News 2013
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Five ‘Stand Your Ground’ Cases You Should Know About
The Stand Your Ground law is most widely associated with the Feb. 26 shooting death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed 17-year-old killed in Florida by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain who claimed he was acting in self-defense.
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In This Issue
If we want to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic, we must fully implement the Affordable Care Act. In this issue we tell you why AIDS activists and PLWHA must fight both for Medicaid Expansion and robust Essential Health Benefit packages.
How the ACA Will Affect People Living With HIV/AIDS: Ensuring Full Implementation
The third in a series that examines the Affordable Care Act's impact on people living with HIV/AIDS.
Although the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) passage represented a potentially transformative moment in the nation's three-decade-long struggle with AIDS, its promise has yet to be realized. To help lay a foundation for ending AIDS in the U.S., the ACA will need to be fully implemented.
Read more: How the ACA Will Affect People Living With HIV/AIDS: Ensuring Full Implementation
AMA To Do ‘Whatever We Can’ To Help Carry Out Health Law
The American Medical Association will do “whatever we can in our power” to help implement the 2010 health care law, the group’s president said Tuesday.
Read more: AMA To Do ‘Whatever We Can’ To Help Carry Out Health Law
Dr. Carl Dieffenbach: Key Developments in HIV Research from IAS 2013
Last week, Dr. Carl Dieffenbach from NIH/NIAID shared brief reports from the 7th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention (IAS 2013) with the AIDS.gov community via Skype. As Dr. Dieffenbach related, some key highlights of the conference included:
Read more: Dr. Carl Dieffenbach: Key Developments in HIV Research from IAS 2013