News 2012

The Voice Contestant Jamar Rogers Reveals HIV-Positive Status

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"A friend of mine took me to The Cork, and man--I had some fried catfish and chicken. It was sooo good!" cheers The Voice contestant Jamar Rogers on the phone from Los Angeles shortly after his elimination from the season two competition (Jermaine Paul eventually took the title). And yet the soulful crooner is having the time of his life.

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Road to AIDS 2012: A Series of Town Hall Meetings--Las Vegas

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The ninth in a series of articles about the Road to AIDS 2012, a 17-city tour that seeks to define the state of the U.S. epidemic and that leads up to the International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C., in July 2012. The eighth installment reported on the New York meeting.

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FDA Panel Endorses Truvada for Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis

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Truvada (coformulated tenofovir/emtricitabine) should be licensed for use as once-daily pre-exposure prophylaxis in men and women at high risk of sexually acquired HIV infection. That decision came from the Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after 8.5 hours of deliberation.

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May 19 Is Hepatitis Testing Day

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During May’s annual observance of Hepatitis Awareness Month, May 19th will be recognized as the first-ever Hepatitis Testing Day in the United States. The Action Plan for the Prevention, Care, and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis (Action Plan) called for the establishment of this national testing day as one of the important actions to be taken to address the fact that millions of Americans have chronic hepatitis, but most of them do not know they are infected.

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Perinatal Hepatitis B: What Every Mom Should Know

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As we approach Mother’s Day this Sunday and then observe Women’s Health Week (May 13-19), it is an excellent opportunity to focus on actions that can be taken to improve the health and well-being of mothers and their infants. Since May is also Hepatitis Awareness Month, I would like to highlight perinatal hepatitis B transmission and the actions needed to eliminate this preventable disease. An estimated 1.4 million Americans are living with chronic (lifelong) hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection.

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  1. In This Issue
  2. FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Truvada for PrEP
  3. Tamara Taylor: Actor, Activist
  4. Ask the Doctor: HIV and HIV Risk After Age 50

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