Do The Health Departments List People With Hiv

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Florida HIV/AIDS Advocacy Groups, Health Departments to Increase HIV Awareness Among Minorities Ahead of National HIV Testing Day

HIV/AIDS advocacy groups and health departments in Florida are planning several events aimed at increasing awareness about HIV among minorities ahead of National HIV Testing Day , which is scheduled for Friday, the Naples Daily News reports. ... Read more »

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CDC Awards $339 Million to Health Departments for High-Impact HIV Prevention

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has begun awarding a total of almost $339 million to state and local health departments across the United States to fund HIV prevention activities this year. The awards are for the first year of a... Read more »

Health Insurance Companies Should Reimburse Emergency Departments That Provide HIV Tests, Opinion Piece Says

Health insurance companies should reimburse emergency departments that provide HIV tests so that the tests become a routine part of medical care as recommended by CDC , Jeremy Brown, research director at George Washington University Medical Center's... Read more »

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Resistance (I know, not your "department.") ( BLIPS, 2009)

Dear Dr. Frascino, I know that drug resistance is not your official "department" here at The Body, but the Drug Resistance Expert here no longer takes questions, and I am very anxious about my situation. I tried asking my question to the...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Geo,Glad to help.First, I should mention I'm certainly not impressed with a healthcare program that makes you see a different doctor on each visit. Nor am I impressed with Dr. Shrugged-shoulders! What's up with that? That you are... Read more »

Adherence and Compliance Issues with the Hillsborough County Health Department In Tampa , FL. Health Department??

Adherence and Compliance Issues with the Hillsborough County Health Department In Tampa , FL. My problem come in with adherence and compliance Issues with the Hillsborough County Health Department In Tampa , FL. Seems if your meds are not filled...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Our health system is broken as your situation illustrates. I would try to discuss with your HIV specialist and/or a case manager to try and problem solve your situation if possible. KH... Read more »

Ding Dong Injury- Can people trust the rapid hiv tests? (Seattle Department Finds OraSure HIV Test to Be Less Accurate Than Label Claims)

DR Greetings and well wishes!! I hope your having a fabulous evening!! First let me tell you that you give hope to the hopeless. Thats power!! Here is my story. I tested negative at 96 days with the finger prick test. I then went back and...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Actually, it was indeed a fabulous evening! I spent it having dinner with two of my favorite people: Broadway legend Stephen Sondheim and New York Times op-ed columnist Frank Rich!Regarding your ding-dong problem, the blowjob actually bruised... Read more »

How will Medicare and Health Care Reform effect HIV + people

I am very worried about the effect the new health care reform will be for people with HIV and AIDS. I am on Cobra and also now disabled from AIDS complications. I will not be eligible for Medicare till 2011 though. When Cobra is over in June 2010, I...

Response from Lynn L. Franzoi

Worldwide Benefits for Fox, Inc.

It is really too soon to sya. The healthcare reform bills change almost daily. I anticipate that as we get closer to the end of the month we will have a clearer view.... Read more »

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County health departments and use of 3rd generatio

Posted by Anonymous

Hi,

I was wondering if county health depts that offer free or low cost hiv screening actually use 1st generation elisas rather than 3rd generation. I live in a city of 500,000 plus. Read more »

Hiv usually transmitted before people know

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - HIV infection is likely to be transmitted before people are even aware that they are carriers, UK researchers report in the January 3rd issue of AIDS.

"The study demonstrates that a significant proportion of new HIV-1... Read more »

For people who are worried about testing !!

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

hinking about an HIV Test?
Provided by Stephen Fallon, Ph.D.
2002 Stephen Fallon

Summary: If you wait just a little while after engaging in a risky behavior, you can then get a reliable HIV test. Wait three weeks, and a negative HIV test result is... Read more »

Hiv+ people quarantined!!

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

A must read if you are hiv anti-body positive:

The following is a letter by the Washington D.C.-based Health Privacy Project
of Georgetown University strongly condemning aspects of the Model State
Emergency Health Powers Act -- pending legislation... Read more »

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