POSITIVELY AWARE 2012
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2012 Online News Briefs
Online News Briefs April 2012 #5- FDA Advisory Committee Favors Truvada for PrEP
- AVAC to Host Teleconference on Truvada for PrEP
- The “Quad” Gains FDA Advisory Committee Backing
- Obama Endorses Gay Marriage
- TPAN’s Leslie Henderson Named “Hero with a Heart”
- Johns Hopkins Establishes New Center for AIDS Research
- Genetically Modified T-Cell Therapy Appears to Be Safe and Lasting
- We Were Here to Be Released on DVD, Shown on PBS
- Legislation Watch
Online News Briefs April 2012 #5
- University of California to Conduct Largest PrEP Demonstration Project in U.S.
- AIDS Advocates Support PrEP in Statement to the FDA
- “None Born Positive” Campaign Supports HIV-Positive Pregnant Women
- FDA Approves Pediatric Dosing of Lexiva
- UCLA Launches Matching Program for HIV/AIDS Study Volunteers
- AIDS Memorial Quilt Returns to D.C.
- Legislation Watch
Online News Briefs April 2012 #5
- ACT UP 25th Anniversary Demonstration against PWLA Being “Kicked to the Curb”
- Watching, Reading, and Listening: A New Way to Interact with Patient Information
- Upcoming FDA Advisory Committee Meetings
- ADAP Advocacy Association Releases ADAP Solutions Summit Final Report
- Report from Community Cure Workshop at CROI
- Researchers Seek HIV Treatment Clues in the Neem Tree
- Legislation Watch
- House Proposal Set to Dismantle the Prevention and Public Health Fund
- H.R. 4470
Online News Briefs April 2012 #4
- HIV Prevention Justice Alliance Joins Caring Across Generations Coalition
- Researchers Identify KS Trigger
- Faces of HIV Raises Awareness in Florida
- Janssen Therapeutics Awards First Point Scholarship for LGBT Students
- SCOTUS Unanimous in Generic Drug Ruling
- Legislation Watch
Online News Briefs April 2012 #3
- Study Finds HIV-Positive Men at Risk for Spreading HIV Despite Taking HAART
- HIV Vaccine Trial Give Clues about Protection from HIV
- UCLA Researchers Engineer Stem Cells that Seek Out and Kill HIV
- Pharmacist Busted In Scam to Resell HIV Meds
- Truvada for PrEP—the Great Divider
- White House LGBT Conference on HIV/AIDS to be Held in Atlanta
- Communities Gear Up for AIDS 2012
- Legislation Watch
Online News Briefs April 2012 #2
- HUD Awards $33 Million to 18 HIV/AIDS Housing Programs
- Study Reveals HIV Superinfection Produces Potent Immune Response
- Syringe Access Fund Awards Nearly $2 Million in Grants
- AIDS United Awards $1.4 million in Southern REACH Initiative
- “100 Questions & Answers about HIVand AIDS” 2.0 Now Available
- Legislation Watch
Online News Briefs April 2012 #1
- Fate of Affordable Care Act in Supreme Court’s Hands
- New Discovery about Marijuana and HIV
- D.C. Female Condom Program Highly Effective in Preventing HIV
- AAHIVM Survey Wants YOU!
- Updated HHS Antiretroviral Treatment Guidelines Now Available
- Transgender Activist Alexis Rivera Dies
- Legislation Watch
Online News Briefs March 2012 #4
- Activists Arrested Protesting Federal Funding Ban on Syringe Exchange Programs
- Merck Forms Non-Profit Research Institute
- FDA Hearing on Truvada for PrEP Set for May 10
- Anti-Bullying Advocates Plead for Rating Change
- GLBT History Museum Exhibit Focuses on History of AIDS Activism
- Legislation (Election) Watch
Online News Briefs March 2012 #3
- Expanded Access Program for Dolutegravir
- Vorinostat Helps Purge Hidden HIV Virus
- Study Finds 25% of Adults with HIV Were Abused as Children
- Grant Colfax Named Director of White House Office of National AIDS Policy
- AIDS United Launches Expanded 2012 Team to End AIDS Training Program
- Summit on HIV Research and Black Men Who Have Sex with Men
- CDC Launches Testing Campaign for Black Women
- AIDS-Free World Calls for End of Rape in Zimbabwe
- Congressman Donald Payne Dies
- Legislation Watch
Online News Briefs March 2012 #2
- News from CROI
- Study Examines Interferon’s Potential against HIV
- Cuba to Test AIDS Vaccine on Humans
- Most Americans with HIV Found to Experience Long Gaps in Care
- Muslim LGBT Retreat Slated for May
- 2011 Congressional ADAP Scorecard Released by ADAP Advocacy Association
- Legislation Watch
Online News Briefs March 2012 #1
- There’s Nothing Like the Drug Guide
- National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- CROI Preview
- Bionor Pharma’s Vaccine Research Moves Forward
- Which Anti-HIV Drug Combinations Work Best and Why?
- Galen to Market DaunoXome for Advanced HIV-Associated Kaposi’s Sarcoma
- Condom Use Explored in Series of Studies
- Legislation Watch
Online News Briefs February 2012 #4
- Sir Richard’s Condom Company Announces Condom Donation to Haiti
- Smoking Increases Risk of Lung Cancer for HIV-Positive People
- U.S. Attorney’s Actions Denounced by AIDS Activists and Legal Experts
- TAG Objects to PEPFAR Cuts
- WHO Recommends Use of Contraception for HIV-Positive Women
- Magic Johnson Documentary to Air in March
- Legislation Watch
Online News Briefs February 2012 #3
- FDA Grants Priority Review for Truvada for PrEP
- Tenofovir Linked with Risk of Kidney Damage
- Neuropathy Patch Rejected by FDA
- Victrelis Interactions with HIV Drugs
- Research Seeks a Way to Destroy HIV Protein Shield
- Illinois Senator Jackie Collins Introduces Bill to Extend Lottery Game to Fund HIV/AIDS Programs
- ADAP Rule Changes in Illinois Make Access Easier
- Illinois Department of Corrections Partners with AIDS Foundation Chicago to Offer Educational Video
- HealthHIV Works with African American Providers to Break Barriers to Testing
- Legislation Watch
Online News Briefs February 2012 #2
- Activists Caution about Dolutegravir's Expanded Access Program
- HIV Saliva Test Proves Comparable to Blood Test, Study Finds
- Over-the-Counter Test Kits Raise Concerns
- The NAMES Project Foundation and Merck Launch “Call My Name” National Tour
- ADAP Advocacy Association Announces "ADAP Solutions Summit"
- Study Explores Association of Antiretroviral Drugs with Birth Defects
- HPV Vaccine Study for HIV-Positive Men Who Have Sex with Men
- Legislation Watch
Online News Briefs February 2012 #1
- National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- Controversy Surrounds AIDS Memorial Park in NYC
- HealthHIV Survey of HIV and Primary Care Doctors Finds Concern
- New Protein Discovery Could Lead to New HIV Drugs
- Do What Fred Says!
- Ishaug Steps Down as AIDS United President and CEO
- Legislation Watch
Online News Briefs January 2012 #5
- NIAIDS’s Anthony Fauci Among Slated Speakers at International AIDS Conference
- CDC Reports More Americans Practicing Safe Sex
- Lambda Legal Files Amicus Brief In Support of the Affordable Care Act
- Iowa Legislature “Reviewing Options” on High-Risk Pool Insurance
- Pets Help Women Cope with HIV
- Legislation Watch
Online News Briefs January 2012 #4
- AFC Wants Your Story
- Viread Approved for More Pediatric Use
- Civil Union Partners Win in Springfield
- Free Nutritional Supplements Available
- Legislation Watch
Online News Briefs January 2012 #3
- CDC Increases HIV/AIDS Prevention Funding for Chicago
- ACT UP Activist Dies at 51
- Isentress Shows Promise in National Pediatric Clinical Trial
- Label Changes for Sustiva Approved by FDA
- Florida Consortium Holds Second Annual Summit for HIV/AIDS Research
- Discrimination Lawsuit Takes Nasty Turn
- HIV Film Competes at Sundance Film Festival
- Legislation Watch
Online News Briefs January 2012 #2
- CDC Awards $339 Million to Health Departments for High-Impact HIV Prevention
- San Francisco Reacts to Ban on Needle Exchange Programs
- iStayHealthy—New App for Android, iPhone, iPad
- HIV/AIDS Plummets in British Columbia
- Guidelines Stress Caution When Combining Anti-Epileptic and HIV Drugs
- OraSure Completes FDA Submission for Approval of Over-the-Counter Rapid HIV Test
- DUH Has the Mall
- Legislation Watch
Online News Briefs January 2012 #1
- Former Editor of The Body Passes
- Chicago Activist Killed in Car Crash
- AIDS United Condemns Reinstatement of Ban on Federal Funding for Syringe Exchange
- Bristol-Myers Squibb and ADAP Crisis Task Force Announce Enhanced Support for AIDS Drug Assistance Programs
- Merck and the ADAP Crisis Task Force Announce New Agreement
- FDA Approves Oral Suspension Formulation of Prezista
- Legislation Watch
