The Rev. Doris Green, AFC's director of correctional health and community health, discusses opt-out HIV testing in Cook County Jail.
By Sara Semelka
After three long years of perseverance by community advocates, detainees at Cook County Jail now go through an opt-out – rather than opt-in – HIV testing...
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Federal and state implementation must proceed at full speed; Medicaid expansion is priority.
For immediate release: June 28, 2012
Media contact: John Peller, 312-334-0921
CHICAGO, IL -- The U.S. Supreme Court took a massive step toward ending the HIV/AIDS epidemic today when it found nearly all provisions of the Affordable Care Act to be constitutional. Federal,...
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As an HIV advocate, you know better than anyone that we’ve hit a rough patch in our progress against the AIDS epidemic.
As most of you know, the agreed last month to cut HIV funding by $3.3 million — or 42%. A reduction of this size will shatter community-based HIV prevention, care and housing programs throughout the state.
In the past year, we’ve seen...
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Watch Endgame: AIDS in Black America on PBS. See more from FRONTLINE.
By Sandra Jaime
The new PBS/Frontline documentary, ENDGAME: AIDS in Black America , presents an insightful look at how prejudice and fear has allowed HIV to rapidly consume the African American community.
The...
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No one has to live with uncertainty. That is why, in a city-wide effort, the Step Up, Get Tested campaign has set up free HIV testing in the Chicagoland area for National HIV Testing Day (June 27).
The Step Up, Get Tested campaign aims to test 5,000 Chicagoans through testing events in various locations from now through July 4. Find out where you can be tested today .
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Arick Buckles, at right, stands with Rep. Greg Harris, D-Chicago, while addressing the crowd at Lobby Day 2012. AFC Photo-Ed Negron
By Sara Semelka
A federal lawsuit filed Monday by a Chicago man who claims he was denied HIV medication while in jail has shed light on an issue usually hidden in the shadows: health care for people who are both living with HIV and incarcerated...
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Years ago, Mike Barnes stood before the AIDS Memorial Quilt in Washington D.C. with the love of his life, Martin “Sky” Bixby. They were both moved by the Quilt's powerful testimony.
“He said, ‘I hope someone does that for me someday,’ ” said Barnes, 55, a pharmacist who lives in Lincoln Park.
Bixby, who died of AIDS in 1997, (pictured at right) is...
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Vincent Moorman, at left, and Bobby Lynn Benson participate in a recent Tenant Empowerment Seminar. AFC Photos-Anne Sanicki
At tenant seminars, clients learn independent living skills and gain a sense of community.
By Anne Sanicki
On a sunny May afternoon on Chicago’s West Side, a group of men and women gathered around a conference table and engaged...
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Still confused about PrEP? Don't know what to make of the controversy surrounding it?
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In response to recent news from the FDA regarding the use of the drug Truvada for prevention, Mapping Pathways , AIDS United and the AIDS Foundation of Chicago are presenting a webinar focusing on the ARV-based strategy PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis.)...
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