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December 18, 2007 -- Washington, DC – The Fiscal Year 2008 Omnibus Appropriations bill includes a provision to provide greater flexibility for U.S. funding of critical international HIV/AIDS prevention programs, U.S. Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Olympia Snowe (R-Maine) today announced.    » read more »

Will Double Research Funding & Support Evidence-Based Prevention Programs

11/27/2007 -- The Clinton campaign unveiled its plan to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S. and around the world. The comprehensive approach addresses the multiple challenges that HIV/AIDS has presented for over 25 years and includes investments for increased research, prevention and education, and access to treatment and other services.    » read more »

11/27/2007 -- “Senator Clinton's proposed domestic HIV plan is comprehensive and recognizes that collaboration of many sectors and integration of various Federal programs are essential to a successful National AIDS Strategy. There is simply no reason why we cannot significantly reduce the number of new HIV infections in this country and ensure access to care and treatment for all those infected.    » read more »

New initiative to support prevention programs targeting high-risk groupsContact:

November 14, 2007 -- SEATTLE -- The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced today that it will commit $50 million to work in partnership with the Chinese government and non-governmental organizations to expand HIV prevention efforts in China. The funding will increase access to HIV prevention programs targeting those most vulnerable to infection, including injection drug users, sex workers, and men who have sex with men.    » read more »

"ABC DAYTIME SALUTES BROADWAY CARES/EQUITY FIGHTS AIDS" BENEFIT TO BE HELD AT TOWN HALL IN NEW YORK CITY, MARCH 2, 2008

12 November 2007 -- Experts on lung disease meeting in South Africa are warning the world could face a tuberculosis crisis if drug resistant strains of TB are not contained and if TB testing does not become a regular part of HIV treatment.

Three thousand experts from 100 countries ended a five-day conference in Cape Town warning that urgent measures are needed to address the spread of drug-resistant tuberculosis and its growing presence among victims of HIV/AIDS.    » read more »

WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- BET Networks' national HIV/AIDS public awareness initiative Rap-It-Up returns to New York City to host a series of celebrity health forums throughout New York City and Newark, N.J., to address the social issues, sexual behavior and attitudes impacting today's young adults; as well as the rise of HIV/AIDS in the urban community. Rap-It-Up is partnering with youth empowerment organization Hip Hop 4 Life and local radio station Hot 97 for the weeklong series of HIV/AIDS events taking place on Tuesday, November 13 through Friday, November 16.    » read more »

November 1, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement today praising the decision by conferees for the fiscal year 2008 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill to maintain House language that will reduce severe, destabilizing HIV/AIDS funding cuts in 11 jurisdictions, including San Francisco:

“I commend the conferees on the Labor-Health and Human Services-Education appropriations bill for maintaining language in the House bill that reduces these cuts to manageable levels that cities can reasonably absorb in one fiscal year.    » read more »

30 October 2007 -- The strain of the HIV virus which predominates in the United States and Europe has been traced back to Haiti by a team of scientists. The team hopes that knowing the virus's origin could help find a cure for HIV, which can lead to AIDS.

A team of scientists, whose work was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has found that a specific strain of the HIV virus passed from Haiti to the United States in about 1969 before spreading further.    » read more »

October 24, 2007 -- **Remarks Prepared for Delivery**
Opening Statement of Chairman Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on the Next Phase of the Global Fight Against HIV/AIDS

Washington, DC – Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Joseph R. Biden, Jr. (D-DE) delivered the following remarks at today’s Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the next phase of the global fight against HIV/AIDS:    » read more »

October 24, 2007 -- Three agencies have been chosen to receive state HIV prevention funding for programs designed to reach foreign-born residents in Minnesota who are most at risk for HIV. The grants were made by the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) in response to legislation passed in 2007.

In announcing the grants Wednesday, MDH’s STD and HIV Section Manager Peter Carr said the programs were “necessary to promote knowledge and understanding about HIV in a culturally specific way, including addressing HIV stigma, in order to reduce the risk for HIV infection.”    » read more »

October 23, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement in response to today’s Senate vote in support of an amendment to the fiscal year 2008 Labor-HHS-Education appropriations bill that reinstates severe, destabilizing HIV/AIDS funding cuts in 11 jurisdictions, including San Francisco:    » read more »

08 October 2007 -- Doctors in Rwanda are encouraged by test results in three African countries that show a high correlation between male heterosexual circumcision and a reduction in the transmission rate of HIV/AIDS. Consequently, Rwanda’s health ministry says it will promote circumcision through a nationwide education campaign that will reinforce other methods of aids prevention, such as condom use and abstinence.    » read more »

26 September 2007 -- A new report says it will cost up to $51 billion dollars to achieve universal access to treatment for HIV/AIDS by the year 2010. The report from UNAIDS says despite progress in scaling-up treatment, current efforts are falling far short of helping all those in need.    » read more »

Comprehensive plan will fight HIV/AIDS epidemic at home and abroad

Sep 24, 2007 -- District of Columbia– Today, Senator John Edwards unveiled a series of specific proposals to lead the fight against HIV/AIDS at home and around the world.    » read more »