July 14, 2015




 Peter Brownlie, one of three new Black AIDS Institute members

3 New Board Members Join the Black AIDS...
The Black AIDS Institute is honored to announce the addition of three new people to its board of directors. These members come from diverse backgrounds and are dedicated to helping the Institute|more
 
   


  

Brandon Harrison


 

 

 


Dr. Robert Grant

Dr. Eugene McCray

Laverne Cox
Knowing Better: Doing Better: Brandon... 
The results
 were alarming: The HIV/AIDS health-care providers at health departments and AIDS service and community-based organizations who were polled answered only 63 percent of questions correctly-essentially earning a grade of D for their knowledge|more 


 



Many U.S. AIDS Patients Still Die When... 

Even after the advent of powerful medications for suppressing HIV, a new study finds that more than one-third of people in San Francisco who were diagnosed with an AIDS-related infection died within five years. 

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Working Together, We Can Stop HIV...
 
 Too many people-nearly 1 in 8-who are living with HIV don't know they have it. That means they aren't getting the medicine they need to stay healthy and to help keep from transmitting HIV to their partners. What is more, a recent CDC analysis showed that|more

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

ICYMI: Laverne Cox Wants Men Who Date...
Actress Laverne Cox has never shied away from being a powerful advocate for the trans community. In a recent interview on SiriusXM's "The Michelangelo Signorile Show," she talked about how the tentacles of gender policing in this country extend far beyond|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

 

Black MSM, PrEP Access Top Focus of New CDC HIV Prevention Funding

 

More than $216 million over a five-year period has been awarded to 90 community-based organizations (CBOs) by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The majority of the funding is for HIV prevention strategies for gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM), as well as African-American communities. New funding will also go to increase access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for black MSM -- the demographic that has been most impacted by the epidemic.

 

 

Science

 

Liver Transplants in HIV/HCV Co-Infection: Study Underlines Importance of Hepatitis C Treatment

 

People with HIV and hepatitis C co-infection were significantly more likely to experience organ rejection than people with hepatitis C alone or HIV alone after undergoing a liver transplant, according to a review of 11 years' experience of liver transplantation in people with HIV and with hepatitis C virus (HCV) in the United States, published in advance online in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.

 

Miscellaneous

 

After Health Care Act, Sharp Drop in Spending on Birth Control

 

Out-of-pocket spending on most major birth control methods fell sharply in the months after the Affordable Care Act began requiring insurance plans to cover contraception at no cost to women, a new study has found. Spending on the pill, the most popular form of prescription birth control, dropped by about half in the first six months of 2013, compared with the same period in 2012, before the mandate took effect.

 

FDA Approves First at Home Rapid HIV Test

 

The first ever over-the-counter rapid HIV test has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

 

 

Dating While Gay

 

Gay marriage is finally leagal! But before matrimony comes the dating scene. Sexpert Glamazon Tyomi looks at the Black, male and gay dating scene.

Hepatitis C Rising -- Especially Among Young People -- and May Be Underestimated

 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Division of Viral Hepatitis has released its 2013 Viral Hepatitis Surveillance Report, providing the latest data on hepatitis A, B, and C in the U.S. While hepatitis C has traditionally been predominant among Baby Boomers, the new report shows that HCV incidence is rising fastest among young people. But a recently published related study suggests that formal surveillance methods may grossly underestimate the number of people newly infected with HCV.

 

HIV in Young People Rising in Maryland

 

As the rate of HIV cases among young people rises in Maryland, public health officials are scrambling for new ways to address the problem - or risk undermining years of success.

 

Medicare and Medicaid at 50

 

Medicare and Medicaid, the two mainstays of government health insurance, turn 50 this month, having made it possible for most Americans in poverty and old age to get medical care. While the Affordable Care Act fills the gap for people who don't qualify for help from those two programs, there are important improvements still needed in both Medicare and Medicaid.

 

Op-ed: LGBT Work, Housing Protections Needed Now, Says NAACP Leader

 

Julian Bond, the chairman emeritus of the NAACP, says the lack of government protections for LGBT people is simply unconscionable.

 

With Marriage Equality Won, It's Time to Turn to LGBT Rights Abroad

 

Back in New York City in the 1980s, AIDS, death and discrimination defined my life as a young gay lawyer whose partner was dying of AIDS. Same-sex couples were denied an entire slew of basic rights such as the right to hospital visitation, medical decision-making, adoption, and immigration, to name just a few. During that time, it would have literally been impossible for me to imagine the day when the U.S. Supreme Court would deliver the broadest, most historic victory for LGBT equality in our nation's history. This is a magnificent achievement.

 

In This Issue
Phill Wilson

In the Wizard of Oz, Dorothy's house literally lands on the Wicked Witch of the East, after which the Munchkins break out in song, "Ding-dong, the Witch is dead".  All seems to be well in Munchkin land except|more


 

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September 10 - 13 

U.S. Conference on AIDS
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PHILL WILSON 

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Editor-in-Chief

 

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Copy Editor

 

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