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U.S. HIV Prevention Policy News
U.S. Prevention Policy Overview
- FDA Mandates New Warning for Nonoxynol 9 OTC Contraceptive Products (December 18, 2007)
From U.S. Food and Drug Administration - FDA Reaffirms Policy Barring MSM From Donating Blood (May 24, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - United States May Be a Global AIDS Leader, But It's Doing a Bad Job at Home, Report Says (May 23, 2006)
The report accuses the U.S. of failing on its commitments to fight HIV at home at the same time it pushes for fewer HIV infections and better treatment access overseas.
From Open Society Institute - U.S. Congressman's Pressure May Have Altered Abstinence Panel at STD Prevention Conference (May 9, 2006)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - U.S. Spurs New Initiative on Vaccine Development -- But Some Critics Are Worried (June 15, 2004)
From MotherJones.com - Former Surgeon General David Satcher Calls for "ABC+Hope" Approach to HIV Prevention in United States (May 27, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - CDC Announces First Round of "Prevention for Positives" Grants (May 24, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - HIV Care Providers Take to Capitol Hill for "White Coat Day" (May 12, 2004)
Leaders discuss critical issues in the battle against HIV/AIDS.
From American Academy of HIV Medicine - White House Defends Against Accusations It Distorted Scientific Data, Including Condom Research (April 5, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Three House Democrats Ask HHS Secretary Thompson to Reconsider Rules for AIDS Organizations' Prevention Materials (September 12, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Advocates for Youth Again Under Fire by U.S. Government (August 18, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - HHS Announces 61 Ryan White CARE Act Grants Totaling $45.7 Million (August 4, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - House Rejects Conservative Bid to Block Four Federal Grants for Sex Research (July 11, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Up to 5 Percent of African-American HIV Cases Due to Syphilis; National Prevention Program Could Save U.S. Money (July 3, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - In Policy Reversal, U.S. Government Threatens to Cut STOP AIDS Project's Funding (June 16, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Failure to Raise HIV Prevention Funding Will Cost U.S. Billions, Lead to Thousands More Infections: Study (June 10, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Advancing HIV Prevention: New CDC Strategies for a Changing Epidemic (June 2003)
An analysis of the new HIV prevention and testing strategy launched by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control.
In The PRN Notebook - U.S. HIV Testing Plan Draws Fire (April 29, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Advancing HIV Prevention: New Strategies for a Changing Epidemic -- United States, 2003 (April 18, 2003)
Overview of a U.S. government initiative to expand HIV testing efforts and focus HIV prevention on HIV-infected people.
From U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Certain Words Can Trip Up AIDS Grants, Scientists Say (April 18, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Policy Has Minimal Impact on Risky Sex at Gay Bathhouses (April 14, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Abstinence Education Gains Record Funding (March 25, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Smallpox Campaign Taxing Health Resources (March 11, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Research and Policy Recommendations for HCV/HIV Coinfection (February 2003)
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In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group - $5M Grant Will Fund U.S.'s First HIV-Prevention Institute (November 20, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Senate Confirms Bush's Surgeon General Pick (July 24, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Bush Names AIDS Policy Chief (July 22, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - AIDS Action Weekly Update (March 21, 2002)
Highlights include money for the Global Fund, the president's HIV/AIDS advisory council and bioterrorism funding.
In AIDS Action Weekly Update, from AIDS Action Council - NIAID Phase III HIV Vaccine Trial to Determine Correlates of Protection Will Not Proceed (February 25, 2002)
Phase III trial in Thailand to determine efficacy will be supported by NIAID through a combined NIAID-DoD program.
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Nationwide
- HHSWatch: Keeping an Eye on the Powers That Be (Regularly Updated)
A watchdog newsletter that monitors and reports on HIV prevention activities at various U.S. health department agencies.
From Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project - Prevention in Peril (May 16, 2008)
Advocates -- and CDC director Julie Gerberding -- are getting louder about the woeful state of HIV prevention.
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works - CDC Director Gerberding Calls for Increase in HIV Prevention Efforts for Black Community (May 12, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Lame Duck, Lame Budget (February 8, 2008)
No good news for domestic AIDS funding in Bush's FY09 budget proposal -- will Congress do better?.
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works - U.S. Congress Extends Abstinence Funding for Three Months (July 16, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Improving Outcomes (PDF) (2007)
Blueprint for a National AIDS Plan for the United States.
From National AIDS Strategy - Few Americans Favor Abstinence-Only Sex Education (November 8, 2006)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Member of President's HIV/AIDS Advisory Council Says U.S. HIV Prevention Strategies "Have Protected the Virus" (December 6, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Draft Guidelines Urge Healthcare Workers, Industry, Officials to Curb Abuse of Erectile Dysfunction Drugs (September 28, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Drug Companies, U.S. Health Officials Meet to Discuss Link Between HIV and Erectile Dysfunction Drugs (September 27, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Internal Review Says NIH's Division of AIDS "A Troubled Organization"; Whistleblower Fishbein Fired (July 5, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Other Policy News
- Online Photo Album: Housing Works Protests Bush HIV/AIDS Policies During Republican Convention (September 2, 2004)
About 200 AIDS advocates protested in New York City's Grand Central Station on Sep. 2, 2004.
From Housing Works - U.S. Funding Cuts Prevent Many Presenters From Attending Bangkok Conference (April 27, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - NIH, CDC Scientists "Outraged" by HHS Decision to Allow Only 50 People to Attend International AIDS Conference (March 30, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Federal AIDS Policy Emergencies (June 27, 2003)
Brief updates on important news regarding ADAP, Social Security, Medicaid, Medicare, HIV prevention guidelines and research funding.
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News - Feel Good, "Why Can't We Just All Be Friends?" Executive Reunion Ends in Promises Aplenty (December 2002)
Partial transcript of a recent meeting between U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson and AIDS organizations.
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
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