News 2011
Public Support of Health Law Drops Sharply
Public support of last year’s health care law hit an all-time low in October as many Democratic voters lost confidence that one of President Barack Obama’s major programs will improve their lives, a new poll finds. For the first time, as many people believe the law won’t make the country better off as believe it will.
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The Black AIDS Institute is now accepting applications for its African American HIV University Community Mobilization College (AAHU CMC) 2012 Cohort. AAHU CMC is a training and internship program that strengthens organizational and individual capacity to address the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Black communities.
2011 AAHU FELLOW’S MOBILIZATION EVENTS
The Black AIDS Institute’s current AAHU Fellows will be hosting there HIV prevention projects and events in a city near you!
IAS Presence at the 2011 United States Conference on AIDS (USCA), Chicago, 10-13 November 2011
The International AIDS Society (IAS) is pleased to inform its members in the United States and Canada that we will be present at the 2011 United States Conference on AIDS (USCA), at the Sheraton Chicago Hotel & Towers, in Chicago, Illinois, on 10-13 November 2011.
Does Using "The Shot" for Birth Control Up Your HIV Risk?
Earlier this month, a study published in the medical journal The Lancet Infectious Diseases--and the headlines that followed--left some folks wondering if their birth control method might be putting their lives in jeopardy. Researchers from the University of Washington followed nearly 3,800 sero-discordant heterosexual couples in seven African countries and found that women who used Depo-Provera-style birth control injections had twice the risk of acquiring an HIV infection or transmitting it to an uninfected partner, compared with women who did not use hormonal contraception.
Read more: Does Using "The Shot" for Birth Control Up Your HIV Risk?