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U.S. HIV Treatment Policy Analysis
- Programs Meant to Give HIVers New Drugs Before FDA Approval Are Flawed, Report Says (June 22, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- FDA Criticized for Diabetes Drug Avandia (May 22, 2007)
As this audio report explains, the news about Avandia may bring renewed scrutiny of the U.S. drug-approval process.
In Morning Edition, from National Public Radio
- An Interview With Harold Jaffe, M.D. (February 27, 2007)
In Exclusive Coverage of the 14th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO
- An Interview With Julie Davids (February 27, 2007)
In Exclusive Coverage of the 14th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from The Body PRO
- New York Times Chimes in on Ryan White CARE Act Debate (September 1, 2006)
An editorial in the New York Times puts in stark terms the reasons that the Ryan White CARE Act has become such a heated issue in the United States.
In The New York Times
- 2006 Ushers in the Era of "The Medical Approach" to HIV Treatment (July/August 2006)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- AIDS Action Encouraged by HIV Initiatives Proposed in President Bush's Budget, but Urges Fair and Effective Implementation (February 6, 2006)
From AIDS Action Council
- HIV Funding in the U.S.: What Lies Ahead for 2006? (January/February 2006)
In 2005, surprises and disasters put much of the U.S. government's HIV-related work on hold; that leaves plenty to do on the HIV funding front in 2006, writes AIDS advocate Jeff Graham.
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In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- The Down Side of Expanded Access Programs: A Site Management Perspective (January-March 2006)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Uncertain Future for Early Access? (January-March 2006)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Medical Marijuana, the Bush Administration and the Denial of Science (November/December 2005)
"It's not like the science [supporting medical marijuana] doesn't exist," David Salyer writes; "our government has nothing but contempt for it.".
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In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Medicaid Under Attack -- Again (March 2005)
The 2005 budget season may not be a pleasant one for Medicaid, thanks to a stronger post-election Republican party, Project Inform says.
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In WISE Words, from Project Inform
- Cruising With Lazarus: The Fourth Annual "Just Shut Up" Awards (January/February 2005)
A closer look at the public figures who didn't exactly make friends with the AIDS community in 2004.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- After the Election: The AIDS Epidemic Under Four More Years of Bush (November 23, 2004)
With George W. Bush's re-election, some facts about the U.S. response to the AIDS epidemic won't change -- but there are many ways in which it must improve, writes John S. James.
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- GMHC Statement on the Re-Election of George W. Bush as President of the United States (November 3, 2004)
From Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Impact of the Second Bush Administration on National HIV/AIDS Public Policy (November/December 2004)
This analysis warns of impending danger for federal AIDS funding, the Ryan White CARE Act and healthcare access for Americans with HIV.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Discussion of Proposal for Free Access to NIH-Funded Research (October 26, 2004)
AIDS Treatment News discusses why the proposal is a step forward but far from a solution, and offers an alternative idea that may solve some remaining issues.
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- Illinois Congressional, State Legislative Candidates Surveyed on AIDS Policies (PDF) (October 11, 2004)
From AIDS Foundation of Chicago
- AIDS Action Sends Letters to Vice Presidential Candidates Critiquing Their Comments on the Domestic HIV Epidemic (October 8, 2004)
From AIDS Action Council
- AIDS, Marriage and Jumping the Broom (September/October 2004)
How do AIDS and economic issues intersect with gay marriage? It's all about human rights and access to health care, Greg Smith explains.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Does This Election Really Matter? (September/October 2004)
For HIV-positive Georgians, and for HIVers throughout the United States, apathy is not an option this Nov. 2, Jeff Graham writes.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Prescriptions for Reform: A Comparison of the Bush and Kerry Health Care Access Proposals and Their Impact on People With HIV/AIDS (PDF) (September 2004)
From Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Ronald Reagan and AIDS (September/October 2004)
David Salyer recaps some of the highlights of the Gipper's life and presidency -- and laments how he never used his formidable political skills to do something about AIDS during the epidemic's first years.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- President Bush on AIDS: More Questions Than Answers (June 30, 2004)
AIDS advocate John S. James offers a point-by-point critique of President Bush's June 23 speech on AIDS in Philadelphia.
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- Statement of Paul A. Volberding, M.D., Board Chairman HIV Medicine Association, in Response to President Bush's HIV/AIDS Speech (June 25, 2004)
Volberding lauds the president's $20 million in emergency funding for ADAP, but cautions that it must be only the first step.
From HIV Medicine Association
- AIDS Advocates "Still Angry" Over Reagan's "Lack of Leadership" on HIV/AIDS, New York Times Reports (June 9, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report Summarizes Opinion Pieces on Reagan's Response to AIDS (June 8, 2004)
Matt Foreman, an advocate for gay/lesbian issues in New York, and Allen White, a writer in San Francisco, sharply criticize the former president.
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Regarding the Death of Former President Ronald Reagan: A Letter to My Best Friend, Steven Powsner (June 6, 2004)
By Matt Foreman, Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, on Reagan's inaction during the early days of the AIDS epidemic.
From National Gay and Lesbian Task Force
- A Physician's Call to Action: Clinicians Must Act Against Drug Pricing Increases (May 2004)
Transcript and slides of a talk by Benjamin Young, M.D., a clinical instructor at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
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In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
- Why Is IAPAC Examining AIDS Drug Access in the United States? (May 2004)
Text of a speech by IAPAC President José M. Zuniga opening an April 6, 2004 summit on HIV pharmacoeconomics in the United States.
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In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
- Allow Imported HIV/AIDS Drugs (April 23, 2004)
An op-ed article by Mubarak Dahir, editor of the Express Gay News in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
In Washington Blade
- Politics & Science: HIV/AIDS (March 12, 2004)
Part of a report from a ranking Democratic U.S. congressman on how politics is interfering with the ability of the National Institutes of Health to carry out sorely needed research.
From U.S. House of Representatives
- Reauthorizing the Ryan White CARE Act (March 2004)
This column from the president of IAPAC calls for healthcare professionals to get involved in the fight for more U.S. HIV treatment funding.
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In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
- T-Negative: Of Safety and Solvency (March/April 2004)
A few ideas on how U.S. states could free up enough cash that they could avoid cutting HIV/AIDS program budgets.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- The American Academy of HIV Medicine Applauds the Early Treatment for HIV Act (February 26, 2004)
From American Academy of HIV Medicine
- Bringing Dawn to Night: Treatment Access in the United States (February 2004)
The developing world isn't the only place where HIV-infected people are dying from a lack of access to treatment; it happens all too often in the United States as well, writes José M. Zuniga.
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In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
- National Policy Agenda, 2002-2004 (2004)
Eight top priorities for HIV/AIDS policy as expressed by the advocacy group AIDS Action.
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From AIDS Action Council
- Rewriting the Script on Reagan: Why the President Ignored AIDS (November 14, 2003)
Dartmouth College instructor Michael Bronski offers a thoughtful analysis of Ronald Reagan's decision to pay so little attention to the growing AIDS epidemic during his tenure as president.
In Forward
- Congressional Juggling of Medicare Drug Coverage Leaves Many in the Lurch (October 2003)
AIDS advocates' letter to Congress on AIDS patients who are eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid benefits.
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
- Letter to President Bush on Domestic HIV/AIDS Policies (October 2003)
Three prominent members of the HIV advocacy/healthcare community call on the U.S. president to rethink many of his administration's HIV/AIDS policies.
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
- IAPAC Condemns Senate Votes on International and Domestic Spending for HIV/AIDS (September 10, 2003)
From International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
- Pennsylvania Plan to Limit Hepatitis C Treatment in Prisons "Puts Everyone at Risk," Opinion Piece Says (August 15, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Bush Administration Uses "Misleading Statements" to Support Ideology, Report by House Committee Democrats Says (August 8, 2003)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Compassion vs. Conservatism (July/August 2003)
David Salyer critiques the Bush administration's impact on HIV/AIDS efforts in the United States.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Some Thoughts on Troubled ADAPs and Medicaid (July/August 2003)
Pharmacist Glen Pietrandoni on how the situation got this bad -- and what we can do to help fix it.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- The State of AIDS (Summer 2003)
Shelley Cohen McKittrick, Director of Treatment Education at the PWA Coalition Colorado, on President Bush, HIV treatment funding and the importance of taking a stand.
In Resolute!, from PWA Coalition Colorado
- New York City: Arrests in AIDS Rally; 30 Charged as Activists Decry Proposed Budget Cuts (May 15, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Editorial: Bush WHACKED or How the Right Wing's Social Agenda Is Losing the War Against AIDS (May 2003)
In Reasons for Hope, from Search for a Cure
- Fuzeon Brand Enfuvirtide (T-20): Breaking Barriers or Breaking the Bank? (March 7, 2003)
A position paper from a number of prominent AIDS organizations.
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
- Why the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV and AIDS Should Be Disbanded (March 2003)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Times They Are A-Changing (January 2003)
As the treatment climate improves, the political climate grows much worse.
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In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
- You Can't Always Get What You Want (And Sometimes You Can't Even Get What You Need) (January/February 2003)
As the HIV/AIDS funding situation in the United States grows more dire, the HIV community must do more to fight it.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Action = Life: Are You Willing to Fight for Your Healthcare? (December 2002/January 2003)
In Georgia and elsewhere, the HIVer community must fight for their treatment funding.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Ring in the New ... Now (December 2002)
Republicans pose the greatest threat to HIV treatment in the United States -- and it's up to you to fight it.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Cruising With Lazarus: The Sad State of the U.S. Office of National AIDS Policy (October 2002)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- Should the U.S. HIV Response Be an International Model? (October 2002)
In IAPAC Monthly, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
- The Wall Street Journal Examines How Some Foundations, Including AIDS-Related Groups, Are Spending Now Instead of Sustaining Their Endowments (September 10, 2002)
A sign that they have decided taking action now to fight the epidemic is of paramount importance.
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- ADAP Emergency! (September 2002)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Nothing Lasts Forever (September 2002)
In Texas, drastic budget cuts may mean the end of ADAP for many people with HIV.
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In HIV Treatment ALERTS!, from The Center for AIDS
- In It for the Long Haul (June 2002)
The battle to keep ADAP funding alive in Georgia.
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- The Rhetoric of Inaction (June 2002)
Gregg Gonsalves talks about policymakers' three favorite excuses: futility, perversity and jeopardy.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Treatment Access Emergency: ADAP and Medicaid (May 31, 2002)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- Summer of Protest Kicks Off in San Francisco (May 23, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- New Cancer Drugs Might Help Treat HIV -- But Research Not Done (April 12, 2002)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- New York: Crowd Rallies for More State Funding to Fight AIDS (April 10, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- PhRMA Speaks! And We All Listen (April 2002)
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- AIDS Overwhelms Africa, Tests U.S. National Morality (March 20, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Bush Administration HIV/AIDS Report Card (March 13, 2002)
A coalition of AIDS organizations takes a comprehensive look at government HIV/AIDS efforts.
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From Project Inform
- A Tale of Two Tragedies (March 2002)
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In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
- President Bush Releases Inadequate HIV/AIDS Budget for Second Year in a Row (March 2002)
In Hotline Memos, from Project Inform
- To Double, or Not to Double? Bioterror Buys a Budget Boost (February 2002)
A look at the current Federal AIDS research funding situation.
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
- Drug Pricing (January 25, 2002)
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In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- Funding Medical Research and Drug Development (January 25, 2002)
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In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- AIDS 2002: Still Room for Improvement (January/February 2002)
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Change and Rumors of Change (October 2001)
What the government, industry and medical profession need to do to reform AIDS research.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Shreds of Evidence (September 2001)
Shudda, cudda, wudda: reevaluating the treatment revolution after the fall.
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
- AIDSWatch 2001: I Am Why You Should Care About AIDS (July 2001)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- AIDS Is Twenty -- It Is Time to Grow Up! (June 2001)
In Survival News, from AIDS Survival Project
- New Presidential Administration Presents New Challenges (March 2001)
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In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform
- Public Policy Roundup: Review of 2000 (March 2001)
In WISE Words, from Project Inform
- Wake Up! The Drugs Aren't Good Enough! (March 2001)
In Reasons for Hope, from Search for a Cure
- HIV/AIDS Policy Recommendations on Public Policy Issues of Concern to the HIV/AIDS Community (January 25, 2001)
Letter to George W. Bush.
From San Francisco AIDS Foundation
- HIV/AIDS Public Policy Roundup for 2000 (January 2001)
In Hotline Memos, from Project Inform
- World AIDS Day Statement From Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, NIAID/NIH (December 1, 2000)
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Bush and Gore in Their Own Words (October 2000)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Candidates' Response to IAPAC Questionnaire Shows HIV/AIDS Is "Invisible Issue" in Presidential Campaign (October 2000)
In Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, from International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care
- Dear Dr. Fauci: Broad Coalition of Organizations Calls on NIH to Devote Resources to Questions of Long-Term Therapy (August 2000)
In TAGline, from Treatment Action Group
- Racial Shift Spotlights Need for Better Prevention and Care (January 13, 2000)
From AIDS Action Council
- Testing, AIDS Drugs, and Health Care (2000)
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From AIDS Action Council
- Election 2000 Presidential Candidate Report (August 1999)
From AIDS Action Council
- Guaranteeing Treatment Access (April 1999)
Why Congress should pass the Early Treatment for HIV Act.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
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