Combating Stigma: One of the Keys to an HIV-Free Generation

Vanessa Johnson, National Training and Leadership Director, Positive Women's Network-USA

Everyone involved in the mission to end HIV/AIDS wants to get as many people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) into care as possible. Yet stigma remains a key barrier to achieving that goal. The Black AIDS Institute and the Positive Women's Network (PWN) USA held a Brown Bag Lunch Webinar in March 2017 to help change that.

Congress Revamps Housing Program To Benefit Areas Where HIV Is Spreading

Shyronn Jones, 39, and her children, Shyloh, 5, and Shymere, 14, live in Atlanta. The federal program called Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS helps Jones afford an apartment near a park where her daughter can safely play.

In a bipartisan push, Congress has restructured a federal program that provides housing assistance for people living with HIV to funnel more money into areas struggling to control the outbreak.

Congressional Black Caucus Encourages Americans to #StayWoke

CBC's list of Trump's "troubling" actions

The CBC created a list of 100 "troubling" actions carried out by the Trump Administration in its first 100 days.

April 29th was President Donald Trump's 100th day in the White House. To mark the occasion, the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) created the #StayWoke List, which looks back at 100 actions he has taken so far that it feels will negatively impact people of color.

Conservatives' Goal To Relax Mandatory Health Benefits Unlikely To Tame Premiums

Members of the House Freedom Caucus, from left, Rep. Justin Amash (R-Mich.), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) and Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), talk about efforts to replace the Affordable Care Act at a meeting earlier this month. Meadows has said the group wants to reduce premiums by ending the ACA's 10 "essential health benefits."

As House Republicans try to find common cause on a bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, they may be ready to let states make the ultimate decision about whether to keep a key consumer provision in the federal health law that conservatives say is raising insurance costs.

Conversations [video] on Viral Suppression and HIV Transmission, Social Media and HIV, and an Update on PACHA from the 2017 U.S. Conference on AIDS

Murray Penner, Executive Director, NASTAD; Gina Brown, Southern AIDS Coalition; Richard Wolitski, Ph.D., Director, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Jesse Milan, Jr., J.D., President and CEO, AIDS United; and Bruce Richman, Founder, Prevention Access Campaign.

HIV.gov continued sharing updates via Facebook Live from the 2017 U.S. Conference on AIDS (USCA) in Washington, DC, on Friday, September 8, 2017.