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Local Michigan county wants to force meds on HIV criminal suspect

By | 01.10.12 | 9:38 am

Sangeeta Ghosh, assistant corporate counsel for Kent County, Mich., says should the 51-year-old man charged in two cases of failing to disclose his HIV-positive status to sexual partners make bail, the county is prepared to ask a court to force him to take antiretroviral medications.

Media analysis: Grand Rapids HIV criminal case spurs ‘sensationalist’ reporting

By | 01.09.12 | 6:00 am

An alleged admission by a 51-year-old Comstock Park, Mich., man that he attempted to infect hundreds of people with HIV through unprotected sexual activity and needle-sharing has sparked a media feeding frenzy, which HIV activists and legal experts have roundly censured as “sensationalist.”

Pro-voucher group spent $730,000 in Wisconsin for 2010, mostly on behalf of GOP

By | 05.24.11 | 5:41 pm

The American Federation for Children’s insistence that it is a bipartisan education group took a hit today when it was revealed to be one of three school choice advocacy organizations raising $3.36 million dollars for mostly Republican candidates during the 2010 Wisconsin legislative season.

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Grand Rapids man gets six months for failing to disclose his HIV-positive status

By | 05.16.11 | 9:47 am | More from The Michigan Messenger

Cordlin Comer, a Grand Rapids area man who pleaded guilty earlier this year to failing to disclose his HIV positive status to a female sexual partner, faces less than a year in jail.

On Wednesday he was in Kent County Circuit Court for sentencing, reports the Grand More…