Evidence of HIV Detected in Baby Said to Be Cured

In unfortunate news, the Mississippi baby doctors thought was functionally cured of HIV now has detectable levels of the virus in her system. A little more than two years after being taken off of an antiretroviral medication regimen, the child was tested during a routine checkup when the virus was detected and signs of a compromised immune system confirmed.

Stay Strapped: NYPD vows to back off from criminalizing condoms in sex work cases

Imagine you are stopped by the police, searched without basis, and arrested for an illegal act with legal items in your possession cited as evidence of your crime. 

Unfortunately and unsurprisingly, this does not sound unfamiliar or unique to any one particular encounter with the police. However, this is what some 200 prostitutes reported when describing their interactions with the NYPD in interviews with Human Rights Watch.

Following Brooklyn's lead, the Manhattan district attorney announced this week that they will be cutting back on their seizure of condoms as evidence in the arrest of prostitutes.