• Strategy pushed to aid blacks' HIV/AIDS fight, November 2006
• 360 Director on "View from the Bay," November 2006
• 360 Research Study, October 2006
• Art for Recovery, 2006
• $36.4 Billion a Year: Cost of HIV/AIDS Highlights Racial and Ethnic Disparities, September 2006
• The Changing Face of AIDS and HIV, August 2006
• 16th International AIDS Conference, Toronto: Black Leaders Call for More HIV Testing, August 2006
• NAACP Confronts AIDS Crisis in Black Community, July 2006
• FDA OKs New Pill to Fight AIDS, July 2006
• AIDS at 25, June, 2006
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Strategy Pushed to Aid Blacks' HIV/AIDS Fight
Groups call on feds, new Congress to act
San Francisco Chronicle, November 17, 2006

"Black politicians, civil rights leaders and medical experts issued a call to the federal government and newly elected members of Congress on Thursday to expand programs that help fight HIV and AIDS among African Americans," by Chronicle staff writer Leslie Fulbright. Fulbright's article focuses on information from a new report prereleased in honor of World's AIDS Day, December 1, 2006.

See article.

Read report.

360 Director on "View from the Bay"
KGO-TV, ABC, November 6, 2006

Dr. Malcolm John, MD, MPH discussed the challenges facing San Franciscans living with HIV and ways in which 360 is helping those in need on "View from the Bay."

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More information on HIV facts

UCSF Gene Transfer Study to fight HIV
UCSF Research Study Now Recruiting Subjects

UCSF and ENZO Therapeutics are conducting a Phase I/II clinical trial looking at the effects of a gene transfer treatment of blood stem cells to fight HIV. Subjects needed are men and women infected with HIV.

You may qualify if:

• You are between 18 – 65 years old, and
• You have a T cell count of 100 or more, and
• You have a detectable HIV-1 viral load between 400 and 100,000, and
• You fit one of the following criteria, and:

1) You have not responded clinically, (meaning you did not have significant decrease in your HIV viral load or a significant increase in your CD4 count) to a minimum of two antiretroviral regimens regardless of what a resistance test of your virus shows, or

2) You had intolerable side effects to a minimum of two antiretroviral regimens and want to try other forms of treatment regardless of what a resistance test of your virus shows, or

3) You have evidence of resistance to two classes of antiretroviral drugs regardless of your history of previous antiretroviral regimens.

Participants will be reimbursed for their time. For more information, contact Dr. Malcolm John’s Research Nurse, Sharon O’Leary at 415-353-2463.

Art for Recovery

The PositiveHealth Practice at UCSF, and the Art for Recovery Program collaborated to implement an art program in May and June of 2006 that brought patients, their loved ones, and providers together in a rich and unique way. Art for Recovery offers an innovative way to engage patients and their loved ones as they participate in the creation of a major piece of art.

Through this project patients, loved ones, and providers paint on small, individual canvases, which are then assembled side by side, mounted, and covered with a Lucite frame to form a 4’x4’ square installation. Once complete, the installation will be displayed in the practice waiting area. We held several of these workshops and they were a huge success.

We currently have more than a hundred completed canvases, and will soon be working to assemble the final installation piece. Be sure to take a look the next time you are in our clinic! If you are interested in finding out more about art for recovery, please feel free to contact us.

$36.4 Billion a Year: Cost of HIV/AIDS Highlights Racial and Ethnic Disparities
Health News, Emory University, September 22, 2006

"The economic cost of HIV/AIDS is far greater than previously estimated, and the cost is even higher for minorities," according to a new study by a joint collaboration among researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Emory University Center for AIDS Research, and the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.

The study is published on-line in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (JAIDS), ahead of print publication.

See Emory University media release.

See Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (JAIDS).

The Changing Face of AIDS and HIV
Talk of the Nation, NPR, August 17, 2006

"According to the Centers for Disease Control, more and more AIDS patients are over 50. Many of these patients have lived with the disease for years, but some are new cases. Guests talk about the challenges facing aging patients, and the effect on caretakers, families and doctors," NPR, Talk of the Nation.

Listen to NPR

Black Leaders Call for More HIV Testing
Disease disproportionately affects African American women
San Francisco Chronicle, August 15, 2006

"African American leaders, increasingly alarmed by the disproportionate rates of HIV infection among blacks in the United States called for an urgent campaign to increase testing and general AIDS awareness in their communities at the 16th International AIDS Conference in Toronto," by Sabine Russell.

See article.

NAACP Confronts AIDS Crisis in Black Community
Convention opens with HIV tests, health symposium
San Francisco Chronicle, July 16, 2006

"African American leaders, including the nation's largest civil rights organization, confront the HIV crisis plaguing the black community," by Leslie Fulbright.

See article.

FDA Oks New Pill to Fight AIDS
1-a-day dose of 3-combination marks a milestone in 25-year history of the disease
San Francisco Chronicle, July 13, 2006

A quarter-century after the discovery of AIDS, the Food and Drug Administration approved for the first time on Wednesday a single pill that can be taken just once a day by some patients to keep their HIV infections in check. See article by Sabine Russell.

AIDS at 25

San Francisco Chronicle Magazine, June 4 & 5, 2006
AIDS at 25

The San Francisco Chronicle ran a two-day report on the AIDS epidemic 25 years after it was first recognized in the United States. It explored the local as well as global issues, and particularly how it affects the African American community.

Featured in their report is Dr. Robert Scott, a 2005 PHP-UCSF Community Award Recipient. A Man on a Mission, by Louis Freedberg, describes Dr. Scotts local/global AIDS work and contributions.

PBS, May 30, 2006
The Age of AIDS

On the 25th anniversary of the first diagnosed cases of AIDS, FRONTLINE examines one of the worst pandemics the world has ever known in "The Age of AIDS."

PHP-UCSF staff images © Lynnly Labovitz.
AIDS at 25 photo by © Steve Rhodes.