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2006 Stories by Aina Hunter

• Targeting the Testers

  published June 13, 2006

  By the end of the month, a small band of animal rights activists could be sentenced to a maximum of seven years in federal prison after having... More >>

• The Children's Hour

  published April 25, 2006

  Last spring, in an airless room packed with lawyers and curious Kings County Family Court officials, "Krystal Simmons"—a 16-year-old with... More >>

• The HIV Watchers

  published April 11, 2006

  The long-anticipated draft of a bill that seeks to alter the way New York handles the medical records of people with HIV/AIDS and to simplify the... More >>

• Hair Traffic

  published March 21, 2006

  Today, like every day, Gary Teitelbaum is surrounded by hair. Hair sprawls over his desk, lolls on a chair, spills out of boxes. Not wigs or... More >>

• Naturopath vs. Naturopath

  published February 28, 2006

  Proponents of a state bill that would grant certain practitioners of ayurvedic medicine, homeopathy, and other unconventional treatments exclusive... More >>

• Have AIDS, Must Travel

  published January 24, 2006

  Over 50 New York City groups providing services to people with AIDS will see a reduction in funding from the city starting March 1. The Health and... More >>

• Personality, Interrupted

  published January 17, 2006

  If the post-holidays are bad for a lot of us, to those phoning Valerie Porr's Soho loft—which serves as ground zero for a major national... More >>

• Mercury in Fish? Baloney!

  published January 10, 2006

  On the radio ad the high-school-principal-like baritone booms: "According to the latest study, you should not eat any fish . . . and according to... More >>

• Liver Aid

  published January 3, 2006

  You had an excellent Chrismakwanzukah and a happy New Year, but your face is yellow and puffy and your pee smells so strong you get dizzy sitting... More >>