News 2011
A Hero in Congress, Funding the National AIDS Strategy and More
California Congresswoman Barbara Lee has always put her money where her mouth is when it comes to her leadership around HIV and AIDS. Even back when she worked for then-Congressman Ron Dellums, this Oakland advocate "got" it and took up the fight against the HIV/AIDS epidemic. In this issue she speaks with writer Nick Chiles about the deciding moment that caused her to get involved, what she's doing today back home in Oakland and how the Affordable Care Act could help Black women.
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Q&A: Rep. Barbara Lee, Congresswoman and AIDS Activist
Since her election in 1998 from Oakland, Calif.'s 9th Congressional District--the first woman ever elected to represent that community--Barbara Lee has been one of the most courageous and principled members of Congress.
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Why Is HIV Still Going? One Reason: 1 in 5 Don’t Know They Have It
Today is National HIV Testing Day, a cross-country campaign to encourage individuals to get tested for HIV, especially young people.
HIV/AIDS continues to be a national epidemic, with African Americans and poor communities disproportionately affected. Blacks make up roughly half of people living with HIV, half of new infections, and more than half of late testers.
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Proposed National HIV/AIDS Strategy Implementation Fund
Because the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) is a priority endeavor for the U.S. government, when the President released his Fiscal Year 2012 (FY12) budget proposal in February of this year, he proposed a special fund to support the implementation of the Strategy.
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Tracking Down Patients Who Skip Their Drugs
For doctors, pharmacists and other health care experts, it’s a bitter pill to swallow: nearly a quarter of people who get a prescription don’t bother to fill it.