In This Issue

Today, President Obama wraps up a historic three-day trip to Cuba—the first time a sitting U.S. president has visited the country in nearly 90 years. This trip is the equivalent to Richard Nixon's trip to China. The U.S. ratcheted up sanctions on Cuba in 1960. Diplomatic relations between the two countries broke off in 1961. With tensions increasing after Cuba signed a trade agreement with the Soviet Union, President John F. Kennedy made the embargo official in 1962.

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Highlights from Black AIDS Institute Delegation at CROI 2016

Matthew Rose, Program Coordinator, Black AIDS Institute

Every year the top scientists in HIV, HCV and other retroviruses gather at CROI, the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections. CROI has become a place to break new science; where careers are made, and new paths are revealed toward ending the epidemic. At CROI 2016, held in February in Boston, the Black AIDS Institute partnered with AVAC and the Community Liaison Subcommittee of CROI for the second year in a row to bring a delegation of community advocates to this formidable conference and help them understand and bring science presented at CROI back home to their communities. Here are five highlights BAI delegates took away from the conference.

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We'll Always Have Cuba, Part 1

Cuba entourage

A round-table discussion with four members of the Black AIDS Institute Cuban delegation

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Health Care Apps Often Offer Little Privacy Protection: Study

Apps might not secure your health data as much as expected

If you're relying on your smartphone to share medical information with your doctor, you may be risking the privacy of your health records, a new study warns.

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