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ACT UP to Tom Frieden: You’re MIA on HIV

June 9, 2014
Chad Cipiti

Members of ACT UP NY, along with Treatment Action Group (TAG) and Atlanta allies, will meet with the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)’s HIV prevention personnel in Atlanta, GA. ACT UP will call upon the CDC to meet its commitment of keeping all Americans healthy and to act now upon the promise of TasP, PrEP, and PEP, address social and structural barriers to lifesaving prevention options, and reduce the transmission of HIV in those groups where the incidence is rising.

The Immune System, HIV, and Aging

April 3, 2014
Chad Cipiti

Little more than a decade ago, it was almost inconceivable that the issue of aging with HIV infection would emerge as an important concern.

Immune System, HIV, and Aging Slides

April 3, 2014
Chad Cipiti

Better Late Than Never: Efavirenz Dose Optimization

March 31, 2014
Chad Cipiti

After a study suggests that we’ve been using too high a dose of efavirenz for a decade and a half, the move toward scaling up a lower and more cost-effective one faces some hurdles By Tim Horn and Polly Clayden…

Marketplace Menaces: Discriminatory Practices by the ACA’s Qualified Health Plans

March 31, 2014
Chad Cipiti

Advocates scramble to stay ahead of coverage rejections, formulary concerns, and exorbitant out-of-pocket expenses facing people living with HIV By Kenyon Farrow #GetCovered That’s the White House’s official hashtag and marketing campaign to spike the number of Americans enrolling into…

The White House’s Fuzzy Math

March 31, 2014
Chad Cipiti

An Office of National AIDS Policy progress report obscures the state of the domestic U.S. HIV/AIDS response By Mark Harrington On World AIDS Day, December 1, 2013, the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) issued a peppy and…

Forgotten Negatives: The Limits of Treatment as Prevention

March 31, 2014
Chad Cipiti

The CDC’s High-Impact Prevention strategy takes aim at the stubborn HIV incidence rate in the United States. The only problem: it doesn’t include an ambitious plan for those at risk for the virus By Jeremiah Johnson There is no shortage…

Fool Us Once…

March 31, 2014
Chad Cipiti

April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four. —Mark Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson By Tim Horn We’re being duped by our government agencies. We’re being hoodwinked by…

TAGline Spring 2014

March 31, 2014
Chad Cipiti

NEWS ON THE FIGHT TO END HIV/AIDS, VIRAL HEPATITIS, AND TUBERCULOSIS Spring 2014 The April Fools' Issue: April 1. This is the day upon which we are reminded of what we are on the other three hundred and sixty-four. —Mark…

Letter to Governor Cuomo on Ending AIDS in New York State

February 19, 2014
Chad Cipiti

Follow-up to January 14, 2014 letter regarding the development of a plan to end AIDS in New York State.