http://blog.aac.org A Blog Devoted to Stopping the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:45:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We have created a new series called “Voices From the Front Line” for our blog and Update our newsletter. With these profiles we’re letting you hear from AIDS Action’s people who do the work every day that prevents new infections and who connect people living with HIV to care, ... http://blog.aac.org/index.php/2008/04/14/more-voices-from-the-frontline-emerson-miller/ We want to invite our loyal AAC blog readers to visit the new AIDS Walk Boston Blog, part of aidswalkboston.org. The Walk blog will be a clearinghouse for Walk related news; we hope it will be the place participants turn to for information as well as inspiration throughout the life ... http://blog.aac.org/index.php/2008/04/09/aids-walk-boston-has-a-blog/ A year later, a response deferred: CDC's "heightened national response" to HIV/AIDS in African-American community is chaotic, underfunded, and far from its goals. As CDC quietly releases figures revealing an 80% boost in HIV in Black gay youth, advocates are calling for a national AIDS strategy, adequate funding, and ... http://blog.aac.org/index.php/2008/03/28/a-year-later-a-response-deferred/ Increased awareness of HIV status prevented an estimated 6,000 new infections in the U.S. between 2002 and 2004, according to a report in this month’s Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. This is, of course, very good news – and is one indication of the value of HIV testing and ... http://blog.aac.org/index.php/2008/03/24/increasing-awareness-decreasing-infections/  On Thursday of last week, an $11 million ad campaign was launched by a group of public healthy agencies in California to raise awareness of the dangers of crystal meth.  Our partners at the Life Lube blog have the story.  The campaign’s message focuses on the loss that happens when meth ... http://blog.aac.org/index.php/2008/03/17/82/ Advocates for a new HIV prevention that would provide men and women with an alternative to condoms are reveling in our moment. The results of the first ever completed – not closed – microbicide trial of the product Carraguard are absorbing the trial’s results released today. The short answer is ... http://blog.aac.org/index.php/2008/02/21/no-bad-news-is-good-news-for-microbicides/ As the U.S. recognizes the 8th National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day today, we herald this year’s theme, “Prevention is Power” and take to heart the call for and challenges in the day’s annual reminder for people to Get Educated; Get Tested; Get Involved; Get Treated. Annual recognitions such as this, and ... http://blog.aac.org/index.php/2008/02/07/prevention-is-power/ In my work in AIDS Action’s Health Library, I’m often asked this question. Last week, a group of Swiss HIV experts issued a statement basically saying: “No, condom use isn’t necessary – provided that certain other conditions are met.” [Emphasis mine] Before going into more detail, I think it’s important to note ... http://blog.aac.org/index.php/2008/02/06/if-my-viral-load-is-undetectable-do-i-have-to-use-condoms/ A new public service announcement by porn director Chi Chi La Rue urges gay adult video consumers to consider the implications of condomless, so called “bareback” porn, for performers and audiences alike. La Rue’s Internet Movie Database listing for direction credits includes an astounding 239 titles in hetero-, bisexual- ... http://blog.aac.org/index.php/2008/02/01/chi-chi-la-rue-would-like-a-word-with-you/ Thinking Positive By EJ Mandigo I’m writing this as a person who has been HIV+ for more years that I choose to count, but knowing it is close to 15 yrs. At some point during that time I went from being “positive” to having “advanced HIV” (which for me is really just ... http://blog.aac.org/index.php/2008/02/01/thinking-positive/