Unmet Needs of Homeless With HIV Undermine Their Health
Lack of basic living needs severely undercuts HIV medication advancements for homeless and impoverished men, according to a University of California San Francisco (UCSF) statement.
Most Gay Men in U.K. Have Not Discussed HIV With Provider Gay and bisexual men are sometimes neglected and discriminated against by the United Kingdom's National Health Services (NHS), according to a Stonewall study and reported by The Guardian.
Michigan Investigates Possible Release of Private HIV Records The Michigan Department of Community Health is investigating whether private health information pertaining to thousands of HIV-positive residents and their partners was improperly released, The American Independent reports.
Dining Out for Life 2012
The 19th annual Dining Out for Life is being held at restaurants nationwide Thursday, April 26.
AIDS Activists Hope Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Reform
With the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) under review by the U.S. Supreme Court, AIDS activists have good reason to hope for a favorable ruling, the Washington Post reports.
New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt to Become National Treasure On June 29, the New Zealand AIDS Memorial Quilt will be ceremonially turned over to Te Papa Tongarewa, New Zealand's national museum, as a taonga—a cultural treasure—Yahoo! News reports.
Medicaid Cuts Proposed to Once-a-Day HIV Pills in Illinois A proposed service cut to
Medicaid may make it more difficult for people living with HIV to access
once-a-day combination pills, according to a statement released by the AIDS
Foundation of Chicago (AFC).
Lindsay Lohan to Play Elizabeth Taylor in TV Movie
Lindsay Lohan will play Elizabeth Taylor in Liz & Dick, an upcoming Lifetime made-for-television movie about Taylor’s public and tumultuous relationship with actor Richard Burton, The Huffington Post reports.
Cheaters More at Risk for STIs Than People in Open Relationships Men and women who are secretly unfaithful in a relationship or marriage are less likely to practice safer sex than people who are honest about having sex outside a relationship, according to a new study published in The Journal of Sexual Medicine and reported by MyHealthNewsDaily.
HIV Criminalization Law Proposed in Bahrain Lawmakers in Bahrain have proposed a penalty of 10 years in prison for people in the country who intentionally transmit HIV to another person, the Khaleej Times reports.
April 23, 2012
NY Appeals Court to Hear if Saliva With HIV Is 'Dangerous'
The New York State Court of Appeals will hear an aggravated assault case that may clarify if saliva with HIV can be considered a "dangerous instrument" under the law, The Observer-Dispatch reports.
Sex Week Spreads HIV Awareness at Universities Harvard University hosted its first Sex Week—a student-run program of lectures and panel discussions—to instruct students on safer sex, rape prevention and sexually transmitted infections such as HIV/AIDS, The New York Times reports.
April 20, 2012
Hunger Games Star Reveals Uncles Died of AIDS Hunger Games star Josh Hutcherson has revealed he had two gay
uncles who died from AIDS during the height of the epidemic, E! reports.
Growing Demand Forces “Project Open Hand” to Cut Costs
Project Open Hand, a San Francisco nonprofit helping to feed the seriously ill and those living with HIV/AIDS, will make some major cuts in the coming months to bridge a financial gap, though it doesn’t expect the changes to affect its services, The San Francisco Examiner reports.
Calif. Gives $11.8M in HIV Grants, Including PrEP Study
Part of California's recent awards of $11.8 million in HIV/AIDS grants includes a study measuring the effectiveness of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), The Associated Press (AP) reports.
Treatment Illiteracy Threatens Advances Against HIV in Nepal
While HIV prevalence has dropped in Nepal—from 0.45 percent in 2005 to less than 0.3 percent today—a poor grasp of antiretroviral (ARV) treatment among policy makers, clinicians and patients could roll back those advances, PlusNews reports.
April 18, 2012
Indiana Man Gets 7 Years After Admitting HIV Nondisclosure Tony Perkins, an HIV-positive man from Indiana, was sentenced to 7.5 years in prison after admitting he failed to inform five sexual partners that he had HIV, the Indianapolis Star reports.
FDA Considers Overdose Antidote for Over-the-Counter Use
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering whether to allow non-prescription use of naloxone (Narcan), which can prevent opioid overdose from heroin or Vicodin, Time.com reports.
Federal Court Charges Maryland Couple in $1M AIDS Fraud Case
Prosecutors have charged a Maryland couple with 21 counts of fraud, money laundering, and program and identity theft for allegedly submitting more than $1 million in bogus invoices through a contract program created to fight HIV/AIDS and other health epidemics in developing countries, the Washington Business Journal reports.
Man Sues Father of HIV-Positive Fiancée for Refund in Nigeria Having broken off his engagement upon discovering his fiancée has HIV, a Nigerian man has sued the woman's father in Sharia court for 32,000 naira—about $200—for failing to repay her bride price and other expenses, allAfrica reports
$15M Fraud Case at Mississippi Cancer Clinic Used Old Syringes The federal government is still investigating workers at the Rose Cancer Center in Mississippi who were charged with Medicare and Medicaid fraud and using watered-down chemotherapy drugs and old syringes, The Associated Press (AP) reports.
amfAR Gives Over $100,000 to MSM HIV Groups in Africa Seven groups in Africa that work with men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender people have been awarded HIV-related grants from amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, according to an amfAR statement.
April 10, 2012
HHS Gives IRS $500M to Implement Health Care Reform
The Obama administration is in the process of diverting about $500 million to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to enable the agency to implement key provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. health care reform, including the individual mandate, The Hill reports.
Wisconsin Sex Ed to Promote Abstinence, Marriage Under the new state bill signed by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, public schools teaching sex education will be required to promote abstinence and marriage as the only reliable way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), such as HIV, the Journal Sentinel reports.
CDC: Sex Ed Not Expanding in U.S. Public Schools Public schools throughout the United States have not expanded their instructions on how to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as HIV, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and reported by Reuters.
ACT UP, Occupy Wall Street to Protest in NYC on April 25
The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) and Occupy Wall Street will stage a demonstration and march Wednesday, April 25, in lower Manhattan, according to an ACT UP statement. Starting at 11 A.M., protesters will step off at City Hall and end on Wall Street.
Michigan to Investigate Reduction in Funding to AIDS Group
The Michigan Department of Community Health (MDCH) has launched an internal investigation into a reduction in funding to an AIDS group, The American Independent (TAI) reports.
Alaska Releases Statistics on HIV Cases Alaska has released a new report highlighting the number of HIV cases that have been reported across the state since the 1980s, ktva.com reports.
April 05, 2012
Four N.Y. Defendants Charged in $274M HIV Medicaid Scam
Four New York men have been charged with larceny, money laundering, commercial bribery and other crimes for re-labeling and reselling stolen, expired or otherwise improperly reused HIV medications, Crain's New York Business reports.
Drugstore Robber Threatens Employees With HIV in Canada
One of two men involved in an armed robbery in Bay Bulls, Canada, claimed to have HIV and told employees he would stick them—by which police believe he meant that he would "stick them with a needle," VOCM reports.
AIDS Memorial Quilt Seeks Support to Travel to Capital The NAMES Project
Foundation, the custodian of the AIDS Memorial Quilt, seeks volunteers and financial
sponsors to help bring the Quilt to Washington, DC, this summer, according to a
NAMES statement.
Project Launched to Improve Access to HIV Drugs in East Africa An alliance of renowned
organizations has launched the East African Community Medicines Registration
Harmonization Project to improve access to quality HIV drugs in East Africa, UNAIDS
reports.
April 03, 2012
Obama Establishes Working Group on HIV, Women and Girls President Barack Obama has established a working group on the intersection of HIV/AIDS, gender-related health disparities and violence against women and girls, according to a White House statement.
National AIDS Trust in U.K. to Commemorate 25th Anniversary The National AIDS Trust (NAT), a prominent AIDS charity in the United Kingdom, will transform its usual Spring Awakening fund-raiser into a 25th birthday party, PinkPaper.com reports.
Deaf, Gay and Living With HIV in South Africa John Meletse, a deaf South African man who six years ago came out to his family as gay and HIV positive, has become a leading figure demanding greater HIV education and prevention for deaf and disabled communities, CNN reports.
April 02, 2012
Chicago Clinic to Pay Over $2M for Misused HIV Study Grant
The Howard Brown Health Center in Chicago will pay $715,000 to multiple federal agencies to settle allegations it misused grant money for a major HIV/AIDS study, Crain’s Chicago Business reports.
U.K. AIDS Charity to Help Unemployed People With HIV
The Terrence Higgins Trust, a U.K.-based HIV charity, is inviting HIV-positive people who are long-term unemployed to apply for its "Back to Work" program, PinkPaper.com reports.
ACT UP joined the Occupy movement to protest changes to New York City’s AIDS housing policies and to demand a tax to end AIDS. (Watch video.)
