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Ron Paul Wants Higher Health Costs for People With AIDS

Republican presidential candidate and U.S. Representative Ron Paul (R–Texas) defended a controversial statement about AIDS during a Fox News interview with Chris Wallace on January 1. “The individual suffering from AIDS is certainly a victim, frequently a victim of his … Continue reading

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Advocates Seek Changes to Iowa HIV Criminalization Law

Advocates in Iowa are lobbying their state legislature to change the HIV criminalization law so that a person can be prosecuted only in cases that include both an intent to transmit and an actual transmission, The Daily Iowan reports. Currently, … Continue reading

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AIDS Memorial Quilt in San Francisco for Valentine’s Day

Merchants and advocates are in talks with the family that owns the vacant Market and Noe Center near the Castro neighborhood in San Francisco to put on public view 40 sections of the AIDS Memorial Quilt during the week of … Continue reading

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Are People With Low CD4s Getting Left Behind in Cure Research?

I had mixed feelings about the announcement a few days ago about two new clinical trials being launched by Sangamo Biosciences, which is in hot pursuit of a functional cure for HIV. On the plus side it pleases me tremendously … Continue reading

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New Studies Under Way of Sangamo’s Possible ‘Functional Cure’ Gene Therapy

Sangamo BioSciences has begun new clinical studies of its promising gene therapy SB-728-T, a potential “functional cure” for HIV infection, according to a January 9 announcement by the company.  SB-728-T is a zinc finger DNA-binding protein transcription factor (ZFP TF). … Continue reading

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I’m Here for the New Year

When I was young I would look along with everyone else as Dick Clark started the countdown to the new year. 5,4,3,2,1….Happy New Year! As everyone was celebrating the New Year I was celebrating that I was still here. For … Continue reading

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Ron Paul, Chris Wallace Need AIDS Education

Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. Deputy Editor, POZ Ron Paul, Chris Wallace Need AIDS Education By Oriol R. Gutierrez Jr. on January 3, 2012 4:21 PM | 2 Comments In his 1987 book Freedom Under Siege, current Republican presidential candidate and … Continue reading

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AIDS Memorial Quilt

  Volunteers from the Ursuline Piazza’s Club 95 will make a panel remembering twenty of our HIV-positive friends who have died since the start of our program in 2007.  This workshop is being made possible by a partnership of The MetroHealth System, Cleveland Institute of … Continue reading

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Party in the Piazza Benefit

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New Hours for Case Management

Maya Simek, case manager at Proyecto Luz, is available every 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the month at St. Augustine Manor ( 1 West conference room across from Sister Susan’s office ) from 3 P.M. to 7 P.M. Maya can assist you with new … Continue reading

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