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		<title>CDC: HIV Incidence Numbers Higher Than Previously Estimated</title>
		<link>http://hivaction.wordpress.com/2008/08/04/cdc-hiv-incidence-numbers-higher-than-previously-estimated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 17:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is reportedly revising HIV infections in the U.S. to 56,000 annually, a 40 percent increase over the longstanding estimate of 40,000 annual HIV transmissions – a number that has held steady since 1994. CDC investigators [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hivaction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3221284&amp;post=89&amp;subd=hivaction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention Act Introduced</title>
		<link>http://hivaction.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/community-aids-and-hepatitis-prevention-act-introduced/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruel</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY) introduced the Community AIDS and Hepatitis Prevention Act. If the bill is passed, it would remove all legal barriers to States and local jurisdictions to spend federal funding that they receive for prevention of diseases directly on syringe exchange. Syringe exchanges are a method of HIV prevention which [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hivaction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3221284&amp;post=85&amp;subd=hivaction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>President Signs New PEPFAR Bill</title>
		<link>http://hivaction.wordpress.com/2008/07/31/president-signs-new-pepfar-bill/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1. Global]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[President Bush today signed into law the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), which provides funding for HIV treatment and prevention. The newly reauthorized PEPFAR commits $48 billion to fighting HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in some of the world’s hardest hit countries over the next five years.  New language is also included which overturns an outdated [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hivaction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3221284&amp;post=79&amp;subd=hivaction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Court Fails To Stop Medi-Cal Cuts</title>
		<link>http://hivaction.wordpress.com/2008/07/30/court-fails-to-stop-medi-cal-cuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:18:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3. California]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A state court failed to stop the 10 percent cuts to Medi-Cal reimbursement rates which took effect on July 1st. In May of this year, a coalition of health care providers filed a lawsuit seeking an injunction against the 10 percent Medi-Cal provider rate cuts that legislators passed earlier this year. According to the California Pharmacists Association, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hivaction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3221284&amp;post=74&amp;subd=hivaction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Advocacy Tools Against Medi-Cal Pharmacy Cuts</title>
		<link>http://hivaction.wordpress.com/2008/07/22/new-advocacy-tools-against-medi-cal-pharmacy-cuts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3. California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HIV Medications]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Courtesy of the L.A. County Commission on HIV : An updated Medi-Cal reduction petition and patient letter are now available. Please download and help stop the cut to Medi-Cal medications that went into effect July 1st. Both the letter and the petition form are available for download here.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hivaction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3221284&amp;post=68&amp;subd=hivaction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>House Will Agree To Senate&#8217;s PEPFAR Version</title>
		<link>http://hivaction.wordpress.com/2008/07/18/house-will-agree-to-senates-pepfar-version/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:52:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1. Global]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to Kaiser Network, House leaders have announced that they will approve the Senate&#8217;s version of a bill to reauthorize the President&#8217;s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, sending the measure to President Bush to sign into law. Passed earlier in April, the House version of the bill would also allocate $50 billion for PEPFAR. There are some differences [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hivaction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3221284&amp;post=61&amp;subd=hivaction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Passes PEPFAR</title>
		<link>http://hivaction.wordpress.com/2008/07/16/senate_passes_pepfar/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:54:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[1. Global]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Senate today passed 80-16 the Lantos/Hyde U.S. Global Leadership Against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria Reauthorization Act (S 2731), which reauthorizes the President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). PEPFAR has helped bring lifesaving drugs to 1.7 million people globally. The reauthorized bill commits $48 billion toward fighting HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hivaction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3221284&amp;post=46&amp;subd=hivaction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fight Medi-Cal Pharmacy Cuts NOW!</title>
		<link>http://hivaction.wordpress.com/2008/07/15/fight-medi-cal-pharmacy-cuts-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jul 2008 17:23:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[3. California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medi-Cal]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Low income people with HIV/AIDS who depend on prescription drugs may have difficulty finding a pharmacy to fill their prescriptions as a result of Medi-Cal reimbursement rate cuts which took effect on July 1st of this year. During the round of budget balancing reductions that took place earlier this year, California legislators implemented a 10 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hivaction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3221284&amp;post=54&amp;subd=hivaction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>L.A. Times: HIV clinic in South Los Angeles sees more teenagers</title>
		<link>http://hivaction.wordpress.com/2008/07/06/la-times-hiv-clinic-in-south-los-angeles-sees-more-teenagers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jul 2008 18:08:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[4. Los Angeles]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the last 15 months, the Oasis Clinic in South Los Angeles has gone from treating one teenage patient to treating 47, according to a story in today&#8217;s Los Angeles Times. This update comes on the heels of the CDC report last week on a marked increase in HIV diagnoses among men having sex with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hivaction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3221284&amp;post=43&amp;subd=hivaction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>APLA Statement on CDC&#8217;s New HIV Figures</title>
		<link>http://hivaction.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/apla-statement-on-cdcs-new-hiv-figures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 23:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ruel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2. National]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[APLA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CDC]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[AIDS Project Los Angeles issued a statement on a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which showed an increase in the number of new HIV diagnoses among men who have sex with men (MSM). “Men who have sex with men – especially men of color – remain at greatest risk for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=hivaction.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3221284&amp;post=31&amp;subd=hivaction&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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