News 2015
HIVMA Minority Clinical Fellowship Program: February 2 Application Deadline
African American doctor
The HIV Medicine Association's Minority Clinical Fellowship program provides a pathway for HIV clinical training for African American and Latino physicians committed to working with medically underserved patient populations. Up to two one-year fellowships are awarded annually to African American and Latino physicians. During the training year, fellows manage the ongoing care of patients with HIV disease under the supervision of an HIVMA mentor. The award includes a $60,000 stipend plus funding for benefits for one year and support for additional learning opportunities.
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The Hope and Burden of The Civil Rights Movement
Members of the civil rights group Dream Defenders raise their arms and shout "hands up, don't shoot" outside the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Florida on August 14, 2014 in Miami, Florida
It's nearly* six months since white police officer Darren Wilson killed 18-year-old, unarmed civilian Michael Brown in Ferguson, a St. Louis, Mo. suburb. There and around the country, the fatal shooting released a pressure valve of outrage about brutal and racist policing in black communities. Nationwide, people have marched, camped out in parking lots, blocked highway traffic, died in, sung in and even interrupted bourgie brunch. But to what end? What's next?
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If you haven't done so already, there are only 26 days left to purchase insurance on the federal health insurance marketplace at Healthcare.gov. Time to get moving.
How Obamacare Went South In Mississippi, Part 4: "The Headquarters"
The elected insurance commissioner of Mississippi Mike Chaney holds the unenviable distinction of submitting the only state exchange application to be turned down by the federal government.
In the country's unhealthiest state, the failure of Obamacare is a group effort. Go here to read Part 3.
Sister Minnie Wilkinson was no crusader.
Her pastor, Michael Minor, had received some small acclaim when he banned fried chicken at Oak Hill church in an effort to help parishioners lose weight. The fried chicken ban was all right with Wilkinson who didn't mind the turkey sausage replacement and regularly attended Weight Watchers, but the ban on soda at church functions was tough to abide. She loved, absolutely loved, Dr. Pepper.
Read more: How Obamacare Went South In Mississippi, Part 4: "The Headquarters"
HIV/AIDS Organizations Support Health Insurance Marketplace Outreach and Enrollment as Champions for Coverage
Jeanette Contreras of the Office of Communications at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
During our recent AIDS.gov webinar, Toward an AIDS-free Generation: Healthcare Outreach and Enrollment for People Living with HIV, panelists discussed ways that HIV/AIDS organizations can help reach out to and enroll individuals, particularly from communities of color, in coverage available to them through the Health Insurance Marketplace. One way for organizations to get involved, explained panelist Jeanette Contreras of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Office of Communications, is by becoming a Champion for Coverage.