News 2012
Ending AIDS In Black America:
Step Two: HIV-Positive People Must Come Out
Last week I called on HIV-positive people to be more public about their HIV status, and for all of us -- HIV positive and negative alike -- to work to create an environment in which it's easier to do so.
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Black AIDS Institute and the AIDS 2012 Hubs Hit Northern California
African-American HIV/AIDS activists came together in Northern California to share knowledge about the International AIDS Conference, which was held in Washington, D.C., back in July. These HIV Post-Conference Updates, sponsored by the Black Treatment Advocates Network (BTAN) and the Black AIDS Institute, were held in San Francisco on Aug. 30 at the Black Coalition on AIDS (BCA)/Rafiki Wellness Center and in Oakland, Calif., on Aug. 31 at CAL-PEP's headquarters.
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Gearing Up for Social Media at USCA
It’s been a month since AIDS 2012 and now it’s time for the 2012 United States Conference on AIDS. The annual conference planned by the National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) takes place September 30 to October 4, 2012. The conference marks the 25th anniversary of its founding. The 2012 theme is “Ending the AIDS Epidemic.”
HHS Says Health Plans Cannot Discriminate Against Transgender People
In a recent letter hailed by advocates in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, the Department of Health and Human Services clarified that provisions in the Affordable Care Act prohibiting sex discrimination in health insurance apply to transgender people.
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Hepatitis Testing Saves Lives
CDC’s “Recommendations for the Identification of Chronic Hepatitis C Virus Infection” was published August 16, 2012 in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The new recommendations call for all Americans born from 1945 through 1965 or “baby boomers” to get a one-time blood test for the hepatitis C virus (HCV).