Los Angeles is ground zero of the international porn industry, with over 200 production companies grinding out direct-to-video X rated films. The industry has always maintained that its practice of self-regulation in terms of health practices has ensured there have been no known cases of HIV among adult performers since 2004, when several people were diagnosed with the disease and publicly identified. Now, however, an unnamed actress in the industry has been confirmed as having HIV. She apparently continued to work after the diagnosis and had sex with both her boyfriend and a male co-star. That co-star, in turn, had relations with other women. Health officials are extremely concerned that the disease could spread rapidly and enter the general population. In the center of the controversy is the reluctance of adult film stars to use condoms on screen. For more
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