by Alisa Nelson | Jul 1, 2021 | Health / Medicine, Legislature, News
Missouri becomes the third state in the nation to allow HIV post-exposure drugs to be dispensed without a prescription. Gov. Mike Parson has signed a bill into law allowing Missouri pharmacists to dispense the medication without a doctor’s prescription. If a person is...
by admin | Oct 19, 2007 | Crime / Courts
A woman with the AIDS virus convicted of having unprotected sex with a boyfriend has been sent to prison for a decade. 27-year-old Angela Harris could have been sentenced to prison for life if the boyfriend had tested positive for HIV. But so far he’s...
by admin | Apr 24, 2007 | Legislature, Politics / Govt
Abstinence would be the emphasis of sex education courses in Missouri schools under a bill passing the House and moving to the Senate. HCS HB 1055 actually has three components. It would allow local school boards to offer sex education courses consistent with the...
by admin | Jun 14, 2005 | Health / Medicine
The State Health Department says Missouri has seen a substantial decrease in the number of AIDS cases in the last decade. 500 were reported last year. In 1995, there were more than 900 reported. A spokesman for the Health Department says people need to be reminded...
by admin | Jan 24, 2005 | Health / Medicine
Saint Louis University is one of a number of insititutions around the world taking part in a study that could be an important step in the fight against AIDS. Doctor Robert Belshe, Director of the University’s Center for Vaccine Development, says about 1,500...
