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More HIV/AIDS Diagnoses in Black Men, African Immigrants Contributed to
Overall Increase in Minnesota HIV/AIDS Cases, Officials Say
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51578
Black Churches in Florida, Nationwide, Launch HIV/AIDS Testing Initiative
Targeted Toward Black Community
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51554
Black Religious Leaders, Public Health Officials in North Carolina Urge HIV
Testing for Prison Inmates
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51525
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From The
Body’s Latest HIV News & Views: April 2, 2008
Edgy New HIV Awareness Campaign Reaches Out to People of Color in New York
City
If
you're walking the streets of New York City, you may come across a striking
billboard: It features two young men of color zeroing in for a kiss under
the headline "I Love My Boo," and is accompanied by text about safer sex.
This billboard -- and another with a young black woman proclaiming, "We're
Not Taking it Lying Down!" -- is part of a new, up-front HIV prevention
campaign by Gay Men's Health Crisis. The campaign targets young women and
gay men, two groups whose HIV rates in New York City have increased while
the city's overall rates have gone down.
Southern California Reaches Out to Mexican Migrants at Risk for HIV
How do you convince a man who is working in the United States illegally to
take an HIV test? For starters, how about some cold, hard cash? Handing out
$5 gift certificates is one way that HIV prevention workers in San Joaquin,
Calif., have tried to reach out to Mexican migrants, a difficult-to-access
group of people who, research suggests, increase their risk for HIV simply
by crossing the border to look for work in the United States. In addition to
programs within the United States, Mexican HIV prevention workers are also
attempting to reach out to Mexican migrant workers before they leave home.
Black or White, Ziagen Hypersensitivity Test Works Equally Well
The widely used test that gauges a person's risk for Ziagen (abacavir)
hypersensitivity reaction works just as well in African Americans as it does
in whites, a new study has found. The genetic test has proven reliable at
spotting people who are at risk for experiencing a potentially
life-threatening allergic reaction if they start taking Ziagen. Earlier
research had suggested that this test might not be as accurate in African
Americans (who are much less likely than whites to have the gene that puts
them at risk for this allergic reaction), but the new study appears to put
those fears to rest. (Web highlight from
aidsmap.com)
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