In This Issue

The Black AIDS Institute is in countdown mode to the International AIDS Conference, where our media and BTAN delegations will both report on and bring information back home from the conference. If you are there, we invite you to attend our Science and Treatment Preconference on Sunday, and our Daily Breakfast Updates and webinars from Tuesday through Friday.

Earlier this month the White House hosted United State of Women, a summit focused on the needs of women and girls. There, ONAP hosted a high-level conversation about the successes and challenges we face in ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic at home and abroad. A second forum discussed the NHAS Updated to 2020 as it relates to women of color and transgender women. Our friends at AIDS.gov report.

We already know that PLWHA are at high risk for lymphoma. Now, a new study concludes that autologous stem cell transplant—in which the cells come from the patients themselves—should be the standard treatment.

On National HIV Testing Day, the CDC and Tufts University School of Medicine partnered to launch Serostatus Matters, a free CME/CE opportunity intended to build primary care providers' confidence and support their efforts to offer HIV testing to their patients, and improve HIV-testing related physician-patient interactions.

We close the issue with two pieces about health insurance. The ACE TA Center provides us with resources to make the most of our doctor visits and the benefits our healthcare coverage offers. And Kaiser Health News reports on changes to the ACA taking place in some states. The law opened the door for millions of young adults to stay on their parents' health insurance until they turn 26. However, mom or dad, as policyholder, has typically received a notice from the insurer every time the grown-up young person obtained medical care. A handful of states are making it easier for dependents to keep medical communications confidential.

Yours in the struggle,

Phill