A cross-section of articles we've read this week about HIV/AIDS, STIs and a wide cross-section of structural and systemic factors impacting HIV/AIDS in Black communities.
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As HIV Prevention Money Shrinks, Who Will Save Young Gay Men of Color?
Picture it: a summer night in New York City, still an epicenter of the U.S. HIV epidemic. In the face of the ongoing sequester, and as city HIV prevention funding is being slashed despite rising HIV rates among youth, a group of people gathered at the headquarters of Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) to hear how leaders of some of the city's biggest agencies serving young gay men of color -- GMHC, the Ali Forney Center, the Hetrick-Martin Institute, and more -- plan to do that work with fewer coins in their coffers.
New Intervention Reduces Risky Sex Among Bisexual African-American Men
A culturally tailored HIV prevention program developed and tested by investigators at UCLA and the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science has been shown to significantly reduce unprotected sex among bisexual black men.
Treatment
Onset of Puberty is Delayed in HIV-Infected Children
HealthDay)-Onset of puberty is significantly delayed in perinatally HIV-infected (PHIV) children compared with those who are HIV-exposed but uninfected (HEU), but combination antiretroviral therapy may result in more normal timing of pubertal onset, according to research published in the July 31 issue of AIDS.
Miscellaneous
Growing Share of HIV/AIDS Burden Shifts to Changing Group of Regions
Despite years of strong progress, burden of AIDS growing in the Caribbean and Southeast Asia and still significant in Eastern, Central and Southern Africa.
HIV/AIDS Study, Program Coming to Local Black Churches
The black church can be a powerful tool in HIV/AIDS education and prevention, according to Magdalena Szaflarski, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Sociology, who plans to replicate in Birmingham an innovative program that found success under her leadership in Ohio.
Pill Can Prevent Fatal TB in H.I.V. Patients
An inexpensive daily pill can often fend off a lethal bout of tuberculosis in people with H.I.V., according to a large new study.
Restrictions on Health Workers With HIV Lifted as 'Outdated' Ban Ends
HIV positive staff can carry out surgery and dentistry as chief medical officer says attitudes need to change.
Judge OKs LA County Condom Requirements for Porn
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A Los Angeles County law requiring adult film performers to wear condoms is constitutional, a federal judge has ruled.
Obamacare Premiums: Five Things You Should Know
Premiums will skyrocket next year! Premiums will be lower than expected! Premiums will be about the same!
Consumers are understandably confused after weeks of conflicting pronouncements about the expected cost of plans, for individuals and small groups, to be sold in new online insurance marketplaces under the federal health law beginning Oct. 1.
WWE Wrestler Darren Young: 'I'm Gay'
You know how it goes: TMZ cameramen loiter in areas highly trafficked by celebrities and waylay them, asking all kinds of arrant questions in the hope of getting a memorable quote.
Well, it sure worked yesterday. A TMZ tick stationed at LAX came across WWE wrestler Darren young and asked him if the thought a gay athlete could compete without trouble in pro wrestling.
Young Homeless People With Friends at Lower Risk for STDs: Study
A new study found that homeless youth who had friends were at lower risk of getting STDs and less likely to participate in high-risk sexual behavior. Researchers studied 258 homeless youth between ages 15 and 24 in San Francisco and found that those who had same-sex contacts with stable housing in their social networks used condoms more frequently and were less likely to take part in sexual activities with intravenous drug users.
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