News 2011
Will This Generation's Magic Johnson Please Stand Up?
It was the disclosure heard around the world.
On Nov. 7, 1991, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, then only 32 years old, stepped up to the microphone, addressed the press and uttered the words, "Because of the HIV virus that I have attained, I will have to retire from the Lakers today. I just want to make clear, first of all, that I do not have the AIDS disease ... but the HIV virus."
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Women’s Health Issues Supplement Showcases Gender-Responsive National HIV/AIDS Programming for U.S. Women and Girls
A just-released special supplement to the journal Women’s Health Issues provides in-depth information about gender-specific health considerations of U.S. women and girls in the HIV/AIDS epidemic and recommendations for national strategic programmatic improvements to meet their needs.
Improving Health Disparities Data for a Healthier Nation
This year we have achieved important milestones in our commitments to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities, including the release of Healthy People 2020 and the National Prevention Strategy, as well as the launch of the HHS Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.
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HRSA Works to Train Primary Care Providers to Respond to the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
Training primary care providers on HIV/AIDS-related prevention, care and treatment is key to achieving the National HIV/AIDS Strategy’s (NHAS) goal of increasing access to care and optimizing health outcomes for people living with HIV/AIDS. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) is working collaboratively across our Bureaus to pursue the Strategy’s goals and has made it a priority to improve the supply, capacity and distribution of primary care providers in the U.S. to treat uninsured, isolated or medically vulnerable populations, including those living with HIV/AIDS.
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In This Issue
Several weeks ago the major news organizations reported about a possible link between the contraceptive Depo Provera and HIV based on a study that had been conducted in Africa. The news reports left begging the obvious question of how their facts related to Black people elsewhere. Health journalist Nicole Saunders dug in and provides the answer in "Does Using 'The Shot' for Birth Control Up Your HIV Risk?"