POZ July-August 2012
POZ July-August 2012
In every issue, you'll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
Features
How Congress Can Cure AIDS
America's commitment to the global AIDS fight is unparalleled. No other nation has dedicated greater resources to combat the disease, and othe...
Rolling in the Deep
From slavery to segregation to HIV, the Southern United States sadly has traded one societal ill for another. The documentary Deep South sheds...
From the Editor
AIDS Apartheid
AIDS has an image problem.
Feedback
Letters- July/August 2012
Family Affair“Meet the Parents” (April/May 2012) followed a group of New York mothers, f
The POZ Q+A
The Cure Hunter
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi is renowned for discovering HIV. Now she's hot on the trail to find a cure for AIDS.
What You Need to Know
Keeping HIV at Bay in Cuba?
Picture this: A country with white sandy beaches, azure oceans, ecologically diverse forests, nearly 100 percent literacy, universal health ca...
Lawsuits Against Two Eateries Are a Whopper of a Story
Los Angeles restaurant The Ivy is known for its fried chicken, crab cakes, chocolate chip cookies—and a white picket fence that blocks p...
Schools Across the Globe Deserve Dunce Caps for HIV Discrimination
It's been 28 years since Ryan White was coldheartedly kicked out of middle school in Indiana for no other reason than his HIV status.
Helping the Playas Play Safe
As smartphones get more expensive and indispensable, the smartest thing to do is to safeguard them.
We Believe in Magic
Earvin 'Magic' Johnson's empire runs the gamut.
We Hear You
Dealing With Discrimination in the Workplace
Should you disclose your HIV status to your coworkers?
POZ Survey Says
Do Pills Equal Pleasure?
Last year, a study called HPTN 052 proved that HIV-positive people who take an effective antiretroviral regimen as prescribed (and as a result...
What Matters to You
LGBT Rights
In May 2012, President Barack Obama became the first U.S. president to announce his support for same-sex marriage.
Treatment News
How Poverty Helps Spread HIV
'Poverty is undermining advances in HIV medicine.'
Altering Cells Might Boost HIV Control
For the first time, research has shown that engineering stem cells to form HIV-targeting immune cells helps suppress the virus in living tissu...
Triple Crown Win for HIV?
In May, advisory committees of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended approval of three new ways to test, prevent and treat H...
Trauma Center
50% of people living with HIV have suffered trauma or violence in their lives.
Comfort Zone
Life Support
Feeling isolated? You are not alone.
POZ Heroes
An Army of Heroes
The POZ Army is a global, grassroots collective of people fighting for the cure for AIDS—and treatment for all until a cure is found.
