Brotherly Love? HIV Rate Skyrockets Among Philadelphia's Black MSM

As we enter the season of Black Gay Pride, we examine the response to the HIV epidemic among Black gay and bisexual men in Philadelphia, where the HIV infection rate is five times the national average and one-and-a-half times the rate of New York City's, the traditional epicenter of the AIDS epidemic.
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States Cutting Back On Drug Programs For HIV Patients

Cash-strapped states across the country are scaling back efforts to provide life-saving medicines to HIV patients.
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30th Commemoration of HIV/AIDS

Thirty years ago this June, an article reporting the first known cases of what we now call AIDS was published in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).
The NY Post Makes DSK’s Alleged Rape Victim an AIDS Predator

When I heard that Dominique Strauss-Kahn, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, was arrested for sexually assaulting a housekeeper in his $3,000 hotel room in New York City, I immediately feared for his accuser’s life.
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HUD Announces $9.1 million in HOPWA Funding

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced the availability of $9.1 million in funding through its Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program to meet the housing needs of low-income people living with HIV/AIDS.