Dr. Anthony Silvestre led the way on Pitt Men’s Study and AIDS Task Force
From the University Times… Anthony “Tony” Silvestre, whose work with the LGBT community was far ahead of its time and made the pioneering Pitt Men’s Study possible, died Sept. 1, 2022 at 75. […] His international advocacy and public health work began at Penn State (1971-76), continued with several Philadelphia organizations (1976-83) and brought him […]
Doctors Haven’t Seen So Many Cases of This STD in 72 Years
From hivplugmag.com… Syphilis bottomed out in the U.S. in the late 1990s, with the CDC hoping to fully eradicate the disease. Only years later, syphilis rates would start rising; by 2021, more than 52,000 cases were reported. Many factors could be at play, but officials believe the COVID pandemic is mostly at fault. Testing and […]
Language Matters
A presentation to the CPG regarding the importance of language in all levels of HIV care, planning, implimentation, and evaluation. Supporting documents include HIV Language Table and Facts Matter Words Matter v3.
Living with HIV and limited mobility
From POZ online… […] An analysis of national 2017 data found that 45% of people living with HIV report some form of disability—and that mobility disabilities were the most common. Fully one in four people reported them. And that’s among all adults living with HIV. At middle age, men with HIV walked more slowly, and […]