October 20, 2015


 
 Jeffrey Hitt, the director of the Infectious Disease Prevention and Care Services Bureau of the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Health and Hip Hop Conference at Morgan State University...
Later this month, Morgan State University will host the Health and Hip Hop Conference, a free, men-only event to confront rising HIV rates |

 
    

  
Cody Lopez
Sheryl Lee Ralph
healthcare.gov
Ronald Valdiserri
Cody Dyer: Meet Maryland Health and Hip Hop...
Coronado "Cody" Lopez Dyer Jr. knows what it's like to be young, Black, male and same-gender loving and to feel disenfranchised. 
Estranged from his family because of his sexual orientation-"same-gender loving with a pinch|
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
     
Jordin Sparks to Join DIVAS Simply...
Actor and Activist Sheryl Lee Ralph announced the addition of Jordin Sparks to the 25th Annual DIVAS Simply Singing! gala on Saturday, October 24, 2015 at 7PM at the Ricardo Montalbán Theatre in Hollywood. Sparks, an |




 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 
Take a Few Easy Steps Now - Be Ready...
Starting 
November 1, you can enroll, re-enroll, or change plans through the Health Insurance Marketplace for 2016. FYI: Plans and prices for 2016 will be available by late October. Take a few minutes to get ready now so|
           
 



 






 

 
 
Newly Insured Treasure Medicaid...
The elimination of perinatal hepatitis B transmission-transmission of the virus from mother to child during pregnancy or childbirth-is one of the four overarching goals of the national Viral Hepatitis Action Plan. With fewer than 1,000 estimated|
       
 

 

 

 

 

 

 



   
 



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
 
 
National and global efforts to reduce HIV transmission through prevention and treatment-as-prevention just received a boost from the World Health Organization (WHO). In late September, WHO recommended that anyone with HIV begin antiretroviral therapy (ART) as soon as possible after first diagnosis and that anyone with high-risk factors have access to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent new infection -- and HIV organizations and advocates took to social media to show their support. These early-release recommendations precede comprehensive revised guidelines to be published early next year. WHO made the early-release version available due to the potential for an immediate positive impact on global health. WHO continues to recommend other measures for prevention and treatment, including HIV testing, counselling and support, and access to condoms and safe injection equipment.
 
 
In a study involving 2,400 men who have sex with men who were also enrolled in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study, researchers report that men with HIV who were treated effectively with HIV therapy were the least likely (80 percent less likely) to get infected with HBV over a median follow-up of approximately 9.5 years.
 
Science
 
 
More than 30 years after she identified one of the most pernicious viruses to infect humankind, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering HIV, is retiring. Barré-Sinoussi says even though a cure may never be found, she's confident that at some point, patients may no longer need indefinite treatment. NewsHour's Megan Thompson reports.
 
Testing & Diagnostics
 
 
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - Researchers this week will begin testing an experimental HIV vaccine on 24 human volunteers in South Africa, a country where more than one in 10 people is infected with the AIDS-causing virus.
 
Treatment
 
 
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Oct. 9, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- CIGNA, one of the nation's largest health insurers, will end a requirement that patients across the United States obtain their HIV/AIDS medications by mail-order under a settlement announced today.
 
Miscellaneous
 
 
American politicians are now eager to disown a failed criminal-justice system that's left the U.S. with the largest incarcerated population in the world. But they've failed to reckon with history. Fifty years after Daniel Patrick Moynihan's report "The Negro Family" tragically helped create this system, it's time to reclaim his original intent.
 
 
Candidates improve on previous stumbles over civil rights movement but activists point out 'predictable' nature of question and the short discussion time
 
 
WASHINGTON - Acknowledging at least tacitly the difficulties of some health care consumers, the Obama administration plans major changes to HealthCare.gov this year to make it easier for shoppers to find health insurance plans that include their doctors and to predict their health care costs for the coming year.
 
 
Long debunked, it survives today because it feeds the convenient narrative that poor people cause their own problems.
In This Issue
Phill Wilson
A brand new 2016 Kia forte from CarPros Kia of Carson. A free 7-day trip to Durban South Africa! These are just two of the incentives organizers of the Black Lives Matter: Health & Hip Hop conference are using to encourage young Black men to attend the free| more

EVENTS 

H & Health and Hip Hop
Date: October 24, 2015
Time: 10am - 4pm 
Location: Morgan State University Student Center
1700 E. Cold Spring
Baltimore, MD 
For more info:
312-545-2442 or 

 
National PrEP Tour
2015 - 2016

Atlanta, GA
11/10/15

Baltimore, MD
11/5/15

Bay Area, CA
11/17/15

Broward County, Fl
2/5/16

Charlotte, NC
TBD

Chicago, IL
11/18/15

Cincinnati, OH
TBD

Columbia, SC
2/16/16

Dallas, TX
TBD

Detroit, MI
TBD

Fort Lauderdale (Broward County)
2/5/16

Jackson, MS
12/3/15

Kansas City, MO
TBD

Little Rock, AR
TBD

Los Angeles, CA
2/9/16

Melbourne, FL
2/3/16

Miami, FL
TBD

Minneapolis, MN
11/5/2015

Miami, FL
TBD

Nashville, TN
TBD

New Orleans, LA
10/13/2015

Oakland, CA
11/17/15

Philadephia, PA
TBD

Richmond-Petersburg, VA
2/24/16

Rock Hill, SC
TBD

Washington, DC
10/27/2015

*Dates are subject to change. Click here for more info.
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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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