via PR Newswire San Francisco AIDS Foundation applauds President Obama’s selection of Dr. Grant Colfax to become director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy. Dr. Colfax is uniquely suited to continue the momentum established under his predecessor, Mr. Jeffrey Crowley, in advancing the ambitious goals outlined in the president’s National HIV/AIDS Strategy and moving Read More >>

via Nature News, by Erika Check Hayden Preventing the spread of HIV used to mean testing people for infection and encouraging them to practise safe sex. Increasingly, it also means prescribing drugs, as studies show that giving infected people or their uninfected partners antiretroviral drugs as soon as an infection is diagnosed can help to check the Read More >>

via The Washington Post, by Desmond Tutu A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine last month has demonstrated that antiretroviral treatment can prevent the spread of HIV, in addition to saving those infected from sickness and death. Armed with this new data, President Obama should lead the world in a massive effort to expand Read More >>

Via The Bilerico Project. THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release – May 31, 2011 LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2011 ——- BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The story of America’s Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) community is the story of our fathers and Read More >>

via New York Times, by Robert Pear President Obama will unveil a new national strategy this week to curb the AIDS epidemic by slashing the number of new infections and increasing the number of people who get care and treatment. “Annual AIDS deaths have declined, but the number of new infections has been static and the number Read More >>

Yesterday, on December 3, 2009, Bob Bucklew, Outreach Coordinator for the Cleveland AIDS Clinical Trials Unit and proud IRMA member gave the following testimony to the U.S. Office of National AIDS Policy. He spoke with regard to the National HIV/AIDS Strategy being being developed in the United States. In his allotted 90 seconds, which you can find below, he Read More >>

I hate to be a scold, especially when I’m as curious as the next guy about Tiger Woods’ alleged girlfriend. Still, when we’re done with all the gawking, can we take a moment for something more important? Via NPR, by Harold Pollack Almost six thousand people died of AIDS Monday. An even greater number became HIV-infected, though Read More >>

via Advocate.com, by Kerry Eleveld The first step to ending the HIV travel ban in the United States has been taken by the Obama administration. The Office of Management and Budget posted a notice on its site Friday afternoon indicating that the department of Health and Human Services could move forward with steps to change a regulation Read More >>

By MATTHEW LEE – via AP WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Wednesday formally endorsed a U.N. declaration calling for the worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality, a measure that former President George W. Bush had refused to sign. The move was the administration’s latest in reversing Bush-era decisions that have been heavily criticized by human rights and Read More >>

by David Ernesto MunarAIDS Foundation of Chicago via AIDS Connect Sometimes you do your best thinking on the beach. So it was a week after the election as I retreated from the 24-hour news cycle to relax with family in Cartagena, Colombia. Known as the Heroic City, Cartagena readied for its annual independence parades and festivals as Read More >>