Female Condoms

Washington, DC to distribute female condoms to curb HIV/AIDS epidemic.
The Washington Post (3/6, Fears) reported that Washington, DC, targeting predominantly African-American wards struggling with a "disproportionate rate of HIV infection," will "become the first city in the United States to distribute female condoms free, part of a project that will make 500,000 of them available in beauty salons, convenience stores and high schools." The move is said to be "an official acknowledgment of the futility of relying solely on the use of male condoms, which have been distributed citywide for nearly a decade, to stem the District's epidemic of HIV and AIDS." Notably, "a 2008 report showed the District's HIV/AIDS rate at three percent, or about 15,100 adults." BBC News (3/6) also covered the story.
HIV may "hide out" in certain bone marrow cells. The AP (3/8, Schmid) reports that the scientific community has made great advances against active HIV, but "some of the disease remains hidden away to flare up once" antiretroviral treatment stops. Indeed, two "hide-outs" were revealed through previous research: macrophages and memory T-cells. "But those couldn't account for all the HIV virus still circulating." Now, University of Michigan are saying that HIV "can hide in the bone marrow."