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NAPWA Announces Suspension of Operations and Bankruptcy Filing

The National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA) – the largest, oldest, and most trusted voice for the 1.2 million People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA) in the U.S. – has ceased operations and has filed a petition in United States Bankruptcy Court to discharge its debts in bankruptcy and liquidate.

Published
15 February 2013
From
NAPWA
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
Was higher viral load responsible for the African HIV epidemic?

Researchers from Cornell University in New York have found that the average HIV viral load of people not taking antiretroviral medication (ART) in Africa, and especially in southern

Published
12 February 2013
By
Gus Cairns
History of HIV and AIDS
Ed Koch: 12 Years as Mayor, A Lifetime in the Closet

His inaction during the crucial early years of the AIDS pandemic –– which emerged in 1981 on his watch –– has never been forgiven by large numbers of gay men and others who lost so many loved ones and friends to the virus.

Published
04 February 2013
From
Gay City News
History of HIV and AIDS
Ed Koch and the Cost of the Closet

Would the fight against AIDS been helped had Ed Koch come out of the closet? Possibly. But it definitely would have been better had he just been straight.

Published
04 February 2013
From
The Nation
Mental and emotional health
The Coming Epidemic: Is HIV Really What Killed Spencer Cox?

My generation, which continues to stare down HIV, is facing a new plague -- the one that likely killed Spencer Cox. As yet unnamed, it manifests in aimlessness, depression, broken relationships, substance abuse, unsafe sex and suicide.

Published
04 February 2013
From
Huffington Post (blog)
Injecting drug use
Dave Purchase Dies at 73; Led Early Needle Exchange

Dave Purchase, a bearded biker who 24 years ago began handing out sterile syringes to prevent AIDS among drug addicts on the streets of Tacoma, Wash., and went on to become a national leader of the needle-exchange movement, died on Jan. 21 in Tacoma. He was 73.

Published
31 January 2013
From
New York Times
History of HIV and AIDS
Twenty-five years of commitment – the International AIDS Society celebrates its 25th anniversary

The International AIDS Society (IAS) celebrates twenty-five years of commitment this year as the world’s leading independent association of HIV professionals. With some 16,000 members from 196 countries, the IAS has contributed to shaping the global response to the HIV epidemic and will continue to do so in the upcoming years.

Published
25 January 2013
From
International AIDS Society
History of HIV and AIDS
HIV-like viruses in non-human primates have existed much longer than previously thought

Viruses similar to those that cause AIDS in humans were present in non-human primates in Africa at least five million years ago and perhaps up to 12 million years ago, according to study published Jan. 24 in the open-access journal PLOS Pathogens by scientists at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

Published
25 January 2013
From
Eurekalert Inf Dis
History of HIV and AIDS
Peter Staley: Grief Is A Sword: A Eulogy For Spencer Cox

This death hit us hard. We have grappled to make sense of it. Why did he stop his meds? What role did his struggle with crystal meth play? Was this a failure of community? Are there lessons we can learn? These aren't just nosy questions by idle bystanders.

Published
25 January 2013
From
Huffington Post
Activism
Oscar nominations: AIDS film How to Survive a Plague gets nod for best documentary

The movie, directed by David France, tells the story of AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP) and gives viewers a front-row seat to the epic day-to-day battles that ultimately resulted in AIDS no longer being a death sentence.

Published
10 January 2013
From
Gay Star News
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