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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has included a page on its website titled "HIV Transmission Risk"

Press conference held at IAC 2012 in Washington DC on July 25 now available as streaming video online.

The Milton Hershey School announced it will no longer refuse admission to students with HIV. The Pennsylvania school for lower income and socially disadvantaged students, previously denied admission to an HIV-positive teenager. Following a lawsuit by the Philadelphia-area teenager and advice from the U.S. Department of Justice, the school issued an apology and admission offer.

CNN story includes links to CHLP and PJP

CHLP Executive Director, Catherine Hanssens, one of 11 organizations and individuals to receive inaugural Alexander D. Forger award from the American Bar Association.

Press Conference at the International AIDS Conference 2012 in Washington, DC. Wednesday July 25, 10am, Press Conference Room 2.

The Positive Justice Project has issued a joint statement on the urgent need to modernize HIV criminal laws and prosecution policies. Original endorsers include U.S. Rep. Hansen Clarke of Michigan.

Thanking PJP for its hard work, Hansen pledges his support for the Consensus Statement and an end to HIV criminalization

Thirty-six members of the U.S. Congress signed a letter addressed to U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder expressing their concern over HIV criminalization and calling for a review of laws and policies.

July 24 Panel and Reception at the Global Village at AIDS 2012, cosponsored by IPPF. Allison Nichol from US DOJ to participate.