Los Angeles County health officials said Thursday that at least 16 additional unpublicized cases of HIV have been confirmed in adult film performers.

The newly released data bring the number of HIV cases in porn performers in the last five years to 22, including the case disclosed this week.

In 2004, a porn star named Darren James shut down the entire porn industry for a month after he infected three of his co-stars with HIV. Health advocates are using this new disclosure as an opportunity to push for mandatory condoms in all porn shoots. The porn industry responds, collectively, "No." Although:

Since 2004, 2,378 people who identified themselves as adult film industry performers have tested positive for chlamydia in Los Angeles County. An additional 1,357 tested positive for gonorrhea and 15 for syphilis, according to data released Thursday by the county's health department.

What is porn about if not safety and health?
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A call placed by Daily Intelligencer to the store resulted in an employee—clearly not versed on the practice of not commenting on their celebrity clientele's raw food dietary habits—revealing that Paltrow was undertaking a "five-day live-food fast," which involved the ingestion of nothing but salads and juices. Meanwhile, PageSix.com has obtained the last-known image of the Iron Man star prior to her mystery, possibly lettuce-induced hospitalization; taken that very morning, Paltrow looked so healthy as she jogged through Manhattan in an all-black winter workout outfit, possibly listening on her iPod to inspiring track "Yes!" from Coldplay's forthcoming album, "Prospekt." Developing...

• Last Photo of Gwyneth Before Her Hospitalization [PageSix.com]
• EXCLUSIVE: Gwyneth Paltrow Admitted to New York Hospital [usmagazine.com]
• Did a Fast Make Gwyneth Sicketh? [Daily Intelligencer]