POZ September 2011
POZ September 2011
In every issue, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
Features
All Grown Up With HIV
Thirty years into the epidemic, a new crop of kids faces adulthood—with HIV. From babies born with the virus to teens who acquired it be...
Facing the Future of HIV Care
As the nation’s health care system reels from the economic meltdown and the uncertainty of upcoming reforms (including those in the...
From the Editor
The Facts of Life
The two camps of American youth growing up with HIV today represent, alternately, a victory and an abject failure of public health.
Feedback
Letters- September 2011
Thank you for the hope. With the uncertainty we are facing, we sure could use some light.
The POZ Q+A
Going the Distance
David Ernesto Munar keeps the AIDS Foundation of Chicago running at a brisk pace—when he’s not running marathons to raise funds to fight...
What You Need to Know
The First Lady
We love the POTUS and FLOTUS (President of the United States and First Lady of the United States) for getting tested for HIV publicly in Kenya...
15M by 2015
World political and health leaders gathered in June at the United Nations for a special session of the General Assembly focusing on HIV...
Health Care for People With HIV in Grave Danger
We’ve been saying for months that the current AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP) crisis is but the tip of the iceberg.
Dame Elizabeth Taylor’s Jewels to Be Sold at Christie’s
The dazzling treasure chest of the late Dame Elizabeth Taylor, lifelong friend of people with HIV and powerful AIDS activist, will go on...
Having Sex With Albino People Does Not Prevent or Cure AIDS
Did we really just write that? Yes, we did.
India-EU Trade Deal Could Put Millions With HIV at Risk
Michel Sidibe, executive director of UNAIDS, says that about 86 percent of people with HIV/AIDS around the globe who are on treatment are...
We Hear You
Judicial Prejudice and HIV
During the past several years, we’ve seen a disturbing trend in the frequency and severity of legal cases that criminalize people with HIV.
What Matters to You
Finding True Love With HIV
Achieving a happy relationship can be easier than you think—despite the obstacles presented by HIV.
Treatment News
Test-Tube Babies
Researchers have been experimenting with HIV drugs lately—not to lower viral loads (we already know how to do that), but for other health...
More Access to Medicaid for People With HIV
A policy change made recently by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) allows states to tap into resources of more than...
Help for Prisoners
If you’re reading this issue of POZ in a jail or prison cell, or if you have a friend or family member doing time, there’s a free...
FDA Approves a New HIV Drug
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Edurant (rilpivirine), a new non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor (NNRTI)
They’re Putting Viagra in Condoms???
Technically, no. But a new line of condoms is being lined with a Viagra-like gel to increase blood flow and banish erectile dysfunction.
GMHC Treatment Issues September 2011
ARVs as prevention: Great promise and the questions that remain
Comfort Zone
Life, in Harmony
The song that pushes you to the finish line. The rhythm that has you strutting down the street. The tune that helps you remember. The one that...
POZ Heroes
Kid Wonder
Jordan M. was born in the spring of 1998. He was addicted to crack and diagnosed with fetal alcohol syndrome and HIV.
