News 2016
New Issue Brief from Kaiser Family Foundation Examines Impact of ACA on People Living with HIV
Shandora Lane, Ryan White Client, Georgia
The Kaiser Family Foundation has released a new issue brief, The ACA and People Living with HIV: An Update [PDF 603 KB]. The brief takes a second look at the impact of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) on people with HIV in five states—California, Florida, Georgia, New York, and Texas. Observations are drawn from interviews in early 2016 in which participants discussed their experiences with the ACA, following up on an earlier report from 2014 when coverage opportunities were only newly available.
Sexual Health Empowerment For Trans People Highlighted in New Videos
Sexual options for trans people
Outshine NW and Project Inform announce the launch of two new videos promoting personal empowerment in sexual health decisions among transgender women and transgender men who have sex with men (TMSM).
Read more: Sexual Health Empowerment For Trans People Highlighted in New Videos
Five Health Issues Presidential Candidates Aren't Talking About — But Should Be
Overlooked topics
References to the Affordable Care Act — sometimes called Obamacare — have been a regular feature of the current presidential campaign season.
Read more: Five Health Issues Presidential Candidates Aren’t Talking About — But Should Be
In This Issue
Over the past five years in the United States, the rates of new HIV infections and HIV transmissions have declined; however, these improvements have fallen short of the goals set in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and have not occurred among Black gay and bisexual men. As we have cautioned here many times in the past, scaling up care and treatment isn't enough. Read on to learn more about a recent analysis of CDC data and what steps the researchers recommend for the future.
HIV Decline Falls Short of U.S. 5-Year Goal
Robert Bonacci, fourth-year medical student at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
Although HIV infection and transmission rates in the United States declined over the past five years, they fell short of White House targets, a new study finds.