News 2013
Hormonal Agent Review Sees Mixed Signals on HIV Transmission Risk
A systematic review of studies addressing the question of female-to-male HIV transmission risk with hormonal contraceptives did not reach a definitive conclusion, a result underling the need for more study.
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Why Uninsured Might Not Flock To Health Law's Marketplaces
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – With almost one in five of its residents lacking health insurance, officials in Palm Beach County thought they had hit on a smart solution.
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What If That Baby Who Was 'Cured' of HIV Never Had It?
The first in a series examining the reports of a pediatric "functional cure" and its implications across Black America.
In early March, the news that a newborn baby in Mississippi had been treated with a potent cocktail of anti-HIV drugs was presented as the "first documented case of a child being cured of the virus." Only days after the pediatric case made international news, French investigators reported their "functional cure" of 14 patients who had started treatment within 10 weeks of infection and continued on ARVs for, on average, three years.
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In This Issue
Several weeks ago headlines trumpeted that an infant had been cured of HIV. In this issue we'll begin a series that takes a harder look at that story and some of its implications for Black people, starting with a look at what an HIV "cure" means.
Take the US HIV Workforce Survey
The Black AIDS Institute along with our partners, National Alliance for State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) and the Latino Commission on AIDS, has launched the U.S. HIV Workforce Survey, a national assessment of the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of people who work in HIV/AIDS.