Hispanic, black men more likely to contract HIV from drug use, related risky behavior, according to findings presented at conference. Kaiser Network. August 1, 2007. Hispanic and black men are more likely than others to become HIV-positive through injection drug use and other risky behaviors related to any type of drug use, Rhonda Hagler, medical director of the New Jersey-based HIV/AIDS clinic Proceed, told participants at the 2007 National Conference on Latinos and AIDS on Monday, the Miami Herald reports. Read more

HIV patients anxious as support programs cut. New York Times. August 1, 2007. SAN RAFAEL, Calif. — In the golden hills of Marin County, it is hard to imagine that free food or emergency cab fares could matter much to anyone. Read more

Bush aide blocked. Christopher Lee and Marc Kaufman Washington Post Staff Writers. Sunday, July 29, 2007. A surgeon general's report in 2006 that called on Americans to help tackle global health problems has been kept from the public by a Bush political appointee without any background or expertise in medicine or public health, chiefly because the report did not promote the administration's policy accomplishments, according to current and former public health officials. Read more

Mexican migrants carry HIV home. New York Times. July 17, 2007. Cres has spent almost half his 32 years working in the United States, in the fields of California and Texas and the factories of Chicago and New York. His wife and three children were with him some of the time. But he was alone for long spells, and it was during one of those periods that he figures he contracted HIV. Read more.

Footnotes to a tragedy. Los Angeles Times. July 15, 2007.  Infants infected by transfusions -- 33 at Cedars-Sinai -- faded from view as AIDS exploded. A survivor and a grieving parent forged a unique bond.Read more

Obituary - Ferd Eggan, 60; ally for those with HIV, AIDS. Los Angeles Times, July 12, 2007. Ferd Eggan, whose innovative efforts as city AIDS coordinator included sponsoring Los Angeles' first needle exchange program to reduce the transmission of AIDS through contaminated syringes, died Saturday of liver cancer at his Hollywood home. He was 60. Read more

Drug-resistant AIDS patients get a boost.  Los Angeles Times. July 6, 2007.  An experimental medication dramatically helps reduce the amount of HIV in the blood, a study shows. Read more

Syphilis rate up for gay men with HIV. Los Angeles Times. July 6, 2007.  Left untreated, the STD leads to neurological complications in 1 in 50 men, study says.  Read more

Gay pride events offer opportunity to identify new HIV cases among MSM, especially those in racial, ethnic minority, study says. Kaisernetwork.org. June 22, 2007.  Read more 

Severe form of syphilis recorded among MSM, MMWR study says. Kaisernetwork.org. July 2, 2007.  A serious form of syphilis is appearing among some men who have sex with men, according to a study published in the June 29 edition of CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly, Reuters reports. Read more

New campaign against sexually transmitted diseases. Los Angeles Times. June 26, 2007. To combat rising rates of syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea, Los Angeles County officials will launch a public health campaign today that uses drink coasters, murals, sidewalk chalk art and other unconventional approaches to advertise the need to get tested.  Read more

State moves to revoke King Harbor's lincense  Los Angeles Times. June 21, 2007. The long-troubled public hospital would be forced to close. No such threat has been made before. Read more

Silencio que mata.  La Opinion.  March 13, 2007.  El sida es aún tema tabú entre muchas mujeres, a pesar de que los casos de infectadas continúan en aumento. Read more

Few Latinos advised to get tested for HIV, study says.  Los Angeles Times. March 2, 2007.  A majority of Los Angeles County primary care practitioners are failing to advise their Latino patients. Read more

Prinson's hidden threat.  Los Angeles Times. January 31, 2007. Male inmates and their partners are at high risk of HIV infection. A tough testing program is needed. Read more

Nationwide AIDS campaign is aimed at minorities.  Los Angeles Times. January 16, 2007.  Los Angeles County health and community leaders are calling for renewed efforts at testing and educating minorities about AIDS, noting that Latinos and blacks in the county with HIV tend to learn of their infection too late to get the maximum benefit from... Read more

 
President Bush signs Ryan White CARE Act reauthorization bill.  Kaisernetwork.org. December 11, 2006.  President Bush on Saturday signed a compromise bill (HR 6143) to reauthorize the Ryan White CARE Act, which provides funding for HIV/AIDS programs in the U.S., after the House on Saturdaypassed the measure by voice vote, the New York Times reports... Read more