Last November, Charlie Sheen disclosed that he is HIV-positive. At the time, it seemed like the most responsible thing the actor had done in years. He brought his doctor on the air, and together they explained in clear language the complexities of the medical condition and how antivirals could make the virus "undetectable."
This had a surprising upside. Researchers are now calling Sheen’s actions the "most significant domestic HIV prevention event in the last decade."
For a newly published study in JAMA Internal Medicine, academics sifted through Google search information in the week after Sheen's announcement. They also looked at media archives on HIV and HIV prevention since 2004.
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