News 2012
5 Ways Adults Can Help Young People Avoid Getting HIV/AIDS
No one can turn back the hands of time, but with the benefit of hindsight, we often wish that we had made different choices or had had information to help us make a better decision. Cory and Jah were diagnosed with HIV at about age 16. Now 25, they reflect upon five areas of support they wish they had received from adults that might have helped them protect themselves.
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An AIDS-Free Generation: Hope from the XIX International AIDS Conference
I missed my father’s family reunion this year to attend a much larger one—the 2012 International AIDS Conference. Family reunions are special because they bring together far flung kinfolk from across the miles, and connect generations to each other. At reunions we acknowledge the aging and the young, we note the accomplishments of family members in their prime, and we honor newborns as well as the dead. The XIX International AIDS Conference was no different.
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Celebrating Community Health Centers
This week, we join our colleagues across the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in celebrating the work of the HHS-supported community health centers during National Health Center Week. The centers provide preventive and primary care services to more than 20 million Americans every year and are important partners in implementing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
Our Bad!
In last week's issue we ran as a story a piece from Colorlines titled "It’s Hard to Imagine a Worse Choice for People of Color Than Paul Ryan"
In This Issue
No group in the in the United States is more impacted by HIV than Black people. According to a recent Kaiser Family Foundation survey, most Black Americans know someone living with HIV/AIDS.For many of us that person is a close family member. This week, we profile newsmaker Dr. Grant Colfax, director of the Office of National AIDS Policy, who is leading the nation's effort to get to zero new infections.