News 2017
Trump Administration Whacks Millions From Budget Used To Push Obamacare
Health navigator Stacey Roberson (center) assists enrollees at a health insurance education and enrollment event in Silver Spring, Maryland
President Donald Trump has insisted for months that "Obamacare is already dead."
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Offshore Human Testing Of Herpes Vaccine Stokes Debate Over U.S. Safety Rules
Agustín Fernández III, a former Hollywood filmmaker, co-founded Rational Vaccines, which tested a controversial herpes vaccine offshore. The vaccine is not approved in the U.S., but Fernández has vowed to continue trials and manufacturing the vaccine offshore.
WASHINGTON — Defying U.S. safety protections for human trials, an American university and a group of wealthy libertarians, including a prominent Donald Trump supporter, are backing the offshore testing of an experimental herpes vaccine.
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In This Issue
This week, we continue our series profiling the Black AIDS Institute's Heroes in the Struggle Gala and Award Celebration awardees. We highlight the work of Alfre Woodard—from her award-winning career to her groundbreaking work as an HIV/AIDS activist and founder of Artists for a New South Africa.
Alfre Woodard: Lifting the Burden and Carrying on the Work
Alfre Woodard
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 2017 honorees.
Read more: Alfre Woodard: Lifting the Burden and Carrying on the Work
Singer-Songwriter Ledisi to Headline the Black AIDS Institute's Heroes in the Struggle Awards Gala
Ledisi
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.
Once you have experienced the stirring vocals of Ledisi, you don't soon forget. The singer-songwriter and New Orleans native is a celebrated R&B recording artist and activist.
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- Planned Parenthood and Black AIDS Institute Announce Program to Expand Comprehensive HIV Prevention Services at Health Centers Across the Country
- New Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program National Curriculum: HIV/HCV Co-infection
- Do Blacks, Hispanics Get Low Quality Hospice Care?