By Read Holman, New Media Strategist at U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Good ideas are everywhere. No organization, individual, or government has a monopoly on good ideas. Recognizing this, a new federal website, Challenge.gov, has been created as...
By Ronald Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services See below for individuals photographed (left-to-right) Making significant strides toward developing the Department-wide operational plan to implement the National HIV/AIDS Strategy,...By Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director We recently wrote a post about the very serious problem of bullying and teen suicide. Children or adolescents who are, or are perceived to be, lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBT) are at particular risk....
By the AIDS.gov Team For the past two years, we've asked people from across the country (and around the world) to share why they are Facing AIDS in honor of World AIDS Day, December 1. Facing AIDS is an initiative...
Search this site : Home About Us I Need . PEER Education Community Blog Calendar HIV AIDS News Job Volunteer Board Contact Us You are here Blogs aidsconnect's blog Advocacy Director Presents on Prevention in Third Decade of HIV AIDS Advocacy Director Presents on Prevention in Third Decade of HIV AIDS By aidsconnect Posted on 26 October 2010 On October 20, 2010, AFC Advocacy Director Jim Pickett gave a plenary presentation at the Australasian HIV AIDS Conference 2010 in Sydney , Australia . His talk , Yes , There is a Gay Agenda : The need to re-conceptualize HIV prevention in the epidemic’s third decade” was part of the session titled Re-Thinking Prevention . Pickett discussed HIV prevention in the United States context and provided insights into the U.S . Gay Men’s Health Agenda ,
VANCOUVER -- Patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus have lower viral loads and appear to remain adherent to treatment regimens longer when seen by practitioners who have more HIV patients, researchers reported here.VANCOUVER -- Doctors are not jumping on the bandwagon to treat HIV-infected patients earlier in the course of disease, according to results from a U.S. survey of HIV treatment practices presented here by researchers.
Search this site : Home About Us I Need . PEER Education Community Blog Calendar HIV AIDS News Job Volunteer Board Contact Us You are here Blogs Pistol Pete's blog 2011-2012 Illinois HIV AIDS Policy Priorities at the 2010 Illinois STD Conference 2011-2012 Illinois HIV AIDS Policy Priorities at the 2010 Illinois STD Conference By Pistol Pete Posted on 22 October 2010 This year , the AIDS Foundation of Chicago AFC has been traveling around the state to solicit input from people living with HIV AIDS , service providers , and other community members about the most pressing issues facing the HIV AIDS community . The invaluable feedback we are gathering will help us to create the 2011-2012 Illinois HIV AIDS Policy Priorities . Please join AFC for this final session to vote on the top issue areasVANCOUVER -- A gene formerly known as a tumor suppressor may play a role in a so-called "functional cure" for HIV, a researcher said here.By Hugh Auchincloss, M.D., NIAID Deputy Director, Carl W. Dieffenbach, Ph.D., Director of NIAID’s Division of AIDS, and Carole Heilman, Ph.D., Director of NIAID’s Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases So far all of the postings on this blog series...
The AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) regularly surveys candidates on HIV/AIDS-related policies and publishes the results to educate voters and the general public. This year, AFC mailed a request for candidate statements on HIV/AIDS to all 28 candidates running on November 2 for the offices of Governor, Attorney General, Secretary of State, Comptroller, Treasurer, and United States Senator.
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: Search this site : Home About Us I Need . PEER Education Community Blog Calendar HIV AIDS News Job Volunteer Board Contact Us You are here From Vienna to DC : Policy Developments Shaping the Domestic HIV AIDS Response From Vienna to DC : Policy Developments Shaping the Domestic HIV AIDS Response Use the Events Calender to find out what's happening in your community . Everyone is encouraged to view the calendar listings , but only registered members may post an . event By aidsconnect Posted on 19 October 2010 Date : nbsp 11 08 2010 5:00pm 7:30pm Monday , November 8, 2010 5:00 7:30 . p.m University Center 525 S . State Street , Chicago , IL Special Guests U.S . Congressman Mike Quigley Illinois’ 5th District Kevin Fenton , MD PhD , U.S . Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Phill
Biologists at Tufts University School of Arts and Sciences have discovered that a change in membrane voltage in newly identified "instructor cells" can cause stem cells' descendants to trigger melanoma-like growth in pigment cells. The Tufts team also observed that this metastatic transformation is due to changes in serotonin transport. The discovery could aid in the prevention and therapy of diseases like cancer and vitiligo as well as birth defects........ 
Search this site : Home About Us I Need . PEER Education Community Blog Calendar HIV AIDS News Job Volunteer Board Contact Us You are here Blogs aidsconnect's blog Daley’s 2011 Budget Avoids HIV Cuts Daley’s 2011 Budget Avoids HIV Cuts By aidsconnect Posted on 14 October 2010 HIV advocates breathed a sigh of relief on October 13 when Chicago Mayor Richard M . Daley released a 2011 city budget plan that preserves HIV funding and largely maintains city support for the Chicago Department of Public Health CDPH The 2011 budget is the last one that Mayor Daley will present . nbsp He announced earlier this year that he would step down after running the city for 21 years . Mayor Daley recommended that HIV funding remain level at 4.3 million . nbsp Last year , HIV funding was cut by 175,000. City
Search this site : Home About Us I Need . PEER Education Community Blog Calendar HIV AIDS News Job Volunteer Board Contact Us You are here Blogs aidsconnect's blog Centro Romero offering assistance with public benefits applications Centro Romero offering assistance with public benefits applications By aidsconnect Posted on 14 October 2010 What We fill out applications for Public Benefits Social Security , Medical card , etc . Also AllKids Where Centro Romero When Everyday from 10am 4pm if another time is needed Call to make Appointment Centro Romero can Fill out any kinds of applications for Public Benefits , including AllKids . Completely FREE For more Information Please call 773.508.5300 Contact : María del R . Salgado-Lopez Centro Romero 6216 N . Clark . St Chicago , IL 60660 773CHICAGO – Rejecting funding that mandates abstinence-only-until-marriage sex education, Gov. Pat Quinn (D) instead secured $8.1 million under a new federal program for comprehensive sex education for schools and community programs. The U.S. Dept.
read moreThe estimated lifetime risk of an HIV diagnosis is more than three times higher among Hispanics/Latinos than among whites in the U.S., according to the CDC.Most HIV-positive women and children exposed to nevirapine (Viramune) during the peripartum period can go on to use the drug later, but a sizable minority will not respond to it, two studies showed.Search this site : Home About Us I Need . PEER Education Community Blog Calendar HIV AIDS News Job Volunteer Board Contact Us You are here Blogs aidsconnect's blog Laird Peterson gone but not forgotten Laird Peterson gone but not forgotten By aidsconnect Posted on 12 October 2010 When you think of Laird Peterson , many wonderful noun , adjective and adverb pairings come to mind such as committed advocate , tenaciously resolute , nbsp famously funny , heartfelt hugger , magnanimous mentor and lifelong friend to name a few . nbsp Laird Peterson , longtime HIV AIDS advocate dedicated his life to the fight for HIV AIDS and LGBT . rights Laird Paterson’s career spanned many decades as he was very productive as a leader , advocate and educator . Laird was the Development Director at Horizons
CHICAGO – Thanks to action by Illinois Governor Pat Quinn, the state will receive $8.1 million in new federal funding for school and community-based comprehensive sexual health education programs in 2011.
In a much anticipated announcement during the Replenishment Conference in New York on Monday and Tuesday this week, the Obama Administration revealed a $4 billion pledge to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria over the next three years. U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Eric Goosby, MD, spoke to reporters Tuesday morning about the [...] A research team from the University of British Columbia and the Child and Family Research Institute (CFRI) at BC Children's Hospital has identified the role of a type of T cell in type 1 diabetes that may lead to new therapy options for young patients. Also known as juvenile diabetes, type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease primarily affecting children and young adults. In patients with type 1 diabetes, the body attacks itself by destroying insulin-producing cells in the pancreas that regulate glucose, or blood sugar........ People with AIDS get non-AIDS defining cancers at much the same age as people in the general population, researchers said.
Critical questions surrounding the performance and future of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) were publicly aired last week at a full-committee House Foreign Affairs hearing. Government witnesses included U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator Eric Goosby, MD; head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Anthony Fauci, MD; and Director of the [...]Search this site : Home About Us I Need . PEER Education Community Blog Calendar HIV AIDS News Job Volunteer Board Contact Us You are here Blogs aidsconnect's blog Pediatric Enhanced Case Management Honored by March of Dimes Pediatric Enhanced Case Management Honored by March of Dimes By aidsconnect Posted on 04 October 2010 The Pediatric AIDS Chicago Prevention Initiative’s PACPI Perinatal Enhanced Case Management Program was recognized by the March of Dimes for its exemplary leadership in public and community health at the 13th Annual Jonas Salk Health Leadership Awards luncheon on Tuesday , September 28th at the Palmer House . PACPI joined a consortium of distinguished nominees who have made significant contributions or shown excellent leadership in medicine , nursing , research ,