] A Hong Kong mobile phone company is launching a service
] that lets customers know which nearby buildings have
] housed carriers of the deadly SARS virus.
]
] "With the dial of a few digits, subscribers can quickly
] get the peace of mind the need to go about their everyday
] lives," said Bruce Hicks, managing director of Sunday
] Communicatons Ltd, among the smaller of Hong Kong's six
] fiercely competitive cellular carriers.

Yahoo! News (AP) - Mobile Carrier Launches SARS Location Service

] Rolling Stone claims that a full quarter of new HIV
] infections stem from morbid thrill-seeking. Sean Hannity
] is swallowing the story -- should you?

The Bug Chasing story went around MemeStreams.. http://www.memestreams.net/thread/bid4288/

Salon.com | Sex- and death-crazed gays play viral Russian Roulette!

] When the Centers for Disease Control announced last
] November that the American South has more people living
] with HIV and AIDS than New York or San Francisco, it came
] as a shock to people who've always associated AIDS with
] urban centers.
]
] According to the CDC, the 17-state Southern region, from
] Texas to Washington, D.C., not only has more residents
] with HIV and AIDS, it also has the ugly distinction of
] being the only area in the country with a significant
] increase in infections (9 percent). And worse, the CDC
] says the South accounts for 40 percent of people
] estimated to be living with AIDS and 46 percent of the
] estimated number of new cases.

Salon.com Sex | Killing with kindness

] Since the media has decided to scare everyone with
] predictions of chemical, biological, or nuclear warfare
] on our turf I decided to write a paper and keep things in
] their proper perspective. I am a retired military
] weapons, munitions, and training expert.

What to do if you are attacked with Chemical, Biological and Nuke weapons.

] "The president wants to fund untested, unproven programs
] that seek to pray away addiction," said the Rev. Barry
] Lynn, executive director of Americans United for
] Separation of Church and State. "People with addiction
] problems need medical help, not Sunday school."
]
] Bush and his supporters argue that faith can accomplish
] what secular programs cannot.
]
] "Let us bring to all Americans who struggle with drug
] addiction this message of hope: The miracle of recovery
] is possible, and it could be you," Bush said in his State
] of the Union address.

Religion has no place in public policy or health programs. This administration is out of touch. This alienates people of non-christian faith.

Wired News: Bush Wants Drug Addicts to Pray

] Jesus was almost certainly a cannabis user and an early
] proponent of the medicinal properties of the drug,
] according to a study of scriptural texts published this
] month. The study suggests that Jesus and his disciples
] used the drug to carry out miraculous healings.

] Quoting the New Testament, Mr Bennett argues that Jesus
] anointed his disciples with the oil and encouraged them
] to do the same with other followers. This could have been
] responsible for healing eye and skin diseases referred to
] in the Gospels.

] "If cannabis was one of the main ingredients of the
] ancient anointing oil... and receiving this oil is what
] made Jesus the Christ and his followers Christians, then
] persecuting those who use cannabis could be considered
] anti-Christ," Mr Bennett concludes.

The Guardian | Jesus 'healed using cannabis'

The Food and Drug Administration approved a test today that can detect whether someone is infected with H.I.V., the virus that causes AIDS, in as little as 20 minutes. Experts said that advance might prompt thousands more Americans to get tested, which in turn might slow the spread of the disease.

] In addition, with the Bush administration considering whether to
] vaccinate all Americans against smallpox, the new test will offer
] health professionals a fast, easy way to determine if someone is
] infected with H.I.V., and thus ineligible for the vaccine.

Take note, upon a smallpox bioterrorism attack the HIV infected portion of the population will drop off really quick..

FDA Approves a Quick Test for H.I.V.