HIV

Greg Louganis engaged to partner Johnny Chaillot

2013-06-18 08:00:00

Greg Louganis had big news to announce Monday: He's engaged to partner Johnny Chaillot, a paralegal.� The 53-year-old diving superstar, recently a coach on the celeb-diving competition "Splash," plans to walk down the aisle this fall, he told People....

A transcendent perch in the Silver Lake Hills

2013-06-14 06:00:00

Every house is a reflection of its owner. Some owners are just a bit more complicated than others. Tim Tattu is still settling into his new house, designed by Los Angeles architect Tom Marble in the steep hills overlooking the Silver Lake Reservoir. It is...

L.A.'s supervisors are still breaking the law

2013-06-10 08:40:00

Our editorial page counterparts at the Daily News and its sibling publications around the county took off after the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Sunday for trying to change the law to make it OK for them to have closed-door meetings with the...

Letters: Smearing Snowden

2013-06-13 00:00:00

Re "Bent on shining a light on U.S. security," June 11 The Times' negative portrayal of Edward J. Snowden — mentioning in the first paragraph that he was a high school dropout and a failed military recruit — does a disservice. Snowden's...

Letters: HIV laws have always been inexcusable

2013-06-13 00:00:00

Re "Those outdated HIV laws," Editorial, June 6 I agree that it is time to repeal outdated laws that make it a crime for a person infected with HIV to spit at, bite or throw his or her blood on others. However, your editorial wrongly excuses those who...

U.S. proposes new protections for captive chimps

2013-06-12 00:11:00

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Tuesday proposed extending tough new protections for chimpanzees in captivity, a shift that would place strict limits on primates' role as human surrogates in biomedical research. In reclassifying chimps as...

San Diego deputy enters guilty plea in prostitution case

2013-06-11 20:24:00

A San Diego County sheriff's deputy facing a charge of soliciting a prostitute has pleaded guilty to misdemeanor disturbing the peace and been sentenced to three years' probation and a $550 fine. The plea was agreed to by the city attorney's office...

Letters: Forgetting about Alzheimer's

2013-06-02 00:00:00

Re "How to defeat Alzheimer's," Opinion, May 28 I can hardly believe how poorly our priorities are set in this country. The first phase of California's bullet train is funded with $985 million, and the whole project will cost untold billions....

Unclean colonoscopy instruments: 3 in 20 have 'dirt' from colons

2013-06-07 13:28:00

Bits and pieces of "biological dirt" from inside people's colons are being left on three in 20 of the instruments inserted in people's rectums to examine their lower digestive tract, according to a study at five hospitals nationwide. "Three out of 20 is...

Let 'em spell it out: Congress has gone acronym crazy

2013-06-06 14:14:00

The Times on Thursday editorialized in favor of a bill in Congress that would call on states to review laws that criminalize conduct by people infected by HIV. While the bill itself may be worthy, its title is an example of an obnoxious trend. Our...

Get rid of those outdated HIV laws

2013-06-06 00:00:00

A bipartisan bill introduced in the House calls for a review of state laws that criminalize behavior by people with HIV, including many laws that seem anachronistic or inappropriate given what has been learned during the last three decades about the...

2013 TV upfronts: Tony Goldwyn says 'Scandal' finale will be 'crazy'

2013-05-14 07:40:00

NEW YORK -- Getting summoned into a room with President Fitzgerald Grant is an order the more than 8 million viewers of "Scandal" would kill for -- Huck-style, if needed. In this case, reality set in pretty quick. "Care for some almonds? Or maybe...

The Repeal HIV Discrimination Act of 2013 introduced by Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla above, would encourage state governments to repeal laws that are based on outdated fears.

2013-06-05 18:30:19

Number of deaths: 2010: 1,066 2000: 1,809

2013-05-26 18:51:00

HIV blood test

2013-05-24 00:00:00