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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Chapel Hill, NC

When I returned to NMAC in April after exactly 30 years, I went down memory lane. April 1994 was a busy time for me. I had turned in my master’s thesis at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was running the review process for the state health department’s first Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS grant applicants and studying for finals, and my friend Phil from Maryland had died of an AIDS-related illness.

Memory Lane

Cover: Alicia Diggs, MPH is driven by a desire to improve the health care system for women and people of color—starting with clinical trials. Inside: A guide to clinical trials for people living with HIV; catching up with Paul Edmonds, one of a handful of people cured of HIV and cancer after a stem cell transplant. Plus: The 2024 POZ HIV Drug Chart.

POZ July/August 2024

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Bucks County Beacon

“[I]nvoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God,” the Constitution of the Confederate States of America composed by southern slaveholders in 1861 sought to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” The authors of Project 2025, the latest playbook for restructuring the federal government in order to accomplish the policy goals of Christian Nationalists, similarly declare their manifesto will “decide America’s future” by securing their “God-given individual rights to live freely” and exercise dominion over others.

Legislating Inequality: The Christian Confederate Roots of Project 2025

Several studies presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) shed light on HIV persistence and strategies for long-term remission. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) keeps HIV replication suppressed, but the virus inserts its genetic blueprints into the DNA of human cells and establishes a long-lasting reservoir that antiretrovirals can’t reach.

HIV Reservoirs and Viral Rebound

Missouri State

Fulton, MO

CJ Coombs

Updated on July 17, 2024, concerning two of the missing children listed below. Bringing them home: for 40 years, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been helping to locate missing children.

Seven teenagers have been missing in Missouri since June 2024

Alison Rodger, MD, is one of the most consequential HIV scientists in the history of the disease. Her research, much of it done at University College London, demonstrated definitively that a person with an undetectable viral load does not transmit HIV via sex. Anecdotal evidence from serodiscordant couples had already...

Consequential Scientist

Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD)—the new name for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)—and its more severe form, metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH), are responsible for a growing share of advanced liver disease. Linked to obesity and diabetes, fatty liver disease is increasingly recognized as a metabolic condition. Over...

Treatment for Fatty Liver Disease

This quick-reference chart compares antiretroviral (ARV) options for the treatment of HIV, including adult dosing and dietary restrictions.

2024 HIV Drug Chart

North Carolina State

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Town Talks

Death Disclosure Laws and Property Disclosures in North Carolina. In North Carolina, there is no legal obligation for homeowners or real estate agents to disclose if a death has occurred in a home, whether by natural causes, murder, or suicide. However, if a potential buyer directly inquires about any deaths on the property, the seller is required to provide that information.

If someone dies at your house do you have to tell a potential buyer? What North Carolina law says

Arlington, TX

Some Texans recently took to Facebook to amplify rumors about AIDS spreading in a community swimming pool. To be clear, no cases of HIV transmission via swimming pools have ever been recorded, according to the University of Rochester Medical Center. The Facebook post read: “HOA [homeowners association] Pool Infected with...

HIV Cannot Spread in Pools

Los Angeles, CA

Dean Goishi, a trailblazing Japanese-American voice for HIV, LGBTQ and Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities, has died. His passing has been noted in numerous social media posts, but further details have not been reported. Goishi was a cofounder and retired director of Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team (APAIT), a...

R.I.P. Dean Goishi, HIV and LGBTQ Advocate for Asian and Pacific Islanders

Coral Gables, FL

Edmond Thorne

Tragic End for South Florida Hispanic Building Tycoon Sergio Pino. Fort Lauderdale, FL - In a shocking turn of events, prominent South Florida homebuilder Sergio Pino was found dead in his Coral Gables home on Tuesday morning. The Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner's Office confirmed that Pino died from an apparent suicide.

South Florida Tycoon Dead After FBI Raids on Homes and Office

Denver, CO

David Heitz

A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

According to the World Health Organization (WHO) 2024 Global Hepatitis Report, the number of lives lost due to viral hepatitis is increasing. Viral hepatitis is the second leading infectious cause of death globally—with 1.3 million deaths per year, the same as tuberculosis, a top infectious killer. The report, released...

Viral Hepatitis Deaths Are Increasing

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In a deeply distressing event that has left the community of Padana village in Lahore reeling, a 15-year-old boy named Arsalan sadly ended his life by leaping from a water tank. The tragic incident is believed to have happened following Arsalan's receipt of poor grades in his final exams, a critical juncture in the educational structure of Pakistan.

Tragedy Strikes: Teenager Commits Suicide Over Exam Results in Lahore

New Jersey State

Morristown Minute

A new initiative aims to provide housing for vulnerable Medicaid members, enhancing community wellness and support. MORRIS COUNTY, N.J. - In a significant move to tackle housing instability among Medicaid recipients, New Jersey's Human Services Commissioner Sarah Adelman, along with Community Affairs Commissioner Jacquelyn A. Suárez, today announced the availability of $95 million in funding for developers. This initiative, part of the Healthy Homes program, is designed to create affordable housing opportunities for NJ FamilyCare members who are either homeless, at risk of homelessness, or currently living in institutional settings.

$95 Million for Healthy Homes: Housing for Medicaid Members

I recently switched HIV medications. My doctor had been suggesting I make this change for a while now. I was reluctant to do so due to my adherence to the “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” perspective. Over the years, that way of thinking has mostly served my health well.

Heart of Gold

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Chicago, IL

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Every year, new laws that were passed the prior year go into effect on July 1. In 2024, a number of new laws will begin this Monday. Among them include higher wages for tipped employees, a gas tax increase, and driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

New Laws July 1: Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Migrants, Raises for Tipped Workers, and More

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

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Robert Gallo, Codiscoverer of HIV, Takes His Research to Tampa

Robert Gallo, MD, the influential virologist who codiscovered HIV and developed a test for the virus, will be joining the University of South Florida (USF) faculty...

Robert Gallo, Codiscoverer of HIV, Takes His Research to Tampa

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