USPSTF Recommends PrEP
On November 20, 2018, the National Policy Office of The AIDS Institute announced that the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) issued a...
Work, Financial Stability & Aging with HIV/AIDS
What We Need
Results of the "Work, Financial Stability and Aging with HIV/AIDS" survey
by Hank Trout
On November 13, 2017, NMAC (formerly National Minority AIDS Council)...
PrEP Factors
PrEP, PrEP and more PrEP. PrEP has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration since 2012 and prevents the transmission of HIV from...
Stealth Insurance Program
A Period of Adjustment
A new insurance program can put patients at risk
by Larry Buhl
Introduced this year, a stealthy new program is leading to big...
An Aspirin A Day May Keep HIV Away
The Journal of the International AIDS Society (JIAS) has published the results of a study conducted by researchers from the universities of Manitoba, Waterloo...
Let’s Talk About PrEP
On July 27, 2018, Chicago’s Howard Brown Health unveiled a new song and music video, “Let’s Talk About PrEP,” intended to spread awareness about...
Use of HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis May Increase Use of Primary Care
A new study reveals that patients who use PrEP (Pre-exposure Prophylaxis ), a combination of the antiretroviral medications emtricitabine and tenofovir called Truvada, to...
PrEP4Love Campaign
For Love
The PrEP4Love Campaign helps to empower youth
by Chael Needle
Log on to the PrEP4Love.com website and, in a few words, the community-based campaign summarizes...
Insurance Companies & PrEP User Discrimination
In Denial
Insurance companies discriminate against PrEP users
by Larry Buhl
In 2016, Rob, a digital media professional in his fifties, went to Mutual of Omaha to...
Potential Harm of “Abstinence-Only” Education
In a blistering February 28, 2018, report on the resurgence and “rebranding” of federal abstinence-only sex education in public schools, the Guttmacher Institute decries...
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Maid Service: Review
Maid Service
by John Whittier Treat
JMS Books
Reviewed by Chael Needle
In the mid-eighties, 1985 or 1986, but perhaps slightly earlier, my brother Doug’s friend Glenn traveled...
