National Minority AIDS Council Building Healthier Communities
Building Leadership in Communities of Color to Address HIV/AIDS
January 2008
January 2008
January 31
A New Jersey Needle Exchange Fights to Survive
New Questions About Sexual Transmission Study
West Hollywood: AHF Hosts Grand Opening of HIV/AIDS Pharmacy that Benefits AIDS Patients Worldwide
Journal of the National Medical Association Features Special Section on HIV/AIDS Among Blacks
HIV/AIDS Advocacy Groups, Scientists React to Swiss Claim About Antiretrovirals, HIV Transmission
Needle-Exchange Pilot Program Launches in Camden, N.J.
Event brings HIV/AIDS awareness to local black community
Center helps those affected by HIV/AIDS
January 30
January 29
National Latino/Hispanic AIDS Leadership Summit
DHHS Issues Changes to U.S. Treatment Guidelines
UVC professor asserts HIV/AIDS epidemic has reached a 'state of emergency' among African Americans
Texas
Officials Studying Needle-Exchange Program; District Attorney Says People
Distributing Needles Do Not Have Immunity
Number
of HIV Cases Among Elderly in Puerto Rico Increasing
January 28
South Dakota Senate Says Intentional HIV Infectors Must Register as Sex Offenders
California Shelter Helps the Homeless and the Environment
January 27
Can AIDS Vaccines Put Participants At Risk?
New thrift store in Wilton Manors funds HIV/AIDS services
January 26
February 7th is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
January 25
New HIV/AIDS Campaign Targets North Carolina's Latinos
Federal, DC Officials Hold HIV/AIDS Town Hall
January 24
Arizona Governor Rejects Abstinence-Only Funding
Factors Influencing Regimen Choice Shifting for Positive Women
U.S. Patent Office Rejects Patents on Gilead's Antiretroviral Viread
January 23
Arkansas Gov. Beebe Forms Task Force To Study HIV/AIDS Among State's Minority Populations
Local AIDS advocacy group gets candidates on the record as Illinois votes
The Fair Pricing Coalition AIDS Activist Group Reacts to Pricing of AIDS Drugs
Abstinence-Plus Programs Shown to Reduce Risky Behavior
Health Experts Consider Shifting AIDS Funds
Stigma From Health Care Providers Toward People With HIV
FDA Approves Tibotec's Antiretroviral Etravirine
January 22
U.S. HIVers Still Discriminated Against by Health Care Professionals, Study Finds
AIDS Drugs That Double as Prevention?
January 21
Religious Leaders Tackle HIV, AIDS
January 20
After Linking New Strain of Staph to Gay Men, University Scrambles to Clarify
HIV/AIDS rates marginally higher among Alaska Natives
January 19
United States Welcomes a New HIV Medication: Intelence
January 18
San Francisco HIV Prevention Officials Discuss Higher HIV Prevalence Among Black MSM
January 17
HIV-AIDS Curriculum To Expand In the Fall
Governor Schwarzenegger Proposes $11 million Cut to HIV/AIDS Programs
Santa Clara County Replaces AIDS Chief
January 16
Raising HIV/AIDS Awareness
January 15
New AIDS Drug Coming Soon: Etravirine
Antiretroviral Drugs Could Be Used To Prevent Vaginal Transmission of HIV, Study Says
New Bacteria Strain Is Striking Gay Men
UT Southwestern finds drug shown to prevent HIV/AIDS
Film Festival Used As Marketing Tool to Attract Conventions, Meetings
January 14
Forum Scheduled on Washington's High Rate of HIV-AIDS
Study Probes Why U.S. Blacks Wary of Medical Trials
January 12
Hispanic HIV/AIDS Program Salvaged
January 11
Researchers Identify 273 Human Proteins That Play a Role in HIV Transmission, Progression
Washington, D.C.-Based Whitman-Walker Clinic To Expand Medical, Social Service Programs
January 9
Chicanos Group Dropping Out of HIV-AIDS Care Program
Recently Homeless Youth More Likely To Engage in Risky Sex, Increasing Risk of HIV, Other STIs, Study Says
Biotech Company Partners With University of Colorado To Research Experimental HIV/AIDS Treatment
January 8
Nancy Wilson, Quincy Jones join Peterson tribute
January 7
AIDS Patients: Longer Lives, Quicker Aging?
Amino Acid Mutations in Protein Might Make HIV Vulnerable to Immune System Attack, Study Finds
HIV/AIDS Cases Increasing in South Dakota, Health Department Reports
January 6
HIV/AIDS Experts, Doctors Voice Concerns About Health Problems Seen Among Long-Term HIV/AIDS Survivors
Minn. Department of Health to Fund HIV/AIDS Education
January 5
HIV/AIDS: Ignorance is part of the problem
January 4
Antidepressants Help HIV-Infected Patients Stick to Treatment
January 3
Vermont Department of Health Announces Increase in Syphilis Cases, Could Contribute to Spread of HIV
National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS Marks Milestone Anniversary in Fight Against HIV/AIDS
Young Sisters Join Fight Against HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS Rates Rise Dramatically for Young Gay New Yorkers
City to Spend $650,000 on Needle Exchange Programs
January 2
Actress Gloria Reuben Returns To NBC's 'ER,' Portrays HIV-Positive Woman
Two Miami-Area Universities Receive NIH Grants To Study HIV/AIDS, Other Health Issues Among Hispanics
Black AIDS Institute Releases Report Analyzing Presidential Candidates' HIV/AIDS Records
Bush Signs $555B Spending Bill, Lifts Ban on Funding of Needle-Exchange Programs in Washington, D.C.