National Minority AIDS Council Building Healthier Communities
Building Leadership in Communities of Color to Address HIV/AIDS
December 2009
December 2009
Minority AIDS Council Commends Congress On Lifting Federal Funding Ban on Syringe Exchange (BlackRadioNetwork)
A Tranny Girl goes to the White House: a Personal Account by Helena Bushong
AIDS Quilt Coming to Mason to Commemorate World AIDS Day (mentions NMAC as a sponsor)
World AIDS Day 2009: Universal Access and Human Rights (mentions NMAC)
Flowers Heritage Foundation and National Minority AIDS Council Partner to Provide Life-Saving Medication for HIV/AIDS Patients with Greatest Need (press release distributed by Flowers Heritage; appeared in numerous news outlets)
NMAC
Commends Ban Lift on Syringe Exchange : Gay News from GayAgenda.com ...
NMAC
Commends Congress for Lifting Federal Funding Ban on Syringe ... (Yuba.net)NMAC Mourns the Loss of Dennis deLeon, President of the Latino Commission on AIDS
NMAC, New York and the Nation Mourns the Passing of Dennis deLeon, President of the Latino Commission on AIDS (News-Line)
Remembering
Dennis deLeon
Facing
AIDS for World AIDS Day Flickr FAQs (photo) // Current
South
Africa’s Zulu King Promotes Male Circumcision
California
AIDS Group Seeks Law to Require Condoms in Adult Films
NJ
Activist Lobbies Religious Leaders on HIV Prevention
Violence
Against Women a Major Cause of HIV/AIDS in Northern Ghana
Ugandan
President Promises to Veto Antigay Bill
NYC Residents Oppose Bronx HIV/AIDS Homeless Shelter |
Lawsuit
Filed Against NYC Hospital for HIV Misdiagnosis
Chinese
Government Opens Gay Bar for HIV Prevention
No, We
Can’t: Barack Obama’s New Global AIDS Strategy
President
Obama Approves More Than $1 Billion for Global Fund
Race,
Age Disparities Among Those with Undiagnosed HIV
Heavy
Drinking Raises Heart Disease Risk in HIV-Positive Men
HIV-Positive
Children Surviving and Thriving
Does
Switching to Norvir-Boosted Reyataz Spare the Heart?
HIV/AIDS
Among Top 10 Crises of 2009
Cardiovascular
Disease More Likely in People With Kidney Dysfunction
Christmas
Gifts From NY Students Promote HIV Education
Judge
Dismisses Petition by AIDS Group to Require Condoms in Adult Films
UNAIDS
Asks Rwanda Not to Criminalize Homosexuality
More Than 1.5
Million People Tested for HIV in Kenya
Officials:
New Zealand TV Condom Ad “Inoffensive”
Arkansas
Man Gets 15 Years in Prison for HIV Felony
'Crazy' for the Holidays
Congressional
Committee Moves to Lift Needle Exchange Ban, End Abstinence-Only
Funds
Activists:
Invite HIV-Positive Leaders to White House
HIV/AIDS
Advocates Criticize Obama’s Global AIDS Program
Patent Pool Approved to Step Up International HIV Med Access |
Selzentry
Gives Extra Boost to CD4s
Transmission of Drug-Resistant HIV Drops 12-Fold in Vancouver |
Gates
Foundation Offers Money for HIV Testing in China
South
Africa’s Controversial Ex-Health Minister, Manto Tshabalala-Msimang, Dies at
69
Treatment
for Everyone With HIV?
Budget Cuts
Threaten MSM-Focused HIV Prevention in King County, Wash.
HIV Conspiracy Theories Blunt Adherence in African-American Men |
Researchers
Engineer HIV-Killing Cells From Stem Cells
New Heart
Attack Warnings and Recommendations With Lexiva
Tiger Linked to
AIDS
Study: PRO
2000 Microbicide Fails to Lower HIV Risk
Pastor
Rick Warren Speaks Out Against Antigay Ugandan Law
Assembly
Speaker Backs 30 Percent Rent Cap for HIV-Positive New Yorkers
Texas:
Illegal Tattoo Operation Poses Infectious Disease Risk
Medicare
to Cover HIV Testing
Calif. University
Awarded $17M to Study Link Between HIV and Meth
University
of Pittsburgh Awarded $7.2M to Study Two Microbicides
Minor
Cognitive Dysfunction Common Despite HIV Treatment
Michigan:
HIV Among Teens More Than Doubles From 2003 to 2007
Transmission
of Drug-Resistant HIV Drops 12-Fold in Vancouver
Antigay
Ugandan Law Ignites Controversy Among LGBT and HIV Advocates
Examining
the Obstacles to HIV Prevention
Report:
HIV Criminalization Laws Unnecessary
Report:
Pacific Region Needs Better Strategy Against HIV
NYC
Activists Interrupt Mayor Bloomberg’s World AIDS Day Breakfast
Terrence
Higgins Trust Offers 'Fastest' HIV Testing In Wakefield And District
Older
Age and PIs Make Erectile Dysfunction Common in HIV-Positive Men
Gene-Based
Drug Fights Hep C in Chimps—Maybe HIV One Day
New Heart
Attack Warnings and Recommendations With Lexiva
HIV-Positive
Pennsylvania Man Convicted of Raping 12-Year-Old Girl
Study:
Needlestick Injuries at Med Schools Often Go Unreported
Theratechnologies Reports Date For FDA Advisory Committee Review
Of The Tesamorelin New Drug Application
Call For
AIDS Denialists To Be Held Accountable
UAB
Aids Center Director Installed As Chair Of HIV Medicine Association
Also In Global Health News: Illegal Drug Trade In E. Africa; Somalia Humanitarian Crisis; Alcohol, IV Drug Use In Russia; HIV/AIDS In China; More
Also In
Global Health News: Kenya HIV/AIDS; Uganda Bill; Water Project In Philippines;
U.N. Appeal For Yemen
Opinions: HIV Prevention; PEPFAR; H1N1 Vaccine Donation;
Developing Country R&D; Climate Change
Microbicide Gel Ineffective At Preventing HIV Infection Among
Women, Study Finds
Survey
Examines Disease R&D Investment In 2008
Recent
Releases In Global Health
Forbes
Examines Ongoing Discussions Over HIV/AIDS Drugs Patent Pools
ARTs
Safe Without Routine Lab Tests, Lancet Study Finds
Nearly
100 HIV/AIDS Drugs And Vaccines In Development Pipeline
Washington Post, New York Times Examine PEPFAR
Medicare To Pay For HIV Testing
Obama
Administration Releases Five-Year PEPFAR Strategy, Avoids Abortion, Abstinence
Issues
AHF
Commends Medicare Move To Cover HIV Tests; Urges Medicaid To Quickly Follow
Suit
What Is Kaposi's Sarcoma? What Causes Kaposi's Sarcoma?
Opinions: Climate Change And Health; HIV/AIDS
HIV
Related Memory Loss Linked To Alzheimer's Protein
Also In
Global Health News: Clean Water In India; Cholera In Kenya; Zuma, Gates Discuss
HIV/AIDS; MDR-TB In Marshall Islands; Sanitation In Jakarta
Flowers
Heritage Foundation and National Minority AIDS Council Partner to
Provide Life-Saving Medication for HIV/AIDS Patients with Greatest Need
Why Some Monkeys Don't Get AIDS
U.S.
Pharmaceutical Companies Developing 97 New Drugs And Vaccines To Fight
HIV/AIDS
NMAC
Commends Congress for Lifting Federal Funding Ban on Syringe Exchange
Improving
Outcomes: Blueprint for a National AIDS
Plan - GMHC: Gay ...
Also In
Global Health News: U.S. Aid To Philippines, Swaziland, Guyana; Uganda Bills;
Botswana HIV/AIDS
Opinions: Media Coverage Of HIV/AIDS; WTO And Global Health; G8,
HIV/AIDS; Stopping Syringe Reuse
PlusNews Examines Push To Evaluate HIV Prevention Strategies
U.N.-Backed Report Features Recommendations To Scale Up Fight
Against HIV/AIDS In Pacific
South
Africa Announces Policy To Provide Antiretroviral Drugs To HIV-Positive Pregnant
Women, Children
BC Centre For Excellence In HIV/AIDS Lauds US Health Organization
World AIDS Day – The Wall-Las Memorias Honors Pedro Zamora
Fact
vs. Fiction: The Truth on Biologics and Biosimilars
An Overview Of U.S. Trans Health Priorities |
Fight
HIV in DC: Save-the-Date for NMAC's December Stakeholder Call
Prognosis E-News |
David
Ernesto Munar: For World AIDS
Day, Obama Should Keep Promise ...
NMAC:
The Continued Impact of HIV/AIDS
in the U.S. : Gay News from ...
Local officials say AIDS taking special toll on county's African ... |
Local officials say AIDS taking special toll on county’s African-Americans
World Aids Day message for Obama - Latino News and Opinion |