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News Shifting the paradigm in HIV prevention and treatment service delivery toward differentiated care for youth March 25, 2019 Despite significant progress in the fight against HIV/AIDS in the United States, HIV prevention and treatment disparities among key populations remain a national public health concern. While new HIV diagnoses are increasing among people under age […]

News Covered California frequently asked questions for 2018 October 16, 2018 Covered California open enrollment begins this week and you may have questions about how recent actions by the federal government will impact your health coverage. The California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Centers today released a set of common questions and answers to help you better understand your coverage […]

News Use of HIV prevention grows, but lags among minorities March 7, 2018 The pill, known as PrEP, can reduce the risk of contracting the virus that causes AIDS by 90 percent. Its use has expanded sharply, but more among whites than minority groups. The Daily Beast Eric Russell, 24, recently joined a health support […]

News Use of HIV-Prevention drug grows, but lags among non-whites March 7, 2018 Eric Russell, 24, recently joined a health support group for young Latino and black gay men, where he learned about the HIV-prevention pill known as PrEP. He resisted the medication at first, convinced he didn’t need it and fearful that taking it […]

News Press Coverage from the patient-centered medical homes (PCMH) study February 11, 2018 Shannon Fuller of the Northern California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Center was interviewed by the Medical Economics magazine to discuss a paper published from the patient-centered medical homes study (Principal Investigator: Dr. Wayne Steward). The paper, published last year in the Journal of […]

News As PrEP use soars among men in California, racial disparities persist February 8, 2018 Additionally, despite their high HIV rate, young men are much less likely to be on PrEP than their older peers. Poz Use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has expanded rapidly in recent years among beneficiaries of California’s Medicaid system, known as […]

News UCLA Law Team makes successful case for decriminalizing HIV transmission. December 6, 2017 Williams institute and Los Angeles HIV Law and Policy Project members drive passage of California Senate Bill 239 UCLA Newsroom California Gov. Jerry Brown helped redress decades of HIV-related stigma when, on Oct. 6, he signed a measure eliminating the possibility […]

News Questions about covered California? We can help. November 1, 2017 Covered California open enrollment begins today and you may have questions about how recent actions by President Trump and Congress will impact your health coverage. The California HIV/AIDS Policy Research Centers has released a set of common questions and answers to help you better […]

News California now has fairer laws on HIV October 24, 2017 These laws – which criminalize otherwise legal conduct of people living with HIV and increase criminal penalties based on a person’s HIV-positive status – were passed at the height of the AIDS crisis, when the public perceived HIV as a death sentence, and there […]

News Repealing ObamaCare will devastate efforts to stop HIV July 5, 2017 Republicans in Congress came close this past week to repealing the Affordable Care Act and in the process rolling back two decades of progress in the fight against HIV that could result in the deaths of thousands. Advocate The Senate’s so-called Better Care […]