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Washington Post Examines Peace Corps' Policy Regarding HIV-Positive Volunteers
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51798
Christian Science Monitor Examines Peace Corps' Efforts To Attract Experienced
Volunteers for Work Related to HIV/AIDS, Other Issues
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51777
U.S. Prisons Missing Opportunities To Provide HIV Testing, Education,
Prevention, Panel Says
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51690
HHS Secretary Leavitt Meets With Health Officials in Vietnam To Discuss Health
Issues, Including HIV/AIDS
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51637
Workplace Attitudes Toward HIV/AIDS, Acceptance of Condoms Improving, ILO Report
Finds
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51584
Obama, Clinton Call for Allocating More Resources To Fight Spread of HIV/AIDS
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51499 $1.1 Billion Awarded for HIV/AIDS Care and
Treatment
AIDSInfo At-A-Glance Volume 4 Issue 16 (4/11/08)
Health and Human Services (HHS) has announced
that grants of more than $1.1 billion have been
awarded to assist people living with HIV/AIDS
across the United States and its territories.
Funded under Part B of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS
Program, these grants provide primary care,
medication, and services for low-income and
underinsured HIV infected individuals. The Ryan
White HIV/AIDS Program is responsible for
helping more than 500,000 HIV infected
individuals per year receive the care and
services they need.
CDC Releases HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report
for 2006
AIDSInfo At-A-Glance Volume 4 Issue
16 (4/11/08) The Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) recently released its annual
HIV/AIDS surveillance report, which includes
data reported through June 2007. It shows that
African Americans and men who have sex with men
continue to have the highest rate of HIV
infection. In addition, the report showed that
the number of AIDS cases has remained stable
while the number of deaths due to AIDS has
decreased.
House Approves PEPFAR Reauthorization Bill
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51318
House Rules Committee Takes Action on PEPFAR Reauthorization Bill Ahead of Floor
Consideration
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51294
Examination of Antiretrovirals Abacavir, Didanosine's Potential Link to
Increased Risk of Heart Attack Continues
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51295
Online Survey Looks at Women, HIV in U.S.
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51296
Los Angeles Times Examines Male Circumcision in the U.S.
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51268
See March Archives
Across the Nation
Salt Lake Tribune Examines Enforcement of
Utah Law Requiring Mandatory HIV Tests for
Convicted Sex Workers, Solicitors
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51830
Appeals Court Decision Restores More Than $1M
in HIV/AIDS Funds to New York Counties
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51775
Needle-Exchange Programs in Washington,
D.C., To Expand by Summer
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51746
Connecticut HIV/AIDS Advocates, Teenagers
Call for Passage of Bill That Would Provide
Grants for Comprehensive Sex Education
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51747
Iowa Records 127 New HIV Cases in 2007,
Highest Number Since 1998, Health Department
Report Says
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51748
South Carolina House To Consider Bill That
Would Eliminate Requirement To Inform School
Officials of Students' HIV-Positive Status
http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=51636
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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