March 2017 Monthly Goodreads
Articles: Bezos Sells $1 Billion a year in Amazon Stock for Space Project (Bloomberg) SpaceX Pulls Off First Rescued Rocket Mission in Triumph For Musk (Bloomberg) The world has made great progress in eradicating extreme poverty (The Economist) The ungrateful refugee: 'We have no debt to repay' (The Guardian) Jailed for using Grindr: homosexuality in Egypt (The Guardian) Climate Progress, With or Without Trump (NY Times) How does populism turn authoritarian? Venezuela is a c
An Introduction to HIV and AIDS
HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, whilst AIDS stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. HIV and AIDS are not the same thing, and not all cases of HIV lead to AIDS. (source: American Psychological Association) There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2, but the predominant virus is HIV-1. When people talk about HIV, they tend to be referring to HIV-1, as HIV-2 is a relatively uncommon strain which is concentrated in West Africa and a few other countries. It is
