HIV in the News - Mon, 24 Aug 2009

• White House To Begin HIV/AIDS Community Discussion Forums

  Posted: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:40:34 GMT

  The White House has announced that it will begin holding "a series of community discussions on HIV and AIDS throughout the country," the Associated Press/Washington Post reports.

• Life Expectancies Of People Living With HIV In Virginia, Advancements In HIV Therapy Examined

  Posted: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:40:07 GMT

  The Richmond Times-Dispatch on Sunday examined how highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has impacted the life expectancies for people living with HIV/AIDS.

• Calif. Budget Crisis Affects Local HIV/AIDS Programs

  Posted: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:43:56 GMT

  Local California HIV/AIDS programs are concerned about recent cuts in the state budget.

• CDC Official Calls For National HIV/AIDS Strategy To 'Strengthen' U.S. Response

  Posted: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:39:37 GMT

  "The severe and continued burden of HIV in this nation is neither acceptable nor inevitable. But, significant progress will require that we strengthen our national response," Kevin Fenton, director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention at CDC, writes in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution opinion piece.

• CDC Considers Routine Newborn Circumcision To Prevent Spread Of HIV

  Posted: Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:38:48 GMT

  U.S. health officials "are considering promoting routine circumcision for all baby boys born in the United States to reduce the spread of HIV," the New York Times reports.