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Expert: D.C., Balto. need Africa-style 'War on AIDS' 07/25/2012 01:36am • Paula Wolfson, wtop.com WASHINGTON - There's a dire AIDS and HIV problem in D.C., but the numbers for the entire D.C.-Baltimore corridor are staggering. "If you look at the statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the rates among D.C. and Baltimore and all along the corrid Study: D.C. making progress in fight against AIDS 07/19/2012 06:39pm • Paula Wolfson, wtop.com WASHINGTON - The World AIDS Conference opens Sunday in D.C., where HIV/AIDS is an epidemic. A new, independent study says the District is making progress combating the virus, but not nearly enough. The research was done by the advocacy group D.C. Appleseed, with coopera HIV discoverer says new drug won't end epidemic 07/18/2012 10:47am • WASHINGTON - A newly approved approach to combating the AIDS virus is not in itself a silver bullet, says one of the scientists who helped discover the rampant virus. The FDA recently approved Truvada, a new pill that combines existing drugs to produce an effective preventative measure for thos Expert: Apple users lost immunity to Internet viruses 07/09/2012 12:29pm • WASHINGTON - Apple users who thought they were immune to common PC viruses should think twice. The attack on a malicious computer virus that left many without an Internet connection on Monday also applies to Macs and iPads, according to one expert. Only 64,000 computers were affected by the FB Fairfax County added to list of West Nile zones 06/27/2012 11:05am • WASHINGTON - The potentially deadly West Nile virus that continues to spread throughout the region has popped up in Fairfax County as well as in Prince William, reports The Washington Examiner. The disease, which claimed the lives of two area residents in 2011, is generally carried by mosquit West Nile virus found in Prince William County 06/26/2012 09:08am • Kathy Stewart, wtop.com WASHINGTON - A warning: If you're outside, you're at risk. The mosquitoes are bad this summer across the D.C. region, thanks to a warm winter and early spring, and now they're even more dangerous. Health officials are issuing a warning after the West Nile virus has been 'Flame' computer virus fans flames between U.S. and Israel 06/09/2012 03:52am • WTOP National Security Correspondent J.J. Green Computer scam disguises itself as hotel confirmation 06/02/2012 11:46pm • WASHINGTON - A hotel reservation email scam is taking advantage of summer vacation season and attacking computers with a trojan virus. Scammers are using an email labeled "Forward...Hotel Booking Confirmation" to put the virus on computers. The email appears plausible, instructing the user to New cyber virus uses gaming language 05/31/2012 06:56pm • Catherine Herridge, Fox News chief intelligence correspondent Is it OK to cry at work? 05/08/2012 08:10am • What do you think? Is it OK to cry at work? Under what conditions is it acceptable? Post a comment in this story, comment on WTOP's Facebook Page or use #WTOPTalkback or #WTOP on Twitter. .polllabel { float: none !important; width: auto !important; margin-left: 25px; } .poll-option Md. first to protect kids from ID theft (VIDEO) 05/03/2012 03:35pm • Megan Cloherty, wtop.com WASHINGTON - Children in Maryland are better protected from identity theft after Gov. Martin O'Malley signed a bill Wednesday giving parents a preventative way to protect their kids' credit. The Maryland Child Identity Lock bill allows parents and legal guardians to place Metro bus driver does not have meningitis 04/23/2012 05:52pm • WASHINGTON - A Metro bus driver who made headlines on Monday for having viral meningitis never had the virus, officials said Friday. Metro would not say why the driver's diagnosis had changed because of laws regarding medical privacy. On Monday, Metro alerted the public about the driver's conditi Iranian 'Stuxnet' attack was inside job 04/16/2012 09:19pm • J.J. Green, wtop.com WASHINGTON - In March 2010, Iran's Natanz uranium enrichment plant was infected by the "Stuxnet" virus. Originally it was heralded as a "cyberattack," but recent developments suggest the attack was launched on-site by a person who plugged a 32MB memory stick into a computer at Trojan virus infects more than half a million Macs 04/06/2012 04:46pm • WASHINGTON - Attention Mac users: Your computer might not be as virus-proof as you thought. Ars Technica warned on April 2 that a Trojan affecting Macs had been spotted -- later confirming that it was a variation of a virus that first made an appearance last year called the Mac Flashback Trojan. T Using Facebook to track STDs 04/04/2012 03:50pm • WASHINGTON - Scientists are looking into the possibility of using Facebook to track the risk of sexually transmitted infections. Researchers are shifting their study of STDs from the risk between sexual partners to the infections' prevalence among friend groups. Social networks are becoming usefu