In This Issue
This week we continue our series about the Heroes in the Struggle Hall of Fame inductees, with a story about Academy Award winning filmmaker Lee Daniels's three decades of the HIV/AIDS activism. On this Thursday, World AIDS Day, the Black AIDS Institute will recognize Lee and several other honorees at the Heroes in the Struggle Gala and Award Celebration, a star-studded event and photographic tribute, taking place at the Director's Guild in Los Angeles. Go here for tickets or email
Also in this issue, Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Rich Wolitski reflect upon the state of HIV cure research and implications of the promising findings from recent research led by Dr. Fauci's lab at NIH.
As we move through open enrollment season, the digital, print and video resources offered by the ACE TA center can help consumers get enrolled, stay enrolled, and learn how to use their coverage.
A lot of uncertainty exists about what a Trump presidency will mean for many communities, including transgender people. One area that trans people are focusing on is having identification documents that match their identity. Our friends from Colorlines provide a Q&A about updating documents before the Trump Administration officially enters the White House.
Finally, a recent study of jails and federal prisons in California and elsewhere compared the new and more traditional TB treatment protocols and found that a 12-week two-drug regimen is as effective as the traditional nine-month single-drug approach to treating latent infection.
Yours in the struggle,
Phill