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National Equality March: A Call to Action at the AIDS Rally & Vigil by Paul T. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS This past weekend, tens of thousands (some estimates have it at hundreds of thousands) of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and allied people from across the nation conver ... Read on »

Good News for HIV+ Immigrants with Green Cards Pending by Paul T. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS The Office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) at the Department of Homeland Security has issued a memorandum regarding green card applications for HIV+ imm ... Read on »

Routine Testing Town Halls Inform AAC’s Ongoing Deliberations by Paul T. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS This summer AAC’s Public Policy department held a series of town hall meetings in Boston, Worcester, Springfield, Gloucester, and Brockton to discuss the feasibility of impl ... Read on »

A Tribute to Senator Kennedy, Champion of People Living with HIV/AIDS by Paul T. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS I will always remember Ted Kennedy as he stood in St. Patrick’s Cathedral in 1968 delivering the eulogy for his brother Robert. In describing his brother, he quoted George ... Read on »

AIDS Action Council Issues Ryan White Funding Alert by Paul T. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS This afternoon, AIDS Action Council, the national advocacy group, issued an alert to its supporters regarding Ryan White funding. Here’s their alert in full: Congress M ... Read on »

HIV-Treating Clinicians Support Health Care Reform, Remain Concerned About HIV-Specific Treatment by Paul T. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS Yesterday the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care (IAPAC) issued a press release stating the group’s support of ongoing health care reform efforts. Based o ... Read on »

NYTimes & Wash Post Come Out Strongly Against New Restrictions on Syringe Exchange Funding by Paul T. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS The House of Representatives recently passed a bill that would end the ban on federal funding for syringe exchange programs — a major victory for public health advocates. ... Read on »

Senate Throws Wrench in Effort to Lift the Syringe Exchange Funding Ban by Paul T. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies approved a spending bill this week that maintains the ban on fede ... Read on »

8/6, 7pm @ The Estate: Show Your Support for Boston’s Bid for Gay Games IX by Paul T. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS Boston 2014, the group organizing the city’s bid for Gay Games IX, is hosting a Kick-Off Rally at The Estate, a popular nightclub at 1 Boylston Place, from 7:00pm to 8:30pm ... Read on »

Act Now: Federal Repeal of Syringe Exchange Funding is in Serious Trouble by Paul T. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS The repeal of the Federal Ban on Syringe Exchange Funding is in serious trouble. Please act now to make sure that the repeal of the federal ban goes through. Call your R ... Read on »

AIDS Organizations Enlist Sen. Kerry in Securing LGBT Rights Abroad by Paul T. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS Massachusetts Senator John Kerry is Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which greatly influences American policies and practices abroad. In the last week, H ... Read on »

AIDS Action Council Responds to Congressional Committee’s Mixed Progress on Needle Exchange Funding by Paul T. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS The following is a press release from AIDS Action Council, which advocates on a national level for people living with or affected by HIV/AIDS and the organizations that serv ... Read on »

Update: Questionable AIDS Charity Still Wants Your Money by Paul T. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS Back in March, AIDS Action Committee ’s Dan Scanlan, Senior Development Officer, brought to your attention the questionable AIDS charity, Center for AIDS Prevention, operat ... Read on »

Why is HIV/AIDS absent from the CDC’s health report for people over 55 years old? by Paul T. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS Last week, CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics issued a 32-page report entitled “Health Characteristics of Adults Aged 55 Years and Over: United States, 2004–2007.”T ... Read on »

AIDS Action Council Applauds Removal of Ban on Federal Funding for Syringe Exchange Programs by Paul T. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS AIDS Action Council commends Chairman David R. Obey (D-WI) and the Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations sub-committee members on removing the ban on the use of ... Read on »

AIDS Action’s Policy Brief on Routine HIV Testing by Paul T. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS How HIV testing is conducted in the third decade of HIV/AIDS is an important issue that AIDS Action Committee has been paying attention to. Click here to see our policy br ... Read on »

AIDS Action Council Welcomes Move to Lift HIV Travel and Immigration Entry Bar by Paul T. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS AIDS Action Council commends Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on today’s publication in the Federal Register of a proposed rule to remove HIV infection ... Read on »

Are We Suffering From AIDS Amnesia? by Paul T. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS Saturday, June 27th is National HIV Testing Day and Newsweek has a great piece on their blog about what they call “AIDS Amnesia” Quoting Dr. Susan Blumenthal, former U.S. as ... Read on »

Massachusetts Needs an Integrated, Comprehensive HIV Testing Plan by Paul T. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS More than 8,000 of the estimated 25,000 Massachusetts residents who are living with HIV do not yet know their HIV status. About one third of people who are newly diagnosed w ... Read on »

Emory University looks at same sex civil marriage bans and HIV rates by Paul T. Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in HIV & AIDS Hugo Mialon, left, and Andrew Francis are applying economic theories to calculate how social attitudes and policies affect HIV transmission. Bans on same-sex marr ... Read on »

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