2008

A Goldmine of Information
AIDS Education Global Information System - December 4, 2008
Dear Friends: Back in 1986, only a very small amount of HIV/AIDS information was in existence. Utilizing the technology of the day, three electronic bulletin board systems (BBS) sprang up in the U.S. to provide what little AIDS information was available at the time - AIDS Info BBS, Seattle AIDS Info BBS, and AEGiS. In


Update: News Posts from AEGiS
AEGiS.org - November 19, 2008
WebBoard, the news/info dissemination section of AEGiS can be accessed by clicking on Daily News Postings & Announcements heading on our hompage , Connecting to Others found on our navigation tree (left side of our homepage), and by clicking this link: http://webboard.aegis.org/WB/?boardid=2. The only delivery meth


GlaxoSmithKline Announces New Program to Provide Financial Assistance for Eligible HIV Patients in the U.S.: Program Reduces Out-of-Pocket Expense Burden for Eligible Patients on GSK HIV Medications
Source: GlaxoSmithKline - November 11, 2008
Research Triangle Park, November 11, 2008 - GlaxoSmithKline [NYSE: GSK] announced today the launch of a new Patient Savings Card designed to help eligible patients improve compliance with their HIV regimens by reducing their out-of-pocket expenses for GSK HIV medications. Through this new program, patients are eligible


New Website: Survivorship A to Z
November 14, 2008
SurvivorshipAtoZ.org was launched on June 11 with an announcement/segment on ABC s Good Morning America with cancer survivor, co-host, Robin Roberts. (The interview can be viewed on the site s home page under In The News ). The ground breaking nonprofit site, with initial funding from Johns Hopkins and the City of New


Magazine Calls on New US President to Have National AIDS Strategy
Voice of America - November 3, 2008
Joe De Capua, Washington
A leading magazine on HIV/AIDS says whoever wins the US presidential election Tuesday, November 4th, should develop a national strategy to fight the disease. POZ Magazine says more than one million Americans live with HIV and 14 thousand people died of the disease in the United States in 2006. It s estimated that 25 pe


Update: News Posts from AEGiS
AEGiS.org - September 26, 2008
WebBoard, the news/info dissemination section of AEGiS, is now stable and can be accessed by clicking on the Connecting to Others that is found on our navigation tree (left side of our homepage), or by clicking this link: http://webboard.aegis.org/WB/?boardid=2. The only delivery method currently available for WebBoard


UCLA Clinical AIDS Research and Education (CARE) Center website - Clinical Trials Open
September 17, 2008
This website is designed to provide regularly updated material to keep up with the latest developments and activities in HIV research and patient care. The CARE Center started providing services in 1982. In the last year, they have moved into a new and permanent home and are adding new clinicians to the CARE staff. The


Update: News Posts from AEGiS
AEGiS.org - September 8, 2008
While we are in the process of updating WebBoard, the news/info dissemination section of AEGiS, please note that you can now access news articles that have been posted to WebBoard. To access WebBoard, please click on the Connecting to Others link available on the navigation tree to the left, or simply click here: http:


Update: News Posts from AEGiS
AEGiS.org - September 5, 2008
While we are in the process of updating WebBoard, the news/info dissemination section of AEGiS, please note that you can now access news articles that have been posted to WebBoard. To access WebBoard, please click on the Connecting to Others link available on the navigation tree to the left, or simply click here: http:


Important Announcement from AEGiS
AEGiS.org
We are experiencing technical difficulties. The end result is that we are unable to deliver HIV/AIDS news via RSS and e-mail at this time. Please know that we are working hard to resolve this problem and will resume our service in the next week or so. Please continue to check our hompepage for news. As always, news art


BeOneCity.com - A new website for HIV+ gay guys
BeOneCity.com
www.BeOneCity.com is a new website for gay guys everywhere living with HIV so we can meet as friends or to date, to get support from one another and to get all the information they need for living well with HIV. The site has a free personals area where people can connect, chat, date, blog, etc., to encourage a sense of


Scientists test device to track medication adherence in patients with HIV/AIDS
University of Florida - April 21, 2008
GAINESVILLE, Fla. - Most of us have missed a dose of antibiotic or forgotten to take a daily vitamin. But when the stakes are higher - as they are for people with HIV/AIDS - a skipped pill could mean the difference between health and hazard for the entire population. Now, a breath monitoring device developed by scienti


ACLU Tells Peace Corps To Stop Barring People With HIV From Serving As Volunteers
American Civil Liberties Union - April 21, 2008
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: (212) 549-2568 or (917) 566-1294; media@aclu.org NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union sent a letter to the Peace Corps today demanding that it change its policy of barring people with HIV from serving as volunteers. The ACLU sent the letter on behalf of a Denver volunteer who was


"The Conversation" - New book and film project about HIV
theHIVconversation.com - March 28, 2008
Sebastian St.Troy
There are many struggles faced by those with HIV, however, for some the most difficult one is disclosing their HIV status. The Conversation , a new book, will contain real life stories of HIV positive people and how they disclose their HIV status, along with the struggle to do so. Both sides of The Conversation are be


We Are Together - in cinemas now!
We Are Together.org
March 7th 2008 saw the much-anticipated cinematic release of what is set to be this year s most heart-warming documentary. Filmed over three years, We Are Together tells the remarkable and moving story of a group of AIDS orphans from South Africa who use the power of song to overcome hardship and loss. With unforgettab


HIV MINORITY FELLOWSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR CLINICAL TRAINING
HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) - February 1, 2008
-- Fellowship applications due February 15, 2008 Alexandria, VA -- (February 1, 2008) -- The HIV Medicine Association (HIVMA) is now accepting applications for its second annual Minority Clinical Fellowship. The one-year fellowship enables under-represented minority post-residency physicians to gain HIV clinical experi



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