An article published this month in AIDS and Behavior strongly rebuts claims that HIV does not cause AIDS, and argues that the AIDS denialist movement has been “disastrous,” costing “hundreds of thousands of lives” due to its influence on public policy.

The authors state that these deaths are a “crime against humanity,” and that there is a “need for accountability” for those responsible, possibly in the International Criminal Court.

Members of the AIDS denialist movement do not believe that HIV causes AIDS, that the disease has caused widespread deaths, or…

The journal Medical Hypotheses is under review this October due to two recent articles that made false claims concerning HIV/AIDS. Owing to pressure from 20 HIV scientists and activists, publishing company Elsevier retracted the articles shortly after their publication in July.

The first article, entitled “HIV-AIDS hypothesis out of touch with South African AIDS – A new perspective,” argued that AIDS is not a problem in Africa and that antiretroviral drugs have not reduced patient mortality. The second, “AIDS denialism at the ministry of health,” states that epidemiological data…