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  1. Charlie Sheen HIV Status Announcement Provides Teachable Moments

    Tuesday's announcement by Charlie Sheen regarding his HIV status garnered much media attention. As disappointing as the sensationalism around that has been, it also provided a national spotlight and a  "teachable moment" on the issues that ...

    admin - 11/20/2015 4:22pm

  2. An HIV Cure and Vaccine within the Next 15 Years?

    Early in 2015, Bill Gates expressed optimism that a vaccine and a cure for HIV would be developed within the next fifteen years. There are certainly grounds for such optimism, with a number of studies, spanning back to 2009, providing promising results. On ...

    admin - 10/22/2015 9:59am

  3. Public Health, Medical and Nurse Professionals Urge Critical Amendments to Iowa’s HIV-related Criminal Statute (2014)

    Public Health, Medical and Nurse Professionals Urge Critical Amendments to Iowa’s HIV-related Criminal Statute   The undersigned organizations urge the General Assembly of the State of Iowa not to move forward with SF2297 (amended by H8118), legislation t ...

    admin - 5/26/2015 5:15pm

  4. FACT SHEET: Progress in Four Years of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy, The White House (2014)

    July 15, 2015 The White House today announced new efforts to implement the National HIV/AIDS Strategy unveiled four years ago on this date. Those efforts include a Department of Justice “best practices guidance” calling on states to reform or repeal HIV cr ...

    admin - 6/15/2017 10:28am

  5. Services for Women are Not Disposable! PWN-USA Responds to President's Budget Proposal to Eliminate Ryan White Part D

    March 26, 2014, New Orleans, LA- Just a few weeks ago, President Obama's budget for 2015 was released, proposing the elimination of Part D of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, which provides family-centered medical care and supportive services to women ...

    admin - 10/22/2015 11:36am

  6. LGBT-Inclusive Sex Education Means Healthier Youth and Safer Schools; Hannah Slater; Center for American Progress (2013)

    This article provides the rationale and supporting evidence for comprehensive, LGBT-inclusive sexual education, specifically advocating for the passage of the Real Education for Healthy Youth Act introduced in 2013 by Representatives Barbara Lee (D-CA) an ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 10/7/2013 4:29pm

  7. Surgeon Who Discriminated Against HIV Positive Patient Loses Federal Funding, Press Release, Dep't of Health and Human Services, Office of Civil Rights (July 18, 2013)

    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced the termination of Medicaid funding to Winston C. San Agustin, a California surgeon who intentionally discriminated against an HIV-positive patient by refusing to perform the back surgery San Agus ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 10/7/2013 4:29pm

  8. PJP Consensus Statement Press Release (2012)

     Press release on the issuing of joint statement by the Positive Justice Project. Files PressRelease_PJPConsensusStatement.pdf 59.77 KB ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 6/15/2017 12:19pm

  9. PJP Convening Press Release

    Files PressRelease_Convening_71912.pdf 67.95 KB ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

  10. PJP Convening Agenda

    Agenda for the PJP Convening in Washington, DC, on July 20, 2012 Files Links PJP Convening Agenda.pdf 47.9 KB http://hivlawandpolicy.org/PJPConveningAgenda ...

    Anonymous (not verified) - 5/8/2013 1:46pm

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