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Media analysis: Grand Rapids HIV criminal case spurs ‘sensationalist’ reporting

By | 01.09.12 | 6:00 am

An alleged admission by a 51-year-old Comstock Park, Mich., man that he attempted to infect hundreds of people with HIV through unprotected sexual activity and needle-sharing has sparked a media feeding frenzy, which HIV activists and legal experts have roundly censured as “sensationalist.”

(VIDEO) American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer comes out as AIDS denialist

By | 01.06.12 | 9:05 am

Adding to an ongoing list of controversial statements, American Family Association President Bryan Fischer is now claiming that HIV is not the cause of AIDS or the AIDS epidemic.

Number of Floridians on AIDS drug waiting list climbs again

The waiting list to enroll in Florida’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program grew to more than 1,070 people by last Thursday, according to the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors.

On World AIDS Day, Obama announces more funding to domestic AIDS programs

By | 12.01.11 | 2:49 pm | More from The Florida Independent

President Obama announced today that $50 million in additional funds will be going toward treatment and care for people living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S.

Obama said during “The Beginning of the End of AIDS,” an online conference organized by ONE International, “a grassroots advocacy and campaigning More…

VIDEO: HIV/AIDS advocates propose measures to boost prevention and treatment

By | 12.01.11 | 2:32 pm | More from The Florida Independent

Gov. Rick Scott extended(PDF) “greetings and best wishes to all those observing” World AIDS Day today, while organizations in Florida and the U.S. are calling for action against the problems people living with HIV/AIDS are facing.

AINN reporters Todd Heywood, Marcos Restrepo discuss HIV/AIDS policy in America (video)

By | 11.17.11 | 2:18 pm

American Independent News Network reporters Todd Heywood, of The Michigan Messenger, and Marcos Restrepo, of The Florida Independent, have both reported extensively on HIV/AIDS policy around the country. They recently met to chat about the national HIV/AIDs Drug Assistance Program funding crisis and HIV criminalization laws around the More…

Experts: Michigan students given false information by Colorado-based abstinence-education program

An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.

Sec. of State gives policy speech on international AIDS pandemic

By | 11.08.11 | 3:07 pm | More from The Michigan Messenger

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U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered a speech Tuesday morning at the National Institutes of Health and announcing new U.S. initiatives to address the global pandemic.

New Mexico’s sexual education problem

By | 11.07.11 | 7:42 pm | More from The New Mexico Independent

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Though the Albuquerque teacher who surveyed his high school students on sexual experiences violated district policy on requesting sensitive information, he sought to address an issue that affects more New Mexican youth than those in most other states.

Activists launch A Day with HIV in America campaign to break down disease stigmas

By | 11.07.11 | 3:56 pm | More from The Florida Independent

With the U.S. Conference on AIDS just three days away, A Day with HIV in America, a project of Positively Aware, seeks to bring together a community of folks who live with HIV, to show their diversity and confront HIV stigmas.