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2/8 -  Sunday was Black AIDS Awareness Day -  Michigan's Black AIDS Awareness Campaign continues - See what's going on for BAAC in your community.

2/5 - Job Opportunities all over the state! Racial/Ethnic Disparities Among Children with Diagnoses of Perinatal HIV Infection - See MMWR reports. "Abstinence Programs Might Work, Report Says" - See Teen News.  Ingham County gets publicity for BAAC - See Michigan News. Health spending a winner in Obama budget - See National News.

2/3 - President's Budget for Global Health Far Short of What's Needed Experts say - See National News. Funding Available to build capacity of Youth Serving Agencies for HIV prevention. New from Journal Watch
HIV/AIDS Clinical Care - See Medical Briefs.

2/2 - Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. on Black HIV/AIDS Awareness - See Minority News. Secretary Sebelius Announces Members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS; and "White House Proposes 9 Percent Increase in Global Health Funding" - See National News.

2/1 - Black AIDS Awareness Campaign (BAAC) begins in Michigan.
Catholic Charities to give syringes to drug users in Upstate New York - See Prevention News. FDA Advises Serious Liver Disorder Associated with the Use of Videx/Videx EC (Didanosine) - See Drug Warnings. "Merck Reps Banned from US AIDS Clinics over Drug Costs" - See National News.

1/29 - "Older African Americans' Management of HIV/AIDS Stigma" - See Minority News.

1/28 - African American AIDS Advisory Committee Chair Leon Golson talks about upcoming Black AIDS Awareness Campaign - See Michigan News; and the Kick-off Event - See Minority News.

1/27 -  New insights on MI HIV Epidemic - See Surveillance in Michigan. New Longer Lasting NNRTI Could Also Be Microbicide; Latest report on the D:A:D Study and more - See Medical Briefs. David Ho: The Man Who Could Beat AIDS - See Vaccine Research. "The Male Sexual Partners of Adult Versus Teen Women with Sexually Transmitted Infections" - See Medical (STD) News.

1/26 - "AIDS Victims Not Forgotten in Haiti Quake Chaos" - See World News. Canadian Study finds Fewer HIV Patients Becoming Drug-Resistant - See Medical Briefs. Guttmacher Institute Reports Rise in Teen Pregnancy after More than Decade of Progress - See Teen News.

1/21 - "AIDS and Depression: Ohio University Tests HIV Phone Therapy" & "Merck Won't Seek FDA Approval for HIV Drug" - See Care News. DMC seeks Behavioral Health Therapist and Care/Case Manager - And More MI Career Ops.

1/20 - January 1, 2010 Michigan HIV/AIDS Statistics. Reducing sex under the influence in SA treatment; Drug-resistant HIV strains are on the rise and improving their ability to transfer from person to person, CA study shows - See Prevention Research. Half of teen girls have STIs by 2 years of first sex - See Teen News. Latest News from Journal Watch:
HIV/AIDS Clinical Care - See Medical Briefs; and STD Research in Medical News. BAAC Schedule of Events Around the State. Winter 2010 Issue of mental health AIDS Released - See Resources. Grants available (up to $25,000) to support grassroots efforts which increase awareness on critical health initiatives through health walks, health fairs and health education outreach. "Hoax Video Seen as 'Public Service'"
puts Detroit on the map - See Michigan News. "Housing Works CEO Blogs from Haiti" - See World News.

1/15 - Latest studies on HCV treatment - See Medical News.

1/14 - APM seeks Social Networks Recruitment/Outreach Specialist - See Career Ops. Black AIDS Awareness Campaign Resources - See BAAC. Answers to Frequent Questions to new shipping address for tests - HIV Surveillance in Michigan.

1/12 - Latino Mentoring Training Institute - See Minority News. HIV Therapy Changes Do Not Seem to Impair Treatment Success; & Postpartum Resistance to HIV Drugs - See Medical Briefs. Clinical trial uses new gene-editing technique to remove a major doorway HIV - See Basic Research.

1/11 - Upcoming Prevention/Outreach Worker Certification Training. Medicare HIV screening may also boost testing in younger pops - See National News. Partnering for Success: How Health Departments Work and How to Work with Health Departments, a new resource for those who work with youth - See Teen Resources. An online interview with Grand Rapids Red Project NEP coordinator - See News Around the State. Institute of Medicine's Report on Viral Hepatitis released - See Medical (hepatitis) News.

1/7 - New contacts at the DHWDC Training Unit along with 2010 Training Calendar. City Urged to Withdraw Flier on ‘Safer’ Heroin Use that Some See as a How-To Guide - See Prevention News.

1/6 - Researchers find ways to block HIV infections - See Basic Research

1/5 - The End of America's HIV Ban - See National News; UN Secretary-General applauds the removal of entry restrictions based on HIV status - See World News. 2010 MI Schedules Available - See the Program Review Panel Meetings and Materials Submission deadlines, the MHAC Meetings and the DHWDC Training Schedule. Updated User Friendly Manual for PWAs in Detroit EMA - See Care News. Journal Watch physician-editors offer their perspective on the year's most important stories in HIV medicine - See Medical Briefs.  Career Opportunities around the State.

1/4 - NASTAD Reviews National Processes Affecting HIV, STD and Viral Hepatitis Prevention - See Prevention News.  Second Study to indicate detection of Acute HIV Infection offers critical prevention opportunities - See Prevention Research. "US Lawmakers Condemn Anti-Gay Uganda Legislation" - See National News. President Obama speech as he signs Ryan White Reauthorization on YouTube - See Care News archives.

12/23 - Detroit Issues Ryan White Part A RFP for Competitive Funding - See Grant Funding Opportunities.

12/22 - Detroit Issues Ryan White Part A RFP for Continuation of Funding - See News Around the State. "US Ends Funding Ban for Needle Exchanges" - See Prevention News. "HPV Vaccine Shows Long-Term Efficacy" - See Medical (STD) News. See the latest Journal Watch Clinical Care: "HIV Outcomes in the Clinic now as Good as in Clinical Trials" in Medical Briefs. New Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative
- See Teen News.

12/17 - LAAN seeks Medical Case Manager - See Career Opportunities. "Symptomatic Primary HIV Infection... Beware the Window Phase" - See Medical Briefs. "Anti-Gay Bill May Cost Uganda Research Institution" - See World News. ETR Educational Materials SALE! 50% off today and tomorrow.

12/15 - New York and the Nation Mourn the Loss of Champion for Latinos Living with HIV/AIDS - See Memorials. Program Collaboration and Service Integration, new CDC paper - See Prevention News.

12/14 - Easing restrictions on the use of federal funding for NEPs nationwide just needs Obama signature - See National News. Obama's changes to PEPFAR criticized - See World News.  Upcoming Training on Social Networking by the CORE Project; and see how activists in New York are turning to social networking to overcome fatigue about HIV/AIDS awareness in Prevention News. Planning underway for regional women's conference - See MWAC subweb. "Black Clergy Sounds the AIDS Alarm" in Detroit - See Minority News. Microbicide Fails in African Trials.  2009 Quality Assurance Standards for HIV Counseling, Testing, and Referral Data now available on the web.

12/11 - HIV serum testing moving to Lansing effective January 1, 2010 - See Surveillance in MI.  "Half of Teen Girls Have STIs by 2 Years of First Sex" - See Teen News. Antiviral Therapy to Treat Hepatitis C Is Declining in the US - See Medical (HCV) News.  Medicare Expands List of Covered Preventive Services to Include HIV Screening Tests - See Prevention News. NIAID 2009 H1N1 Vaccine Study Now Enrolling HIV-Infected Adults; Study of males with HIV Suggests an Increased Prevalence and Severity of Coronary Atherosclerosis- See Medical Briefs. UCLA Research:Stem cells can be engineered to kill HIV - See Basic Research.

12/10 - Revised MMWR - HIV-Associated Behaviors Among Injecting-Drug Users.

12/9 - Conspiracy Beliefs About HIV Are Related to Antiretroviral Treatment Nonadherence Among African-American Men with HIV - See Medical Briefs. Milwaukee Public Schools to Discuss Providing Condoms to Students - See Teen News.

12/8 - Advocates for Youth Anti-Homophobia and Transphobia Project GRANT.

12/7 - Optimizing Prevention Efforts in MI - Reports from the HAPIS webinar.  New Report Shows 97 Medicines And Vaccines Currently In Development For HIV/AIDS; "FDA: HIV Drug Lexiva Label to Warn of Cholesterol Increases" & more drug labeling updates - See Medical Briefs. Study of pilot surveillance and screening program to detect acute HIV infection (AHI) - See Prevention Research. The last MHAC Meeting presentations focused on YMSM - See these PowerPoint Presentations in Statewide Planning.

12/3 - Gearing Up for 6th Annual Black AIDS Awareness Campaign - See Michigan News. CDC warns of Phishing Scam - See National News.
Live Webcast. tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. ET Town Hall with Ambassador Eric Goosby, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator. "US Unveils Five-Year Plan to Fight AIDS Worldwide" - See World News. Pregnancy as a Window of Opportunity for HIV Prevention - See Prevention Research. Drug efficacies compared in Medical Briefs. Meeting to advise SSA on revised HIV Listings - See National Meetings.