Statement by the President on the 35th Anniversary of HIV/AIDS in America
35th Anniversary of HIV/AIDS epidemic in America On June 5, 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published a report on what would later…
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President Obama’s Budget Allocates Funding for New Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) Program, Resources for Trans Women
Plus, PrEP for trans women considering it By: Eric Brus* President Barack Obama presented his administration’s budget request for Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) to the U.S….
AIDS Project RI Participates in National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day Campaign
Theme: I Am My Brother’s and Sister’s Keeper. Fight HIV/AIDS! AIDS Project Rhode Island is joining with National Black Leadership on AIDS, the Centers for Disease…
Transgender Women and HIV Prevention
BOSTON, Mass.—A policy brief released today by the National Center for Innovation in HIV Care—a program of The Fenway Institute, AIDS United, and ARCW—examines questions…
New Focus on PrEP; White House Launches Updated AIDS Strategy
By: Eric Brus*— White House Launches Updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy On July 30, the U.S. White House issued a new strategic document to guide the…
The National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Updated to 2020
Today, President Obama signed an Executive Order releasing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Updated to 2020, detailing principles and priorities to guide our collective national work to address…
CDC to Fund New Programs to Prevent HIV Infection Among Transgender People and Bay/Bi Men
By: Eric Brus*— The U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recently announced $185 million in funding for three new programs to prevent HIV infection among…
AIDS Action Calls on Lawmakers to Invest in Ending HIV/AIDS
BOSTON, Mass.—Statement by Carl Sciortino, Executive Director of AIDS Action Committee on the House Ways and Means Committee’s Recommended Funding of HIV/AIDS: “Since the beginning…
Gay & Bisexual Men See HIV as Top Health Issue Facing their Community; Majorities not Personally Worried about Getting Infected, Tested Regularly
Most Are Unaware of New Prevention Options, Such as PrEP, or Current Treatment Recommendations MENLO PARK, Cal.—More than thirty years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and…
New York Gov. Cuomo Plans to “End AIDS” in the State
ALBANY, New York—Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a three-point plan to “bend the curve” and decrease new HIV infections to the point where the…