Porn actress tests positive for HIV
Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 02:14
in Health & Medicine
L.A. County and California health officials say they will look into the case. It's the first confirmed case in the Southern California industry since 2004, when production was closed for four weeks. An actress who works in Southern California's pornography industry has tested positive for HIV, renewing county and state health officials' concerns that the adult entertainment industry lacks sufficient safety measures to prevent the spread of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases.
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