News 2017
Trump Says He Knows About Health Care, But Some Of His Facts Seem Alternative
In an interview with Time magazine, President Donald Trump said that "in a short period of time I understood everything there was to know about health care"
Lost in all the coverage of the firing of FBI Director James Comey were a pair of in-depth interviews President Donald Trump gave that included lengthy comments on health care — one with Time magazine and the other with The Economist.
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New Hepatitis C Treatments More Effective, Tolerable: FDA
Jeffrey S. Murray, M.D., MPH, is Deputy Director of the Division of Antiviral Products, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Hepatitis C can be cured in about three months, allowing people with the viral disease to live longer, healthier lives, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says.
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Black AIDS Institute Seeks Your Input to NHTD Event Calendar and Instagram Campaign Featuring Black Males
30 Days of HIV includes a calendar of all health events all over the country related to HIV Testing Day
Over the next month, the Black AIDS Institute will engage in several activities to increase awareness of National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) on June 27, 2017.
First, the Institute is compiling a Calendar of Events taking place during the 30 days leading up to NHTD.
The Black AIDS Institute Wants to Hear Your Health Care Stories
Researchers want to hear about your experiences with health insurance
On May 4, 2017, Republicans in the House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA), also popularly known as Trumpcare. This was their first successful step towards repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare. According to the bi-partisan Congressional Budget Office, about 14 million Americans will lose health coverage by just 2018.
Read more: The Black AIDS Institute Wants to Hear Your Health Care Stories
In This Issue
This week, we run another installment in our series about graduates of the African American HIV University, this week profiling Jaasiel Chapman, a member of our BTAN chapter in Cincinnati.