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October 13, 2016

New Reports of Increased Resistance to Drugs Used to Treat Gonorrhea spark concern (2016)

A cluster of cases in Hawaii have exhibited higher levels of resistance to the drugs used to treat gonorrhea than previously observed in the US.
October 11, 2016

Study Shows Denying State Prisoners Costly Hepatitis C Treatment Fuels Epidemic (2016)

A study of state departments of correction concludes that prisoners are not receiving vital hepatitis C treatment due to extremely high drug costs
October 11, 2016

CIRA Members Lead Review of Research on Criminalization of HIV Exposure (2016)

CIRA's newly-published review summarizes 24 years of research on HIV criminalization.
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October 5, 2016

Ohio Supreme Court Will Review Felony HIV Exposure Law and Conviction

The Ohio Supreme Court announced today, over three dissents, that it would review the state's HIV criminal law and Orlando Batista's conviction and sentence under that law.
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September 20, 2016

White House Hosts Historic Meeting on LGBTQ People and People Living with HIV in the U.S. Criminal Justice System (2016)

Policy Makers, Formerly Incarcerated LGBT People and Advocates Tackle Discrimination, Abuses, and Disproportionate Rates of Incarceration of LGBT people and PLHIV
September 6, 2016

CHLP Files Amicus Brief Supporting Review of Nushawn Williams' Civil Commitment (2016)

August 16, 2016

Indiana Man’s Trial Postponed Due to Concerns about Fairness

Judge rules that trial should be delayed to give defense counsel adequate time to prepare and defendant released from custody.
July 19, 2016

Fulton County (GA) Task Force on HIV/AIDS Announces New Phase in Strategy to End AIDS (2016)

The strategy to end AIDS in Fulton County includes policy initiatives developed by people living with HIV, health care providers, community advocates and public health officials.
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July 12, 2016

Colorado Activists Celebrate Modernization of HIV Criminal Laws (2016)

Decades-old criminal laws modernized to reflect modern science on the routes, risks and realities of HIV transmission.
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June 21, 2016

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) passes resolution calling for an end to HIV criminal laws and prosecutions

National Association cites HIV-related laws as examples of flawed criminal justice policy.