News 2011
Black HIV/AIDS Activists Draw Attention to the Industrialized World: Part 1
The International AIDS Society has scheduled the next International AIDS Conference for July 22-27, 2012, in Washington, D.C. It will be the meeting's first stop in the United States since the 1990 gathering, held in San Francisco. This is the first in an occasional series about conference preparations. Part 1 of this two-part story covers the conference's potential to draw attention to the epidemic among Black people living in industrialized nations.
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White House Releases NHAS Operational Plans, HIV/AIDS Advocates "Cautiously Optimistic"
Despite last week's troubling news that the newly elected House Republican leadership was committed to slashing billions in federal spending—including HIV/AIDS funding—there was some good news. President Obama’s proposed FY 2012 budget drew some praise from AIDS advocates for its modest funding increases to federal AIDS programs during a time when the White House and Congress are under growing pressure to cut spending.
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The ADAP Watch: Florida Runs Out of Money
From NAPWA: The National Association of People with AIDS
There's major news on ADAP, and it isn't good. For the first time, a state ADAP program will run out of money, weeks before the program's March 31 fiscal year end, and will simply shut down until new funding becomes available April 1. The Miami Herald reported January 20 that Florida's ADAP will be out of money in mid-February.
Backward Mobility and America’s Broken Promises
From Colorlines
If Barack Obama embodies the American dream of equal opportunity, Velma Hart represents the midnight wake-up call bearing bad news. In September, the Army veteran and successful executive interrupted Obama’s “recovery summer” road show by announcing, in a CNBC town hall meeting with the president, that she was broken. “I’m exhausted of defending you,” she told the president. “I have been told that I voted for a man who said he’s going to change things in a meaningful way for the middle class. I am one of those people, and I’m waiting sir. I’m waiting.”
Ignoring Health Law Is 'Risky Posture' For States: KHN Interview With Alan Weil
From Kaiser Health News
After a Florida district court judge's recent ruling that the new health law is unconstitutional, Florida Gov. Rick Scott reacted by saying his state could, for now, stop implementing it. Alan Weil, the executive director of the National Academy for State Health Policy, calls that "a risky posture" -- considering that the Jan. 31 court decision won’t be the last.
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