National Minority AIDS Council Building Healthier Communities

Diva Warrior, Sheryl Lee Ralph featured in the April cover story of A&U Magazine

 

April 30

 

Web site challenges stereotypes on HIV/AIDS

 

Suppression of Human Protein Reduces HIV's Ability To Enter T Cells, Replicate, Study Finds

 

Salt Lake Tribune Examines Enforcement of Utah Law Requiring Mandatory HIV Tests for Convicted Sex Workers, Solicitors

 

Heart Attack Rates Not Rising Among HIV-Positive People, Study Finds

 

Virtual Doctor Can Help HIVers Reduce Risky Behavior, Study Finds

 

For Post-Exposure HIV Prevention, Viread May be Gentler Option Than Retrovir

 

mtvU, Kaiser Family Foundation, POZ Magazine Launch Online Game To Confront HIV/AIDS-Related Stereotypes

 

San Francisco Dental Clinic for HIV-positive People to Close

 

 

April 29

 

Clinton Foundation, UNITAID Announce New Antiretroviral Discounts

 

Washington Post Examines Peace Corps' Policy Regarding HIV-Positive Volunteers

 

CDC, Verizon, University of Georgia Launch Cell Phone Initiative That Aims To Increase HIV Testing Among Youth

 

HIV Affects Body Shape and Lipids in Women

 

Interfering with Immune Protein Slows HIV Reproduction

 

 

April 28

 

Appeals Court Decision Restores More Than $1M in HIV/AIDS Funds to New York Counties

 

Tests Monitoring Viral Loads, CD4+ Count Do Not Significantly Affect Survival Rates Among HIV-Positive People, Study Finds

 

Human protein could help AIDS fight: study

 

Peace Corps Seeks Senior Citizens to Fight AIDS

 

STIs Rise Among Mississippi Teens

 

Better Antibiotics for Second-Line PCP Treatment

 

 

April 27

 

Fighting for more life for Tarrant County HIV patients

 

HIV/AIDS: Send strong signal

 

 

April 25

 

Change HIV/AIDS law

 

Expert to speak on HIV/AIDS policies

 

U.S., British HIV/AIDS Researchers Pessimistic About Prospects of Vaccine, Survey Finds

 

Needle-Exchange Programs in Washington, D.C., To Expand by Summer

 

Connecticut HIV/AIDS Advocates, Teenagers Call for Passage of Bill That Would Provide Grants for Comprehensive Sex Education

Iowa Records 127 New HIV Cases in 2007, Highest Number Since 1998, Health Department Report Says

 

Updated Fact Sheet on U.S. Federal Funding for HIV/AIDS

 

HIV In Correctional Settings: Implications for Prevention and Treatment Policy

 

Treatment Failure: Symptoms Matter Too

 

 

April 24

 

Drugs for HIV/AIDS, Other Diseases Should Be Made More Affordable, Accessible

 

Texas HIV Medication Program Awards State Pharmacy Assistance Program Contract to Ramsell Public Health Rx

 

CD4s Predictive of Non-AIDS-Related Health Problems

 

 

April 23

 

U.S. Prisons Missing Opportunities To Provide HIV Testing, Education, Prevention, Panel Says

 

Researchers Develop Breath-Monitoring Device To Monitor Treatment Adherence Among HIV-Positive People

 

Latinos face HIV/AIDS hurdles

 

Conference Addresses Latino HIV Epidemic in South

 

Insulin Resistance Predicts Heart Attack and Stroke Risk

 

Insulin Resistance Predicts Cardio Risk

 

 

April 22

 

LGBT advocates press for reduced funding for HIV/AIDS, youth programs

 

Jamaica To Launch New Female Condom as Part of HIV/AIDS Prevention Efforts

 

Chicago Tribune Profiles Home For HIV-Positive Men

 

 

April 21

 

South Carolina House To Consider Bill That Would Eliminate Requirement To Inform School Officials of Students' HIV-Positive Status

 

Commitment To Conducting More Basic Research in Search for HIV/AIDS Vaccine 'Prudent,' Editorial Says

 

No immunity: HIV/AIDS educator speaks at SWCC

 

 

April 19

 

Require that inmates get HIV/AIDS tests

 

AIDS Walk Honorary Co-Chairs Bring In More Corporate Sponsors

April 18

 

Story about AIDS delivers powerful punch at CPT

 

Backwards Bicyclist Raising HIV/AIDS Awareness

 

Minnesota Reports 325 New HIV/AIDS Diagnoses in 2007

Report Examines How Social, Economic Factors Contribute to Health Disparities in Alameda County, Calif.

 

Campaigns, Grants Support Interpretation Services, Diabetes Care, Organ Donation; Health Summit Features Seminar on Minority Health

 

OraSure Sued Over Rapid HIV Test

 

April 17

 

Flowers Heritage Foundation to Give Away One Million Condoms

 

Report Calls for Improvements in American Indian Health; Wellness Initiative Targeting American Indians Recognized at Annual Conference

 

College Bans Student HIV/AIDS Club

 

April 16

 

HIV May Reproduce Much Faster Than Previously Thought, Researchers Say

 

Civil Rights Icon Compares HIV Fight to Civil Rights Era

 

Florida’s Black Churches Preach HIV Testing

 

HIV Immunotherapy Shows Promise

 

Whatman works with Clinton Foundation on HIV/AIDS Initiative

 

Miami Herald Publishes Articles Ahead of AIDS Walk Miami

 

Black Churches in Florida Encourage HIV Testing, Battle Stigma

 

More HIV/AIDS Diagnoses in Black Men, African Immigrants Contributed to Overall Increase in Minnesota HIV/AIDS Cases, Officials Say

 

 

April 15

 

Virtual Prevention: Fighting HIV Online

 

Vicriviroc Trial Enrolling Treatment First-Timers

 

Registration open for annual ride for HIV/AIDS

 

12 TRENDS IN TREATING HIV/AIDS

 

National Experts Retreat from Estimate of 40,000 New US HIV Infections Annually

 

Miami's AIDS Walk turns 20: A generation's journey

 

 

Black Churches in Florida, Nationwide, Launch HIV/AIDS Testing Initiative Targeted Toward Black Community

 

April 14

 

Obama, Clinton Call for Allocating More Resources To Fight Spread of HIV/AIDS

 

Officials Call for Routine Testing of North Carolina Inmates

 

AHF Supports Obama's Call for More AIDS Drugs for Poor Patients

 

California ASOs Hard Hit by Funding Shift

 

AIDS Awareness Week begins

 

Actor Blair Underwood to Join Thousands of Walkers for Florida AIDS Walk, April 27th

 

Free HIV testing for students begins today

 

House to debate AIDS, HIV bill

Hometown Prosperity: Increasing Opportunity for DC's Low-Income Working Families

 

 

Los Angeles Times Examines Medical Coverage for Chronically Ill Undocumented Immigrants

 

Black Religious Leaders, Public Health Officials in North Carolina Urge HIV Testing for Prison Inmates

 

HIV Meds May Help Prevent Illness and Death at CD4 Counts Above 350, Study Finds  

 

April 12

HIV/AIDS Youth Conference Set

 

 

April 11

 

Report Examines Progress and Challenges Facing State AIDS Drug Assistance Programs

 

Text Messages Help Floridians Get Tested for HIV

 

17 Percent of HIV/AIDS Cases Due to Injection Drug Use

 

Efforts Raise HIV/AIDS Awareness Among Blacks

 

 

April 10

 

Getting HIV/AIDS Figures Right

 

Magic Johnson Stands Up to AIDS

 

Desert AIDS Project Addresses AIDS Among Gay Seniors

 

 

April 9

 

ADAP Recipients Hit All-Time High in 2007

 

Journalism Teacher Asks: Where Is the Mainstream AIDS Press?

 

End the stigma of HIV/AIDS

 

HIV/AIDS Lobby Days: 120 travel, call for sound policies

 

Latino Commission on AIDS to Host Country's Largest Fundraiser for Latino Cause

 

 

April 8

 

Hepatitis B Coinfection Doesn’t Affect HIV Treatment

 

New York Daily News Examines Queens' Needle-Exchange Program

 

Chicago Tribune Examines 'Unexpected Challenges' of Raising HIV-Positive Teens

 

 

April 7

 

Florida Revamps Sex Ed to Fight HIV Myths

House authorizes $50 billion to combat HIV/AIDS cases

Linking Women's Rights and Sexual Health

 

 

April 6

Hoopes Of Hopes Delivers Charity To AIDS Patients

 

Naples AIDS Walk benefits diverse victims

 

Show's works focus on HIV/AIDS prevention

 

 

April 5

 

Mainers Still Working To Treat, Prevent HIV AIDS

 

 

April 4

 

Maryland’s Youth Get HIV Grant

Connecticut ASO Targets Women Over 50

 

Statehealthfacts.org Updates Data on Hospitals, Medicaid DSH Allotments, HIV Infection and AIDS, Death Rates, and More

 

Anti-Choice Ideology Infecting HIV/AIDS Policy

 

 

April 3

 

House Approves $50-billion Extension of US HIV/AIDS Program

 

Illinois Advocates Rally for HIV Funding

 

Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Offering No-Cost Rapid HIV Tests

Rapid Testing for L.A. Veterans

 

County efforts keep local HIV/AIDS numbers low

 

Our Mission: Fight HIV/AIDS in Illinois

 

 

April 2

 

Florida Group Launches HIV Awareness Campaign for Minority MSMs

 

Stigma Surrounding HIV-Positive Women Still Strong

Online Survey Looks at Women, HIV in U.S.

 

April 1

 

Evolutionary Accident Makes HIV Deadly

 

New York City Hospitals To Offer Rapid HIV Tests

 

HIV Prevention Efforts in San Joaquin County, Calif., Focus on Migrant Workers

 

Los Angeles Times Examines Male Circumcision in the U.S.

 

Stigma, Funding Among Challenges HIV/AIDS Advocates in Rochester, N.Y., Face

 

Spring Awakening: HIV, Allergies and Sinusitis