July 1, 2009

Project Inform leads HIV health care reform calls

Project Inform is hosting regular HIV Community Health Care Reform Conference Calls to educate and mobilize the community around federal health care reform efforts. Read the notes from the most recent call.

June 18, 2009

Tell Congress to make health care reform work for people with HIV

Congress is moving quickly to develop & pass health care reform legislation. One Senate committee will begin debating legislation.  Read more.

June 2, 2009

Fight for your life and attend rally in Sacto to protest CA AIDS cuts!

Block California’s cuts to life-saving HIV/AIDS services by attending a rally on the state capital steps in Sacramento June 10!  Read more.

June 2, 2009

Complex questions surround biomedical option to prevent HIV

PrEP would offer select HIV meds, together with safer sex counseling, to sexually active HIV-negative individuals in order to increase the likelihood that they will remain uninfected. The idea that HIV prevention may be strengthened using PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) has caused cautious optimism among many HIV agencies.  Read more.

April 21, 2009

Hepatitis C co-infection indicators concern Project Inform

Increasingly, HCV transmission may be occurring in much the same manner as HIV transmission, which may be related to a more rapid progression to liver disease and/or AIDS, especially among HIV-positive gay men.  Read more.

April 13, 2009

Project Inform and FPC negotiate new HIV drug co-pay programs

Project Inform, along with other Fair Pricing Coalition activists, has worked with several drug companies who have recently initiated co-pay assiss-ance programs for many patients with private insurance.  Read more.

March 5, 2009

Project Inform joins call to identify a cure

A group of leading HIV experts has assembled to call for a major new commitment and better collaboration among government, industry, academic, and patient advocacy leaders to identify therapies that will actually cure HIV infection, or drive it into remission, as reported in Science magazine.  Read more.

January 22, 2009

Martin Delaney receives prestigious nat'l award

Project Inform announced that founder Martin Delaney was recently honored by NIAID director Anthony Fauci for his towering leadership in the fight against HIV/AIDS.  Read more.

January 15, 2009

AIDS advocates worry about cuts to Medi-Cal

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has decided to fully fund the AIDS Drug Assistance Program in his proposed 2009-10 budget, but people with AIDS who are on Medi-Cal could face reduced help.  Read more.

June 26, 2009

Comprehensive guides for living with hepatitis B and C now available

Treatment Action Group recently published a comprehensive guide for people living with HIV and hepatitis B, which compliments their 2008 guide on hep C.  Hepatitis B.  Hepatitis C.
También disponible en español: Hepatitis B.  Hepatitis C.

June 26, 2009

CDC describes symptoms of hospitalized cases of novel H1N1 flu

This developing story now reveals 27,717 cases of H1N1 flu (swine flu) in the US. Project Inform outlines some information and considerations for people living with HIV.  Read more.

June 2, 2009

CA Governor’s revised AIDS cuts will devastate

Gov Schwarzenegger has proposed severe cuts to CA's AIDS budget in light of dramatic state deficit. While ADAP remains mostly intact, other programs are slated for serious cuts.  Read more.

June 1, 2009

Disappointing Presidential AIDS budget released

Project Inform and other advocates are disappointed with the President's recent Fiscal Year 2010 budget proposal for HIV/AIDS and hepatitis programs.  Read more.

June 1, 2009

Health care reform debate heats up

The national health care reform debate is well underway. The proposed changes in health care policy present opportunities and challenges for people with HIV, as well as those at risk of infection.  Read more.

April 21, 2009

Project Inform hires Matt Sharp in new position

Long-time community advocate starts in a newly created position for the agency, Director of Treatment and Prevention Advocacy.  Read more.

April 21, 2009

ETHA reintroduced in Congress

Project Inform hopes that 2009 will be the year that Congress finally passes legislation to expand Medicaid eligibility for people with HIV.  Read more.

January 9, 2009

Immune proteins may control HIV infection

Recent study results show that two key proteins used by CD8 cells in those who naturally control HIV without therapy effectively control HIV infection in the lab.  Read more.

Join Hepatitis C Advocates UNITED!

Over 4 million Americans currently live with hepatitis C. Most are unaware of it. Nearly 225,000 also live with HIV. HCAU meets the challenge to improve funding for viral hepatitis programs.

January 5, 2008

HPV vaccine may be effective in boys & men

New data from a European confer-ence appear to show that Gardasil prevented genital lesions in men 16-26 years of age. This may be important news for people with HIV who are at higher risk for HPV disease and its related cancers.  Read more.