APAIT Health Center Newsletter – May 2012
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Event Photos: Napa Valley Comes to Pasadena
Thanks to everyone for attending our wine tasting event. It was a huge success, and we couldn’t have done it with you. Boardmember Yolanda Mationg and Assemblymember Mike Eng enjoy a few sips of crushed grapes at APAIT Health Center’s Napa Valley Comes to Pasadena.
April is STD Awareness Month: Have the conversation with your kids about their safety
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has declared April, Sexually Transmitted Disease, or STD, Awareness Month! Wahoo, right? Not a comfortable topic to talk about? Well, let’s get real folks. Every year in the USA, there are an estimated 19 million new infections of STDs. And, parents, it’s mainly our kids that are getting infected. Full Story
AIDS Walk Orange County Steps Toward a Future Without HIV and AIDS
IRVINE, Calif., Apr 10, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) — AIDS Services Foundation Orange County (ASF) announced today that the 26th annual AIDS Walk Orange County, to be held at the Disneyland(R) Resort, will focus on a future without HIV and AIDS. The start of the May 6th walk will be marked as the “Beginning of [...]
Toward a Cure: The Potential of Therapeutic Vaccines
While gene therapies that render the immune system impervious to HIV and drugs that potentially purge the virus from resting CD4 cells continue to be watched closely by AIDS cure researchers and advocates, therapeutic vaccines may serve an important supporting role in these efforts, according to a commentary published by activist Richard Jefferys in the Spring 2012 [...]
HIV, Other STD, and Pregnancy Prevention Education in Public Secondary Schools — 45 States, 2008–2010.
Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released an analysis of the 2008 and 2010 School Health Profiles data in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, entitled “HIV, Other STD, and Pregnancy Prevention Education in Public Secondary Schools — 45 States, 2008–2010.” The analysis indicates that, between 2008 and 2010, little progress was [...]
Honoring Two-Years of the Patient Protection and the Affordable Care Act
By Joseph R. Domingo, T.R.E.N.D Intern On March 23rd, 2010, The Patient Protection and the Affordable Care Act was passed by both houses of the United States Congress. The law allowed under insured and non-insured individuals to attain full health insurance coverage regardless of their health status. The act also carried increased prevention measures and [...]
Recommendations to the Los Angeles Division of HIV and STD Programs
These recommendations to the Los Angeles Division of HIV and STD Programs came from a coalition led by the Red Circle Project, the only HIV program in Los Angeles that addresses HIV in the Native American community, and the Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council’s HIV Committee, which can trace its roots back to 1989 [...]
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is a nationwide observance coordinated by the Office on Women’s Health (OWH), within the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Its goal is to encourage people to take action in the fight against HIV/AIDS and raise awareness of its impact on [...]
Save the Date – Napa Valley Comes to Pasadena
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