News Archive: June 2009

Quote from Howard Aaron Aronow, MD

June 25, 2009

Every 9 and a half minutes another person becomes HIV positive in the United States. AIM provides state-of-the-art testing and counseling for HIV and all STD's and we encourage our clients to test frequently. The vast majority of our clients have repeat HIV and STD testing...

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L.A. County backtracks on reports of porn HIV cases

June 17, 2009

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-porn-hiv17-2009jun17,0,7502132.story By Kimi Yoshino and Rong-Gong Lin II June 17, 2009 Officials had reported 16 unpublicized cases of HIV-positive performers since a 2004 outbreak. But the county health director now says officials...

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6/15/09

June 15, 2009

It has come to our attention that Adult Industry Companies are concerned that they may be shooting someone who is on the quarantine list. AIM has taken steps to insure that this does not happen. We have taken the names of all the talent who are waiting for their next test...

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6/12/09

June 12, 2009

The patient zero tested on Thursday evening,6/4/09, at our Sherman Oaks Facility, at 13:43. The specimen, along with other daily specimens, were picked up by the Laboratory Courier. Due to the fact that the test was obviously being re run for confirmation, there was no result...

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6-12-09

June 12, 2009

A series of half truths and innuendos have been circulated regarding a recent incident of an HIV positive test result. Here are the facts. For the record, AIM follows to the letter all required protocols and reporting structures, and does not make judgment calls as to...

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HIV Update

June 11, 2009

6/4/09: One adult industry performer HIV Positive by PCR/DNA Qualitative, Confirmatory Positive by PCR/DNA drawn on 6/6/09 currently the RNA came back in the 400's we are awaiting for the Western Blot and the final lab reports. The Elisa came back positive. Last negative...

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AIM response to Industry HIV

June 11, 2009

There has been misinformation posted on the boards regarding a person testing positive for HIV. There has been a person who has tested positive. There were exceptionally few partners, inside and outside the industry. All partners are currently testing negative and in...

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