In This Issue

It is hard to believe this is our last issue of the year. 2015 has been both an extremely challenging and inspirational year. In the United States we are having a new and complicated conversion about race in America and are begging the question "Do Black Lives Matter?"

World AIDS Day Wrap-Up

Commemorating World AIDS Day

On Dec. 1, 2015, several cities around the country commemorated World AIDS Day (WAD) with several events to raise awareness and to support PLWHA. (An estimated 34 million people have the virus worldwide, and more than 35 million people have died as a result of AIDS.)

National HIV Prevention Conference: Day One Recap

Eugene McCray, M.D., Director, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Thousands of attendees from around the country were in Atlanta, Georgia last week to attend the CDC's 2015 National HIV Prevention Conference. For those who were not able to attend, check out AIDS.gov's daily conference highlights.

Save Money on Marketplace Health Insurance Plans

Financial aid through health exchanges related to the Federal Poverty Level

Are you or your friends and family members among the 8 in 10 current Marketplace enrollees that can save money on health insurance through tax credits and cost sharing reductions?

Major Insurer Says It Will Offer Individual Life Insurance Coverage To People With HIV

Home Office of Prudential Financial in Newark, New Jersey

Prudential Financial Inc., one of the nation's largest life insurers, plans to announce this week that it will offer traditional individual policies to eligible people living with HIV, a condition that for decades has excluded most of them from any but the skimpiest of coverage, company officials said.