News 2015
In This Issue
Continuing our series of profiles about the people behind the changes at the Black AIDS Institute, today we speak with Gerald Garth, a graduate of the African American HIV University (AAHU) who has advanced from accounting assistant to programs specialist supporting both AAHU and the Black Treatment Advocates Network.
The Interrupters
Protesters against police brutality shout during former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley's official announcement of his candidacy for the U.S. presidency during an event at Federal Hill Park May 30, 2015 in Baltimore
As you've surely heard—and debated—Black Lives Matter (BLM) members have been disrupting presidential campaign rallies lately. Early this month, two in Seattle took over the mic at a Social Security-centered event that Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) held. More recently, five were barred from entering a New Hampshire substance abuse forum featuring former Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY). (She met with the group for 15 minutes afterwards.)
Despite Obamacare Promise, Transgender People Have Trouble Getting Some Care
Insurance denied
Transgender people are still fighting for access to crucial health services despite the Affordable Care Act's requirement that insurance companies not deny coverage based on gender or health history.
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Large Percentage of Youth with HIV May Lack Immunity to Measles, Mumps, Rubella
Measles risk
Between one-third and one-half of individuals in the United States who were infected with HIV around the time of birth may not have sufficient immunity to ward off measles, mumps, and rubella—even though they may have been vaccinated against these diseases. This estimate, from a National Institutes of Health research network, in collaboration with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is based on a study of more than 600 children and youth exposed to HIV in the womb.
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Remembering Julian Bond's HIV/AIDS Activism
Julian Bond (January 14, 1940 – August 15, 2015), an American social activist and leader in the Civil Rights Movement, politician, professor, and writer
In 2008, the Black AIDS Institute recognized Julian Bond at the Heroes in the Struggle Award Ceremony—the annual fundraising gala held to honor individuals and corporate "heroes"—for being an "Advocate" in the fight to end HIV/AIDS, as he instinctively understood that AIDS is a civil rights issue. To remind us of the leadership and courage he exhibited in fighting AIDS in Black communities, we run an edited version of the biography we published in the event program that evening.