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Should We Panic About the Strain of Deadly Meningitis Hitting the Gay Community?

This year, four men have come down with meningitis in New York City, bringing the number of infections to 22 and the death toll to seven since 2010, and similar cases have appeared in West Hollywood, California. How worried should we be? Full story

VICE News

West African Truckers

The truck driver holds a mythic stature in American music, from the hayseed hagiographies of Slim Jacobs to the liner notes of Big Black's 'Songs About Fucking.' There aren't many songs about African truckers, but they are no less champions of industry than their US counterparts… Full story

Dogmageddon

Religiosity Is Killing in Mississippi

Fifty-eight percent of Mississippi's residents describe themselves as “very religious.” The state also lays claim to both the highest teen birthrate and the highest HIV rate in young adults. In this experience we call life, there are plenty of coincidences. This is not one of the… Full story

The Coronavirus Could Be the 'Next Big One'

The deadly coronavirus was first discovered last September, when a Qatari man traveled to London to receive medical attention for a mysterious illness. It raised a red flag among experts from the outset. “There are certain families of viruses and groups of viruses that are on the… Full story

Question of the Day

Would You Rather Have AIDS or Eat Only McRibs For the Rest of Your Life?

"I want AIDS." Full story

That’s Not Funny, Or Is It?

‘Diseased Pariah News’ Was an AIDS Quilt Made of Larfs

In 1990, AIDS was still a misunderstood, scary scourge of gay communities everywhere, and contracting HIV was more or less a death sentence. It was also the year that Diseased Pariah News debuted. DPN was the first publication by and for HIV-positive people. Full story

Karl Lagerfeld

An interview with the Kaiser himself.

When Vice called me last month with an out-of-the-blue offer to fly to Paris and interview the Kaiser himself, Karl Lagerfeld - creative director of the $10 billion Chanel empire, the house of Fendi, and his own eponymous line - I jumped at the chance. Full story

Drinking Milan

Renata Molho Remembers When Italy Was Fashionable

In 1979, Milan's fashion week overtook Paris, in terms of both pure profit and volume of business. Full story

Aids In Africa

Cass McCombs' Cheeriest Ditty

Cass McCombs forgets to ponder aids in Africa. Full story

No More Aids

And There's Going to be Fucking in the Streets

Good news! Unless you're a needle-sharing junkie loser homo then the chance of you contracting HIV is getting slimmer all the time. Full story