vaccine

HIV negative men, who are circumcised and 18-45 years old are needed to participate in an HIV vaccine research study. Subjects will receive compensation for participating. The study should last approximately 3 years. Subjects cannot get HIV from the vaccine. This is a randomized study, which means you may get the vaccine or a placebo.

The Principal Investigator for this study is Dr. Richard M. Novak, Dept.of Medicine, 840 S Wood. For more information, please call 800-575-5758, 312-413-5897 or email wish@uic.edu

Protocol # 2009-0355.

Detailed information is available at: www.hopetakesaction.org

Residents, business owners, and artists unite to paint first-ever “With Me Comes A Cure” mural; project will be the centerpiece of planned community garden; ceremony planned for May 22

WHAT: Artists and residents of the West Side neighborhood of Austin will resume work this week on an AIDS awareness mural that will become the centerpiece of a community garden.

The 15 x 30 foot mural, “Austin Is Doing Something (A.I.D.S.),” was inspired by With Me Comes A Cure, an awareness campaign of the AIDS Foundation of Chicago (AFC) designed primarily to address the growing HIV epidemic among African Americans and stress the importance of developing an AIDS vaccine.

Public art cannot only beautify, but enlighten. That’s why the AIDS Foundation of Chicago teamed with artists, business owners and community organizations to create an AIDS awareness mural in Austin, a West Side neighborhood disproportionately impacted by HIV. 

For the past 12 years, shortly after Mother's Day, scientists and AIDS activists have commemorated HIV Vaccine Awareness Day. It is likely perceived as an obscure observance by most Americans, but one that deserves our attention given this sobering reality: Twenty-eight years after the discovery of HIV, we still have no effective vaccine.

via The Daily Free Press An advisory panel submitted a human papillomavirus vaccine for men to the Food and Drug Administration for approval last Wednesday, National Cervical Cancer Coalition officials said.