News 2017
AAHU Fellow Yolanda Price: I Will Always Be an Advocate for Women
Yolanda Price, a graduate of the African American HIV University
One in a series about recent graduates of the African American HIV University (AAHU).
Yolanda Price, 51, has never had a job in the HIV/AIDS field. Never held any type of position at a non-profit or a public or private sector organization fighting against the disease.
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Eddie Wiley: 'HIV Saved My Life'
Eddie Wiley, an HIV/AIDS advocate, fighter and survivor
In 2014 Eddie Wiley became a different man. As he stared at the results of the rapid HIV test he took only to comfort a friend who was apprehensive about getting tested, he knew that his life would never be the same again. He now knew he was HIV positive.
Even Without Congress, Trump Can Still Cut Medicaid Enrollment
Dr. James Jackson examines Rufus Keen, 45, a Medicaid patient enrolled in the Healthy Indiana Plan at the Heart City Health Center
After the Senate fell short in its effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, the Trump administration is poised to use its regulatory powers to accomplish what lawmakers could not: shrink Medicaid.
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In This Issue
We open this week's issue with a story about the racial disparities in HIV diagnoses that Black gay and bisexual men experience. Research published in The Lancet earlier this year shows that the reasons for these disparities may not be as clear as we previously thought. Tamara Holmes reports.
New Research Explores HIV Racial Disparities Among Black MSM
Lack of care seen as a factor in higher rates of HIV diagnosis among Black gay and bisexual men
We've all seen the statistics showing that Black MSM are more likely to become HIV positive than White MSM. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2015 the rate of HIV diagnoses for Black men was nearly eight times the rate among White men.
Read more: New Research Explores HIV Racial Disparities Among Black MSM