2012 Year in Review: 10 Stories That Affected HIV/AIDS in Black America, Part 2

The second of a two-part series about the stories to keep your eyes on during 2012. To read the first five stories covered in part 1, go here.

In This Issue

Season's greetings!

From biomedical breakthroughs, to hosting the International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C., to the Supreme Court upholding the individual mandate -- this has this been an amazing year, even in the midst of these tough economic times.

HHS Consultation on HIV among Black Gay and Bisexual Men

New data released last week from CDC underscored the disproportionate burden of HIV being borne by young Americans. CDC reportedthat in 2010 about 1 in 4 (26%) of all new HIV infections occurred among youth ages 13 to 24 years – that’s 12,000 new HIV infections annually or 1,000 per month in this population. Of those new HIV infections among youth, 45.9% were among Black/African American males, the majority of which were attributed to male-to-male sexual contact. CDC observes that among the implications of these findings are “more effort is needed to provide effective school- and community-based interventions to ensure all youths, particularly men who have sex with men, have the knowledge, skills, resources, and support necessary to avoid HIV infection."

Black Gay and Bisexual Men's HIV/AIDS Summit - Conversations with AIDS.gov

AIDS.gov spoke with panelists and facilitators at the November 15-16, 2012 Black Gay and Bisexual Men's HIV/AIDS Summit: Putting the Pieces Together.

HHS Tells States It Will Not Fund Partial Medicaid Expansion

Obama administration answered a key question from governors on Monday with a clear "no": States may not expand Medicaid only part of the way and still get the full federal funding provided in the Affordable Care Act.