Thursday, March 11, 2010 Philadelphia FIGHT (FIGHT) is a comprehensive AIDS service organization providing primary care, consumer education, advocacy and research on potential treatments and vaccines. FIGHT was formed as a partnership of individuals living with HIV/AIDS and clinicians, who joined together to improve the lives of people living with the disease. FIGHT Programs Lax Center Project TEACH Prison Services AIDS Library Critical Path Project Institute for Community Justice YHEP Philadelphia Area Resources for Living with HIV [PDF]

I AM A FIGHTER! Carmen Altopiedi I distinctly remember a situation where I was able to provide a client with the first and last months rent. My client ha... [more] CRISIS IN HAITI In the midst of chaos, confusion and death in Haiti, here are the links to three organizations that have been working on the ground in Haiti for decades, share our commitment to social justice, and are among the best known charities in the world. While mainstream media was telling us nothing was getting in, Doctors Without Borders and Partners in Health were setting up operating rooms in the streets and fields, and Oxfam was bringing in clean water. If you want your money to go where you know it will help, please consider a donation to these groups. »Doctors Without Borders »Partners in Health »Oxfam Seasonal Flu shots available at FIGHT! Call us or ask your provider about getting your Flu shot. Today's date: March 11, 2010 Stopping Tenofovir Doesn?t Always Reverse Kidney Damage A highly efficient short hairpin RNA potently down-regulates CCR5 expression in systemic lymphoid organs in the hu-BLT mouse model HIV drug that protects a fetus should be avoided for 1 year after childbirth, researchers say Anti-tetherin activities in Vpu-expressing primate lentiviruses HIV Poses a Community Risk for Blacks AIDS Treatment News headlines provided by aidsnews.blogspot.com Saturday, March 8, 2008 - It is with deep sadness that Philadelphia FIGHT announces the death of our Founding Principal Investigator, John L. Turner, MD. Dr. Turner’s practice of medicine focusing on HIV and AIDS in Philadelphia gave hope and care to a generation of gay men in the early years of the AIDS epidemic, and his contributions to scientific research moved the search for a cure forward. more...

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