by Mark S. King | Apr 2, 2019 | My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump
Advocates pressuring the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to claim royalties from sales of ‘Truvada as PrEP’ report “strong interest” in congressional hearings on the growing controversy, based on visits to the Hill today between HIV advocates and...
by Mark S. King | Mar 5, 2019 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy
(This nuanced press release from Treatment Action Group addresses the “another person cured of AIDS” story far better that I ever could. — Mark) New York, March 4, 2019 – Treatment Action Group (TAG) welcomes the report today of a possible long-term...
by Mark S. King | Jan 24, 2019 | Film Review, Meth and Recovery, My Fabulous Disease, News
Dr. David Fawcett and I have an oddly symbiotic relationship. David has specialized in drug and sex addiction for many years, and I was a drug addict for many years. We’ve become close friends and have managed to use both of our experiences to speak out on the...
by Mark S. King | Dec 19, 2018 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump
The breaking point has been reached. After months of activism that has failed to convince the International AIDS Society (IAS) to withdraw their “AIDS2020” conference from San Francisco, activists have now announced an alternative conference, “HIV2020,” to be held in...
by Mark S. King | Dec 13, 2018 | Living with HIV/AIDS, My Fabulous Disease, News, Prevention and Policy, Trump
“A Trump appointee walks into an AIDS conference” sounds like the beginning of a terrible joke, doesn’t it? Just wait until you hear the punchline. It’ll kill you. The sight of the Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar standing before more than 4,000...