News 2012
Health Budget Battle Redux
If it’s the middle of February, and it’s time for the yearly Washington ritual: A president proposes Medicare and Medicaid cuts, and then nursing homes and hospitals complain that those cuts will destroy the quality of care. Today was no different: President Barack Obama released his fiscal 2013 budget plan.
Celebrating Black Love
Happy Valentine's Day! I really enjoy Valentine's Day. I think that love is a good thing, that celebrating love is important and that it's not possible for any of us to be loved too much.
Naturi Naughton: Singer, Actor, Activist
How I Successfully Managed My HIV-Positive Pregnancy
During my pregnancy in 2009, I knew that it would be very important for me to take my antiretroviral (ARV) medicine every day so that my baby would be born HIV negative. Mother-to-child transmission (pdf) does not occur during pregnancy; it occurs during birth. I needed to be strong and healthy enough to carry the baby to term. I also needed to suppress the virus to reduce the likelihood of infecting my child.
Read more: How I Successfully Managed My HIV-Positive Pregnancy
Road to AIDS 2012: A Series of Town Hall Meetings--New Orleans
The fourth in a series of articles about the Road to AIDS 2012, a 15-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 third installment reported on the Chicago meeting.
Read more: Road to AIDS 2012: A Series of Town Hall Meetings--New Orleans