Texas HIV/STD Infoline . . . going . . . but not gone
The latest issue of the Texas HIV/STD eUpdate from the DSHS HIV/STD Program carries the story (emphasis added):InfoLine Callers Now Forwarded to CDC-INFOThe Texas HIV/STD InfoLine you know so well...
View ArticleCondom ad
A friend sent me a video of a condom ad from East Africa. I tracked it down to at least one web site. Go see it. It's fun.The caption at the end is "Maisha iko sawa na Trust." There may be some double...
View ArticleTalking point: Texas health workforce
The Statewide Health Coordinating Council is in the process of finalizing its report on healthcare workforce issues in Texas through its 2007-2008 State Health Plan Update. If you're interested, the...
View ArticleHonor killing on the installment plan
I went back to an old favorite news source today: newsmap. In the Health section, I found a link to a news article from the Phillipines about the HPV vaccine: "How many women will have to die?" I'm...
View ArticleThe public face of AIDS (U.S.A.)
The Washington Post writer Michael A. Fleischer reports that the First Lady is now being touted as the public face of AIDS for this administration:"She's been the face of, as far as the public face of,...
View ArticleMore money for FDA!
Diedtra Henderson writes for the Boston Globe about a new coalition that has formed to lobby for a bigger appropriation for the FDA. Yea, verily. As federal agencies go, the FDA is one of the most...
View ArticleInternational Carnival of Pozitivities, Fourth Edition
Welcome to the Fourth International Carnival of Pozitivities. The first Carnival was hosted by Ron Hudson at 2sides2ron in July. In August, Brad at AIDS Combat Zone hosted the second Carnival. Last...
View ArticleTexas observes NLAAD, October 15
The fourth annual observance of National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) will take place on Sunday, October 15, 2006. Sponsored by the Latino Commission on AIDS, NLAAD is designed to develop...
View ArticleParazapper zapped by FDA
The Parazapper is a fraudulent device that has been marketed as a cure for athelete's foot, diarrhea, HIV, and just about any other illness that can attributed to bacteria, fungus, or critters invading...
View ArticleReturn to work studies
The current issue of WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation (Volume 27, Number 3, 2006) is a special issue called : HIV/AIDS and Employment: The Continuing Challenge. According to...
View ArticleAccountability and World AIDS Day 2006
According to Gretta Curtis of Christian Today, the theme for World AIDS Day (December 1) 2006 is accountability:The theme of accountability, with the slogan 'Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise', was chosen in...
View ArticleAccountability and an olive branch
Dr. Gary F. Clark has written a comment on yesterday's blog article on "Accountability and World AIDS Day 2006." His comment is so important that I am responding in a new article so that I can address...
View Article2006 election results
Results are in (mostly) for the 2006 mid-term election. Unlike some other states, Texas did not vote for much of a change. Most incumbents won re-election; the Republican Party retains control of most...
View ArticleLegislative contact lists grow
Continuing with the activity of compiling contact information for the 80th Texas Legislature and Texas' delegation to the 110th Congress, I created a second spreadsheet. This one is called "Texas State...
View ArticleProgressing on legislative contact list
At some point, I suppose that my struggles with the legislative contact lists could get boring if all you're interested in is getting your hands on the lists and then using them. It's that latter part...
View Article80th Texas Legislature, Pre-filed bills
The 8th Texas Legislature won't begin until January 9, but legislators are already pre-filing bills. Doing so gives their legislation an official number and a stronger possibility (they hope) of...
View ArticleTexas AIDS Network 2007 bill track
The Network will be (as much as time and staff resources permit) posting its tracking list for the 80th Texas Legislature on line. The bill track--so far--has three levels of tracking.HIV/STD: Bills on...
View ArticleComprehensive sex ed: Who cares?
As it turns out, most US adults do--and they support the inclusion of comprehensive sex ed in public school curriculum. Isn't it interesting, then, that Rep. Warren Chisum hasn't gotten the message? If...
View ArticleWhat DSHS says about HIV
On August 31, Commissioner Eduardo Sanchez presented the Texas Department of State Health Services Legislative Appropriations Request to the Legislative Budget Board. He used a PowerPoint presentation...
View ArticleSTAR+PLUS delayed
The feds have not yet approved Texas' waiver application to extend STAR+PLUS coverage to the rest of the state, so plans to roll the program out in Travis, Bexar, Nueces service areas by January 1,...
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