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December 20, 2016

News Release: Michael Johnson Conviction Reversed (2016)

Missouri Court of Appeals rules that prosecutor’s impermissible “trial by ambush” strategy entitles Johnson to new trial.
December 16, 2016

New York Court of Appeals Denies Nushawn Williams' Request for Review of Civil Commitment (2016)

November 22, 2016

Action Alert: Take Action to Protect the Rights of People Living with HIV and All Americans Under the New Administration (2016)

President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to be the President of all Americans.

November 21, 2016

HIV Criminal Law Reform in Ohio, A World AIDS Day Community Forum in Akron, December 3, 2016

November 15, 2016

Database Can Spot HIV Hotspots (2016)

In a study published in The Lancet in May 2016, “Near real-time monitoring of HIV transmission hotspots from ro

November 15, 2016

U.S. Takes New Steps to Address HIV in the Transgender Population (2016)

This article by AIDS United looks at recent moves the by NIH and CDC to improve health outcomes for transgender people by close data gaps and improving HIV prevention efforts among transgender populations.
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.