In This Issue

Christian hip-hop artist Reborn reflects upon the complacency that he believes exists in the hip-hop community even 17 years after rapper Eazy-E died from HIV complications in 1995 as well as upon his commitment to help women practice prevention by saying no.

Tamara Holmes continues her reporting on The Road to AIDS 2012 town hall meetings—this time from Ft. Lauderdale, where participants expressed their concern about the contrast between the extremely high rate of new HIV infections in Miami-Dade county and the low level of urgency in the community.

We also share a link to a video of a conversation between Dr. Ron Valdiserri, deputy assistant secretary of health for infectious diseases, and Dr. Jonathan Mermin, director of CDC’s division of HIV/AIDS prevention, as they discuss some of the significant findings from the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections.

Applications are now being accepted to volunteer at the International AIDS Conference taking place in Washington, D.C., this summer. Volunteering offers a great way to experience the conference, participate in the movement to end the epidemic and to make friends with activists from all around the world.

Finally, while ARVs are helping thousands of HIV-positive expectant mothers keep from passing the virus along to their newborns, a few infants continue to be born HIV-positive each year. The NIH defines new treatment guidelines for HIV-positive infants infected at birth.

Yours in the struggle,

Phill