HIV/AIDS Treatment Policy News: The Northeast

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Massachusetts: Senate Passes Amendment to Restore AIDS Funding (May 26, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New Jersey Senator Proposes Plan to Avert HIV/AIDS Drug Copayments (May 15, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Bergen County, N.J., Rejects Plans to Close No-Cost HIV Testing Center (May 8, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
New Jersey: Lawmakers Plead to Keep Bergen's Free HIV Testing Clinic (May 6, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New Jersey No-Cost HIV Clinic To Close, Federal Funding at Risk (May 4, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Maine Lawmakers Vote Against Bill to Include HIV Status in Shared Medical Records (February 9, 2009)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Resourceful Day in D.C. (October 19, 2007)
The District's new AIDS czar attends DC Fights Back's community resource day.
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
New Jersey: AIDS Advocates Facing Threat of Funding Cuts (September 15, 2006)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Massachusetts Considers Exception in Confidentiality of HIV Test Results, HIV Training Guidelines for Healthcare Providers (January 15, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Worcester, Mass. Council Disputes AIDS Decision; Department of Public Health Pulled Plug on Funding (June 13, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Rutgers Gets $11 Million for AIDS Research (November 13, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
New Hampshire: AIDS Housing Grant (November 8, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Massachusetts: Funding for AIDS Services Dwindling (April 12, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Viewpoints

Could Computerized Health Records Make Everyone's Lives Better? (October 15, 2009)
According to an Obama administration official, computerized records could help doctors avoid dangerous drug interactions, as well as enable the use of automatic reminders that can help doctors provide expert treatment.
In The New York Times
Averting a Crisis in HIV Care (June 2009)
To read PDF, click here
From HIV Medicine Association
A Policy Cocktail for Fighting HIV (April 20, 2009)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Bush-Cheney Administration Threatens Health of LGBT, HIV-Positive Americans (December 22, 2008)
HIV advocates and doctors' groups are outraged at a new rule that protects U.S. health care workers who refuse to provide people with information, referrals and care on the basis of their own ethical or religious beliefs.
From Gay Men's Health Crisis
Obama Inaugurated (by AIDS Activists)! (November 21, 2008)
AIDS activists hold faux swearing-in to remind Obama of his promises.
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works
Disinvited (July 25, 2008)
Op-ed by Charles King, Housing Works president and CEO, published in Gay City News and El Diario.
In Housing Works AIDS Issues Update, from Housing Works

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