In This Issue

As we commemorate LGBT history month, we salute photographer Duane Cramer, the eye behind the history-making "Testing Makes Us Stronger" outreach campaign intended to help lower HIV rates among Black men who have sex with men. Over the years Duane has lent his eye to various Institute initiatives, shooting the images of various Heroes in the Struggle award recipients, for instance.

Recently the members of the National Medical Association participated in a symposium about the role that they can play in ending the AIDS epidemic. Black doctors were urged to step up their HIV screening, to normalize that testing as part of their care for all patients, to help reduce the stigma associated with an HIV-positive diagnosis, and quickly link people to appropriate treatment and care. AIDS.gov reports on that, as well as the Bay Area Road to AIDS 2012 meeting.

And Kaiser Health News digs in to the Obama administration's decision to abort the CLASS act component of the Affordable Care Act, which would have helped Americans cover some of their long-term health costs, including in-home nursing and nursing-home care.

Yours in the Struggle,

Phill