Features on Page C1 Kathy Jacobs-McLoyd didn’t expect to fall in love with someone with HIV. But when the man she had recently spent time volunteering with in Kenya sent her a six-page love … 1

• Assault charges for man with HIV

  October 14, 2010 in City on Page A6 A Spokane Valley man with HIV was arrested on assault charges Tuesday, accused of having unprotected sex with two teenage girls. Edward I. Casto, 19, told his 15-year-old girlfriend he …

• HIV-positive teen accused of assault

  October 13, 2010 in City A Spokane Valley teenager with HIV was arrested on assault charges Tuesday, accused of having unprotected sex with two girls. 21

• HIV-positive man sentenced for assault

  October 12, 2010 in City on Page A7 An HIV-positive Spokane man who lied to his sex partner about his condition will spend at least five years in prison. 1

• D.C. using ads, community outreach to fights HIV epidemic

  August 17, 2010 in Features on Page C3 WASHINGTON – Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, …

• Ban on blood from gay men questioned

  June 1, 2010 in Features on Page C7 Men who have sex with men are not permitted to donate blood in the United States, Canada and many other countries. This ban was designed to stop the spread of …

• Researchers find HIV’s hide-out

  March 8, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A2 WASHINGTON – The virus that causes AIDS can hide in the bone marrow, avoiding drugs and later awakening to cause illness, according to new research that could point the way …

• New HIV infections declining, health agencies say

  November 25, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 It is estimated that the number of new HIV infections each year has declined about 17 percent since 2000, but for every five people infected, only two begin treatment, according …

• Trial vaccine helps prevent HIV infection

  September 24, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 For the first time, an experimental vaccine has prevented infection with the AIDS virus, a watershed event in the deadly epidemic and a surprising result. Recent failures led many scientists …

• HIV-positive assault suspect may plead insanity

  July 15, 2009 in City A man accused of having sex with two men without telling them he has the virus that causes HIV is considering pleading insanity. 2

• Dozens may face HIV risk

    May 29, 2009 in City on Page A1 Detectives have talked with about 10 people who may have had unprotected sex with an HIV-positive man arrested on a charge of knowingly exposing another man to the virus that …

• Man with HIV charged with assault

  May 22, 2009 in City on Page A7 A man accused of having unprotected sex with another man without revealing he has the virus that causes AIDS faces a first-degree assault charge, and Spokane police think he may …

• HIV-positive man arrested, accused of first-degree assault

  May 21, 2009 in City, News An HIV-positive man has been arrested for having unprotected sex without telling his partner about his virus, and police think he may have other victims. 4