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Study Finds Condom Use Is Increasing
Thursday, May 27, 2010

The latest data from CDC's National Survey of Family Growth show that 99 percent of sexually experienced women ages 15 to 44 have used some form of contraception.

Contraceptive use at first premarital sex increased to 84 percent during 2006-08, compared with 56 percent before 1985. Much of this increase was related to condom use, which rose from 34 percent before 1985 to 72 percent in...

United We Say - No More Hate Crimes in Puerto Rico!
Tuesday, May 25, 2010

The Latino Commission on AIDS mourns the death of Angie González Oquendo, who was brutally murdered and whose body was found on the morning of May 24 in Caguas, Puerto Rico. Our heartfelt condolences go out to her family and friends as well as to those who knew and loved Ashley Santiago who was also brutally murdered on April 19th in her home in Corozal, Puerto Rico. Police...

Language Access and the Prevention of Medical Errors
Monday, May 24, 2010

The case of Francisco Torres, a Spanish-speaking patient in Riverside, Cali., who had the wrong kidney removed during surgery, once again gives the medical community reason to pause and consider the absolute necessity clear...

AIDS Action Council Recognizes National HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, May 18, 2010.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010

May 18 marks HIV Vaccine Awareness Day. This day provides AIDS Action the opportunity to thank the scientists, community educators, advocates, and the many thousands of clinical trial volunteers around the world for their efforts to continue and advance HIV vaccine research. This year's HIV Vaccine Awareness Day comes a few weeks before the beginning of the 30th year of what we now know...

Research Explores Challenges of Aging HIV/AIDS Population's Needs
Monday, May 10, 2010

About one-third of people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States are age 50 or over, but that proportion is expected to grow to one-half of those infected by 2015, according to a new report by Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC). However, little is known about the long-term effects of HIV and highly active antiretroviral therapy in older adults, it says.

"One of the challenges around...

Sexual Values and Risky Sexual Behaviors Among Latino Youths
Thursday, April 29, 2010

While understanding the sexual values of Latino youths is vital to informing efforts to prevent HIV transmission, few studies have explored associations between culturally based sexual values and behaviors in this population.

 

In San Francisco from 2003 to 2006, 839 sexually active Latinos ages 16-22 were interviewed. To examine associations between sexual values and...

Latino Community Services to hold its 5th Annual AIDS Walk
Thursday, April 29, 2010

Latino Community Services will hold its 5th annual AIDS Walk on May 2, 2010 at the MDC Reservoir on Rte 4 in West Hartford. The AIDS Walk will raise money to support services for HIV prevention and for those infected with HIV/AIDS, as well as raise awareness regarding HIV/AIDS in our communities.

 

ONAP to Hold Community Meeting and Conference Call on the National HIV/AIDS Strategy
Monday, April 26, 2010

On Friday, May 14, 2010, the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) will hold a community meeting to provide an update and gain additional recommendations for the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS).  For those who cannot attend the meeting in person, ONAP will hold a conference call shortly after the meeting to discuss the strategy. 

Elton John's Letter to Ryan White, 20 years after his death from AIDS
Sunday, April 25, 2010

Twenty years ago this month, you died of AIDS. I would gladly give my fame and fortune if only I could have one more conversation with you, the friend who changed my life as well as the lives of millions living with HIV. Instead, I have written you this letter.

A Little Thing Called Love: Condom Use in High-Risk Primary Heterosexual Relationships
Thursday, April 22, 2010

Study from the Institute for Community Research:

The authors introduced the study by noting that condoms are less likely to be used in primary relationships than in other relationships. "An understanding of what women and men expect when entering into these relationships, as well as how they make decisions about condom use and other prevention behaviors, is essential to efforts to...

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