Archives for HIV & Finances
First person ever cured of HIV using medication alone – Biggest breakthrough in the fight against the virus in years using form of Vitamin B3
In a major leap forward in the search for a HIV/AIDS cure, a person has been cured of HIV using a cocktail of medicines in what activists have dubbed a…
Trump drains Ryan White HIV/AIDS funding to pay for “baby cages”
The week after pride month has been a disaster for the LGBTQ community in terms of our future with the SCOTUS pick and now another potential HIV Crisis. Americans with…
Patients sue Gilead, saying they shelved safer HIV drugs for years to protect monopoly
Gilead Sciences is under scrutiny again from furious patients and advocates, many of whom have said over the years that the company puts shareholder interests over HIV patients. Now, some…
Trumpcare 2.0 is Even More Deadly than the Last
Momentum is building for House Republicans working to repeal and replace Obamacare, as leaders Wednesday furiously lobby undecided or skeptical lawmakers on the plan that has been teetering on the…
Patient expenses: Living with HIV
Patient Costs of HIV in 2012 The standard treatment for HIV or AIDS consists of drugs that need to be taken daily for the remainder of the individual's life. While…
Could an HIV Vaccine Lower the Economic Cost of AIDS?
Promising news of an HIV vaccine this week has left many in the public health and HIV communities feeling hopeful. The latest study shows a 31% reduction in HIV transmission…
The Real Costs of the HIV Ban
This is Part 2 of a series on immigration. It looks at the real costs of the HIV ban, in place since 1987, and provides a brief look at the…
Two Epidemics: Retirement and HIV
Two weeks ago, Nina wrote an article titled: HIV and Surviving Retirement. I was especially intrigued by this one as it touched upon two extreme epidemics nobody likes to talk…
HIV and Surviving Retirement
'œYou live and learn. At any rate, you live.' '“ Douglas Adams On Sunday, Ann Marsh at the Los Angeles Times profiled a gay man in the Money Makeover column…
Outliving your Money: Retiring with HIV
"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough." -- Rabindranath Tagore Here's a "savings" stat to scare us as we head off to work on a Monday…