February 13, 2014


Justice?
Sex, Lies and HIV: When What You Don't Tell Your Partner Is a Crime, Part 3...  
In 1986, scientists had just christened the virus that causes AIDS, the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. The government had already logged|more 
            
Joanne Stekler, M.D.
DJ LaVell and Starlett Quarles   
BAI gala reception
Blacks age faster
Fourth-Generation HIV Tests Can...
It's no secret that treatment for HIV/AIDS has improved over the years, and PLWHA are living longer and healthier|more 

Los Angeles Marks National Black HIV...
On Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, cities, organizations, businesses and individuals around America observed National Black HIV/AIDS|more 
 

Save The Date! 

On May 20, 2014, the Black AIDS Institute's Heroes in the Struggle Gala Reception and Awards Presentation will take place at the Director's|more

Study: In Black Men, Internalized...
Racism is a powerful enough force that it can wear down a man's body. Those are the findings, at once common-sense|more 

 



WHAT WE'RE READING

 

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.

 

Science

 

HIV's Secret Life in Gut Revealed 

 

One of the first things HIV does when it first enters the body is mess up the gut. Now, the open access journal PLOS Pathogens reports the first 3D ultra-structural study of the human immunodeficiency virus in a live host.

 

Testing and Diagnostics

 

Philly FIGHT Helps with Largest-Ever Clinical Trial for a Cure 

 

AIDS service organization Philadelphia FIGHT, in partnership with the Witstar Institute, an international leader in biomedical research, will participate in the largest randomized trial anywhere focused on testing an easily accessible strategy to advance an HIV cure. The project is made possible by a four-year, $6.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to lead a clinical trial that seeks to "drain the viral reservoir" of the HIV-1 virus in patients with HIV/AIDS.

 

Miscellaneous

 

How to Protect Yourself from Medical Identity Fraud. A First Step: Don't Tweet Health Issues. 

 

Most of us tightly guard our credit cards and bank account numbers, but health insurance policy numbers are also prime targets for thieves. An estimated 1.84 million people were victims of medical identity theft in 2013, according to the Poneman Institute, a research organization, which expects that number to rise.

 

HPV Vaccine 'Does Not Lead to Risky Sexual Behavior in Teens' 

 

Some parents might worry that the human papillomavirus vaccine could lead to more sex or more unsafe sex in teenagers and young people. However, a new study conducted by the Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center in Ohio and published in the Pediatrics journal finds that these concerns are unwarranted.

 

Method of Study is Criticized in Group's Health Policy Tests 

 

The idea seemed transformative. The Affordable Care Act would fund a new research outfit evocatively named the Innovation Center to discover how to most effectively deliver health care, with $10 billion to spend over a decade.

 

But now that the center has gotten started, many researchers and economists are disturbed that it is not using randomized clinical trials, the rigorous method that is widely considered the gold standard in medical and social science research.

 

New Rule Allows Patients to Get Test Results Directly from Labs, without Doctors' Clearance 

 

Patients may obtain their test results directly from the laboratory that produced them, without having to go through their doctors, under regulations announced Monday by the Obama administration.

 

Rihanna Joins Viva Glam by MAC to Fight AIDS 

 

Slowly, the sales of one lipstick brand have grown so large that the little-known charity it supports, the MAC AIDS Fund, has become the second largest private donor to AIDS organizations, after the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

 

Setting the Stage for an HIV Cure 

 

Last week during his State of the Union address, President Obama asked Congress to "undo the damage done by last year's cuts to basic research so we can unleash the next great American discovery." We believe that discovery could be a cure for HIV/AIDS.

 

Understanding the Spread of HIV in Women in the South 

 

Her biggest hope is that a cure will come soon. But either way, Lauryn Taylor will make the 45-minute bus ride to take part in the Women's Interagency HIV Study for as long as she lives.

 

IN THIS ISSUE
Jesse Milan
Each week at my church, a lady in a wide-brimmed hat stands during announcements to urge parishioners to "remember the blood drive!" She earnestly asks for volunteers to donate a precious, lifesaving gift. Each time she delivers her appeal, my heart sinks as the stigma of HIV rears its ugly head,|more
EVENTS

 

Enter the "Drive Out AIDS" raffle by Car Pros Kia of Carson and win a new 2014 Kia Forte. www.AIDSraffle.org
 

Feb 14 & 21, 2014

BTAN Bay Area Training

Location: Allen Temple Baptist Church

8501 International Blvd.

Oakland, CA 94621

8:30am - 5pm

RSVP: Milton Hadden

4cunity@gmail.com

 

Feb 13, 2014

BTAN Jackson Training

Location: Building Bridges

2147 Henry Hill Drive

Jackson, MI 39204

9am - 5pm

RSVP: Cedric Sturdevant

csturdevant@mbk-inc.org

601-898-0000, ext 102

 

Feb 26-28, 2014

BTAN Los Angeles Training

Location: Black AIDS Institute

1833 West 8th Street

Los Angeles, CA 90057

9am - 5pm

btanla2014training@gmail.com

programs@blackaids.org

877-757-AIDS

 

BTAN NBHAAD PrEP Activities:

February 14, 2014

Broward

Time: 11a.m. - 2pm

Event: Luncheon:

Broward is Greater

than AIDS - A Call to Action

Location: Urban League of

Broward County, 560 NW 27th

Ave., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33311

Contact: Magaly Prezeau

Email: mprezeau@cacfl.org

Phone: 954-534-9113

   

Brown Bag Lunch (BBL)  

An eight-segment train-the-trainer series that aims to improve HIV care and treatment through training, networking, and mobilization.

  

Upcoming leader orientations (10 AM PST / 1 PM EST):

  • April 2, 2014
  • July 9, 2014
  • Oct 8, 2014 
Training Webinar: Mar 5, 2014

Topic: Affordable Care Act 

BBL: Mar 21, 2014

 

Training Webinar: Apr 30, 2014

Topic: Creating Safe Spaces for Black Men  

BBL: May 16, 2014

 

Training Webinar: Jun 4, 2014

Topic: Hepatitis C  

BBL: Jun 20, 2014

 

For more information

contact Rebekah

Isreal at

rebekahi@BlackAIDS.org 

or visit 
BLACK AIDS
WEEKLY

PHILL WILSON 

Publisher

 

HILARY BEARD 

Editor-in-Chief

 

TERESA RIDLEY 

Copy Editor

 

LASHIEKA P. HUNTER 

Media and Public Relations Consultant


Founded in May of 1999, the Black AIDS Institute is the only national HIV/AIDS think tank focused exclusively on Black people. The Institute's Mission is to stop the AIDS pandemic in Black communities by engaging and mobilizing Black institutions and individuals in efforts to confront HIV. The Institute interprets public and private sector HIV policies, conducts trainings, offers technical assistance, disseminates information and provides advocacy mobilization from a uniquely and unapologetically Black point of view.

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