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Raised in Canada actor Tamara Taylor grew up with the benefit of a publically funded health care system in which she could go to the clinic to get HIV tested as often as necessary. Today, a star of the hit television show Bones, Taylor encourages Black Americans to learn their status as well.

FDA Advisory Panel Recommends Truvada for PrEP

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Thursday, May 10, the antiviral drug advisory committee at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) discussed expanding the use of the antiretroviral drug Truvada to include pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to help prevent HIV-negative people from acquiring HIV. The committee, in fact, recommended that the FDA approve Truvada for PrEP to reduce the risk of sexually acquired HIV-1 infection.

Tamara Taylor: Actor, Activist

One in a weekly series about the Black AIDS Institute's Greater Than AIDS ambassadors, who are using their VIP status in Black America to increase awareness of HIV/AIDS and HIV testing and treatment.

Ask the Doctor: HIV and HIV Risk After Age 50

Every month, HIV specialist Theresa Mack, M.D., M.P.H.--an associate medical director at St. Luke's Medical Group in Harlem, N.Y.--will answer your most pressing HIV/AIDS questions.
Read more: Ask the Doctor: HIV and HIV Risk After Age 50

Dr. Otis Brawley: 'The System Really Is Not Failing ... Failure Is The System'

Anyone going to hear a speech by Dr. Otis Brawley might think he or she could easily predict what Brawley will say. Since he's the chief medical officer and executive vice president of the American Cancer Society, you might expect him to urge doctors to aggressively screen all their patients for cancer, and to aggressively treat them as well.
Read more: Dr. Otis Brawley: 'The System Really Is Not Failing... Failure Is The System'

Earlier Sex, More Lifetime Partners in US MSM Than in Heterosexuals

Los Angeles Premiere of "The Skinny"

Dennis Haysbert: Actor, Activist

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