News 2017
In This Issue
This week we report on new research showing that teens and young adults who were infected with HIV near the time of their birth are at higher risk for serious health problems and death, underscoring how important it is that they receive appropriate care and treatment.
Should Community Based Organizations Use PrEP and HIV Navigators? Does Your Organization Use PrEP and/or HIV Navigators? If So, Please Share Your Experiences by May 9th
NMAC study
NMAC's Capacity Building Division (Linking and Integrating Networks for Collaboration) is re-releasing its "National HIV and PrEP Navigator Landscape Assessment" through the Black AIDS Institute.
Read more: Should Community Based Organizations Use PrEP and HIV Navigators?
Health Risks Grow as Young People Born With HIV Age
Anne M. Neilan, M.D., MPH, Fellow, Infectious Diseases, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
Teens and young adults who were infected with HIV near the time of birth are at increased risk for serious health problems and death, a new study finds.
Read more: Health Risks Grow as Young People Born With HIV Age
Conservatives' Goal To Relax Mandatory Health Benefits Unlikely To Tame Premiums
Members of the House Freedom Caucus, from left, Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), talk about efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act at a meeting earlier this month. Meadows has said the group wants to reduce premiums by ending the ACA's 10 "essential health benefits."
As House Republicans try to find common cause on a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, they may be ready to let states make the ultimate decision about whether to keep a key consumer provision in the federal health law that conservatives say is raising insurance costs.
Read more: Conservatives' Goal To Relax Mandatory Health Benefits Unlikely To Tame Premiums
A Water Crisis Like Flint's Is Unfolding In East Chicago
A sign displayed in a front yard request that residents keep from playing in the dirt or mulch at the West Calumet Housing Complex in East Chicago, Ind
Carmen Garza, 74, moved to the city of East Chicago, Indiana, 41 years ago. She bought her house with her husband and quickly made it home, turning their backyard into a tomato and chili garden every summer. "They were so good," Garza tells Colorlines in Spanish. "Riquísimos."
Read more: A Water Crisis Like Flint's Is Unfolding In East Chicago