Off the Top of His Head Housing Works president and CEO Charles King lopped off his trademark ponytail in a charity event to benefit HIV-positive victims of the January 12 earthquake in Haiti. The longtime HIV activist speaks with POZ about his organization’s long-term commitment to Haiti and why it’s so important for the HIV community to lend a hand during the rebuilding process. (Watch video.)
February 22, 2010
Status Is Everything Corey Booker, mayor of Newark, NJ, discusses the Status Is Everything HIV prevention campaign launched by city officials in advance of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2010. (Watch video.)
February 20, 2010
HIV and Heart Disease Risks At the 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infection (CROI) in San Francisco, David Evans talks with Priscilla Hsue, MD, a researcher and physician at the University of California in San Francisco, about how HIV might increase the risk of cardiovascular disease through inflammation, and what people with HIV ought to do about it.
Gay Couple Supports Haiti Earthquake Survivors, AIDS Orphans
Luke Montgomery—who founded an AIDS orphanage in Jacmel, Haiti—has launched an online initiative with his partner, Nate Guidas, to bring emergency medicine, food and tents to remote regions of Haiti affected by the January 12 earthquake. (Watch video.)
amfAR New York Gala 2010 Lady Gaga performs at the 2010 amfAR New York Gala, which pays tribute to Natasha Richardson. (Watch video.)
February 08, 2010
NYC HIV Planning Council Task Force February 4 was the first meeting of the "Board of Directors" Resolution
Planning Council Task Force, which was created by the HIV Health &
Human Services Planning Council of New York. (Watch video.)
February 01, 2010
Advocacy for African Americans National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS President and CEO C. Virginia Fields discusses HIV/AIDS in African Americans. (Watch video.)