In April we reported on Kristopher Sharp, the University of Houston-Downtown junior who was running to become vice president of the university's student body.

In a move that would have made Tracy Flick cringe in Election, someone that opposed Sharp's candidacy posted flyers announcing Kristopher's HIV-positive status with the question "Want AIDS?" blaring across the top. Kristopher was also accused of attempting to spread the "homosexual agenda."

Well apparently the students at UH-Downtown aren't easily influenced by fear-mongering and bigotry, because Kristopher won the election!

He speaks with POZ Magazine about the experience after the jump!

A group of researchers from Denmark are bracing the world for big news as they announce that they're on the brink of curing HIV/AIDS. 

From the most expensive HIV treatment in the world to the most affordable, wonderful news has come out of South Africa, the country with the world's largest HIV positive population.

A new study reveals that HIV is affects transgender women in far greater numbers than any other group and also makes it painfully clear that the transgender community needs to be further included in the HIV conversation.

More after the jump. 

Have scientists found HIV's Achilles heel and could it lead to an HIV vaccine?

A new study shows progress. 

More after the jump.

University of Houston-Downtown junior Kristopher Sharp has become the victim of a brutal smear campaign of sorts, after flyers warning the student body not to support his run for president out of fear of AIDS and the “homosexual agenda” were put up around campus. More on the university’s response below.

Really, Kansas?

A bill has been proposed in Kansas that would allow officials to possibly isolate or severely restrict the public movements of the HIV+ or those suffering from AIDS.

The outrageous details, after the break.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee has approved the the HIV Organ Policy Equity (HOPE) Act. The bipartisan bill would lift a federal ban on the donation of HIV-positive organs to HIV-positive recipients.

Scary stuff. A self-described "acupuncturist" in Switzerland has been arrested after allegedly infecting 16 people with HIV, intentionally via acupuncture needles.

Details after the jump.

A new study out of the Pasteur Institute reveals 14 people for “functionally cured” of HIV through rapid treatment after early diagnosis.

More after the jump. 

Wowza, bees are giving us more than honey! 

A new study reveals that nanoparticles carrying a toxin found in bee venom can destroy HIV!

Details after the jump.

World-changing news out of Mississippi where doctors have announced that a child born HIV positive was effectively cured of the disease 29 days after birth.