May 19, 2015


 Janssen, Inc. World Headquarters in Titusville, New Jersey

 
Janssen Therapeutics: Using Education and...

Partnerships are key to ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic. No one knows that better than Janssen Therapeutics, a division of Janssen Products LP |more

 
   
   
  

Shalaurey Jones

 

 


Expectant black woman. 

Getting a shot

Learning in action
Knowing Better, Doing Better, Part 3... 
In February the Black AIDS Institute published the results of the first U.S. HIV Workforce Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs Survey, the largest study ever conducted of nonmedical personnel working with PLWHA in the United|more 


What Every Woman Needs to Know... 
As we observe both National Women's Health Week and Hepatitis Awareness Month, it is the opportune time to raise awareness about hepatitis B and hepatitis C among women. Chronic viral hepatitis affects 3.5-5.3 million Americans|more 


 

 

Implementing the Nation's First State...
 
As the first state hepatitis C testing law in the nation progresses into its second year of implementation, the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH) is taking steps to educate both healthcare providers and consumers about the importance|more

 

 

 
 

Join us at the 2015 Black Treatment...
The United States Conference on AIDS (USCA)-to be held September 10-13, 2015 in Washington, D.C.-is the largest HIV/AIDS-related gathering in the United States. Thousands of people from all fronts of the epidemic-from case managers and physicians, to public health|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.


MSM

 

FDA Issues Draft Policy for Gay Blood Donors

 

As it announced it would in December, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a "draft guidance" on Tuesday reiterating an earlier proposal recommending that gay and bisexual men abstain from any same-sex sexual relations for one year before being allowed to donate blood.

 

Prevention

 

Injectable PrEP: The Next Order of the Day

 

"The goal [for HIV prevention] is more choices," said Raphael Landovitz, MD, MSc, Associate Professor of Medicine at the UCLA Center for Clinical AIDS Research and Education. "Injectable PrEP is the next order of the day."

 

Science

 

Hunt for AIDS Cure Accelerates as GSK and U.S. Experts Link Up

 

LONDON, May 11 (Reuters) - Britain's GlaxoSmithKline , which decided last week to retain rather than float off its HIV drugs business, is to collaborate with U.S. scientists in developing a cure for AIDS.

 

Miscellaneous

 

The Bold Gender Politics of The Prancing Elites

 

The Prancing Elites hail from Mobile, Alabama, and they're a forceful reminder that in the era of "just do you," it can be a radical - even dangerous - proposition to do just that. Wherever they go, the Elites, as they often call themselves, arouse visceral reactions from local residents, of both disgust and admiration. In that same scene, the cashier tells them, "I got your back. Don't worry." From the outset, the captain of the Elites, Kentrell Collins, says what they're doing is similar to what Martin Luther King Jr. and Rosa Parks did during the civil-rights movement. It's a lofty comparison but not  off-base. Instead of leaving for New York or San Francisco, they choose to stay in Alabama, a state that abandoned its sodomy law in 2014, more than a decade after the rest of the country. The Prancing Elites threaten these mostly white, presumably Christian crowds - not necessarily because of their sexuality but, more specifically, because of their gender politics.

 

Brittney Griner marries fellow WNBA player Glory Johnson

 

Just two weeks after WNBA star Brittney Griner and fianc�e Glory Johnson were arrested on assault and disorderly conduct allegations, the couple tied the knot in a ceremony in Phoenix, Arizona. Griner and Johnson have been engaged since last August.

 

Former College Wrestler on Trial for Exposing Partners to HIV 

 

Michael L. Johnson, 23, is facing six felony charges for exposing multiple partners to the AIDS virus without their knowledge. 

 

Indiana Officials Hopeful HIV Outbreak May Be Nearly Over

 

A top Indiana health official says the dwindling number of new HIV cases in a rural southern county could mean the state's largest-ever HIV outbreak is ending.

 

Obama Administration Snubs Rick Scott Proposal

 

MIAMI (AP) - The Obama administration rebuffed Florida's Gov. Rick Scott's proposal to extend federal funds for hospitals that treat the uninsured, increasing the pressure on states that have refused to expand coverage for low-income people under the president's health care law.

 

On Uplifting Voices, Social Justice and Listening to HIV Criminalization Accusers

 

The trial of Michael Johnson, who faces charges for HIV nondisclosure in his home state of Missouri, has begun, and tensions are high in the HIV community. Some people feel Johnson's case has gotten a disproportionately high amount of attention -- from a well-reported piece in BuzzFeed, to a commentary on that piece in Gawker -- while the payoff from that exposure seems to be very little. The "Justice for Michael" GoFundMe page raised only $1,270 from 20 donors after nine months of activity and has been taken down.

Taking Back My Future

 

An HIV-positive mother on delivering her second HIV-negative child.

 

UPDATE: Assurant Health Insurance Reverses Decision to Stop Covering Truvada as PrEP

 

Assurant Health, a national company specializing in health insurance coverage for individuals and small businesses, has reversed its decision to no longer cover the med Truvada as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent contracting HIV.

 

Why LGBT Adolescents Are Still More Likely To Face Bullying, Including Social Exclusion And Physical Harm


(Reuters Health) - Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) adolescents are more likely to be bullied and victimized throughout elementary and high school than heterosexual students, according to new research.

 

In This Issue
Phill Wilson

Today is National Hepatitis Testing Day, a day that reminds me that yet another chronic disease disproportionately impacts Black people. It's as good a place as any to begin to look at America's health disparities and figure |more


 

EVENTS 

 

 

Monday, June 1, 2015


 

Application Deadline
Black AIDS Institute

African American HIV University

Science and Treatment College

Call 213-353-3610 or apply here

 

 

Thursday, June 18, 2015

 

Heroes In The Struggle Gala and Awards Celebration  

Directors Guild of America
Los Angeles. Tickets here.

The 8th biennial IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis/

Treatment and Prevention

Location: 

Vancouver, British Columbia

Click here for more information

 

 

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BLACK AIDS
WEEKLY

PHILL WILSON 

Publisher

 

HILARY BEARD 

Editor-in-Chief

 

TERESA RIDLEY 

Copy Editor

 

LASHIEKA P. HUNTER 

Media and Public Relations Consultant


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