Trump ends direct HIV prevention grants
The Trump administration is ending direct federal funding for dozens of community-based organizations that provide HIV prevention services, instead redirecting those funds to state and local health departments. Earlier this month, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) informed the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) that it will not renew approximately $46 million…
‘Rent’ comes to the Flat Rock Playhouse
The Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “Rent” opens July 24 and continues through August 15 at the Flat Rock Playhouse in Flat Rock, North Carolina. The play, now celebrating its 30th anniversary since opening on Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre in 1996, follows a group of young artists and friends in New York City’s East Village as…
Our People: Lorenzo Tucker
Tall, dark and handsome Lorenzo Tucker has been touching lives in the Charlotte area community for over five years. From HIV advocacy to community equity efforts, if voices need to be amplified, changes need to occur or both – Tucker is probably there. He’s a transplant from Columbia, South Carolina, to the Charlotte area (at…
Trump shuts down U.S. federal recognition of World AIDS Day
December 1 has been recognized as World AIDS Day around the globe since 1988. In an effort to raise global awareness of HIV/AIDS, to honor those who have died from related causes and promote solidarity with those who continue to live with it, the World Health Organization announced the date 35 years ago. The United…
There is an alternative to daily antiretroviral therapy
Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) includes such daily single tablet regimens as Biktarvy and Triumeq, as well as multiple pill plans like Tivicay, Truvada and Descovy. What has been accomplished with these drugs is nothing short of a miracle. People who once felt they were biding their time and death was waiting around the corner, now see…
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