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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
Harm-Reduction Program Optimizes HIV/AIDS Prevention, UCSF Study Shows
New research from UC San Francisco and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation has found that clients participating in a harm-reduction substance use treatment program, the Stonewall Project, decrease their use of stimulants, such as methamphetamine, and reduce their sexual risk behavior.
Researchers have discovered that a type of white blood cell carries a deadly fungus into the brains of HIV positive patients, causing meningitis which kills more than 600,000 people a year.
Treatment
Cancer Vaccine Proves Effective in H.I.V. Patients
Vaccines against cervical cancer work well even in sexually active women with H.I.V., a new study has found. It also found that women who already have one or two strains of the cancer-causing virus can be protected against others.
Miscellaneous
Black Youth Must Unify, Get Educated on HIV/AIDS
There is a disease in us that powerfully chains our minds, devastates our spirits, and controls our decisions. It lives in and grows in us like weeds in a beautiful garden. We, the young people of the Diaspora, have been diagnosed with an illness called "stigma." Youth of African descent strikingly have become critically unaware of the devastating effects of HIV/AIDS on our community.
Cable Evening News Ignores Major HIV/AIDS Stories
Despite major developments in HIV/AIDS prevention, treatment, and research in 2013, cable evening news shows devoted scant time to covering developments in the fight against HIV/AIDS in 2013. The lack of coverage of HIV/AIDS stories has continued into the first quarter of 2014.
EJAF Launches the Frankie Knuckles Fund
The Elton John AIDS Foundation (EJAF) has established the Frankie Knuckles Fund in collaboration with Judy Weinstein and Defmix Productions, according to an EJAF statement. Known as the "Godfather of House Music," the gay black DJ and record producer died March 31 of Type II diabetes-related complications. He was 59.
Looking at Costs and Risks, Many Skip Health Insurance
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Steve Huber, an affable salesman who is still paying off an unexpected medical bill, was not among the millions of Americans who signed up for health insurance under the Affordable Care Act during the enrollment period that ended March 31.
The Shocking Number of New STD Cases Each Year
Still think STDs are something that can't happen to someone like you? Here's a shocking reality check: Nearly 20 million new cases of sexually transmitted diseases occur every year in the U.S., according to a recent report by the CDC. That's over 54,000 new cases per day!
Southerners Don't Like Obamacare. They Also Don't Want to Repeal It.
Despite strong dislike of President Obama's handling of health care, a majority of people in three Southern states - Kentucky, Louisiana and North Carolina - would rather that Congress improve his signature health care law than repeal it and replace it, according to a New York Times Upshot/Kaiser Family Foundation poll.
UK Doctor Says He'd 'Rather Have HIV Than Diabetes'
After writing an opinion piece in The Spectator, a UK doctor has caused controversy after stating he'd "rather have HIV than diabetes."
Upsetting the Gentility That the South Lays Claim To
Two rancorous and still-evolving disputes involving race and sexual orientation have shaken the university in recent months.
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