Two D.C. bloggers are battling it out over the new HIV number released for Washington, D.C. Three percent of the total population there is now living with HIV.
Black Informant says the cause is risky sexual behavior among the gay and lesbian community. The Washington City Paper’s Sexist blogger says the cause is more complex than [...]
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D.C.’s HIV blame game
Carolinas Black Pride presents ‘Before It Hits Home’
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Merck seeks Gardasil approval for boys
Reports yesterday noted that drug company Merck will be approaching the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to get approval for the use of Gardasil in boys.
The Associated Press reported:
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has two months to decide whether the application for use in males meets its standards. Reviews can then take 10 months [...]
Fighting AIDS in the South
I don’t know if everyone saw it, but there was a great profile of North Carolina HIV/AIDS pioneer Evelyn Foust in Sunday’s Raleigh News & Observer:
Evelyn Foust would have been happy to be out of her career by now.
As North Carolina’s chief HIV and AIDS fighter, Foust has seen firsthand how the virus has morphed [...]
