Selected Recent Articles
- GOP, Dem, Green, Libertarian: Their Stances on HIV/AIDS. (October 2016, Poz)
- Treat global health crises the same way as national security crises, panel says. (October 2016, Science Speaks)
- NIH funds research network for youth with, at risk for HIV. (October 2016, Healio)
- Catching Fire: The Realities of the New Era in HIV Prevention and Care. (September 2016, Poz)
- First Statewide PrEP and PEP Education Bill Signed Into Law. (September 2016, Poz)
- Woman-centric Research and Why it’s Time to Listen to the Ladies. (September 2016, AVAC)
- Global Fund Raises $12.9B to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. (September 2016, Poz); related coverage from Science Speaks Blog
- White House pledges up to $4.3 billion for Global Fund through 2019. (September 2016, Healio); related coverage from Science Speaks Blog and Poz
- Overdose Prevention: An Infectious Disease Program Responsibility. (August 2016, NASTAD Blog)
- If We Act to Remove Structural, Behavioral and Social Barriers, We Can End the HIV Epidemic with the Medicines We Already Have. (August 2016, TheBodyPro)
- What Passage of the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) Means for HIV and Hepatitis Programs. (August 2016, NASTAD Blog)
- A Community Statement on Access to HIV Treatment and Prevention. (August 2016, Poz)
- Data on National HIV/AIDS Strategy Indicators. (July 2016, Poz)
- Limited Medicaid expansion leaves many blacks, women with HIV uninsured. (July 2016, Healio)
- PEPFAR, partners award $85 million to 56 entities to reduce HIV. (July 2016, Healio)
- Donor Cuts for Global HIV Investments Imperil Programming for Key Populations. (July 2016, Global Forum on MSM and HIV)
- Political Will to Leave Key Populations Behind. (July 2016, Global Forum on MSM and HIV)
- Young People’s Leadership in Ending AIDS and Achieving Universal and Reproductive Sexual Health Rights by 2030. (July 2016, Global Forum on MSM and HIV)
- AIDS 2016: Inside the Massive HIV Treatment Access March. (July 2016, TheBodyPro)
- Fund decline, incidence rise present clear, current threats to HIV services, research, “ending AIDS,” response watchers say. (July 2016, Science Speaks Blog)
- HIV Epidemics Among Gays and Drug Users Are Less Likely to Get U.S. Aid. (July 2016, Poz)
- MSMGF’s Plan for Community Action, Sexual Health and Human Rights. (July 2016, Poz)
- New strategy aims to end AIDS in children by 2020. (July 2016, AIDSmap)
- North Carolina Lawmakers Legalize Syringe Exchanges. (July 2016, Hepmag)
- Opening talks celebrate early pivotal action, and those who carry on. (July 2016, Science Speaks Blog)
- Plenary talk proposes $90, $90, $90 as cost of HIV and viral hepatitis drugs. (July 2016, Science Speaks Blog)
- $1M Grant Aims to Improve HIV Prevention and Care of Native Americans. (July 2016, Poz)
- Community systems strengthening needed to end HIV, TB. (July 2016, Science Speaks Blog)
- Focusing on the Legal, Social and Policy Barriers to HIV Services for Key Populations. (July 2016, Global Forum on MSM and HIV)
- MSMGF Releases Strategic Plan for 2016-2021: Community Action, Sexual Health and Rights. (July 2016, Global Forum on MSM and HIV)
- The War on Drugs Fuels the Spread of HIV, Hepatitis C and Tuberculosis. (July 2016, Poz)
- WHO Flags Key Challenges to Global HIV Response at International AIDS Conference. (July 2016, World Health Organization)
- Clark County, Indiana’s Syringe Exchange Still Ensnarled in Red Tape. (July 2016, Poz)
- HHS Announces New Plans to Combat the U.S. Opioid Epidemic. (July 2016, Poz)
- Ryan White CARE Act Is Still Vital to U.S. HIV Care. (July 2016, Poz)
- Lawmakers urge FDA to end celibacy policy for gay, bisexual blood donors. (June 2016, Healio)
- New Durban Declaration highlights five scientific advances, five structural barriers. (June 2016, Science Speaks Blog)
- The NASTAD Legacy: Using Science and Public Health in the Quest for Social Justice and Human Rights. (June 2016, NASTAD Blog)
- HLM 2016 AIDS: PEPFAR directs $100 million to reach gay men and other men who have sex with men, transgender people, sex workers, people who inject drugs, and prisoners. (June 2016, Science Speaks Blog)
- Men who have sex with men, sex workers groups ask: Will next UN political declaration on HIV and AIDS exclude most affected, least reached populations? (June 2016, Science Speaks Blog)
- Preventing HIV through treatment of neglected tropical diseases could save billions. (June 2016, Science Speaks Blog)
- World Health Assembly adopts strategies to end viral hepatitis, HIV, STIs. (June 2016, Healio)
- Huge Upfront Cost for UNAIDS HIV Treatment Goals Equals Huge Payoff. (May 2016, Poz)
- NASTAD Launches Campaign to Support U.S. Health Departments in Accelerating the End of HIV and Hepatitis. (May 2016, NASTAD)
- Prevention Activism as PEPFAR Finalizes its Country Operational Plans. (May 2016, AVAC)
- Key component of PEPFAR’s budget drops 33% in 1 year. (May 2016, Healio)
- Draft of U.N. HIV political declaration released along with calls for comments. (April 2016, Science Speaks Blog)
- Syringe access programs and overdose prevention to be funded with federal dollars. (April 2016, Beta Blog)
- FDA to Place “Black Box” Warnings on All Prescription Opioids. (March 2016, Hepmag)
- HHS to Spend Additional $94M in 2016 to Fight Opioid Addiction. (March 2016, Poz)
- American Psychological Association Calls for Reform of HIV Criminalization Laws. (March 2016, Poz)
- From PEPFAR to Ebola response, to Zika, to next pandemic, panel looks at returns on U.S. investments in global health. (March 2016, Science Speaks Blog)
- PEPFAR Report to Congress reviews advances, accomplishments, opportunities, cites challenge of growing populations among most at risk (March 2016, Science Speaks Blog)
- Presidential Candidates Answer 10 Questions from 50 AIDS Groups. (March 2016, Poz)
- Uneven rollout of Affordable Care Act increases health disparities in HIV. (March 2016, Healio)
- Obama administration proposes increased funding for antibiotic resistance, sustained investments for HIV. (February 2016, Healio)
- PEPFAR, Global Fund flat in White House Budget document, while TB plan doesn’t get a mention. (February 2016, Science Speaks Blog)
- Advisory group aims to close gap between men who have sex with men and “fast-tracked ”HIV responses. (February 2016, Science Speaks Blog)
- UK strategy could prevent 7,400 MSM HIV infections by 2020. (January 2016, Healio)
- Congress Eases Restrictions on Funding for Syringe Exchange. (January 2016, amfAR)
- A clean needle, an HIV test, and acknowledgment…We’re reading about simple solutions, out of reach. (January 7, 2016, Science Speaks Blog)
- Syringe Exchanges Often Lacking Where Needed Most. (January 2016, Poz)
- Global HIV, tuberculosis programs flat funded in FY 2016 spending bill, yet again. (December 2015, Science Speaks Blog)
- U.S. syringe funding ban impedes HIV and hepatitis C prevention. (December 2015, AIDSmap)
- WHO issues recommendations on linkage to care, retention, to help bring HIV treatment to all. (December 2015, AIDSmap)
- Harm reduction conference calls for political leadership to reform drugs policy. (October 2015, AIDSmap)
- HHS awards $2.2 billion for HIV care and medications in 2015. (October 2015, Healio)
- ‘Extraordinarily high’ cost of HIV medications responsible for treatment delays. (October 2015, Healio)
- Risks and challenges of people who inject drugs, earn income through sex work recognized, but seldom addressed inadequate, joined responses. (October 2015, Science Speaks Blog)
- Retreat of international donors and neglect of national governments threatens harm reduction services. (October 2015, AIDSmap)
- WHO Decision to Recommend Treatment for All With HIV an Easy One – Now Comes the Hard Part. (October 2015, Journal Watch and TheBodyPro)
- PEPFAR announces prevention, treatment targets, highlights “DREAMS” for young women. (September 2015, Science Speaks Blog)
- Ryan White CARE Act Funds Vital Social Services Along With HIV Care. (September 2015, Poz)
- Affordable Care Act Is a Success On Many Counts. (August 2015, Poz)
- PrEP, Earlier ART, and Better HIV Care in the Updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy. (July 2015, Beta Blog)How HIV Treatment and Prevention Programs Succeed Together. (July 2015, TheBodyPro)
- Right Thing, Right Place, Right Time: Utilizing Data to Strengthen the Fight Against HIV. (July 2015, TheBodyPro)
- Confronting community realities together will beat AIDS, Amb. Birx says. (July 2015, Science Speaks Blog)
- HIV Treatment Access Is a Human Right, Top Officials Say as Conference Opens. (July 2015, TheBodyPro)
- The Vancouver Consensus: A New Declaration Against HIV. (July 2015, TheBodyPro)
- World Health Organization to recommend HIV treatment for all. (July 2015, AIDSmap)
- World Health Organization urges more HIV testing by non-medical staff, outside of clinical settings, targeted to those who need it the most. (July 2015, AIDSmap)
- UNAIDS Calls for Scale-Up in Global HIV Fight. (July 2015, Poz)
- Children, people with HIV, pregnant women and others underserved by TB drug development present ethical imperative, opportunities for global disease approaches, authors say. (June 2015, Science Speaks Blog)
- Budget cuts threaten HIV vaccine development, say experts. (May 2015, Science Speaks Blog)
- U.S. Fails in Abstinence and Faithfulness Push in Sub-Saharan Africa. (March 2015, Poz)
- Ambassador Birx talks about the tyranny of averages, actionable data, and “skeptical optimism.” (February 2015, Science Speaks Blog)
- Local spending on HIV prevention in England plunges to 70p per person, per year. (February 2015, AIDSmap)
- Critiquing UNAIDS HIV Prevention Goals, AVAC Calls For Honed Strategy. (February 2015, Poz)
- 114th Congress and Global Health: Subcommittees with bilateral, multilateral oversight get new members. (February 2015, Science Speaks Blog)
- PEPFAR requires its programs to seek, use, document civil society input in planning. (February 2015, Science Speaks Blog)
- 114th Congress and Global Health: House Energy and Commerce Committee, Health Subcommittee. (February 2015, Science Speaks Blog)
- 114th Congress and Global Health: House Appropriations Committee, State and Foreign Ops, Labor HHS Subcommittees. (February 2015, Science Speaks Blog)
- 114th Congress and Global Health: Senate HELP and Budget committees see changes in leadership and perspective on global health. (February 2015, Science Speaks Blog)
- 114th Congress and Global Health: Senate Appropriations Committee, subcommittees leadership passes to familiar and new leaders with global health, research and human rights records. (February 2015, Science Speaks Blog)
- 114th Congress and Global Health: Senate Foreign Relations Committee, new subcommittees bring diverse views, background to global health leadership roles. (February 2015, Science Speaks Blog)
- 10 HIV Prevention Developments to Watch in 2015. (February 2015, AVAC)
- FDA Sustains Gay Stereotypes, HIV Stigma in Blood Donor Policy Change, Advocates Say. (December 2014, TheBody)
- 6 Lessons for Health Departments Using PrEP as an HIV Prevention Tool. (December 2014, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors)
- Concerns Over U.S. HIV and Hepatitis B Military Policies. (December 2014, Hepmag)
- NASTAD Seeks Reduced HIV and Hepatitis Reporting Burden. (December 2014, Hepmag)
- HIV epidemic will spring back without near-universal diagnosis and treatment, says UNAIDS. (December 2014, AIDSmap)
- Global Report Details Advocacy Strategies of People With HIV, At-Risk Groups. (November 2014, TheBodyPro)
- CDC Analyzes Impediments to Viral Suppression in People With HIV. (November 2014, Poz)
- NHS urgently needs to make PrEP available, say HIV prevention organisations. (November 2014, AIDSmap)
- How does a ‘human rights based approach’ work out on the ground? Lessons from South Africa. (October 2014, AIDSmap)
- Why Did AIDS Activists Go to Geneva to Cite U.S. HIV/AIDS Policies as a Form of Racial Discrimination? (October 2014, TheBody)
- Tell No Lies: Essays on Global AIDS Effort Pull No Punches in Challenging “End of AIDS” Rhetoric. (October 2014, TheBody)
- Selling the End of AIDS. (October 2014, Poz)
- UNAIDS sets 90:90:90 target for 2020 to end AIDS by 2030. (August 2014, HIV i-Base)
- Advocacy Groups Report to UN on U.S. Failures to Address the HIV Epidemic in Communities of Color. (August 2014, HIV Prevention Justice Alliance)
- Of guidelines, targets and resources: the documents that defined the 2014 International AIDS Conference. (July 2014, AIDSmap)
- A (Cyber) Space for Community for HIV prevention. (July 2014, Health Policy Project)Financing the New Global HIV Treatment Vision – Advocacy and Economics. (July 2014, Health Policy Project)
- When HIV Research and Data Collection Is at Odds with “Do No Harm.” (July 2014, Health Policy Project)
- A new target for HIV treatment from UNAIDS. (July 2014, Science Speaks Blog)
- It’s Time to ‘Step Up the Pace’ Against Global HIV. (July 2014, Poz)
- What is needed to ‘step up the pace’ on HIV prevention and treatment? (July 2014, AIDSmap)
- Financing the new global HIV treatment vision – advocacy and economics. (July 2014, Science Speaks Blog)
- Undetectable viral load an opportunity for all by 2020 is activists’ call for action. (July 2014, Science Speaks Blog)
- Pediatric treatment planning, action call at last plenary. (July 2014, Science Speaks Blog)
- Human Rights Violations Create HIV Risk Environment in the U.S. South. (July 2014, TheBodyPro)
- New Analysis Identifies Major Gaps in Hep C Health Care. (July 2014, Hepmag)
- 5.7M Could Lack Insurance in 2016 Without Medicaid Expansion. (July 2014, Hepmag)
- HIV, Hep C Advocates Urge Congress to Lift Syringe Funding Ban. (July 2014, Hepmag)
- NIH Seeks Applications For HIV and Viral Hepatitis Co-Infection Research Funding. (June 2014, Hepmag)
- Poll: 75% of Primary Care Docs Unaware of New Hep C Meds. (June 2014, Hepmag)
- Medicare & Medicaid Will Pay to Screen At-Risk Groups for Hep C. (June 2014, Poz)
- New FDA HIV Treatment Guidelines Account for Cost. (May 2014, Poz)
- Early Data Suggests Many With HIV Accessed Obamacare. (April 2014, Poz)
- Douglas Brooks Is Office of National AIDS Policy Director. (March 2014, Poz)
- Lawmakers Attack High Price of Gilead’s Hep C Drug Sovaldi. (March 2014, Poz)
- ACA Turns Four: Recognizing Successes and Looking Ahead. (March 2014, National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors)
- Early Treatment Lowers HIV’s Spread and Benefits Economy. (March 2014, Poz)
- Two More Louisiana Insurers Reject ACA Ryan White Funds. (February 2014, Poz)
- Policy Guide Reveals ACA Barriers to HIV, Hep C Treatment. (February 2014, Poz)
- Users Report Major Improvements to HealthCare.gov. (December 2013, Poz)
- Insurance Companies Can Keep Canceled Health Plans for 2014. (November 2013, Poz)
- Sequestration Hits HIV Hard. (October 2013, Poz)
- Government Shutdown Obstructs Work at NIH and CDC. (October 2013, Poz)
- Red States Leave Many Poor Americans Out of Obamacare. (October 2013, Poz)
- Political leadership on finance and pace of scale-up needed to realise full potential of treatment as prevention. (September 2013, AIDSmap)
- Government Shutdown May Slow FDA Drug Approvals. (September 2013, Poz)
- HIV Antitrust Appeal to Also Decide if Gay Jurors Are Protected. (September 2013, Poz)
- Improvements Needed in Addressing Global Pediatric HIV. (September 2013, Poz)
- The Affordable Care Act Finally Unrolls the Carpet. (September 2013, Poz)
- UK healthcare workers with HIV to be cleared for dental and surgical work. (August 2013, AIDSmap)
- Congress Closer to Lifting HIV-Positive Organ Donor Ban. (July 2013, Poz)
- Non-African middle-income countries pay four times more for ARVs than African middle-income countries. (July 2013, AIDSmap)
- Scientists and clinicians must challenge HIV-related stigma and ensure enabling legal and policy environments, IAS conference hears. (July 2013, AIDSmap)
- HIV Meds Much Cheaper Globally, Unless They’re Newer Drugs. (July 2013, Poz)
- Experts discuss role of drug policy in HIV, hepatitis and TB epidemics. (July 2013, AIDSmap)