China's Deadliest Infectious Disease is Now AIDS

For the first time last year, AIDS has become the most infectious disease in China. 6,897 of its citizens died within the first nine months of 2008 due to the disease. The Chinese government has improved the reporting of HIV/AIDS statistics and is acknowledging its presence in the country. China has denied that AIDS is a problem in the country for a long time, partly due to the low amount of reported deaths.

In recent years, leaders of China have more open about the disease, offered free treatment for the poor, anonymous testing, and have banned discrimination against people who have the disease. The government of China and UNAIDS estimate that the number of citizens in China living with HIV is estimated at 700,000 and 85,000 of these people have full blown AIDS. About 34,864 people have died from aids since its first reported death in 1985. The main causes of HIV infections are due to sex, drug abuse, unsanitary blood plasma, and tainted transfusions in hospitals.

Horror Novelist Arrested For Cannibalism

In Mexico City, an aspiring horror novelist, named Jose Luis Calva, was arrested on Moday after police found the torso of his girlfriend in his closet, a leg in the refrigerator, and bones in a cereal box. Calva told the police that he had even boiled some of his girlfriend’s skin but didn’t eat it. Police also found chunks of fried meat in a pan but they have to do testing to see if they are human.

The police went to Calva’s apartment after neighbors complained of a horrible smell coming from it. That is when they found the body parts of his girlfriend, Alejandra Galeana, and bones. Galeana’s family had reported her missing three days before she was discovered. Calva told the police that he was a writer and a poet and police found a draft of a novel called “Cannibalistic Instincts.”

Calva is also being investigated in the killings of his ex-girlfriend who was found dead and dismembered in 2004 and an unidentified prostitute that was killed earlier this year. When being arrested Calva tried to run from the police but he was hit by a car and was hospitalized.