News 2016
Heroes in the Struggle: Mark Ridley-Thomas
Mark Ridley-Thomas, Supervisor, 2nd District, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
The Black AIDS Institute's Heroes in the Struggle Gala and Award Celebration honors, in a star-studded event and photographic tribute, individuals who, over the past year, have made a heroic contribution to the fight against HIV/AIDS. Below, one in a series profiling the 2016 honorees.
Join The Listening Session To Address HIV In The Transgender Community On December 8, 2016 – Open Call For Speakers!
Monica Roberts, founding member of the National Transgender Advocacy Coalition and creator of TransGriot.com
On Thursday, December 8, 2016, the HHS Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy (OHAIDP) will host a community listening session on strategies for improving HIV prevention and care for transgender women of color. The session will be conducted via webinar from 2:00–3:30 p.m. (ET). Dr. Amy Lansky, Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy, will offer opening remarks.
NIH's Dr. Carl Dieffenbach Discusses Viral Suppression
Carl W. Dieffenbach, Ph.D., the Director of the Division of AIDS at NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases speaks with Anne Rancourt, Communications Section Chief, at NIH's NIAID, on advances in viral suppression
Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, Director of the Division of AIDS at NIH's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), has spoken with AIDS.gov about the important issue of viral suppression at several major HIV conferences during the past few months, including the HIV Research for Prevention (R4P) Conference in Chicago, the 2016 Ryan White Conference in Washington, DC, and the International AIDS Conference (IAS) in Durban, South Africa.
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Black Americans May Have Stronger Immune Response to Infections
Luis Barreiro, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Montreal and researcher at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center in Montreal
Researchers say that based on laboratory studies, the cells of black Americans mount a much stronger immune response to infection than those of European-Americans.
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Concerned About Losing Your Marketplace Plan? ACA Repeal May Take Awhile
President-Elect Donald Trump
President-elect Donald Trump has promised that he'll ask Congress to repeal the Affordable Care Act on Day One of his administration. If you're shopping for coverage on the health insurance marketplace, should you even bother signing up? If everything's going to change shortly after your new coverage starts in January anyway, what's the point?
Read more: Concerned About Losing Your Marketplace Plan? ACA Repeal May Take Awhile