Reporting AIDS
New HIV Treatment: Maraviroc
The Food and Drug Administration announced the approval of a new HIV treatment called Maraviroc in August 2007. Maraviroc is the first of an entirely new class of HIV treatments called Entry Inhibitors. Mark Milano, Health Educator at the AIDS Community Research Institute of America, and Dr. Pete Gordon, HIV/AIDS expert from Columbia University, join Reporting AIDS to discuss.
C2EA: Campaign to End AIDS
In response to the lack of attention on HIV/AIDS issues during the 2004 Presidential election, a group of concerned leaders formed the Campaign to End Aids. Their idea was to use traditional grass roots organizing to get back on the political and media radars. Larry Bryant, National Field Organizer, and Charles King, Housing Works President, join Reporting AIDS to discuss the Campaign to End AIDS.
Youth & AIDS: Hope’s Voice
AIDS increasingly affects the young. Half of all people infected by HIV today are under 25. Todd Murray, 26 and HIV positive, wanted to put a human face and voice to these tragic figures, so he founded Hope’s Voice. Join us on a photo shoot as we meet the people working with the organization.
Fighting AIDS Denialism
John Mikytuck talks with Dr John Moore and Dr. Jeanne Bergman about AIDStruth.org, a Web site that provides scientific evidence that HIV causes AIDS.
Reporting AIDS: HIV Vaccine Trials
What is an HIV vaccine? How does it work? When will one be available? Steven Chang from the NYC HIV Vaccine Trials Unit and Legend Rivera, a volunteer injected with an experimental HIV vaccine, answer these questions and discuss their role helping to find an effective HIV vaccine.
Curing AIDS: Clinical Trials
Christina MeGill, PA from the Cornell Clinical Trials Unit, and Mark Milano, Health Advocate from the AIDS Community Research Initiative of America (ACRIA) discuss current research into new HIV medications and future hopes of finding a cure for AIDS.
ACT-UP: The Voice of AIDS in America
The AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT-UP) saved millions of lives by using targeted and effective political activism to draw attention to AIDS and the suffering caused by it. “Truth to Power,” said Eric Sawyer, a co-founder of ACT-UP, “has always been our strength.” Sawyer and Andy Velez, Chair of ACT-UP’s Action Committee reflect on ACT-UP’s most successful demonstrations and the organization’s 20 year history.
AIDS: Prevention with Positives
Forty thousand new cases of HIV are transmitted each year in the US. The federal government has called on public health experts and community advocates to reduce that amount by 50 perent. HIV Stops with Me is a public health campaign intended to stop the spread of HIV by reaching people already infected. Greg Cardona, Co-Director at Better World Advertising, and Delano, an openly HIV positive person, discuss HIV Stops with Me and their efforts to help reduce the spread of HIV.