Calhoun County Dr. Andrew Luciano Family Physician Marshall Medical Associates 1174 W. Michigan Ave Marshall, MI 49068 269-781-9867 codell@marshallmedial.net Clare County Dr. Peter Gulick, Infectious Disease Central Michigan Community Health Dept. 815 N Clare Ave [...]

Early Intervention Services (EIS) -- an intervention designed to assist those newly diagnosed as HIV-positive access medical care and programs to address a variety of social issues including substance abuse, homelessness and underinsurance. The program [...]

BY BTL STAFF A community art share project sponsored by Wellness Services will premier its "Peace by Piece" exhibit at the Greater Flint Arts Council on Dec. 2 at 816 Saginaw Street in Flint. Guests [...]

BY BTL STAFF The University of Michigan Museum of Art Student Engagement Council and the U-M Spectrum Center presents a screening of Visual AIDS' "Alternate Endings, Radical Beginnings" from 6-7:45 p.m. on Dec. 1 at [...]

Behind her, hanging on the wall of her small office in south Lansing, are a serious of information posters. One is Maslow's Heirarchy of Needs, another is a pull from one of the HIV publications [...]

Friday, Dec. 1 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Free condoms, education and referral to PrEP and assistance for those living with HIV who need help getting back into care. Kent County Health Department Personal Health [...]

State health officials, politicians, activists and care providers on the frontline of the HIV epidemic are most optimistic than they have been in 36 years. There is a light at the end of the tunnel [...]

Federal and state health officials have quietly been preparing for an opioid related outbreak of HIV in northern lower Michigan, but lawmakers and the governor have not been briefed. "In response to the HIV outbreak [...]

Light at the End of the Tunnel {ITAL With effective biomedical interventions, but no cure, Michigan leaders believe the end of HIV could come as soon as in a decade. The question: Is the infrastructure [...]

It's blue, and a pill. It's tied to sex, but it's not Viagra. It's Truvada. And although it's been approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use as an HIV-preventative -- and [...]

Scientists and public health officials are in agreement. Treatment options and prevention drugs combined with testing could bring an end to the HIV epidemic in the U.S. in general and Michigan specifically within the decade. [...]

Dec. 1 7:30 a.m. UNIFIED - HIV Health and Beyond Mobile Unit Site offers HIV, Hep C testing and more at St. Andrew's Church Breakfast Program at 306 N. Dividson and Catherine, Ann Arbor. Contact [...]

BY LAWRENCE FERBER Activist Cleve Jones has lived an extraordinary life, filled with world-changing friends and figureheads from Harvey Milk to Dustin Lance Black. Portrayed by Emile Hirsch in the Gus Van Sant-directed MILK, Jones [...]

By Lawrence Ferber The resistance began with unaccountedfor appearances of posters on the walls and windows of New York City: the Nazis' pink triangle inverted on a black background over the words "SILENCE = DEATH." [...]

BY AJ TRAGER DETROIT - Every year the world gathers together on Dec. 1 to unite in the fight against HIV/AIDS, show their support for those living with the disease and to remember those who [...]

COMPILED BY SHELBY CLARK PETKUS Dec. 1 6 a.m. Volunteer for World AIDS Day. World AIDS Day Detroit is pleased to offer volunteer opportunities for our upcoming World AIDS Day events happening at the Garden [...]

World AIDS Day Detroit Benefit Concert 7 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 1 Tickets: $30-85 Garden Theater, 3929 Woodward Ave., Detroit http://www.worldaidsdayus.org "American Idol" alumni Malaya Watson -- who now goes professionally by her first name only [...]

By Keith Orr Dec. 1 is always a somber day -- a time to remember those we have lost. Just as important, it is a time to renew efforts for an AIDS-free world. Much has [...]

BY Christopher Treacy Most would assume that within the art world, stigmas about HIV and AIDS would have petered out years ago. So many of our country's most talented [...]

BY Mark S. King The subtle moment came during the second segment of Matt Lauer's explosive interview with actor Charlie Sheen. It impressed me so deeply I actually backed up my recording and watched it [...]

"Cancer is first of all a disease of the body's geography, in contrast to syphilis and AIDS, whose definition depends on constructing a temporal sequence of stages," wrote Susan Sontag in her 1987 essay "AIDS [...]

Compiled By Shelby Clark Petkus {UNDERLINE Dec. 1} All day. NAMES Project AIDS Memorial Quilt and "Orphan Tower." Quilt and beaded dolls representing AIDS victims and orphans. Michigan State University Museum. 409 W. Circle Dr., [...]

Lansing Councilmember Wood looks on as Dr. Peter Gulick addresses the audience after a resolution declared Dec. 1 "Dr. Peter G. Gulick Appreciation Day" in the city. BTL photo Todd Heywood. LANSING -- Dr. [...]

A study published in the journal The Lancet HIV reports that there is a significant disparity in HIV prevalence between black and white men who have sex with men. The study was published on Nov. [...]

By Lawrence Ferber Stigma: a mark of disgrace associated with a particular circumstance, quality or person. Hearing the words "I'm HIV-positive" made Bryan* (names and some details have been changed) freeze. A 23-year-old graphic designer, [...]

By Jerome Stuart Nichols World AIDS Day Detroit Concert with 'American Idols' 7 p.m. Dec. 1 (Doors at 6 p.m.) Detroit Opera House 1526 Broadway St., Detroit http://worldaidsdayus.org After finishing in third place on "American [...]