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2007 bill tracking list now availableEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Happy new year! Putting things together for the new year, getting organized, setting up calendars--it's like the first day of school with pencils all sharpened and a brand new notebook to fill. What a bummer it is then to find out that one of my proudest accomplishments for the last few weeks, the 2007 Bill Track List, may not have been publicly accessible as intended. As it turns out,
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - January 2, 2007 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

Circumcize Texas (?)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Male circumcision has been discovered to prevent as much as 50 percent of infection for men. It is even protective for women, reducing their rates of infection substantially. The discussion in Africa now is whether to promote male circumcision and even whether to make it mandatory. Tanzania, for example, is considering whether to implement "mass circumcision" for its male citizens. This
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - December 21, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

More Blogger buzz(ing)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
After some months of fiddling with a new version of Blogger, the Blogger folks say that it's out of beta and ready to use. They also say that it's time to shift all blogs to the new Blogger. Hmph! It's not happening here. Not that I don't want to shift to the new Blogger. After having panned it as inadequate for our needs, I am now eager to make the shift. For one thing, the new Blogger
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - December 21, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

Recall, recall!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Oh, dear! Yesterday's post regarding "AIDS in the Media" was an unfinished draft of an article that I am working on. I accidentally published it instead of saving it to drafts, and Feedburner/FeedBlits did their thing, sending it out to all our subscribers. Alas and alackaday! I hope you were not unduly confused by the thing just fizzling out before it reached any real conclusion. I've "
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - December 21, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

Sex, Drugs, & MoneyEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I gave a policy briefing at the 15th Texas HIV/STD Conference along with Randall Ellis, Government Relations Director for Legacy Community Health Services. Called "Sex, Drugs, & Money," the briefing included discussion of the cultural context for HIV/AIDS policy in Texas, resources for local advocates, and an outline of issues that we will (or may) see in the 80th Texas Legislature. While only
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - December 19, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

STAR+PLUS delayedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The feds have not yet approved Texas' waiver application to extend STAR+PLUS coverage to the rest of the state, so plans to roll the program out in Travis, Bexar, Nueces service areas by January 1, 2007, have been put on hold. The Harris County STAR+PLUS program will continue uninterrupted, and eligible clients in other parts of the state will continue to be served by Medicaid. More information
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - December 12, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

Comprehensive sex ed: Who cares?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
As it turns out, most US adults do--and they support the inclusion of comprehensive sex ed in public school curriculum. Isn't it interesting, then, that Rep. Warren Chisum hasn't gotten the message? If he had, he certainly wouldn't have filed HB 311, Relating to parental approval of a student's participation in human sexuality instruction in public schools. Chisum's bill reverses the current
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - November 28, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

What DSHS says about HIVEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
On August 31, Commissioner Eduardo Sanchez presented the Texas Department of State Health Services Legislative Appropriations Request to the Legislative Budget Board. He used a PowerPoint presentation that included 44 slides. Slides 27 and 28 are reproduced below. Regarding Slide 27 (above), his Notes page said: DSHS also administers programs to prevent the spread of HIV. Treatment has
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - November 28, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

Texas AIDS Network 2007 bill trackEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Network will be (as much as time and staff resources permit) posting its tracking list for the 80th Texas Legislature on line. The bill track--so far--has three levels of tracking. HIV/STD: Bills on this list specifically address HIV/AIDS or other sexually transmitted diseases. The Network may take a position for or against these bills, may actively support or oppose them through testimony or
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - November 20, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

80th Texas Legislature, Pre-filed billsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The 8th Texas Legislature won't begin until January 9, but legislators are already pre-filing bills. Doing so gives their legislation an official number and a stronger possibility (they hope) of getting their bill passed during the actual session. Once committees are formed in the new session, bills with be formally "read" in the House and Senate and referred to committee where they will be
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - November 20, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

Progressing on legislative contact listEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
At some point, I suppose that my struggles with the legislative contact lists could get boring if all you're interested in is getting your hands on the lists and then using them. It's that latter part that is, of course, my goal in all of this activity. Once the contact lists are completed, you will be able to use them to find contact information for your elected representatives and then start
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - November 10, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

Legislative contact lists growEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Continuing with the activity of compiling contact information for the 80th Texas Legislature and Texas' delegation to the 110th Congress, I created a second spreadsheet. This one is called "Texas State Government: 2007-2008." The spreadsheet includes separate sheets for the Texas House, Senate, and State Board of Education. There is also a sheet for State Leadership, a catchall for the Governor
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - November 9, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

2006 election resultsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Results are in (mostly) for the 2006 mid-term election. Unlike some other states, Texas did not vote for much of a change. Most incumbents won re-election; the Republican Party retains control of most branches of state government and continues to dominate the Texas congressional delegation. Detailed election results for state- and federal-level races are available from the Secretary of State.
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - November 8, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

Accountability and an olive branchEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Dr. Gary F. Clark has written a comment on yesterday's blog article on "Accountability and World AIDS Day 2006." His comment is so important that I am responding in a new article so that I can address his points more fully. Dr. Clark says: I agree that the issue of accountability applies to both sides of this issue. However, rather than being divisive and aggressive, perhaps an olive branch
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - October 31, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

Accountability and World AIDS Day 2006Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
According to Gretta Curtis of Christian Today, the theme for World AIDS Day (December 1) 2006 is accountability: The theme of accountability, with the slogan 'Stop AIDS: Keep the Promise', was chosen in consultation with civil society campaign groups to stress the critical need to meet current commitments to increase the global response to AIDS and bring universal access to treatment, care and
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - October 30, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

Return to work studiesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The current issue of WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment and Rehabilitation (Volume 27, Number 3, 2006) is a special issue called : HIV/AIDS and Employment: The Continuing Challenge. According to Medical News Today: Persons living with HIV/AIDS, often diagnosed in the first few decades of their lives, may now face decades more of life while managing the illness. Increasingly, the
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - October 30, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

Parazapper zapped by FDAEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Parazapper is a fraudulent device that has been marketed as a cure for athelete's foot, diarrhea, HIV, and just about any other illness that can attributed to bacteria, fungus, or critters invading the body. It has been around, either on the market or touted as a do-it-yourself cure, for years. In essence, a parazapper is a metal rod connected by wires to a battery. You use it to zap
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - October 12, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

Texas observes NLAAD, October 15Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The fourth annual observance of National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) will take place on Sunday, October 15, 2006. Sponsored by the Latino Commission on AIDS, NLAAD is designed to develop awareness, promote prevention and build leadership around HIV/AIDS issues in Latino communities nationwide. The following is a list of NLAAD-related events taking place around Texas, provided by (but not
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - October 12, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

International Carnival of Pozitivities, Fourth EditionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Welcome to the Fourth International Carnival of Pozitivities. The first Carnival was hosted by Ron Hudson at 2sides2ron in July. In August, Brad at AIDS Combat Zone hosted the second Carnival. Last month's host, Richard Kearns, published the third Carnival at AIDS-write.org. This October edition of ICP is hosted here at Texas AIDS Blog by . . . well . . . me. We are fortunate to have an
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - October 10, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

More money for FDA!Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Diedtra Henderson writes for the Boston Globe about a new coalition that has formed to lobby for a bigger appropriation for the FDA. Yea, verily. As federal agencies go, the FDA is one of the most important for the health and safety of the American people, yet it is chronically underfunded. A little e coli in the vegetable supply goes a long way toward reminding folks that the "F" in FDA
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - September 26, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

The public face of AIDS (U.S.A.)Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Washington Post writer Michael A. Fleischer reports that the First Lady is now being touted as the public face of AIDS for this administration: "She's been the face of, as far as the public face of, the U.S. government commitment on AIDS, on human rights, on democracy," McBride [Mrs. Bush's chief of staff] said. "So I think he's seen what all of you have seen -- she's been a voice for the
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - September 26, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

Honor killing on the installment planEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I went back to an old favorite news source today: newsmap. In the Health section, I found a link to a news article from the Phillipines about the HPV vaccine: "How many women will have to die?" I'm interested in the subject (we are expecting to see legislation on this matter in the next session of the Texas Legislature), but it may not be immediately obvious why the vaccine might matter in the
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - September 15, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

Talking point: Texas health workforceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Statewide Health Coordinating Council is in the process of finalizing its report on healthcare workforce issues in Texas through its 2007-2008 State Health Plan Update. If you're interested, the stats and graphs showing number, distribution, education, and even age (they are so getting older) are included in Chapter 2: Status of the Health Workforce in TX. SHCC's recommendations to the
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - September 14, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

Texas HIV/STD Infoline . . . going . . . but not goneEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The latest issue of the Texas HIV/STD eUpdate from the DSHS HIV/STD Program carries the story (emphasis added): InfoLine Callers Now Forwarded to CDC-INFO The Texas HIV/STD InfoLine you know so well (800-299-2437) is undergoing some changes. Until recently, callers who wanted to speak to an information specialist would get a DSHS employee. Callers who request to speak with an information
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - September 13, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs

Condom adEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A friend sent me a video of a condom ad from East Africa. I tracked it down to at least one web site. Go see it. It's fun. The caption at the end is "Maisha iko sawa na Trust." There may be some double meanings here as well. My first reading was that it meant "Life is the same as Trust," i.e., life = Trust. A second reading made me think that the phrase was somewhat more idiomatic and might mean
Source: Texas AIDS Blog - September 13, 2006 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: Carolyn Source Type: blogs