Around 40 million people in the world are living with HIV/AIDS, and millions more are infected each year. Though we have taken steps to combat the disease, the global epidemic must be fought on a number of fronts with every nation as a partner. ...
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A Step Past Controversy and Toward a Cure
As we celebrate World AIDS Day on December 1, I call on all of my Senate colleagues to put aside controversy and pass the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act when the Senate reconvenes next week.
HIV/AIDS affects not just patients,...
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A Great Victory for People Living with AIDS
I applaud my colleagues in the Senate for ending months of stalemate and delivering a victory for people living with HIV/AIDS with today’s passage of the “Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resource Emergency Act
I hope that the House will promptly...
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We Must Make AIDS a Memory, Not Forget About It
Today's signing of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Modernization Act is a crucial step in our ongoing battle against HIV and AIDS. For years, the Ryan White CARE Act has been instrumental in our fight, giving hope to those living with HIV and...
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President's Initiative Will Combat AIDS around the Globe (Sen. Mike Enzi)
I applaud President Bush’s new initiative to combat HIV/AIDS across the globe. His plan will provide the resources needed to prevent the spread of the disease, treat those who have it, and assist children and families affected by HIV/AIDS.
In...
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House Dem. Leadership Robs Disadvantaged Americans of Needed HIV/AIDS Funding (Sen. Mike Enzi)
Through a hidden provision in an appropriations bill, House Democrat Leadership is trying to undermine the Ryan White CARE Act (RWCA) reauthorization passed last year, which would ensure more equitable distribution of funds to combat HIV/AIDS in...
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Dem Earmark Would Undermine HIV/AIDS Funding Distribution (Sen. Mike Enzi)
Today I offered an amendment to ensure that no appropriations bill can be used to overturn the bipartisan, bicameral agreement on the Ryan White CARE Act reauthorization passed last year, and cheat communities in the South and rural America out of...
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Congressional Leaders: Ensure Fair Distribution of Critical HIV/AIDS Funding (Sen. Mike Enzi)
Sen. Mike Enzi is Ranking Member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee.
Earlier today I sent a letter to House and Senate leadership, urging them to uphold the bipartisan, bicameral funding agreement in the Ryan White CARE...
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Obama: Work on AIDS 'far from finished'
President Obama announced Monday that the federal government would redirect $100 million to a new research program at the National Institutes of Health seeking a cure to HIV.While speaking at a World AIDS Day event at the White House, the president...
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Dutch HIV/AIDS researcher mourned
A top National Institutes of Health Director says Joep Lange, the renowned HIV/AIDS researcher, who died in last week’s downing of Malaysia Flight 17 was one the “most important collaborators” for the agency in its fight against the disease.Lange...
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HIV drug beneficiaries may be defrauding Medicare Part D
Almost 1,600 people who used Medicare Part D in 2012 are suspected of possibly misusing their HIV drugs or selling them on the black market, according to a new government report.The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General...
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Obama: AIDS-free generation ‘within reach’
President Obama is calling on the U.S. to renew its commitment to fight AIDS, saying that an end to the deadly disease is “finally within reach.”“We’re closer than we’ve ever been to achieving the extraordinary: an AIDS-free generation,” Obama said...
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Medicare plans to cover HIV testing
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) wants Medicare to cover routine HIV testing.Under the proposed rule, people ages 15 to 65 will be able to get annual HIV screening. Adolescents under the age of 15 and adults over the age of...
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CDC sounds alarm over Indiana HIV outbreak
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday issued an urgent warning to health officials across the country about the HIV outbreak in a rural Indiana county, which has now infected 142 people.The CDC’s health alert ...
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FDA recommends ending lifetime ban on gay men donating blood
The Obama administration is calling for the end to a lifetime ban on blood donations from gay and bisexual men, acknowledging that the policy “is perceived by some as discriminatory.”The Food and Drug Administration proposed new rules on Tuesday...
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Clinton: Nancy Reagan helped ‘national conversation’ on HIV, AIDS
Democratic presidential front-runner Hillary Clinton on Friday praised former first lady Nancy Reagan for generating sympathy for HIV and AIDS awareness.“It may be hard for your viewers to remember how difficult it was to talk about HIV [and] AIDS...
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Fla. House candidate reveals he is HIV-positive
A Democratic House candidate in Florida on Thursday revealed he is HIV-positive.Former Florida Democratic Party Chairman Bob Poe made the announcement in a video posted on his Facebook page.“I’d like to share something deeply personal with you today...
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Technology can help stem the spread of HIV in Latino communities
Each year on the last day of Hispanic Heritage month, the community recognizes Latino Aids Awareness Day in acknowledgement of the impact of HIV and AIDS on the Latino community. In spite of overall declines in diagnoses of HIV within the United...
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Ask George W. Bush how to set a high bar for American greatness
The question of America’s greatness has been emblazoned across a red baseball cap, propagated as a Twitter hashtag and fired back and forth as a debate volley throughout this campaign season. It’s boiled down whether America needs to return to some...
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Barriers prevent addressing HIV crisis among LGBT youth
An HIV crisis among LGBT adolescents in the U.S. is blooming, but the research that could help us understand and solve this crisis is stalled.HIV has moved from being a death sentence to being a chronic disease. In the world, more people are...
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