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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Zero HIV Stigma Day 2024]]></title>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Beyond Labels: Redefining HIV Narratives” is the theme of Zero HIV Stigma Day 2024, held Sunday, July 21. Here’s what that aims to do.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/149666_zero-hiv-stigma-day-21july2024.jpg_37cbeb9a-c199-4301-9b77-733e806ce960.jpg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Debuting the National Latinx Older Adults &amp; HIV/AIDS Awareness Day]]></title>
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    <updated>2024-07-15T22:29:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[To be observed each July 16, the Latino HIV awareness day is also a posthumous tribute to activist Dennis deLeon.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/149521_national-older-latinx-hiv-day-16july2024.png_930e203c-143f-4f4b-b6ff-65452cba6122.png" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Five New Laws in N.Y. Help Support HIV, PrEP and LGBTQ Issues]]></title>
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    <updated>2024-07-12T17:37:00-04:00</updated>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: N.Y.C. restores $5.3 million in funding for HIV services, including the popular Undetectables program.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/149461_kathy-hocul-ny-gov-pride-bills-june2024.jpg_efb51752-0657-4070-8f0e-b079fd271e88.jpg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[U.K.-based aidsmap, a Longtime and Vital Source of HIV Information, to Close]]></title>
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    <updated>2024-07-02T17:37:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[After 37 years of HIV journalism that reached global audiences, NAM aidsmap says it will end operations this month.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/149280_news-ts-478641227.jpg_215024a0-cf7e-437d-99a1-29ce23195cab.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Dean Goishi, HIV and LGBTQ Advocate for Asian and Pacific Islanders]]></title>
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    <updated>2024-06-28T13:55:00-04:00</updated>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Watch videos about Dean Goishi, cofounder and retired director of APAIT, launched in 1987 as the Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Team.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/149231_dean-goishi-youtube-okaeri-los-angeles-june2024.png_f5651d55-34fa-4f6e-b19d-c5accca378aa.png" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Court Mostly Upholds Coverage of PrEP and Preventive Health Care, for Now]]></title>
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    <updated>2024-06-25T18:12:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Eight employers don’t have to cover certain preventive health care, but is future coverage for all at risk? Learn more at a Zoom townhall.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/149148_stethoscope-gavel-iStock-23238859-XLARGE.jpg_16d61240-e170-4610-ae4a-61e6062e6d1e.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A New Home for Lifebeat]]></title>
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    <updated>2024-06-24T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The program is now part of the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/148772_P07-24-025.jpg_87288579-8f34-482c-9df7-d1e1b08020c6.jpg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Grindr Allegedly Shared HIV Status]]></title>
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    <updated>2024-06-24T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The gay dating app company was sued in London.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/148781_P07-24-029.jpg_34845e16-7db6-4d2f-b693-a9526f3be346.jpg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Cosmetic Injection Transmits HIV]]></title>
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    <updated>2024-06-24T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Cases linked to a New Mexico spa mark the first documented instances.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/148783_P07-24-027.jpg_a4eb044a-fba4-499d-a588-caa66c5413a1.jpg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New Effort to Include People With HIV or on PrEP in Clinical Trials [VIDEO]]]></title>
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    <updated>2024-06-21T16:57:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Of 46 recent clinical trials that led to the approval of cancer drugs, 30 had language excluding people with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/149069_billy-porter-sgm-alliance-vimeo-21june2024.png_5a7c9350-75f0-4bae-98bb-0941bc593469.png" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS/LifeCycle 2024 Bike Ride Raises Nearly $11M for HIV Services]]></title>
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    <updated>2024-06-17T11:30:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The 545-mile, seven-day AIDS/LifeCycle ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles supports HIV services. Plus: SFAF moves to a new HQ.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/148573_aids-life-cycle-2024-facebook-june2024.png_9055ce8f-c68e-455f-a50c-48e9b3bc3d17.png" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Drugmaker Gilead to Pay $40M to People With HIV in Lawsuit Settlement]]></title>
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    <updated>2024-06-11T10:30:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The payment will be split among nearly 2,625 plaintiffs who claim Gilead delayed a newer version of Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate).<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/148558_09-19-059.jpg_8374caf3-60a7-4cb6-b53b-ae510fa09064.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Sing Elton John’s “Your Song” to Fight LGBTQ Stigma and Raise HIV Funds [VIDEOS]]]></title>
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    <updated>2024-06-07T15:57:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Post your video online as part of the “Speak Up Sing Out” campaign to raise HIV and LGBTQ funds—and get a chance to meet the Rocket Man.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/148484_elton-john-aids-foundation-speak-up-sing-out-youtube-june2024.png_0a4f5cae-ccb5-42ca-83f2-720f0e87d6c5.png" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day 2024]]></title>
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    <updated>2024-06-05T06:00:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[On Wednesday, June 5, #HLTSAD celebrates HIV long-term survivors, but how is this group defined?<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/148325_ribbon-people-is-000065345373.jpg_7b775ba1-f6fe-4ea7-b079-c35da5dc8066.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Does Your Doctor Need to Take Stigmavir to Treat HIV Stigma?]]></title>
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    <updated>2024-05-31T11:56:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Watch an ad for the fictitious drug Stigmavir. Casey House’s clever commercial is part of its campaign to fight HIV stigma.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/148074_stigmavir-caseyhouse-youtube-30may2024.png_b9149c66-c934-41cb-b773-d9e4d1cffaee.png" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Do Health Insurers Offer Clear Info on Covering PrEP to Prevent HIV?]]></title>
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    <updated>2024-05-28T15:35:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A report from The AIDS Institute finds that many health insurance plans don’t clearly indicate what PrEP services are covered.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/147989_P07-22-001.jpg_a3fbad5e-e5bb-4db3-9f6a-1c669580828d.jpg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Damning Report Details U.K. Infected Blood Scandal Involving HIV, Hepatitis]]></title>
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    <updated>2024-05-23T19:42:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Over 3,000 died, mostly of HIV and hepatitis, because of contaminated blood and blood products from the U.K.’s National Health Service.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/147911_blood-is-000069580243.jpg_a8486f7c-774c-4588-a5af-1e40ce5d76ef.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Walk New York 2024 Raises Nearly $1.9M as HIV Funding Cuts Loom]]></title>
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    <updated>2024-05-21T16:04:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The “Stride Past Stigma” theme inspired AIDS Walkers, including drag queen Q. Meanwhile, the city plans to cut $5.3M from HIV programs.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/147859_aids-walk-ny-gmhc-may2024.jpg_0b1699bb-042e-4847-86cc-8ea808ddfc2c.jpg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Asian &amp; Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2024]]></title>
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    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-asian-pacific-islander-hivaids-awareness-day-2024</id>
    <updated>2024-05-18T15:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Sunday, May 19, marks #APIMay19 an awareness day to also fight HIV stigma in the Asian and Pacific Islander (API) community.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/147790_national-asia-pacific-islander-hiv-aids-awareness-day-napimay19-cdc-hiv-napihaad-2022.png_a0aa4a36-2097-4848-8d43-89ff4697bc48.png" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[#IDAHOBIT and a Week of Action Against Homophobia and Transphobia 2024]]></title>
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    <updated>2024-05-17T11:33:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Friday, May 17, is #IDAHOBIT to support LGBTQ minorities. The theme is “No one left behind: equality, freedom and justice for all.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/147682_P07-21-014.jpg_06ad2e13-088b-4327-8259-bc0e2996a16d.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Oprah Pays Tribute to Brother Lost to AIDS]]></title>
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    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/oprah-pays-tribute-brother-lost-aids</id>
    <updated>2024-05-13T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
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      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[She spoke at the 2024 GLAAD Media Awards.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/147319_P06-24-034.jpg_ca1204ae-4e59-4516-a9a6-dd5cb6e6bacd.jpg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. David Mixner, Trailblazing Strategist and Activist]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-david-mixner-trailblazing-strategist-activist"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-david-mixner-trailblazing-strategist-activist</id>
    <updated>2024-05-13T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[He was arrested in one of the first White House AIDS protests.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/147321_Mixner-frame.jpg_c14918d5-0cb2-4a24-8e16-690d7e4ced92.jpg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Elton John’s Record-Breaking 2024 Oscar Party]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/elton-johns-recordbreaking-2024-oscar-party"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/elton-johns-recordbreaking-2024-oscar-party</id>
    <updated>2024-05-13T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The fundraiser raised nearly $11 million to fight HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/147323_P06-24-037.jpg_7edb52d6-f996-4a5e-a37b-e27d25fbd73a.jpg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet GMHC’s New Interim CEO]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meet-gmhcs-new-interim-ceo"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meet-gmhcs-new-interim-ceo</id>
    <updated>2024-05-13T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Robert Guimento came from NewYork-Presbyterian hospital.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/147360_Robert-Guimento.jpg_ab2411ad-6f44-498f-9f06-c3a0857aa363.jpg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Lifebeat Is Now a Program of the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/lifebeat-now-program-elizabeth-taylor-aids-foundation"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lifebeat-now-program-elizabeth-taylor-aids-foundation</id>
    <updated>2024-05-10T17:37:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[ETAF’s New York Dinner celebrated the music-industry HIV program Lifebeat and honored Live Nation’s Arthur Fogel. Plus: Rosie Perez!<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/147645_rosie-perez-arthur-fogel-elizabeth-taylor-aids-foundation-may2024.jpg_b80dd966-cd48-4b46-aa2f-ef85b63c8897.jpg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[At Least 3 Women Contracted HIV From Vampire Facials, Confirms CDC]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/least-3-women-contracted-hiv-vampire-facials-confirms-cdc"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/least-3-women-contracted-hiv-vampire-facials-confirms-cdc</id>
    <updated>2024-04-30T15:28:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Linked to a New Mexico spa during 2018, the cases mark the first documented instance of HIV transmission through cosmetic injection.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/147327_iStock-1001618648.jpg_c3343f83-6f20-4dcf-9801-a756ab16592b.jpeg" />]]></content>
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    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Grindr Sued in U.K. for Allegedly Sharing Users’ HIV Status, Private Info]]></title>
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    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/grindr-sued-uk-allegedly-sharing-users-hiv-status-private-info</id>
    <updated>2024-04-25T10:29:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Grindr has never shared user-reported health information for ‘commercial purposes,’” counters a spokesperson for the gay dating app.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/147200_iStock-1031904510.jpg_7876b9a4-903d-4f45-8780-4b07cd9419b0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Dine Out and Help End HIV on April 25 (and Many Other Dates)]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/dine-help-end-hiv-april-25-many-dates"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/dine-help-end-hiv-april-25-many-dates</id>
    <updated>2024-04-23T09:54:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[During Dining Out For Life, restaurants donate proceeds to local HIV organizations. Find out when your city participates.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/147126_1825f57b-5185-43a3-9def-c49cc42495d1.png_0e690b02-10b2-4f69-a4ba-8cb2d4ce5425.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Don’t Hepatitis B Vaccines Work as Well for People With HIV?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hepatitis-b-vaccines-work-people-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hepatitis-b-vaccines-work-people-hiv</id>
    <updated>2024-04-19T11:43:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Funded by a grant from The Campbell Foundation, researcher Ankita Garg studies how people with HIV respond to hepatitis B vaccines.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/147063_injection-arm-is-000058951976.jpg_1e04a629-12ed-4549-bd4d-1cda727e2cad.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$950K Grant to Study the Link Between Stigma, Meth, HIV and Latino Men]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/950k-grant-study-link-stigma-meth-hiv-latino-men"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/950k-grant-study-link-stigma-meth-hiv-latino-men</id>
    <updated>2024-04-16T13:56:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Meth use “is one of the most significant predictors of HIV vulnerability among sexual minority men,” says researcher Raymond Moody.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/146987_P09-21-012.jpg_ca4ebd37-9b9f-4a21-a559-3f566b960f94.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Defense Department Settles Lawsuit With Military Graduates Living With HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/defense-department-settles-lawsuit-military-cadets-living-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/defense-department-settles-lawsuit-military-cadets-living-hiv</id>
    <updated>2024-04-12T11:18:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Two military graduates were denied commissions because they had HIV. In 2018, they sued; the discriminatory policy ended in 2022.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/146913_iStock-98460911.jpg_6eebe4f8-54b0-496b-9bd8-298f493b0ecb.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Youth HIV &amp; AIDS Awareness Day 2024]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-youth-hiv-aids-awareness-day-2024"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-youth-hiv-aids-awareness-day-2024</id>
    <updated>2024-04-09T15:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Nearly half of young people living with HIV don’t know their status. On Wednesday, April 10, raise awareness of #NYHAAD.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/146825_P04-24-016.jpg_f77b5bae-4a2f-47de-982d-ec57e2c8bcb2.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[David Ernesto Munar Is the New CEO of Ohio-Based Equitas Health]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/david-ernesto-munar-new-ceo-ohiobased-equitas-health"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/david-ernesto-munar-new-ceo-ohiobased-equitas-health</id>
    <updated>2024-04-05T08:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Equitas Health serves HIV and LGBTQ people across four states. Munar understands their needs. A gay Latino, he tested positive in 1994.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/146752_Munar-David-Ernesto.jpg_f026db1a-f360-4156-bc14-5d7b735ae900.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Strike a Pose and Prevent HIV in This Ballroom Dance Class]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/strike-pose-prevent-hiv-ballroom-dance-class"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/strike-pose-prevent-hiv-ballroom-dance-class</id>
    <updated>2024-04-02T16:27:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Voguer and “Pose” actor Jason Rodriguez joins Gilead’s House of Healthysexual to teach dance, PrEP, HIV history and more.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/146689_jason-rodriguez-by-john-carlo-vogue-class2-02april2024.jpeg_172d080a-0b07-428e-a5af-9e4026cb3777.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Transgender Day of Visibility 2024]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/transgender-day-visibility-2024"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/transgender-day-visibility-2024</id>
    <updated>2024-03-29T14:23:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[#TransDayOfVisibility is held each March 31. “Transgender Americans are part of the fabric of our Nation," said President Biden.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/146598_AdobeStock-256651504.jpeg_841ca8e7-b07f-4215-a2bf-b31d78e37e89.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[PEPFAR, the U.S. Global AIDS Program, Extended for One Year]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/pepfar-us-global-aids-program-extended-one-year"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/pepfar-us-global-aids-program-extended-one-year</id>
    <updated>2024-03-26T12:02:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Congress usually funds PEPFAR for five years. In 2023, the lifesaving HIV program became mired in Republican culture wars.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/146533_P04-23-055.jpg_c0662561-811f-4e2e-8cd6-d821ce622d90.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Less Than 1% of ER Visits Include HIV Testing]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/less-1-er-visits-include-hiv-testing"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/less-1-er-visits-include-hiv-testing</id>
    <updated>2024-03-25T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Emergency rooms can offer access to HIV services.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/146014_P04-24-059.jpg_3372f254-d2b9-46b8-9271-4ecbfe2fb8b7.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. “Feisty Fighter” Frankie Franklin-Foxx]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-feisty-fighter-frankie-franklinfoxx"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-feisty-fighter-frankie-franklinfoxx</id>
    <updated>2024-03-25T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In 1988, she was a founding member of  the Chicago Women’s AIDS Project.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/146006_Untitled-1.jpg_36f1f03a-9064-4cf3-9569-6eeafec7e261.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Contestant Q Disclose Her HIV Status]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-rupauls-drag-race-contestant-q-disclose-hiv-status"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-rupauls-drag-race-contestant-q-disclose-hiv-status</id>
    <updated>2024-03-21T10:56:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“I want to be a voice for anyone who went through what I went through so hopefully they don’t feel so alone,” the 26-year-old Q reveals.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/146407_q-rupauls-drag-race-youtube-18march2024.png_6eb74568-2b1c-499e-b5b7-3dfce85160b6.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2024]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-native-hivaids-awareness-day-2024"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-native-hivaids-awareness-day-2024</id>
    <updated>2024-03-20T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[#NNHAAD aligns with the first day of spring. The Native American HIV theme is “It’s All Relative, Our Experience Makes a Difference.”<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/146349_national-native-hiv-awareness-day-2024-NNHAAD-Poster-BQRC-scaled.jpg_5f5a0f3b-3de6-47ba-a615-9bc390edfc3c.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Oprah Accepts GLAAD Media Award, Pays Emotional Tribute to Brother Lost to AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/oprah-winfrey-accepts-glaad-media-award-pays-emotional-tribute-brother-lost-aids-hiv-lgbtq"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/oprah-winfrey-accepts-glaad-media-award-pays-emotional-tribute-brother-lost-aids-hiv-lgbtq</id>
    <updated>2024-03-18T20:18:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Oprah also praises the life of AIDS activist Hydeia Broadbent. Plus: Other LGBTQ allies and winners at the 2024 GLAAD Media Awards. [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/146276_oprah-glaad-youtube-19march2024.png_06ee3db6-6e7b-4112-9f28-01459ce938df.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. David Mixner, Trailblazing LGBTQ Political Strategist and HIV Activist]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-david-mixner-trailblazing-lgbtq-political-strategist-hiv-activist"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-david-mixner-trailblazing-lgbtq-political-strategist-hiv-activist</id>
    <updated>2024-03-15T14:48:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Known for advancing LGBTQ issues in the Clinton administration, Mixner was arrested in one of the first AIDS protests at the White House.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/146079_david-mixner-national-equality-march-dc-2011-15march2023.jpg_c3b4e628-14e5-4053-bb68-f588fab5f183.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Elton John’s 2024 Oscar Viewing Party Raises Nearly $11M to Fight HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/elton-johns-2024-oscar-viewing-party-raises-nearly-11m-fight-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/elton-johns-2024-oscar-viewing-party-raises-nearly-11m-fight-hiv</id>
    <updated>2024-03-12T11:28:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Tiffany Haddish, Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka cohosted the record-breaking fundraiser for the Elton John AIDS Foundation.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/145914_elton-john-aids-foundation-oscar-party1-march2024jpg.jpg_b5573362-3a91-4c09-ad0a-9df441204fba.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2024]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-women-girls-hivaids-awareness-day-2024-nwghaad"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-women-girls-hivaids-awareness-day-2024-nwghaad</id>
    <updated>2024-03-08T16:44:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[#NWGHAAD 2024 is observed Sunday, March 10. The theme is “Prevention and Testing at Every Age. Care and Treatment at Every Stage.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/145793_NWGHAAD-womens-girs-hiv-march2024.png_b682205c-0209-40df-9001-2e75c7eb3dc2.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Robert Guimento Is the New Interim CEO of HIV Service Provider GMHC]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/robert-guimento-new-interim-ceo-hiv-service-provider-gmhc"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/robert-guimento-new-interim-ceo-hiv-service-provider-gmhc</id>
    <updated>2024-03-05T08:41:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: Sign up now for AIDS Walk New York, held May 19 in Central Park to support GMHC, the world’s oldest HIV service provider.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/145501_robert-guimento-gmhc-interim-ceo-29feb2024.png_52d6b3d2-de0f-4e41-a3fe-3ada31dae487.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Is Not a Crime Awareness Day 2024]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-crime-awareness-day-2024"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-crime-awareness-day-2024</id>
    <updated>2024-02-27T21:28:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Observed Wednesday, February 28, #HINACDay is now a global awareness day. Check out these events to fight HIV criminalization. [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/145289_hiv-not-crime-awareness-day-logo2024.jpg_1dae4001-928a-4adc-acab-76f943e3506e.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Hydeia Broadbent, 39, an Outspoken HIV Advocate Since Childhood]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-hydeia-broadbent-39-outspoken-hiv-advocate-since-childhood"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-hydeia-broadbent-39-outspoken-hiv-advocate-since-childhood</id>
    <updated>2024-02-21T20:50:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Born with HIV, Hydeia Broadbent spoke at the 1996 Republican National Convention at age 12. She graced the cover of POZ twice.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/145121_Broadbent-Hydeia-02.jpeg_da6e420b-1977-49bf-84c6-e910ba7f7834.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Large Insurer Not Penalized for Placing Most HIV Meds on Costliest Tiers]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/large-insurer-penalized-placing-hiv-meds-costliest-tiers-blue-cross-north-carolina"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/large-insurer-penalized-placing-hiv-meds-costliest-tiers-blue-cross-north-carolina</id>
    <updated>2024-02-20T15:16:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Federal civil rights office “gives pass” to Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina for alleged HIV discrimination in drug pricing.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/145072_P01-22-002.jpg_036cbbb1-67ed-4963-afe5-76aa8f981085.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Joe Rogan and Spotify Amplify AIDS Denialism]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/joe-rogan-spotify-amplify-aids-denialism"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/joe-rogan-spotify-amplify-aids-denialism</id>
    <updated>2024-02-16T18:57:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Podcaster Joe Rogan and guest Bret Weinstein question whether HIV causes AIDS and suggest  “party drugs” are an “important factor.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/145030_BrettWeinstein-JoeRogan-Spotify.jpg_9c5e0a00-28df-4f06-8303-f2071fcf3188.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Attn Gen Z: It’s International Condom Day 2024]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/attn-gen-z-international-condom-day-2024"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/attn-gen-z-international-condom-day-2024</id>
    <updated>2024-02-13T17:05:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Since 1990, condoms have averted over 117M HIV cases. They remain the only tool that prevents HIV, STIs and unplanned pregnancy all in one.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/144933_who-celebrating-condoms-feb2024.png_fb6aef22-0050-4af1-91cc-0bdd95bd5268.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Playwrights With HIV Debut Works]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/playwrights-hiv-debut-works"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/playwrights-hiv-debut-works</id>
    <updated>2024-02-12T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Seven short plays were performed.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/144327_donja-love-write-it-out.jpg_68931ec7-c0eb-44f8-a6cb-a8ea6a8317de.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Cecilia Gentili, Beloved Trans Advocate, Actress and Author]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-cecilia-gentili-beloved-trans-advocate-actress-author"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-cecilia-gentili-beloved-trans-advocate-actress-author</id>
    <updated>2024-02-09T13:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Latina activist Cecilia Gentili appeared in the TV series “Pose” and her own off-Broadway shows. She also worked at Apicha and GMHC.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/144859_Cecilia-Gentili.jpg_9b7020da-8a93-43ba-bd2c-f4a917d65083.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2024]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-black-hivaids-awareness-day-2024"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-black-hivaids-awareness-day-2024</id>
    <updated>2024-02-07T11:13:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The theme for this year’s #NBHAAD is “Engage, Educate, Empower: Uniting to End HIV/AIDS in Black Communities.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/144818_national-black-hiv-aids-awareness-day-feb7-2022-cdc.jpg_98aba129-95f4-4098-b254-3a64724b6104.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Nope, Magic Johnson Has Not Been Cured of HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/nope-magic-johnson-cured-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/nope-magic-johnson-cured-hiv</id>
    <updated>2024-02-02T13:43:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[New falsehoods claim that Dr. Sebi cured Magic Johnson of HIV. The truth is the basketball icon is thriving with the virus. Here’s how.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/144563_cookie-magic-johnson-elizabeth-taylor-aids-foundation-sept2023.jpg_33678dcc-5820-43d8-ab05-bf255fbe1ba0.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Listen to Untold HIV Stories in “Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/listen-untold-hiv-stories-blindspot-plague-shadows-podcast-nyc"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/listen-untold-hiv-stories-blindspot-plague-shadows-podcast-nyc</id>
    <updated>2024-01-30T16:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new podcast series from WNYC and The History Channel explores the vulnerable communities where HIV first took root. [VIDEOS]<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/144354_Blindspot-wnyc-podcast-jan2024.jpg_b00d2363-4dc5-48b4-abf1-f40d1dba4880.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Revealing Look at HIV Hot Spots in the Alabama Black Belt]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/revealing-look-hiv-hot-spots-alabama-black-belt"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/revealing-look-hiv-hot-spots-alabama-black-belt</id>
    <updated>2024-01-26T17:06:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Alabama Black Belt counties with the highest HIV rates weren’t the poorest or least educated. What can researchers learn from such data?<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/144211_Alabama-iStock-000030125290-Large.jpg_4928ab9d-c574-47b5-9b49-2d7f2edfcb46.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“MIPrEP. MIChoice” Spotlights Michigan HIV Prevention Stories]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/miprep-michoice-spotlights-michigan-hiv-prevention-stories"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/miprep-michoice-spotlights-michigan-hiv-prevention-stories</id>
    <updated>2024-01-23T16:42:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In this Michigan health department campaign, nine diverse individuals share their reasons for using PrEP to prevent HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/144137_michigan-prep-Doran-MIPrEP-MIChoice.jpg_b1b3f390-bf59-4e06-9ff2-26e432676e8c.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: Biden White House Drops Appeal in Co-Pay Assistance Case]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/patient-advocates-urge-court-enforce-copay-ruling-costsharing-hiv-hepatitis-diabetes"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/patient-advocates-urge-court-enforce-copay-ruling-costsharing-hiv-hepatitis-diabetes</id>
    <updated>2024-01-22T21:38:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The government withdrew its appeal, so health insurers must count co-pay assistance toward deductibles for most prescription drugs.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/143398_P09-23-007.jpg_bb01c5ba-92b4-470a-9353-fed1df97b0e5.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What’s the Leading Cause of Death Among People With HIV?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/leading-cause-death-among-people-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/leading-cause-death-among-people-hiv</id>
    <updated>2024-01-19T15:50:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The annual American Cancer Society report on U.S. cancer statistics notes that the leading cause of death for people with HIV is cancer.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/144082_candle-iStock-72614125.jpg_da95fdd1-b7ea-4563-ae97-ae3fa89dd194.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Frankie Franklin-Foxx, a “Feisty Fighter” for Women With HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-frankie-franklinfoxx-feisty-fighter-women-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-frankie-franklinfoxx-feisty-fighter-women-hiv</id>
    <updated>2024-01-16T15:56:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In the 1980s, Frankie Franklin-Foxx became active in the support group Chicago Women’s AIDS Project.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/143992_Frankie-Franklin-Foxx-obit-16jan2024.jpg_aba1f010-f181-488f-aa3a-2e1441b11bdd.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Drugmaker Can Be Sued for Delaying Release of Safer Med, Court Rules]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-drugmaker-can-sued-delaying-release-better-med-court-rules"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-drugmaker-can-sued-delaying-release-better-med-court-rules</id>
    <updated>2024-01-12T19:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[24,000 people with HIV who took an older form of tenofovir (TDF) are suing Gilead Sciences for delaying development of a safer version.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/143883_P04-23-003.jpg_0926609e-ea53-4f74-aedc-c90de44a52f0.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Private HIV and AIDS Funding Drops]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/private-hiv-aids-funding-drops"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/private-hiv-aids-funding-drops</id>
    <updated>2024-01-08T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The $9 million dip “raises red flags.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/143374_P10-24-048.jpg_cbae8474-e093-4400-bfa5-f51299962d93.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Glenn Burke AIDS Story to Hit the Screen]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/glenn-burke-aids-story-hit-screen"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/glenn-burke-aids-story-hit-screen</id>
    <updated>2024-01-08T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Jamie Lee Curtis and Ryan Murphy are behind the film.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/143362_P10-24-047.jpg_f93bcff6-0837-48b0-a2c1-8e508dddfded.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Food Pantries Help HIV Clients]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/food-pantries-help-hiv-clients"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/food-pantries-help-hiv-clients</id>
    <updated>2024-01-08T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Without food…people don’t take their medicine.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/143376_P10-24-049.jpg_9e3220e9-d267-40c1-97b5-8f05755020c8.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Ronnie Grace, LGBTQ &amp; HIV Advocate]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-ronnie-grace-lgbtq-hiv-advocate"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-ronnie-grace-lgbtq-hiv-advocate</id>
    <updated>2024-01-08T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Uncle Ronnie” was a peer navigator at Diverse & Resilient.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/143378_ronnie-grace-facebook-nov2023.png_81d8833e-c4a6-4d84-9d90-a71516634b8e.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Black People Make Up 82% of HIV Crime Cases in Maryland]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/black-people-make-82-hiv-crime-cases-maryland"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/black-people-make-82-hiv-crime-cases-maryland</id>
    <updated>2024-01-05T20:39:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Maryland’s HIV laws “are disproportionately enforced based on gender and race,” notably against Black men, finds the Williams Institute.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/143774_iStock-1167840469.jpg_419e1e65-e57f-40b7-a45d-09ecfff6d56d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$68K Grant Will Help Train Primary Care Physicians in HIV Services]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/68k-grant-will-help-train-primary-care-physicians-hiv-services"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/68k-grant-will-help-train-primary-care-physicians-hiv-services</id>
    <updated>2024-01-02T16:23:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In addition to receiving the funding, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill was named a National HIV Residency Consortium Site.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/143718_CHWi-24-028.jpg_796c0d67-a3d6-43b9-aa5e-9b3a2078c439.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Less Than 1% of Emergency Room Visits Include HIV Testing]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/less-1-emergency-room-visits-include-hiv-testing"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/less-1-emergency-room-visits-include-hiv-testing</id>
    <updated>2023-12-29T12:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Emergency rooms can offer access to HIV services. But few take advantage, especially in the South, where the epidemic is worse.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/143646_iStock-513439349.jpg_b3b168cf-1b8f-4b37-8382-cfa74f23dc04.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[2023 Top HIV News Stories]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/2023-top-hiv-news-stories"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/2023-top-hiv-news-stories</id>
    <updated>2023-12-26T16:22:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In 2023, POZ readers were drawn to memorials, Latino advocacy, HIV crime laws, love stories and obituaries of AIDS advocates.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/143407_iStock-892726222.jpg_4fa583ef-9f6c-4d65-8206-6fd64048d806.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Florida HIV Groups Get “Holiday Hug” Grants From The Campbell Foundation]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/florida-hiv-groups-get-holiday-hug-grants-campbell-foundation"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/florida-hiv-groups-get-holiday-hug-grants-campbell-foundation</id>
    <updated>2023-12-22T13:21:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Eleven HIV service providers received funding, including Broward House, which suffered major flood damage at a Fort Lauderdale facility.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/143533_iStock-1067924494.jpg_0eb7e4de-431b-422d-ba37-1c3304fd9c72.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Night of “Joy and Pride” as Playwrights With HIV Debut New Works]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/night-joy-pride-wio-playwrights-hiv-debut-new-works"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/night-joy-pride-wio-playwrights-hiv-debut-new-works</id>
    <updated>2023-12-12T14:25:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: Matty Mahoski received the 2023 Write It Out! Prize for playwrights living with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/143185_donja-love-write-it-out-02dec2023.jpg_1ad06118-ce55-4441-8247-a4646fadad69.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New Orleans Marks a Year of Bouncing to End HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-orleans-marks-year-bouncing-end-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-orleans-marks-year-bouncing-end-hiv</id>
    <updated>2023-12-08T16:26:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[NOLA’s “Bounce to Zero” campaign celebrates accomplishments and recommits to fighting HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/143115_bounce-to-zero-nola-instagram-dec2023b.png_c9320af2-98f4-4de9-9d6f-a27ec6cdc48a.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[DOJ Rules Against Tennessee’s Criminal Laws Targeting People With HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/doj-rules-tennessees-criminal-laws-targeting-people-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/doj-rules-tennessees-criminal-laws-targeting-people-hiv</id>
    <updated>2023-12-05T13:50:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Tennessee’s aggravated prostitution statute against people with HIV violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, says Justice Department.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/142959_handcuffs-iStock-504104838.jpg_c0d44082-d617-42f1-828d-7c6f9f2cddeb.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[World AIDS Day 2023]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/world-aids-day-2023"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/world-aids-day-2023</id>
    <updated>2023-12-01T07:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Globally, new HIV cases and AIDS-related deaths have fallen drastically in the past two decades, but AIDS still takes a life every minute.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/142850_globe-red-ribbon-rect.jpg_c6f19f5d-908b-465b-8813-2f59641f2a59.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[First Person Cured of HIV to Be Honored With a Star and Symposium]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/first-person-cured-hiv-timothy-ray-brown-honored-star-symposium-palm-springs-world-aids-day"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/first-person-cured-hiv-timothy-ray-brown-honored-star-symposium-palm-springs-world-aids-day</id>
    <updated>2023-11-28T17:50:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[On World AIDS Day, Timothy Ray Brown, the first person cured of HIV, will get a star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/142792_P04-19-045.jpg_b286344b-965d-4105-866d-7800fa5ea1a2.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch a Preview From Day With(out) Art 2023’s “Everyone I Know Is Sick”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-preview-day-without-art-2023s-everyone-know-sick-hiv-visual-aids"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-preview-day-without-art-2023s-everyone-know-sick-hiv-visual-aids</id>
    <updated>2023-11-24T08:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Visual AIDS program commissioned five short, HIV-themed videos that will premiere at museums and events for World AIDS Day.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/142706_day-without-art-1-visual-aids-nov2023.png_638c5f73-4d43-4f4e-b5a5-69f034e9f87e.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Healthcare Foundation Reportedly Houses Tenants in Squalid Conditions]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-healthcare-foundation-reportedly-houses-tenants-squalid-conditions"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-healthcare-foundation-reportedly-houses-tenants-squalid-conditions</id>
    <updated>2023-11-21T09:49:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An investigation found that AHF also evicts and sues residents at its homeless housing while publicly advocating against evictions.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/142658_housing-iStock-000040515032.jpg_2488138f-6c46-494f-9f62-cdab145c8d9d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[PrEP4Teens Brings HIV Prevention Artwork and Engagement to Chicago Youth]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/prep4teens-brings-hiv-prevention-artwork-engagement-chicago-youth"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/prep4teens-brings-hiv-prevention-artwork-engagement-chicago-youth</id>
    <updated>2023-11-17T12:29:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[To launch the HIV prevention campaign for LGBTQ and minority youth in Chicago, PrEP4Teens created a mural and held a mini-ball.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/142559_prep4teens-3-nov2023.jpg_b47246c6-14de-492e-b71f-3943711f0c0d.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Ronnie Grace, an LGBTQ and HIV Advocate in Milwaukee]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-ronnie-grace-lgbtq-hiv-advocate-milwaukee"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-ronnie-grace-lgbtq-hiv-advocate-milwaukee</id>
    <updated>2023-11-14T16:11:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A beloved champion of Milwaukee’s Black and brown communities, “Uncle Ronnie” was an HIV peer navigator at Diverse & Resilient.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/142480_ronnie-grace-facebook-nov2023.png_c5262aab-b4b1-4c7d-8b27-7e1e31286d71.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The 2023 POZ 100 R–Z]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/2023-poz-100-rz"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/2023-poz-100-rz</id>
    <updated>2023-11-13T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This year’s POZ 100 celebrates the collective effort to end the HIV epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/142139_POZ100-R-Z.jpg_4a5c900b-5a27-46b8-a277-25b9e90642d2.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The 2023 POZ 100 N–Q]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/2023-poz-100-nq"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/2023-poz-100-nq</id>
    <updated>2023-11-13T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This year’s POZ 100 celebrates the collective effort to end the HIV epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/142137_POZ100-N-Q.jpg_e20797b8-4ea3-4f92-9394-2b4dd9628d9c.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The 2023 POZ 100 C–F]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/2023-poz-100-cf"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/2023-poz-100-cf</id>
    <updated>2023-11-13T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This year’s POZ 100 celebrates the collective effort to end the HIV epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/143196_POZ100-C-F.jpg_bbb1c666-fae7-4433-8048-720a30e3384a.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The 2023 POZ 100 G–M]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/2023-poz-100-gm"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/2023-poz-100-gm</id>
    <updated>2023-11-13T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This year’s POZ 100 celebrates the collective effort to end the HIV epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/142135_POZ100-G-M.jpg_5ebc897d-8cd7-4105-9afb-f5974ff0ab2c.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The 2023 POZ 100 A–B]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/2023-poz-100-ab"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/2023-poz-100-ab</id>
    <updated>2023-11-13T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This year’s POZ 100 celebrates the collective effort to end the HIV epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/142130_POZ100-A-B.jpg_112dd87d-1612-4f2f-bbe7-08192c37ee8c.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The 2023 POZ 100]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/2023-poz-100"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/2023-poz-100</id>
    <updated>2023-11-13T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This year’s POZ 100 celebrates the collective effort by advocates of all kinds to end the HIV epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/142128_P12-23-Feature-The-POZ100-opener.jpg_3ed1a5e2-b000-4ce5-a60b-137fb7d3bf33.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Week Against Transphobia 2023 Urges: “It Ends With Us”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/week-transphobia-2023-urges-ends-us"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/week-transphobia-2023-urges-ends-us</id>
    <updated>2023-11-10T16:01:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[From November 13 to 20, the Zero Transphobia campaign builds solidarity to fight discrimination, HIV, violence and more.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/142424_week-transphobia-zero-transphobia-2023.png_c66ed5be-4bae-4d72-925c-b62cc0ee47d1.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Nancy Pelosi Honored With HIV Leadership Award by University of California]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/nancy-pelosi-honored-hiv-leadership-award-university-california"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/nancy-pelosi-honored-hiv-leadership-award-university-california</id>
    <updated>2023-11-07T11:49:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[UCSF bestowed former House Speaker Pelosi with the first-ever Bay Area Global Health Alliance Leadership Award for her work fighting HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/142034_Nancy-Pelosi-aids-memorial-quilt-nov2019.jpg_605c4bc9-3456-4cb6-bb81-3ad17e1d042a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Jamie Lee Curtis and Ryan Murphy to Bring an AIDS Story to the Screen]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/jamie-lee-curtis-ryan-murphy-bring-aids-story-screen"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/jamie-lee-curtis-ryan-murphy-bring-aids-story-screen</id>
    <updated>2023-11-03T14:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The story of Glenn Burke, a Black gay baseball player who died of AIDS, has long inspired HIV and LGBTQ advocate Jamie Lee Curtis.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/141837_shutterstock-2213592843.jpg_4dd52007-df03-476c-9abd-2c63761e6123.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[10 Charged for Operating $20M HIV Medicine Fraud]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/10-charged-operating-20m-hiv-medicine-fraud"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/10-charged-operating-20m-hiv-medicine-fraud</id>
    <updated>2023-10-31T11:09:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Defendants, including pharmacy owners, allegedly preyed on low-income individuals and spent millions on cars and real estate.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/141758_iStock-484396038.jpg_0ff5ea6a-9c2b-4c86-be51-f86ea0c1a2d7.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Private Funding to Address HIV and AIDS Dropped $9M in 2021]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/private-funding-address-hiv-aids-dropped-9m-2021"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/private-funding-address-hiv-aids-dropped-9m-2021</id>
    <updated>2023-10-27T15:46:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Gilead and Gates lead in HIV grants. But the overall dip in philanthropic funding “raises red flags,” say FCAA report authors.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/141704_FCAA-1.jpg_672bd0b7-62e8-492d-bfd4-be4c068db140.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What’s Lost When an AIDS Walk Becomes a Health Equity Walk?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/lost-palm-springs-hiv-aids-walk-becomes-health-equity-walk"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lost-palm-springs-hiv-aids-walk-becomes-health-equity-walk</id>
    <updated>2023-10-24T13:39:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[And what’s gained when a long-running Palm Springs AIDS walk fundraiser changes its name to reflect expanded health services?<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/141627_desert-aids-walk-2022-by-david-a-lee-dap.jpg_db58b93b-2c34-4052-9a2f-5fedf355e28e.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“PrEP Aware Week” Reminds You HIV Prevention Is for Every Body [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/prep-aware-week-reminds-hiv-prevention-every-body-videos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/prep-aware-week-reminds-hiv-prevention-every-body-videos</id>
    <updated>2023-10-23T17:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Celebrating healthy, pleasurable and responsible sexual relationships—including PrEP to prevent HIV—is for “every BODY.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/141615_prep-aware-week-Troy-couple-prepaware-oct2023.jpg_59d531ea-16f3-4fbb-b2b3-eb4bec1ad8d6.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Vivent Health’s Food Pantries Help Keep HIV Clients Undetectable]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/vivent-healths-food-pantries-help-keep-hiv-clients-undetectable"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/vivent-healths-food-pantries-help-keep-hiv-clients-undetectable</id>
    <updated>2023-10-20T11:47:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Vivent’s Denver and Kansas City clinics report growing demand at their food pantries. “Without food…people don’t take their medicine."<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/141554_iStock-639928744.jpg_e598c3e3-e8e0-4394-83ff-16d9eb8fc1cd.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Walk Philly Raises $200K to #BeALifeline]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-walk-philly-raises-200k-bealifeline-hiv-philadelphia"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-walk-philly-raises-200k-bealifeline-hiv-philadelphia</id>
    <updated>2023-10-17T12:18:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Funds from AIDS Walk Philly help provide a lifeline in the form of emergency grants to those most vulnerable living with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/141476_aids-walk-philly-facebook-oct2023.jpg_ab04a3ea-74ca-46dc-ba3a-671e35a96439.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day 2023]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-latinx-aids-awareness-day-2023"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-latinx-aids-awareness-day-2023</id>
    <updated>2023-10-13T17:24:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[#NLAAD celebrates 20 years of Latino AIDS education on Sunday, October 15. This year’s theme focuses on various ways to prevent HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/141412_national-latinx-aids-awareness-day-nlaad-oct2023.png_f5afa914-0fc0-4fc0-9001-5868e8830c0d.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Listen to Latino LGBTQ Love Stories That Raise HIV Awareness]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/listen-latino-lgbtq-love-stories-raise-hiv-awareness"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/listen-latino-lgbtq-love-stories-raise-hiv-awareness</id>
    <updated>2023-10-10T13:27:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Season 2 of the “Love in Gravity” podcast, presented by ViiV Healthcare, features football, faith, HIV, Latina moms and more.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/141292_love-in-gravity-season2-viiv-oct2023.png_3c5f65a8-f7bf-4841-9100-99244307015c.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Headlines Two Big Events During One Week in Chicago [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-headlines-two-big-events-chicago-videos-howard-brown-health-aids-run-walk"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-headlines-two-big-events-chicago-videos-howard-brown-health-aids-run-walk</id>
    <updated>2023-10-06T17:11:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The AIDS Run & Walk Chicago raised $520,000, and Howard Brown Health opened its five-story LGBTQ and HIV clinic in Lakeview.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/141217_aids-run-walk-chicago-facebook-septoct2023.jpg_0413f556-17ec-4205-a11c-1c5397c7fb56.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Health Insurers Must Count Co-Pays as Patient Costs, Court Rules]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/health-insurers-must-count-copays-patient-costs-court-rules"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/health-insurers-must-count-copays-patient-costs-court-rules</id>
    <updated>2023-10-03T15:17:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Patient groups had sued over a Trump administration Medicare rule that allowed insurers not to count co-pays as out-of-pocket costs.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/141109_pills-money-iStock-514385888.jpg_fc5c40fb-6064-49a4-bc43-8838f5e13ad5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Distributing Over $16M in Altered HIV Meds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/florida-man-pleads-guilty-distributing-16m-altered-hiv-meds"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/florida-man-pleads-guilty-distributing-16m-altered-hiv-meds</id>
    <updated>2023-09-29T14:07:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Armando Herrera sold adulterated and misbranded HIV drugs through companies in six states. He faces a maximum of five years in prison.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/141003_iStock-1134054382.jpg_14a184f0-b3cb-462a-9dba-af8877b3f92e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Se lanza el Equipo Nacional de Trabajo para I=I (U=U)]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/se-lanza-el-equipo-nacional-de-trabajo-para-ii-uu"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/se-lanza-el-equipo-nacional-de-trabajo-para-ii-uu</id>
    <updated>2023-09-25T11:05:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Grupo LGBTQ se une a organizaciones de VIH para promover el mensaje de prevención Indetectable Equivale a Intransmisible..<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/140558_P09-23-014.jpg_4497601e-e8e6-4474-867d-bd20cc9c069e.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[La prueba del VIH para las personas de 65 años o más]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/la-prueba-del-vih-para-las-personas-de-65-anos-o-mas"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/la-prueba-del-vih-para-las-personas-de-65-anos-o-mas</id>
    <updated>2023-09-25T11:05:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Buscando la eliminación del límite de edad máxima<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/140507_Sage-Admiral-Levine-and-Executive-Director-of-SAGEServes-Darcy-Connors2-300dpi.jpg_212f7deb-c60d-4281-a8ba-7d277f114fef.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Stephaun Elite Wallace]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-stephaun-elite-wallace"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-stephaun-elite-wallace</id>
    <updated>2023-09-25T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The late HIV epidemiologist founded the House of Marc Jacobs.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/140614_Untitled-1.jpg_044238eb-9f73-4713-aa8d-58fac9b6af7c.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Does This Proposed AIDS Memorial Look Like a Giant You-Know-What?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/proposed-aids-memorial-palm-springs-hiv-look-like-giant-youknowwhat"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/proposed-aids-memorial-palm-springs-hiv-look-like-giant-youknowwhat</id>
    <updated>2023-09-22T18:05:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“I can just visualize the potential social media posts making fun of something that is so important to our community.” [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/140825_palm-springs-aids-memorial-design-kesq-news-22sept2023.png_6edc15ea-044f-4441-a092-c460a341f123.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Genetically Modifying Your CAR-T Cells to Defeat HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/genetically-modifying-cart-cells-defeat-hiv-daniel-claiborne-wistar-campbell"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/genetically-modifying-cart-cells-defeat-hiv-daniel-claiborne-wistar-campbell</id>
    <updated>2023-09-22T17:06:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[With Campbell Foundation funding, a Wistar Institute scientist studies ways to engineer immune cells to attack HIV-infected cells.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/140823_daniel-clairborne-campbell-foundation-grant-sept2023.jpg_1375e477-ae62-4883-9276-58342c19c5b1.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day 2023]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-hivaids-aging-awareness-day-2023"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-hivaids-aging-awareness-day-2023</id>
    <updated>2023-09-18T10:58:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[People 55 and older represent 41% of the U.S. population living with HIV. Learn more about #HIVandAging and #NHAAD.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/140549_P09-22-014.jpg_e7a32147-1743-4b70-851d-814fa7702d27.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Highlights From the 2023 U.S. Conference on HIV/AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/highlights-2023-us-conference-hivaids"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/highlights-2023-us-conference-hivaids</id>
    <updated>2023-09-15T16:40:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[#2023USCHA was a Love Letter to Black Women—and a joyous family reunion for the HIV community. [VIDEOS]<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/140474_uscha-nmac-sept2023.png_54f6e9e2-12f4-41ac-8d49-9f24629f30a0.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National African Immigrant and Refugee HIV/AIDS &amp; Hepatitis Awareness Day 2023]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-african-immigrant-refugee-hiv-hepatitis-awareness-day-2023-nairhhaday"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-african-immigrant-refugee-hiv-hepatitis-awareness-day-2023-nairhhaday</id>
    <updated>2023-09-12T11:35:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[#NAIRHHADAY is now an officially recognized HIV awareness day. Join a September 14 webinar to learn why this matters.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/140318_nairhha-day-african-immigrant-hiv-hepatitis-awareness-09sept2023.png_0a3114a0-3cca-4651-a183-6ffdce98d167.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Activists Arrested at Speaker McCarthy’s DC Office]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-activists-arrested-speaker-mccarthys-dc-office-pepfar"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-activists-arrested-speaker-mccarthys-dc-office-pepfar</id>
    <updated>2023-09-11T15:36:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Activists with Housing Works and Health GAP urge Congress to re-authorize the global AIDS program PEPFAR.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/140297_housing-works-twitter-mccarthy-protest-11sept2023.jpg_2555efba-c263-4792-8c1b-379e80add959.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Listen to an AIDS Memorial Exhibited on the National Mall in DC]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/listen-aids-memorial-exhibited-national-mall-dc"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/listen-aids-memorial-exhibited-national-mall-dc</id>
    <updated>2023-09-05T16:26:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Ashon T. Crawley’s “Homegoing” honors Black queer church musicians lost to AIDS. [VIDEOS]<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/140145_ashon-crawley-national-mall-artist-sept2023.png_e3cef50b-c037-4b75-8242-664faa01495e.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Action Alert: HIV Leaders to Meet at Capitol Hill to #SaveHIVFunding]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/action-alert-hiv-leaders-meet-capitol-hill-savehivfunding"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/action-alert-hiv-leaders-meet-capitol-hill-savehivfunding</id>
    <updated>2023-09-01T17:50:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Over 130 HIV groups decry proposals to slash HIV funding in the U.S. and abroad. Join their DC press conference on Tuesday, September 5.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/140060_Capitol-Building-iStock-857514306.jpg_2b2d5f62-9fc4-47dc-acc4-12580809edb6.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[U.S. Conference on HIV/AIDS to Spotlight Black Women]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/us-conference-hivaids-spotlight-black-women"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/us-conference-hivaids-spotlight-black-women</id>
    <updated>2023-08-29T20:47:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Our HIV conference preview includes Gay Men of Color, Representative Maxine Waters, long-term survivors, PrEP, Black girl magic and more.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/139898_maxine-waters-in2019-aug2023.jpg_8e21710a-cb59-4a76-a1e1-32918622fa87.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Faith HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2023]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-faith-hivaids-awareness-day-2023"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-faith-hivaids-awareness-day-2023</id>
    <updated>2023-08-25T17:17:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This year’s theme is “Faith Fighting for Freedom and Fairness.” #FaithHIVDay is held the last Sunday of each August.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/139827_faith-hiv-day-facebook-aug2023.jpg_ff543603-2385-4ed2-aef1-b7fcc43de33a.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch 5 Videos Highlighting 5 Amazing HIV Groups in the South]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-5-videos-highlighting-5-amazing-hiv-groups-south"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-5-videos-highlighting-5-amazing-hiv-groups-south</id>
    <updated>2023-08-23T16:52:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The “5 Years, 5 Voices” series celebrates the fifth anniversary of Gilead Sciences’ COMPASS initiative to fund HIV efforts in the South.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/139779_shakita-brooks-jones-caarac-alabama-gilead-science-compass-aug2023.png_3f80a152-ac5d-4187-b1d7-131a8db377e6.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: U.S. Task Force Gives an A Grade to Long-Acting PrEP to Prevent HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/longacting-injectable-prep-hiv-prevention-scores-grade-uspstf-cabotegravir-apretude"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/longacting-injectable-prep-hiv-prevention-scores-grade-uspstf-cabotegravir-apretude</id>
    <updated>2023-08-22T18:50:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The USPSTF’s latest recommendation could make long-acting PrEP (Apretude) more accessible—if a looming court case doesn’t interfere.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/139758_PrEP-Meds-new.jpg_4ed035c0-8f02-4393-b52c-eafc5c18fe47.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2023]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/southern-hivaids-awareness-day-2023"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/southern-hivaids-awareness-day-2023</id>
    <updated>2023-08-18T16:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[#SHAAD is Sunday, August 20. In 2021, the South comprised 38% of the U.S. population but 52% of new HIV diagnoses. Here’s why.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/139643_P01-19-009.jpg_5fc99368-ffd8-4b98-83f6-ee17bfac73cf.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Lack of Medicaid Support Fuels the HIV Epidemic in Georgia]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/lack-medicaid-support-fuels-hiv-epidemic-georgia"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lack-medicaid-support-fuels-hiv-epidemic-georgia</id>
    <updated>2023-08-16T16:31:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[As states disenroll people from Medicaid, Republican Governor Brian Kemp also vetoed a bill to expand coverage to those with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/139608_Georgia-iStock-000063425519.jpg_9cc94dd9-8054-47ca-a0f5-20069e6736ac.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[U=U National Task Force Launches]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/uu-national-task-force-launches"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/uu-national-task-force-launches</id>
    <updated>2023-08-14T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[LGBTQ group joins HIV organizations to promote the prevention message of Undetectable Equals Untransmittable.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/139051_P09-23-014.jpg_52593604-bad2-44b9-94b1-137e97e93f7f.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Testing for People 65 and Older]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-testing-people-65-older"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-testing-people-65-older</id>
    <updated>2023-08-14T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Advocates urge removal of the upper age limit.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/139074_P09-23-015.jpg_050c08a1-9b6f-48ca-b278-273667464ee2.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Nick Harrison, Serviceman With HIV, Becomes a Commissioned Officer]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/nick-harrison-serviceman-hiv-becomes-commissioned-officer-army"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/nick-harrison-serviceman-hiv-becomes-commissioned-officer-army</id>
    <updated>2023-08-11T13:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Until recently, service members living with HIV faced discharges and bans on commissioning and deployment.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/139378_lambda-legal-kevin-jennings-army-officer-nick-harrison-aug2023.jpg_b9a2aa9d-c389-45ba-86b5-cc473bb98ae4.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: More Gay and Bi Men Can Now Donate Blood]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/fda-proposes-lifting-rules-blood-donations-gay-bi-men"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/fda-proposes-lifting-rules-blood-donations-gay-bi-men</id>
    <updated>2023-08-09T19:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The American Red Cross started screening all donors using a questionnaire to evaluate behavior-based risk. Folks on PrEP may not donate.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/133410_iStock-1330911468.jpg_cc0f14f6-ad29-45bd-952e-43f680e37a61.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Stephaun Elite Wallace, PhD, HIV Scientist and House Ballroom Legend]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-stephaun-elite-wallace-phd-hiv-covid-scientist-house-ballroom-legend"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-stephaun-elite-wallace-phd-hiv-covid-scientist-house-ballroom-legend</id>
    <updated>2023-08-08T11:49:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An epidemiologist who addressed HIV and COVID-19 disparities, Stephaun Elite Wallace loved music and founded the House of Marc Jacobs.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/139201_stephaun-elite-wallace-facebook.jpg_891ea9e7-3904-4b48-aa95-ca8d3f93adae.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Culture Wars Threaten U.S. Global AIDS Program PEPFAR]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/culture-wars-threaten-us-global-aids-program-pepfar"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/culture-wars-threaten-us-global-aids-program-pepfar</id>
    <updated>2023-08-02T16:36:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Republican anti-abortionists may block renewal of the popular bipartisan program. Plus: Do PEPFAR funds support kill-the-gays laws?<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/139061_PEPFARs-5-Year-Strategy-WAD2022.jpg_1a94558c-4c61-4b46-90d3-3b968a7fadf0.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Got HIV and Something to Say? Apply for This Free Playwriting Workshop]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/got-hiv-something-say-apply-free-playwriting-workshop"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/got-hiv-something-say-apply-free-playwriting-workshop</id>
    <updated>2023-07-28T11:49:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[You might also win $5,000 in the “Write It Out!” virtual program for people living with HIV, created by playwright Donja R. Love.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/138877_P12-21-063.jpg_29beea0d-1006-44f3-ae24-98b16761c915.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Drugmaker Gilead Delayed Newer Version of Tenofovir to Extend Profits]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-drugmaker-gilead-delayed-newer-version-tenofovir-truvada-extend-profits"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-drugmaker-gilead-delayed-newer-version-tenofovir-truvada-extend-profits</id>
    <updated>2023-07-25T14:45:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Internal documents show Gilead held off on developing new therapies, such as Descovy, a potentially less toxic version of Truvada.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/138782_Descovy-Truvada-2.jpg_b3bd2c7f-fc72-4baf-8a05-dc634cef989d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Zero HIV Stigma Day 2023 [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/zero-hiv-stigma-day-2023-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/zero-hiv-stigma-day-2023-video</id>
    <updated>2023-07-21T10:48:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Watch the short film “Human First” to mark the debut of #ZeroHIVStigmaDay, Friday, July 21.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/138594_human-first-documentary-poster-zero-hiv-stigma-day-2023.png_7484d8d5-7cd7-41df-b8de-3cf29a3ee5a3.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Stephen Pieters, a Gay Minister With AIDS Interviewed by Tammy Faye Bakker]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-stephen-pieters-gay-minister-aids-interviewed-tammy-faye-bakker"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-stephen-pieters-gay-minister-aids-interviewed-tammy-faye-bakker</id>
    <updated>2023-07-18T11:46:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[His groundbreaking 1985 appearance on the evangelical TV show put a face to AIDS. The event was re-created in a 2021 Oscar-winning film.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/138486_P09-21-014.jpg_1e101436-ec33-4606-9c07-f82084415bb8.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Yes, We Can End AIDS by 2030. A New UNAIDS Report Shows How.]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/yes-can-end-aids-2030-unaids-report-shows"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/yes-can-end-aids-2030-unaids-report-shows</id>
    <updated>2023-07-14T15:13:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Ending AIDS is a political and financial choice, UNAIDS states. Some countries see “extraordinary results,” but the U.S. faces challenges.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/138391_UNAIDS-2023-update-green.jpg_fc34ec56-c3be-4bd2-8d8a-82b4c4489e6a.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Medicare Proposes Covering All Forms of PrEP to Prevent HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/medicare-proposes-covering-forms-prep-prevent-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/medicare-proposes-covering-forms-prep-prevent-hiv</id>
    <updated>2023-07-14T08:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The proposal improves on current Medicare coverage, which allows cost-sharing fees and mostly excludes long-acting PrEP.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/138375_vial-pills-spill-2.jpg_bc3917f3-44f3-4429-a359-cf90567bc42f.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Vampire Facials at New Mexico Spa Linked to Another HIV Case]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/vampire-facials-new-mexico-spa-linked-another-hiv-case-hepatitis-risk"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/vampire-facials-new-mexico-spa-linked-another-hiv-case-hepatitis-risk</id>
    <updated>2023-07-11T13:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Health officials urge clients who got Botox or vampire facials at the now-shuttered spa to get tested for HIV and hepatitis B and C.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/138254_iStock-1001618648.jpg_92e56f54-f6dd-475c-93f8-c68bd8ea3f3e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Walmart Opens 70 More HIV-Focused Pharmacies]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/walmart-opens-70-hiv-focused-pharmacies"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/walmart-opens-70-hiv-focused-pharmacies</id>
    <updated>2023-07-07T14:22:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[By the end of the year, Walmart will have more than 80 such “specialty pharmacies of the community” in the United States—half in Florida...<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/138161_iStock-494315703.jpg_d0ebe58e-800c-4e07-8df9-0046409bc9d9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Drugmakers Gilead and Teva Didn’t Pay to Delay Drugs, Rules Jury]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-drugmakers-gilead-teva-pay-delay-drugs-truvada-prep-rules-jury"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-drugmakers-gilead-teva-pay-delay-drugs-truvada-prep-rules-jury</id>
    <updated>2023-07-03T13:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The $3.6 billion antitrust court case cleared Gilead Sciences and Teva of delaying the release of generic Truvada and other HIV meds.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/138080_iStock-954196908.jpg_08442164-bddb-472b-9969-28d1fffbeb1f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Cases Will Spike if Health Care Doesn’t Cover Prevention, Warn Experts]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-cases-will-spike-health-care-cover-prep-prevention-warn-experts-amicus-brief"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-cases-will-spike-health-care-cover-prep-prevention-warn-experts-amicus-brief</id>
    <updated>2023-06-30T13:49:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Ending the mandate to cover preventive care such as PrEP “will cause incalculable harm to our efforts to end the HIV epidemic.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/138044_P06-22-023.jpg_6ef9cce8-3bd9-41a1-8b0f-c95771dc1cff.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National HIV Testing Day 2023]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-hiv-testing-day-2023"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-hiv-testing-day-2023</id>
    <updated>2023-06-27T07:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The theme of this year’s #HIVTestingDay, marked Tuesday, June 27, is “Take the Test & Take the Next Steps.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/137948_iStock-1272279338.jpg_172308b7-1e06-41b9-90ee-034cbda9f25a.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Russian Prisoners Join War Against Ukraine]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/russian-prisoners-join-war-ukraine"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/russian-prisoners-join-war-ukraine</id>
    <updated>2023-06-26T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[About 20% of prisoner recruits have HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/137744_P07-23-013.jpg_9b536511-b35a-461b-8353-3eafb1702abf.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[FDA Eases Blood Donation Rules for MSM]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/fda-eases-blood-donation-rules-msm"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/fda-eases-blood-donation-rules-msm</id>
    <updated>2023-06-26T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[But people who use PrEP cannot donate.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/137737_P07-23-025.jpg_1d6411cc-0a68-4073-bf3d-739ce3367635.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: U.S. Government Seeks New Trial in HIV PrEP Patent Lawsuit]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/gilead-won-counts-billiondollar-hiv-prep-patent-lawsuit"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/gilead-won-counts-billiondollar-hiv-prep-patent-lawsuit</id>
    <updated>2023-06-23T19:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A jury in May ruled in favor of Gilead Sciences, maker of HIV prevention pills. Now the government wants a judge to overturn the verdict.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/136433_P07-22-001.jpg_645a95c1-850d-4036-841b-7777bde496d6.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Broadway Bares: Pleasure Park Raises Nearly $1.9M for HIV Causes [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/broadway-bares-pleasure-park-raises-nearly-19m-hiv-causes-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/broadway-bares-pleasure-park-raises-nearly-19m-hiv-causes-video</id>
    <updated>2023-06-23T13:27:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Take a wild ride with Broadway Bares dancers in highlights from the HIV fundraiser. Plus, the online Stripathon made it rain $1 million.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/137879_broadway-bares-pleasure-park-youtube-23june2023.jpg_70e26813-ab49-4a56-8928-2db83cba1b17.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Urging the CDC to Recommend HIV Testing for People 65 and Older]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/urging-cdc-recommend-hiv-testing-people-65-older"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/urging-cdc-recommend-hiv-testing-people-65-older</id>
    <updated>2023-06-20T18:03:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The CDC recommends that everyone 13 to 64 get tested for HIV at least once. Why stop at 64? SAGE wants the upper limit removed.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/137779_sage-Admiral-Levine-and-Executive-Director-of-SAGEServes-Darcy-Connors2.JPG_b654f17b-4889-4aea-a0f6-e9f1e936c3f7.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[U=U National Task Force Launches to Promote HIV Prevention]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/uu-national-task-force-launches-promote-hiv-prevention-prep-hrc-lgbtq"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/uu-national-task-force-launches-promote-hiv-prevention-prep-hrc-lgbtq</id>
    <updated>2023-06-16T14:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The LGBTQ group Human Rights Campaign Foundation joins HIV organizations to get the word out that Undetectable Equals Untransmittable.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/137635_iStock-1318444583.jpg_4b9fe25f-9f35-429f-9cc8-f517b9297be5.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Lambda Legal Asks Court to Allow People With HIV to Join the Military]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/lambda-legal-asks-court-allow-people-hiv-join-military"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lambda-legal-asks-court-allow-people-hiv-join-military</id>
    <updated>2023-06-13T16:33:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The move follows a lawsuit filed in November to strike down the ban that keeps people with HIV from enlisting in military service.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/137512_P10-18-006.jpg_64ac738b-e37e-4db0-81a3-7aac50cbfada.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day 2023]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-longterm-survivors-awareness-day-2023"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-longterm-survivors-awareness-day-2023</id>
    <updated>2023-06-05T07:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[About 300,000 people with HIV are long-term survivors, meaning they acquired HIV before 1996, when effective treatment was introduced.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/137011_P06-18-020.jpg_c392cae6-f73d-425c-ac97-e6da71250072.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Does Cannabis Protect or Harm the Brains of People With HIV?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/cannabis-protect-harm-brains-people-hiv-marijuana"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/cannabis-protect-harm-brains-people-hiv-marijuana</id>
    <updated>2023-06-02T08:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An $11.6 million grant will help researchers map the effects of cannabis—marijuana and related products—on the brains of people with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/136939_RHSP-19-017.jpg_fe9a8b5d-3a54-4c21-a322-e0fc9a2d5a72.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Foundation Houston Has a New Home and Name: Allies in Hope]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-foundation-houston-hiv-new-home-name-allies-hope"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-foundation-houston-hiv-new-home-name-allies-hope</id>
    <updated>2023-05-30T08:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“‘AIDS’ in 2023 is a very stigmatizing term.… The word literally stops people from getting services.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/137009_jeffrey-campbell-allies-in-hope-instagram-may2023.png_69cfc1ad-56f6-439b-86c6-9f2b2a1af4d6.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Walk New York 2023 Raises Over $2.1 Million]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-walk-new-york-2023-raises-21-million-gmhc-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-walk-new-york-2023-raises-21-million-gmhc-hiv</id>
    <updated>2023-05-26T08:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The 38th annual AIDS Walk New York supports GMHC and other HIV and AIDS groups. Plus: Don’t miss the Latex Ball!<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/136935_aids-walk-2023-gmhc-matt-mcdermott.png_5b7f3fb6-8c0a-407d-a085-b15573a6b530.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Folks With HIV Enjoy the Benefits of Yoga at a Dallas Nonprofit]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/folks-hiv-enjoy-benefits-yoga-dallas-nonprofit"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/folks-hiv-enjoy-benefits-yoga-dallas-nonprofit</id>
    <updated>2023-05-23T12:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Dallas HIV nonprofit Abounding Prosperity offers free yoga classes. Here’s why participants look forward to each session.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/136759_iStock-1208575395.jpg_0960f00d-a298-43b2-8045-532d698f979e.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Asian &amp; Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2023]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-asian-pacific-islander-hivaids-awareness-day-2023"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-asian-pacific-islander-hivaids-awareness-day-2023</id>
    <updated>2023-05-19T07:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[#APIMay19 addresses stigma and language barriers that can affect HIV health outcomes of Asian, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander people.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/136762_napihaad-2020-promo-cdc.jpg_0389567a-660d-48ec-af6c-7893b5e6e085.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: Court Pauses Judge’s Ruling to End Health Coverage of Some Preventive Services]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/next-judge-blocks-coverage-preventive-care-prep-hiv-tests"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/next-judge-blocks-coverage-preventive-care-prep-hiv-tests</id>
    <updated>2023-05-17T17:58:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A Texas judge had struck down mandatory coverage of much preventive care, including cancer and diabetes screenings and PrEP.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/135553_iStock-1073002732.jpg_13eb64d7-647a-47c0-a4d4-dd6f3abbeaac.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Decriminalizing Homosexuality Saves Lives and Fights HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/decriminalizing-homosexuality-saves-lives-fights-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/decriminalizing-homosexuality-saves-lives-fights-hiv</id>
    <updated>2023-05-16T10:46:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia (#IDAHOBIT) is Wednesday, May 17.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/136659_iStock-1196525774.jpg_daa0843a-d186-46d6-9d1b-45bb7c2fcbc5.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Country Music Gays &amp; HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/country-music-gays-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/country-music-gays-hiv</id>
    <updated>2023-05-15T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Publicist-turned–country crooner David Michael shares his HIV story and love of Patsy Cline.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/136364_P06-23-038.jpg_32b4aa98-187e-40b3-bb59-44c82b5a7f81.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Oscar Party Raises $9M to End HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/oscar-party-raises-9m-end-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/oscar-party-raises-9m-end-hiv</id>
    <updated>2023-05-15T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Launched in 1992, the annual event is hosted by the Elton John AIDS Foundation.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/136369_Planet-1.jpg_b3b807d8-4bcd-48a3-80ef-53dd2e000f90.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Adam Lambert Stars in AIDS Drama]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/adam-lambert-stars-aids-drama"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/adam-lambert-stars-aids-drama</id>
    <updated>2023-05-15T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Based on a memoir, Fairyland takes place in San Francisco.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/136375_shutterstock-2080709935.jpg_ce23b222-afa2-45e1-aab0-5867d249f698.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Grindr helps to Deliver HIV Tests]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/grindr-helps-deliver-hiv-tests"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/grindr-helps-deliver-hiv-tests</id>
    <updated>2023-05-15T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The dating app joins the prevention effort Together TakeMeHome.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/136384_Planet-3.jpg_b8a7c5df-86f5-41e1-ab23-976877f133f0.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Fewer People With HIV in U.S. Prisons]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/fewer-people-hiv-us-prisons"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/fewer-people-hiv-us-prisons</id>
    <updated>2023-05-15T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The number has declined for 23 consecutive years.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/136386_iStock-182480741.jpg_4f7f1606-09fd-4736-9ed2-b2e2fecd916e.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[People in Prisons Need Access to HIV Prevention and Harm Reduction, Urges UNAIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/people-prisons-need-access-hiv-prevention-harm-reduction-urges-unaids"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/people-prisons-need-access-hiv-prevention-harm-reduction-urges-unaids</id>
    <updated>2023-05-12T17:21:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV, hepatitis C and drug use are more prevalent in prisons. Plus: Watch a harm reduction success story in Moldova’s prison system. [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/136593_unaids-alexander-godin-harm-reduction-12may2023.png_b48c0ffc-567e-47f7-96e9-f25d84d23b25.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Billion-Dollar HIV PrEP Patent Lawsuit—U.S. v. Gilead—Goes to Trial]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/billiondollar-hiv-prep-patent-lawsuitus-v-gilead-goes-trial"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/billiondollar-hiv-prep-patent-lawsuitus-v-gilead-goes-trial</id>
    <updated>2023-05-02T13:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The battle between the CDC and Gilead over the patent for Truvada and Descovy for HIV prevention is heading to court.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/136245_P09-20-067.jpg_f9ee3499-dfe5-415f-9fcc-8d1cf8b85232.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Latinos in Georgia See Rising HIV Rates While Other Groups See Declines [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/latinos-georgia-see-rising-hiv-rates-groups-see-declines-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/latinos-georgia-see-rising-hiv-rates-groups-see-declines-video</id>
    <updated>2023-04-28T13:29:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Latinos made up 56% of cases in newly detected HIV clusters in Atlanta. What drove the disparity, and how can it be addressed?<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/136109_carlos-saldna-georgia-latino-hiv-youtube-11alive-april2023.png_a96a1e39-49ab-42b3-ae0a-378010533837.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[In a Twist, Tennessee OKs $9M in HIV Funding. But Is There a Catch?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/tennessee-hiv-groups-get-4m-federal-funds-despite-gop-roadblocks"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/tennessee-hiv-groups-get-4m-federal-funds-despite-gop-roadblocks</id>
    <updated>2023-04-21T17:17:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: The CDC will bypass Republican roadblocks and deliver federal HIV grants directly to a Nashville-based nonprofit.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/135963_iStock-1050719352.jpg_afea7a53-9c97-43d3-acaa-91a065b55ef0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Transgender HIV Testing Day 2023]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-transgender-hiv-testing-day-2023"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-transgender-hiv-testing-day-2023</id>
    <updated>2023-04-18T07:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Transgender people make up about 2% of new HIV cases. Here’s why that’s a disproportionate rate and why trans folk are more vulnerable.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/135839_national-transgender-hiv-testing-day-doing-it-cdc.jpeg_533e1ee3-49b8-4c78-84a8-16a0744a0f81.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Heklina, Influential San Francisco Activist Drag Queen]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-heklina-influential-san-francisco-activist-lgbtq-drag-queen"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-heklina-influential-san-francisco-activist-lgbtq-drag-queen</id>
    <updated>2023-04-14T14:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Heklina (aka Stefan Grygelko) “was not afraid to be sober and be frank about her HIV status.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/135752_heklina-facebook-sfoasis-april2023.jpg_6e654579-f9f9-49e0-8a6c-8a91347f8edb.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Eight Goals of the Newly Unveiled National Cancer Plan]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/eight-goals-newly-unveiled-national-cancer-plan"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/eight-goals-newly-unveiled-national-cancer-plan</id>
    <updated>2023-04-11T11:29:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The National Cancer Plan offers a road map for collaboration across cancer programs and bolsters the goals of the Cancer Moonshot.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/135679_national-cancer-plan-1.jpg_af5f454f-f89e-4060-97b4-efcfd64ffa58.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Youth HIV &amp; AIDS Awareness Day (#NYHAAD) 2023]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-youth-hiv-aids-awareness-day-nyhaad-2023"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-youth-hiv-aids-awareness-day-nyhaad-2023</id>
    <updated>2023-04-10T10:38:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Young people living with HIV are the least likely of any age group to be retained in care and have a suppressed viral load.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/135651_P04-23-024.jpg_48fda185-cbf8-4769-9060-a278187fc1a2.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Kirk Myers-Hill, a Black Gay HIV Advocate in Dallas]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-kirk-myershill-black-gay-hiv-advocate-dallas"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-kirk-myershill-black-gay-hiv-advocate-dallas</id>
    <updated>2023-04-07T11:42:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A community leader who launched Abounding Prosperity Inc. to address health disparities, Kirk Myers-Hill was found dead in his office.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/135640_kirk-myers-hill-vigil-april2023.png_1b9849bb-18e0-44bd-92bb-c1b6e7e677cc.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[On Transgender Day of Visibility 2023, Existing Is a Revolutionary Act]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/transgender-day-visibility-2023-existing-revolutionary-act"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/transgender-day-visibility-2023-existing-revolutionary-act</id>
    <updated>2023-03-31T12:18:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[144,500 transgender youth lost or remain at risk of losing access to gender-affirming care due to bans, notes the Williams Institute.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/135504_iStock-1367847340.jpg_4f0d7eb0-9844-425b-802b-48f3e57a4b79.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Judge Blocks Insurance Mandate to Cover Prevention Services Such as PrEP and Cancer Screening]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/judge-rules-mandate-cover-hiv-prevention-prep-violates-religious-freedom"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/judge-rules-mandate-cover-hiv-prevention-prep-violates-religious-freedom</id>
    <updated>2023-03-30T14:16:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: A previous Texas ruling found that the federal mandate to cover preventive care, including HIV, violated religious freedoms.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/135487_iStock-926152600.jpg_471df1f3-5a0d-44a3-82a8-bfc9c661f167.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Many People in U.S. Prisons Are Living With HIV?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/many-people-us-prisons-living-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/many-people-us-prisons-living-hiv</id>
    <updated>2023-03-28T13:39:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The number of people with HIV in prisons has declined for 23 straight years, found a DOJ report that also looked at HIV testing in prisons.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/135404_iStock-118657765.jpg_29f9fd27-9a7d-4ae6-8a20-366dacddcdba.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Tennessee Rejects Money to Prevent HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/tennessee-rejects-money-prevent-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/tennessee-rejects-money-prevent-hiv</id>
    <updated>2023-03-27T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Experts worry that the move is political and that other states may do the same.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/134958_Untitled-2.jpg_c9bf872d-8350-4e03-9117-505c34e8802d.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[PEPFAR Turns 20]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/pepfar-turns-20"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/pepfar-turns-20</id>
    <updated>2023-03-27T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The U.S. global AIDS program has saved 25 million lives.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/134955_Untitled-1.jpg_966046c5-e829-485c-a536-456e79a27c7c.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[No HIV From Hepatitis Vaccine]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-hepatitis-vaccine"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-hepatitis-vaccine</id>
    <updated>2023-03-27T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Conspiracy theories surface again about how Magic Johnson contracted HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/134960_Untitled-5.jpg_ba1bdbbb-39b7-4225-9cea-0611425c9e84.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Scuba Trips Not Part of HIV Research]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/scuba-trips-part-hiv-research"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/scuba-trips-part-hiv-research</id>
    <updated>2023-03-27T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A former college professor must pay back $375,000.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/134962_Untitled-6.jpg_fd675555-f668-498b-8204-5663004b4836.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Beyoncé Thanks Her Uncle Lost to AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/beyonce-thanks-uncle-lost-aids"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/beyonce-thanks-uncle-lost-aids</id>
    <updated>2023-03-27T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The singer spoke at the 2023 Grammy Awards.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/134964_P04-23-051.jpg_2ed40929-b4fd-4ec6-b0fd-258551d6aa5e.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Sure Thing for Grindr Users: Free Home HIV Tests!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/sure-thing-grindr-users-free-home-hiv-tests-gay-lgbtq-takemehome"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/sure-thing-grindr-users-free-home-hiv-tests-gay-lgbtq-takemehome</id>
    <updated>2023-03-24T12:37:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The CDC’s Together TakeMeHome program aims to deliver 1 million free HIV self-tests through a new website—and the Grindr app.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/135365_oraquick-in-home-hiv-test-youtube.png_3ffebca5-8937-48fe-8406-2b3faff10500.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2023]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-native-hivaids-awareness-day-2023"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-native-hivaids-awareness-day-2023</id>
    <updated>2023-03-20T12:03:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The #NNHAAD theme this year is “Weaving Our Horizon: Strength. CommUnity. Equity.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/135090_national-native-hiv-aids-awareness-day-2023.jpg_01395521-3972-4a03-8571-180b6030a178.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hopeful HIV and Hepatitis News in Biden’s Proposed 2024 Budget]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hopeful-hiv-hepatitis-news-bidens-proposed-2024-budget"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hopeful-hiv-hepatitis-news-bidens-proposed-2024-budget</id>
    <updated>2023-03-17T18:26:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[$9.6B for a new PrEP program to prevent HIV, $11B to eliminate hepatitis C and several proposed funding boosts encourage advocates.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/135036_iStock-1094066768.jpg_56ef037c-a1c9-4d98-9c2a-961bfb6e5260.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Elton John’s Oscar Viewing Party Raises $9M to End AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/elton-johns-oscar-viewing-party-raises-9m-end-aids"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/elton-johns-oscar-viewing-party-raises-9m-end-aids</id>
    <updated>2023-03-14T11:58:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Eric McCormack, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez and Rina Sawayama helped support the Elton John AIDS Foundation’s 2023 fundraiser.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/134921_donatella-versace-elton-john-oscar-party-march2023.JPG_6491eea4-b0f5-44e4-80ca-f7bf7403ac68.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2023]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-women-girls-hivaids-awareness-day-2023"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-women-girls-hivaids-awareness-day-2023</id>
    <updated>2023-03-10T08:24:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This NWGHAAD, learn what all women need to know about HIV, including who is impacted most. Plus: Download self-care activity books.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/134741_iStock-910866308.jpg_14f6ede2-4d7a-475d-a1f7-2f1cc72ed1b9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Walgreens Offers Free Same-Day Delivery of HIV Meds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/walgreens-offers-free-sameday-delivery-hiv-meds-prep-prevention"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/walgreens-offers-free-sameday-delivery-hiv-meds-prep-prevention</id>
    <updated>2023-03-07T13:48:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Lack of transportation can be a barrier to accessing health care. Walgreens says it can reach vulnerable or underserved communities.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/134600_iStock-1469686714.jpg_23972ddc-cb2b-452d-b3f4-e6c3a36d14cb.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Adam Lambert Stars in Historical AIDS Drama “Fairyland,” Says It Resonates Today]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/adam-lambert-stars-historical-hiv-aids-drama-fairyland-says-resonates-today"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/adam-lambert-stars-historical-hiv-aids-drama-fairyland-says-resonates-today</id>
    <updated>2023-03-03T17:47:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Produced by Sofia Coppola, “Fairyland” is based on a memoir by Alysia Abbott, who lost her dad to AIDS and was on the cover of POZ.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/134511_dreamstime-s-33763606.jpg_37118d14-4a15-43de-9a68-0555c61eec5b.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[As New HIV Cases Decline, West Hollywood Advocates Focus on Prevention]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-hiv-cases-decline-west-hollywood-advocates-focus-prevention"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-hiv-cases-decline-west-hollywood-advocates-focus-prevention</id>
    <updated>2023-03-02T14:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Disparities persist in Black and brown communities’ access to PrEP and PEP to prevent HIV, say West Hollywood residents.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/134485_P01-23-016.jpg_621c9ba4-f910-4f40-a301-213edf15a1b6.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Is Not a Crime Awareness Day 2023]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-crime-awareness-day-2023"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-crime-awareness-day-2023</id>
    <updated>2023-02-28T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Watch these #HIVIsNotACrime discussions—in English and Spanish—to learn about HIV criminalization and efforts to reform outdated laws.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/134353_hiv-is-not-a-crime.jpg_24c0052e-865a-4788-9173-f4e1988b861a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Look Back: Eazy-E’s Death and a 1995 Hip-Hop Concert for HIV Causes]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/look-back-eazyes-death-1995-hiphop-concert-hiv-causes"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/look-back-eazyes-death-1995-hiphop-concert-hiv-causes</id>
    <updated>2023-02-24T14:49:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Music insider Fred T. Jackson told Men’s Health about the historic benefit concert and life as a Black gay man in the ’90s.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/134295_Eazy-E.jpg_ecf89122-0079-458b-b5a2-41bb2720bdc5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[After a Year of War, Ukraine Gets Emergency HIV Funding]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/year-war-ukraine-gets-emergency-hiv-funding"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/year-war-ukraine-gets-emergency-hiv-funding</id>
    <updated>2023-02-23T16:29:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[$10.32 million in new support from the Global Fund go toward prevention, treatment and care of HIV and tuberculosis in Ukraine.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/134267_iStock-1369393690.jpg_fb7004fe-10a2-47af-9344-b67878a23841.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Three Texas Clinics Lost Nearly $20M in PrEP Funds to Prevent HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/three-texas-clinics-lost-nearly-20m-prep-funds-prevent-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/three-texas-clinics-lost-nearly-20m-prep-funds-prevent-hiv</id>
    <updated>2023-02-21T14:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Similar declines in PrEP budgets likely hit other HIV clinics that serve uninsured Black, brown and LGBTQ communities. Here’s why.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/134204_iStock-1178864066.jpg_0134e366-1a67-4472-b986-8920c63df7e3.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Lesbian AIDS Activists Mary Lucey and Nancy Jean MacNeil]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-lesbian-hiv-aids-activists-mary-lucey-nancy-jean-macneil-act-up-"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-lesbian-hiv-aids-activists-mary-lucey-nancy-jean-macneil-act-up-</id>
    <updated>2023-02-17T08:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The couple, who helped launch the ACT UP Los Angeles Oral history Project and fought for women’s issues, died within hours of each other.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/134124_2007-Mary--Nancy-at-Ferd-E.-sidewalk-memorial-photo-by-Judy-Ornelas-Sisneros.jpg_3d358f93-bbfb-479e-afda-8a4203c75f59.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$72.7M Grant to Boost HIV Prevention and Treatment Among Youth]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/727m-grant-boost-hiv-prevention-treatment-among-youth"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/727m-grant-boost-hiv-prevention-treatment-among-youth</id>
    <updated>2023-02-16T17:15:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[With federal funds, Florida State University’s College of Nursing will lead the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV Interventions.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/134115_teens-ts-dv168060a.jpg_942ae891-7230-489c-b37d-626868e27ea0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[California Bill Allows Pharmacists to Provide More PrEP to Prevent HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/california-bill-allows-pharmacists-provide-prep-prevent-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/california-bill-allows-pharmacists-provide-prep-prevent-hiv</id>
    <updated>2023-02-14T16:45:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Currently, California pharmacists may provide PrEP and PEP without a prescription, but the law needs updating, says Senator Scott Wiener.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/134070_iStock-1135377739.jpg_e2355b82-5c5b-442b-a64b-3af15304f440.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Bounce to Zero” to End HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/bounce-zero-end-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/bounce-zero-end-hiv</id>
    <updated>2023-02-13T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A New Orleans campaign aims to reduce new cases.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/133914_P03-23-043.jpg_cffc4b39-83d2-4630-9b9d-9a648302c180.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Mobilizing Black Gay Men to Fight Mpox]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/mobilizing-black-gay-men-fight-mpox"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/mobilizing-black-gay-men-fight-mpox</id>
    <updated>2023-02-13T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The #FactsAndVax campaign enlists Black influencers.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/133711_Untitled-4.jpg_2a3b9fc9-556d-40a6-84af-2caf92c63361.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Ads for HIV Meds Upset Viewers]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/ads-hiv-meds-upset-viewers"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/ads-hiv-meds-upset-viewers</id>
    <updated>2023-02-13T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The commercials aired on the Great American Family Channel.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/133716_Untitled-3.jpg_19bfbf53-ab15-4796-be63-c910ee4c448f.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Keep on Loving” to Prevent HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/keep-loving-prevent-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/keep-loving-prevent-hiv</id>
    <updated>2023-02-13T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Philadelphia launches a free virtual PrEP program.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/133718_Untitled-2.jpg_6c364bfc-7efb-4a0b-9f2d-8417f4182154.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Can Human Milk Prevent HIV?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/can-human-milk-prevent-hiv-campbell-foundation-grant"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/can-human-milk-prevent-hiv-campbell-foundation-grant</id>
    <updated>2023-02-10T13:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Although human milk is a vehicle for HIV transmission, its virus-killing properties are significant,” says researcher Rebecca Powell.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/133982_breastfeeding-iStock-31597484.jpg_7ec21643-bcea-4604-8088-42ddf898cfa8.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2023]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-black-hivaids-awareness-day-2023"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-black-hivaids-awareness-day-2023</id>
    <updated>2023-02-07T06:25:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Black Americans represent 42% of new HIV cases but only 14% of the U.S. population. Amid challenges, progress has been made.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/133780_NBHAAD-CDC-BlackHIV-family-1200x628.jpg_0e0d1052-0ec5-4081-ba25-10bd918495aa.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Grammy GOAT Beyoncé Thank Her Gay Uncle Lost to AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-grammy-goat-beyonce-thank-gay-uncle-lost-aids"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-grammy-goat-beyonce-thank-gay-uncle-lost-aids</id>
    <updated>2023-02-06T13:43:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[She also thanked the queer community for inventing the dance genre. Plus, here’s the story of Beyoncé’s beloved uncle Johnny.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/133713_beyonce-grammy-2023.png_8268c265-411e-4f03-9109-d2678f41261d.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. David Sanford, Reporter With AIDS Who Wrote His Own Obit in 1995]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-david-sanford-reporter-aids-wrote-obit-1995"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-david-sanford-reporter-aids-wrote-obit-1995</id>
    <updated>2023-02-03T17:39:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Writing for The Wall Street Journal in 1996, Sanford detailed how a new class of HIV meds turned his health around.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/133632_iStock-928411156.jpg_504aca5b-5896-44e4-a6bd-093871dd3ead.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Scuba Trips Weren’t Part of Professor’s HIV Research, Finds Fraud Lawsuit]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/scuba-trips-part-professors-hiv-research-finds-fraud-lawsuit"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/scuba-trips-part-professors-hiv-research-finds-fraud-lawsuit</id>
    <updated>2023-02-02T17:37:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Jeffrey Parsons-Hietikko, a former Hunter College professor and leader of CHEST HIV research, must pay back $375,000.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/133623_09-19-059.jpg_554e29b8-f081-441c-8882-c4ec83e7b465.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[PEPFAR, the U.S. Global AIDS Program, Turns 20]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/pepfar-us-global-aids-program-turns-20"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/pepfar-us-global-aids-program-turns-20</id>
    <updated>2023-01-30T11:31:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Bill Gates and President Biden laud PEPFAR—which has saved 25 million lives—and urge its reauthorization this year.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/133473_PEPFARs-5-Year-Strategy-WAD2022.jpg_b8177670-f3f6-4964-9ff9-a37c6d188fc6.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Medicare Seeks Public Input on Covering PrEP to Prevent HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/medicare-seeks-public-input-covering-prep-prevent-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/medicare-seeks-public-input-covering-prep-prevent-hiv</id>
    <updated>2023-01-26T14:51:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Daily pills and long-acting PrEP both scored a grade A for preventing HIV. Now Medicare is considering national coverage.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/133400_vial-pills-spill-2.jpg_61240a4f-5ff0-4ed3-9b38-496cf8c577bb.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Tennessee Rejects “Free Money” From U.S. Government to Prevent HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/tennessee-rejects-free-money-us-government-prevent-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/tennessee-rejects-free-money-us-government-prevent-hiv</id>
    <updated>2023-01-24T16:08:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV experts worry that the move is political—some federal grants go to Planned Parenthood—and that other states may turn down funding.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/133364_tennessee-gov-bill-lee-abc-wate-youtube-24jan2023.png_747bc755-b59c-44da-adf0-3a9377995d5a.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Advocates Inspire in “The Cure Chronicles” [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-advocates-inspire-cure-chronicles-videos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-advocates-inspire-cure-chronicles-videos</id>
    <updated>2023-01-20T15:20:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The video series by American Gene Technologies features interviews with HIV advocates, peer leaders, scientists, TikTokers and more.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/133297_cure-chronicles-lourie-ortiz-fonseca-jeff-galvin-american-gene-technologies-jan2023.png_06706504-bea7-4561-a1e4-33141b737f89.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[SMART Riders in Florida Raise Over $1 Million for Local HIV Groups]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/smart-riders-florida-raise-1-million-local-hiv-groups"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/smart-riders-florida-raise-1-million-local-hiv-groups</id>
    <updated>2023-01-19T16:14:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Fundraising cyclists pedaled from Miami to Key West in November. Checks were presented at a ceremony this week.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/133268_smart-ride-florida-facebook-nov2022-jan2023.jpg_4009ca42-7bbe-454b-b11f-5e07736d865a.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Magic Johnson Did NOT Contract HIV From a Hepatitis Vaccine]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/magic-johnson-contract-hiv-hepatitis-vaccine"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/magic-johnson-contract-hiv-hepatitis-vaccine</id>
    <updated>2023-01-17T13:26:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Conspiracy theorists ignore Magic Johnson’s own words: “I am certain that I was infected by having unprotected sex with a woman.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/133180_Magic-Johnson-shutterstock-114382627.jpg_fe8f8aaa-00ce-4354-ae6a-0c9d08da088a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Carole Cook, Longtime Actress and AIDS Advocate]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-carole-cook-longtime-actress-hiv-aids-advocate"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-carole-cook-longtime-actress-hiv-aids-advocate</id>
    <updated>2023-01-13T18:56:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A TV, film and stage star—she played the handsy grandma in “Sixteen Candles”—Carole Cook also championed HIV and LGBTQ causes.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/133131_carole-cook-2018-13jan2023.png_5752e19f-fbcd-4cfa-a8b2-803144e984d1.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New Clinical Trials at Leading HIV Center Paused Over Funding Probe]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-clinical-trials-leading-hiv-center-paused-funding-probe-chicago-core-mpox-covid-cancer"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-clinical-trials-leading-hiv-center-paused-funding-probe-chicago-core-mpox-covid-cancer</id>
    <updated>2023-01-12T17:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“I worry for my patients,” says a researcher at the Chicago CORE center. The pause also affects trials for cancer, COVID and mpox.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/133111_P07-20-002.jpg_e3ef4883-c50d-409b-a16f-9e8c73ffd9b4.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch the “HIV Is Not a Crime” Commercial]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-hiv-crime-commercial-andre-de-shields-gilead-sciences-etaf"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-hiv-crime-commercial-andre-de-shields-gilead-sciences-etaf</id>
    <updated>2023-01-10T21:04:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Broadway legend André De Shields and other HIV advocates appear in the commercial to support modernizing HIV crime laws.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/133034_andre-de-sheilds-hiv-not-crime-etaf-youtube-jan2023.png_45283d4d-29ee-4ef0-9bbc-a2bd498864d6.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Venton Jones Goes to Austin]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/venton-jones-goes-austin"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/venton-jones-goes-austin</id>
    <updated>2023-01-09T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Dallas HIV advocate won his race for Texas Congress.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/132733_P01-23-044.jpg_aeb83788-b543-4b48-9a26-84cdfb3a909d.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Matt Dorsey Wins in San Francisco]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/matt-dorsey-wins-san-francisco"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/matt-dorsey-wins-san-francisco</id>
    <updated>2023-01-09T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[He is the first person with HIV elected to the Board of Supervisors.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/132736_P01-23-046b.jpg_bc660ede-b098-40fb-8a6a-5fb937998748.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet the New Head of FCAA]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meet-new-head-fcaa"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meet-new-head-fcaa</id>
    <updated>2023-01-09T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Masen Davis is the executive director of Funders Concerned About AIDS.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/132907_P01-23-047.jpg_b72da8e5-ebbc-4177-987f-a3e010c94369.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. AIDS Advocate Angela Lansbury]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-aids-advocate-angela-lansbury"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-aids-advocate-angela-lansbury</id>
    <updated>2023-01-09T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The beloved star of TV, film and stage died at age 96.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/132905_P01-23-049.jpg_de397d12-6449-43ae-af16-d29915ba5a10.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Allowing People With HIV to Enlist]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/allowing-people-hiv-to-enlist"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/allowing-people-hiv-to-enlist</id>
    <updated>2023-01-09T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Lambda Legal seeks an end to a “discriminatory” policy.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/132759_Untitled-2.jpg_0b61568d-ca70-417d-a5b9-979123b48e9f.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Leslie Jordan, Beloved Actor and Covid Instagram Star]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-leslie-jordan-beloved-actor-covid-instagram-star"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-leslie-jordan-beloved-actor-covid-instagram-star</id>
    <updated>2023-01-09T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In addition to Will & Grace, his legacy includes HIV advocacy.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/132762_Untitled-4.jpg_a84de1ec-1338-4ce9-bac6-d7fc25ccd10a.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How to Take Back Control of Your HIV, Health and Self-Worth [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/take-back-control-hiv-health-selfworth-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/take-back-control-hiv-health-selfworth-video</id>
    <updated>2023-01-05T20:01:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This special episode of the Fast-Track Cities podcast covers aging with HIV, measuring quality of life beyond viral suppression and more.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/132969_fast-track-cities-podcast-iapac-jan2023.png_81054cad-43e0-45c9-a531-42654ad371ad.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New Orleans “Bounce to Zero” Campaign Aims to End HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-orleans-bounce-zero-campaign-aims-end-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-orleans-bounce-zero-campaign-aims-end-hiv</id>
    <updated>2023-01-03T17:15:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“We hope this campaign will get the word out to Black residents” and encourage them to #NOLAYourStatus and stop HIV stigma.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/132895_new-orleans-mayor-latoya-cantrell-bounce-to-zero-jan2023.png_b76d27ea-7b55-479d-989b-93069643a211.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Dionne Warwick Fight Racism and HIV While Winning Grammys]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-dionne-warwick-fight-racism-hiv-winning-grammys"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-dionne-warwick-fight-racism-hiv-winning-grammys</id>
    <updated>2022-12-30T08:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The documentary “Dionne Warwick: Don’t Make Me Over” debuts January 1 on CNN and covers the Grammy winner’s Black and HIV advocacy.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/132713_dionne-warwick-doc-cnn-dec2022.jpg_9fd82ba7-961b-4467-a2ad-2d257a73036a.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Eight Influencers Mobilize Black Gay Men to Fight Monkeypox]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-eight-influencers-mobilize-black-gay-men-fight-monkeypox-mpox-glaad-lgbtq-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-eight-influencers-mobilize-black-gay-men-fight-monkeypox-mpox-glaad-lgbtq-hiv</id>
    <updated>2022-12-29T17:21:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[GLAAD’s #FactsAndVax campaign on Instagram Reels enlists Black influencers to educate about mpox. [VIDEOS]<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/132716_obio-jones-glaad-mpox-instagram-dec2022.png_aa191d81-57a6-4ee4-a53f-272719368bb9.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Ads for HIV Meds Upset Viewers of Great American Family Channel]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/ads-hiv-meds-upset-viewers-great-american-family-channel-hallmark-lgbtq"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/ads-hiv-meds-upset-viewers-great-american-family-channel-hallmark-lgbtq</id>
    <updated>2022-12-27T13:45:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Watch actress Alexandra Billings, who is living with HIV, offer a response filled with love, inclusion and holiday wishes.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/132627_alexandra-billings-tiktok-instagram-dec2022.png_d1f13c43-b136-4445-8e1a-d1a50c23d77b.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$60K in Holiday Hug Grants Awarded to 15 HIV Groups in Florida]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/60k-holiday-hug-grants-awarded-15-hiv-groups-florida"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/60k-holiday-hug-grants-awarded-15-hiv-groups-florida</id>
    <updated>2022-12-23T14:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Campbell Foundation provides the HIV grants to help make up for funding losses since COVID.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/132600_iStock-1183439341.jpg_c7f520e6-e27f-4314-9232-3303d5616887.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Philadelphia Launches Free Virtual PrEP Program to Prevent HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/philadelphia-launches-free-virtual-prep-program-prevent-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/philadelphia-launches-free-virtual-prep-program-prevent-hiv</id>
    <updated>2022-12-22T17:21:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The “Philly, Keep on Loving” telehealth program includes at-home HIV and STI tests, med delivery, PEP, doctor chats and more—all free.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/132577_iStock-1167402516.jpg_6fecf1e4-55b4-4f34-8294-616280b9e642.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Five Pillars of the Updated U.S. Global AIDS Program PEPFAR]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/five-pillars-updated-us-global-aids-program-pepfar"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/five-pillars-updated-us-global-aids-program-pepfar</id>
    <updated>2022-12-20T17:19:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) will soon mark 20 years. It has already saved 25 million lives. [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/132519_PEPFARs-5-Year-Strategy-WAD2022.jpg_dcb1c6ae-a53b-4eca-a34c-e8e0f22f2560.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[2022 Top HIV News Stories]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/2022-top-hiv-news-stories"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/2022-top-hiv-news-stories</id>
    <updated>2022-12-16T16:32:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Celebrities shine bright among 2022 POZ HIV News headlines about PrEP, discrimination, crime laws, COVID, fake meds and more.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/132334_iStock-892726222.jpg_b6df21b1-9578-4c2e-a147-a340fa91907e.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Walmart Expands Specialty HIV Pharmacies, Launches Training Program]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/walmart-expands-specialty-hiv-pharmacies-launches-training-program"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/walmart-expands-specialty-hiv-pharmacies-launches-training-program</id>
    <updated>2022-12-15T17:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[To train pharmacists to better serve the HIV community, Walmart partnered with the Elton John AIDS Foundation.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/132375_walmart-elton-john-15dec2022.jpg_16ac7906-84e5-4497-8ec2-bf88a1d6cd2e.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[43% of U.S. Adults Comfortable Interacting With People Who Have HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/43-us-adults-comfortable-interacting-people-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/43-us-adults-comfortable-interacting-people-hiv</id>
    <updated>2022-12-12T16:21:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This is an improvement from 36% in 2020, notes this year’s State of HIV Stigma Report and survey from GLAAD.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/132261_puzzle-hands-ts-461988345.jpg_fcd40664-1c0f-4904-b4b2-06cde744ae4e.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Blue Cross and Blue Shield Accused of Placing Most HIV Drugs into Highest Tiers]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/blue-cross-blue-shield-accused-placing-hiv-drugs-highest-tiers"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/blue-cross-blue-shield-accused-placing-hiv-drugs-highest-tiers</id>
    <updated>2022-12-08T16:43:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The North Carolina insurer’s policy “will worsen health inequities” for Black and Latino people, claim the discrimination complaints.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/132178_P04-20-006.jpg_9de9d586-f166-41af-8a08-133eade4e79d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Nicole Kidman Surprise a Broadway Audience, Donate $100K to HIV Group]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-nicole-kidman-surprise-broadway-audience-donate-100k-hiv-group"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-nicole-kidman-surprise-broadway-audience-donate-100k-hiv-group</id>
    <updated>2022-12-07T11:04:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In other Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS news, check out its 2022 Holiday Legends ornament: Billy Porter as Lola in “Kinky Boots.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/132086_Nicole-Kidman-Cannes-2017-georges-biard.jpg_85ac8c5c-b6e1-4f83-a240-7018c4b9eff4.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[FDA May Update Its Policy on Blood Donations From Gay and Bi Men]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/fda-may-update-policy-blood-donations-gay-bi-men"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/fda-may-update-policy-blood-donations-gay-bi-men</id>
    <updated>2022-12-02T16:08:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Having eased its ban on blood donations from gay and bi men in 2020, the FDA may soon use a questionnaire to assess individual risk.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/131949_iStock-1422516171.jpg_84c067c4-b286-4fe3-a592-5ea7cf879cdf.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[World AIDS Day 2022 [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/world-aids-day-2022-videos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/world-aids-day-2022-videos</id>
    <updated>2022-12-01T06:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Watch HIV experts explain this year’s World AIDS Day theme, “Putting Ourselves to the Test: Achieving Equity to End HIV.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/131892_P12-21-005.jpg_fc97620b-19fa-4acc-963c-5bdbba81b305.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Leadership Changes at PrEP4All, the HIV Prevention Advocacy Group]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/leadership-changes-prep4all-hiv-prevention-advocacy-group"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/leadership-changes-prep4all-hiv-prevention-advocacy-group</id>
    <updated>2022-11-29T18:03:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Jeremiah Johnson will be the acting executive director, and Peter Staley will be the new board chair at PrEP4All.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/131872_IAC-2018_f718332e-b9d0-4ead-a94c-e0ad0da49967.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Giving Thanks for a Lifesaving HIV-Positive Heart Transplant [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/giving-thanks-lifesaving-hiv-positive-heart-transplant-montefiore"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/giving-thanks-lifesaving-hiv-positive-heart-transplant-montefiore</id>
    <updated>2022-11-23T17:18:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV-positive heart transplant recipient (and cancer survivor) Miriam Nieves meets the family of the HIV-positive donor, Brittany Newton.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/131749_Bridgette-Newton-Brittanyphoto-miriam-Nieves-julio-Paganhusband-hiv-heart-transplant-montefiorenyc-25nov2022.jpg_596ecd81-13eb-441a-84ba-b0440b174ae1.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[This Pleasure Principle Boosts Condom Use and Fights HIV and STIs]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/pleasure-principle-boosts-condom-use-fights-hiv-stis"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/pleasure-principle-boosts-condom-use-fights-hiv-stis</id>
    <updated>2022-11-22T16:12:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[As sexually transmitted infections spike, the WHO finds that safer-sex efforts are more effective when they mention pleasure.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/131711_iStock-1125912446.jpg_130faffa-9571-443f-9309-39404f3195a6.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Military Sued for Barring People With HIV From Enlisting]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/military-sued-barring-people-hiv-enlisting"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/military-sued-barring-people-hiv-enlisting</id>
    <updated>2022-11-18T15:45:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Lambda Legal, which filed the suit, argues the policy is “discriminatory” and disproportionately affects LGBTQ people and people of color.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/131643_P10-18-006.jpg_b7788259-12e4-420c-8a63-6eefd0dff346.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Pennsylvania Governor Signs “Irresponsible” Law to Criminalize HIV, STIs]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/pennsylvania-governor-signs-irresponsible-law-criminalize-hiv-stis"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/pennsylvania-governor-signs-irresponsible-law-criminalize-hiv-stis</id>
    <updated>2022-11-17T13:10:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Pennsylvania law increases penalties for spitting on a police officer and committing actions that could transmit HIV, hep B and more.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/131551_iStock-1167840469.jpg_52c0f1fe-f65d-429a-b660-0051153bf928.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“I Choose Loving” for the Week Against Transphobia 2022]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/choose-loving-week-transphobia-2022"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/choose-loving-week-transphobia-2022</id>
    <updated>2022-11-15T14:46:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Join virtual events for the Week Against Transphobia, November 14 to 18, which lead up to the Transgender Day of Remembrance on Sunday.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/131462_zero-transphobia-2022-edric-figueroa-facebook-15nov2022.png_a665bb8c-3212-47ce-927e-40c580e2868b.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Out for Delivery: HIV Testing in the Privacy of Your Home]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/free-rapid_HIV-tests"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/free-rapid_HIV-tests</id>
    <updated>2022-11-14T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new program aims to deliver 1 million free rapid HIV tests.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/131079_RH-FOCUS-Wint-22-015.jpg_5fed0b33-c1a8-41ca-94e1-58724ff19ead.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Revisit a Latino AIDS Icon in a New Documentary]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/revisit-latino-aids-icon"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/revisit-latino-aids-icon</id>
    <updated>2022-11-14T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new film honors Pedro Zamora, who starred in The Real World and died hours after the final episode aired.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/131159_P12-22-036.jpg_76830e85-566b-4430-a16f-d8d21498c129.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Sheryl Lee Ralph Wins an Emmy Award]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/sheryl-lee-ralph-wins-emmy-award-abbott-elementary"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/sheryl-lee-ralph-wins-emmy-award-abbott-elementary</id>
    <updated>2022-11-14T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The longtime HIV advocate sang during her thank-you speech.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/131075_sheryl-lee-ralph-emmy-award-youtube-television-academy-sept2022.jpg_119fc4db-1f69-49ce-ad15-1f229f525517.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Elton John Gets Medal for His HIV Advocacy]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/elton-john-gets-medal-hiv-advocacy"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/elton-john-gets-medal-hiv-advocacy</id>
    <updated>2022-11-14T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[President Biden surprised the iconic rocker during a White House concert.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/131070_P12-22-016.jpg_cf5e7fbd-ba78-472f-b468-88caecb72589.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Memorial Quilt Goes South]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-memorial-quilt-south"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-memorial-quilt-south</id>
    <updated>2022-11-14T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Change the Pattern initiative kicks off.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/131081_national-aids-memorial-quilt-southern-initiative-changing-pattern-sept2022.jpeg_a8f75680-abcf-49ba-a889-ecf05d15239d.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Allowing People With HIV to Enlist in the Military]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/allowing-people-hiv-enlist-military"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/allowing-people-hiv-enlist-military</id>
    <updated>2022-11-14T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Congress members seek a change to a federal defense policy.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/131083_iStock-1322669317.jpg_9de9c070-caf3-4724-9bd6-75851d192104.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Helping Community Health Centers End HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/helping-community-health-centers-end-hiv-funding"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/helping-community-health-centers-end-hiv-funding</id>
    <updated>2022-11-14T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The U.S. health department releases over $20 million in funding.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/131085_harold-phillips-onap-nhas-implementation-plan-aug2022.png_f20a89e8-1452-4c85-b1a4-da36ecc5becb.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Of Course Leslie Jordan Advocated for HIV and AIDS Causes]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/course-leslie-jordan-advocated-hiv-aids-causes"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/course-leslie-jordan-advocated-hiv-aids-causes</id>
    <updated>2022-11-11T16:15:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The comedic actor died unexpectedly last month. Along with “Will & Grace” and Instagram posts, Leslie Jordan’s legacy includes HIV work.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/131397_2015-steve-chase5.jpg_77c72b10-bec6-4a88-99f4-05c5b4ad7826.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: Dallas HIV Advocate Venton Jones Elected as State Representative]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/putting-hiv-ballot"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/putting-hiv-ballot</id>
    <updated>2022-11-11T14:26:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Growing up a Black, gay, HIV-positive man, I never thought I would be able to serve my community in this capacity,” says Venton Jones.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/121355_P03-22-045.jpg_d97bae0b-b612-4d8e-a0dd-645454a60a93.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[In a First, San Francisco Elects HIV-Positive Candidate to Board of Supervisors]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/first-san-francisco-elects-hivpositive-candidate-board-supervisors-matt-dorsey"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/first-san-francisco-elects-hivpositive-candidate-board-supervisors-matt-dorsey</id>
    <updated>2022-11-10T15:28:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A gay man who has struggled with addiction and is living with HIV, Matt Dorsey won the race for San Francisco District 6 supervisor.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/131337_matt-dorsey-sf-board-supervisors-by-dennis-hearne-nov2022.jpg_253b03d6-5ee0-4250-9fb6-3ea7e1a8abf6.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Tractor Supply Company Is Sued for HIV Discrimination]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/tractor-supply-company-sued-hiv-discrimination"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/tractor-supply-company-sued-hiv-discrimination</id>
    <updated>2022-11-08T07:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Mississippi-based Tractor Supply Company disclosed an employee’s HIV status and ultimately fired her, alleges the lawsuit.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/130983_gavel-iStock-453975745.jpg_9def723e-2acb-46da-950e-6f2ac99902f5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[10 Ways City Health Efforts Can Include People With HIV, TB and Hepatitis]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/10-ways-city-health-efforts-can-include-people-hiv-tb-hepatitis-sevilla-declaration-iapac"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/10-ways-city-health-efforts-can-include-people-hiv-tb-hepatitis-sevilla-declaration-iapac</id>
    <updated>2022-11-04T17:28:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Signed at a Fast-Track Cities conference, the Sevilla Declaration urges “the centrality of affected communities in urban HIV responses.”<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/130853_iStock-576913134.jpg_3f670b5f-c932-4ec6-b03d-66a6ac6558cb.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet the New Head of Funders Concerned About AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meet-new-head-funders-concerned-aids-hiv-fcaa-masen-davis"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meet-new-head-funders-concerned-aids-hiv-fcaa-masen-davis</id>
    <updated>2022-11-03T16:56:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Masen Davis is the executive director of FCAA. He brings experience fighting for transgender and other marginalized populations.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/130811_masen-davis-FCAA-03nov2022.jpg_128bda75-4d47-4099-ac0e-687587f42989.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$8M Awarded to 17 Community Groups Boosting HIV Prevention for Black Women]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/8m-awarded-17-community-groups-boosting-hiv-prevention-black-women"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/8m-awarded-17-community-groups-boosting-hiv-prevention-black-women</id>
    <updated>2022-11-01T18:26:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The ViiV Healthcare grants are a key element of the company’s Risk to Reason HIV initiative guided by and for Black women.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/130728_WeCareTN-staff-nov2022.jpeg_01ac3af7-e732-4329-9d4a-74a3f6b2dd18.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Putin Reportedly Recruits Prisoners With HIV and Hepatitis for Ukraine War]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/putin-reportedly-recruits-russian-prisoners-hiv-hepatitis-ukraine-war"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/putin-reportedly-recruits-russian-prisoners-hiv-hepatitis-ukraine-war</id>
    <updated>2022-10-28T08:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Meanwhile, to avoid the draft, Russian men resort to breaking their own arms and legs or bribing doctors for fake HIV diagnoses.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/130630_Russia-iStock-187944990.jpg_d3b7dd10-74b7-430e-8e3c-c9a7308ad61e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Amid AIDS Housing Crisis, Atlanta’s Jerusalem House Celebrates 30 Years]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/amid-aids-hiv-housing-crisis-hopwa-atlanta-jerusalem-house-celebrates-30-years"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/amid-aids-hiv-housing-crisis-hopwa-atlanta-jerusalem-house-celebrates-30-years</id>
    <updated>2022-10-26T08:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Federal HOPWA funding to Jerusalem House will be slashed by 44%. But Atlanta’s mayor signals support for bolstering HIV housing.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/130454_atlanta-mayor-andre-dickens-jersualem-house-oct2022.jpg_7c9fa423-76df-4715-9f36-ab46c8eae7bd.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch “Portraits of PrEP” Boost Knowledge of the Meds to Prevent HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-portraits-prep-boost-knowledge-meds-prevent-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-portraits-prep-boost-knowledge-meds-prevent-hiv</id>
    <updated>2022-10-24T14:14:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[As part of PrEP Aware Week 2022, eight PrEP ambassadors promote PrEP to prevent HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/130415_prep-aware-week-portraits-jair-youtube-oct2022.jpg_fca3ba64-ed45-4def-b0a0-b60ae175a8bd.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Day of Action to End Violence Against Women Living With HIV 2022]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-day-action-end-violence-women-living-hiv-2022"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-day-action-end-violence-women-living-hiv-2022</id>
    <updated>2022-10-21T15:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Over half of women with HIV have experienced intimate partner violence. Take action by watching “Living & Loving Well with HIV.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/130355_day-of-action-end-violence-against-women-hiv.jpg_202c773c-4bc8-4d9f-a921-4c9fbd0a8b50.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Chicago Reports Big Drop in New HIV Rates, but Are the Data Skewed?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/chicago-reports-big-drop-new-hiv-rates-data-skewed"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/chicago-reports-big-drop-new-hiv-rates-data-skewed</id>
    <updated>2022-10-19T17:13:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Chicago’s Black, Latino and white populations saw declines in new cases of HIV and AIDS in 2020. However, STIs are on the rise.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/130272_Chicago-iStock-611206120.jpg_4f3b8476-1fab-4c6c-81eb-0303e58a4d7d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Angela Lansbury Was Also a Pioneering AIDS Advocate]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/angela-lansbury-also-pioneering-hiv-aids-advocate"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/angela-lansbury-also-pioneering-hiv-aids-advocate</id>
    <updated>2022-10-18T18:12:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A beloved star of TV, film and stage, Angela Lansbury died last week at age 96. Let’s not forget her “tireless efforts against AIDS.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/130247_agela-lansbury-nytimes-youtube-oct2022.png_42edf62c-3b99-4060-b638-6ea23272465b.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day 2022]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-latinx-aids-awareness-day-2022-latino-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-latinx-aids-awareness-day-2022-latino-hiv</id>
    <updated>2022-10-14T18:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“You Choose!” is the theme of this year’s #NLAAD, highlighting new HIV prevention and treatment options.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/130202_nationa-latinx-hiv-day-spanish-cdc-14oct2022.jpg_12305f1d-47d7-4fed-94a1-3dde1dc0b20d.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[See the Magic of 2022’s U.S. Conference on HIV/AIDS in 17 Pics and Posts]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/magic-2022-us-conference-hiv-pics-posts-uscha-nmac-puerto-rico"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/magic-2022-us-conference-hiv-pics-posts-uscha-nmac-puerto-rico</id>
    <updated>2022-10-13T15:11:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Held in Puerto Rico, #2022USCHA highlighted HIV in Latino populations, language justice, storytelling, music and much more.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/130168_north-jersey-comunity-research-initiative-newarknjcri-uscha-oct2022.jpg_9b5a0e18-3290-4b23-a53c-b98461073f08.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A New Film Honors Latino AIDS Icon Pedro Zamora—and You Can Stream It This Week!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-film-honors-latino-hiv-aids-lgbtq-gay-icon-pedro-zamora-can-stream-now"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-film-honors-latino-hiv-aids-lgbtq-gay-icon-pedro-zamora-can-stream-now</id>
    <updated>2022-10-10T17:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A documentary revisits HIV and LGBTQ hero Pedro Zamora, who starred in “The Real World” and died hours after the final episode aired.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/130128_P12-22-036.jpg_3e6086bd-e3ee-4d75-8432-e88289b67c8e.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[U.S. Conference on HIV/AIDS 2022 to Highlight Latinos in the Epidemic]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/us-conference-hivaids-2022-highlight-latinos-epidemic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/us-conference-hivaids-2022-highlight-latinos-epidemic</id>
    <updated>2022-10-07T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[#2022USCHA takes place October 8 to 11 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Here’s how you can stay updated from anywhere.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/130093_iStock-1131662617.jpg_0760e74c-6792-4d03-85b5-170384668373.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch the PBS Special “Ending HIV in America” [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-pbs-special-ending-hiv-america-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-pbs-special-ending-hiv-america-video</id>
    <updated>2022-10-05T17:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Focused on San Francisco and Birmingham, the “Nova” film explores the progress, advocacy and challenges involved in ending HIV in America.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/130056_ending-HIV-America-pbs-nova-oct2022.jpg_5312b879-da33-489d-9db1-068c484ce247.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Activist Tony Valenzuela Helms LGBTQ ONE Archives]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-activist-tony-valenzuela-helms-lgbtq-one-archives"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-activist-tony-valenzuela-helms-lgbtq-one-archives</id>
    <updated>2022-10-03T15:12:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[ONE’s Tony Valenzuela recently led the LA-based Foundation for the AIDS Monument. In 1999, he caused a stir on the cover of POZ.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/129983_tony-valenzuela-one-archives-oct2022.png_7197d6a5-b414-4166-bd65-6675aa0943f2.png" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Black Faith and HIV” Aims to End the Epidemic by Engaging Religious Leaders]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/black-faith-hiv-aims-end-epidemic-engaging-religious-leaders-wake-forest-gilead-sciences-compass"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/black-faith-hiv-aims-end-epidemic-engaging-religious-leaders-wake-forest-gilead-sciences-compass</id>
    <updated>2022-09-30T18:36:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Wake Forest University’s Faith Coordinating Center launched the Black Faith and HIV initiative with hopes of building a national movement.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/129916_iStock-134205619.jpg_79085c2f-6d85-416a-b8ea-28eda0a464c7.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2022]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-gay-mens-hivaids-awareness-day-2022"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-gay-mens-hivaids-awareness-day-2022</id>
    <updated>2022-09-27T06:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[While encouraging HIV testing, prevention and treatment among gay and bisexual men, #NGMHAAD 2022 also raises awareness of monkeypox.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/129790_ngmhaad-cdc-sept2022-habla-vih.jpg_8c8e54b7-ee57-4414-8692-5a90f17832a4.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch a “Flabbergasted” Elton John Receive a Medal for His HIV Advocacy]]></title>
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    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-flabbergasted-elton-john-receive-medal-hiv-advocacy-white-house-biden</id>
    <updated>2022-09-26T15:56:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Biden surprised the iconic rocker during a White House concert by awarding him the National Humanities Medal for his HIV and AIDS work.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/129782_elton-john-biden-white-house-cspan-sept2022.png_6bbe72ca-8ce0-471f-b790-72dcdf953f88.png" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Actualizaciones de las políticas del Departamento de Defensa]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/actualizaciones-de-las-politicas-del-departamento-de-defensa"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/actualizaciones-de-las-politicas-del-departamento-de-defensa</id>
    <updated>2022-09-26T11:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Miembros del servicio con carga indetectable de VIH pueden participar en actividades militares.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/129648_dog-tags-HEP-Flip-SU-18-005.jpg_ef3e26f7-22de-48c2-a675-85d64522c336.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[People Living With HIV Become Art]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/people-living-hiv-become-art"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/people-living-hiv-become-art</id>
    <updated>2022-09-26T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The “I Am a Work of ART” campaign promotes viral suppression.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/129451_Work-of-Art-1.jpg_daf5fcc6-5726-4a9f-8f3f-80f619543fbc.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Ending AIDS in Children by 2030]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/ending-aids-children-2030"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/ending-aids-children-2030</id>
    <updated>2022-09-26T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Only half of kids with HIV are currently on treatment.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/129456_P10-22-033.jpg_9b2dbc77-dbad-49bb-b821-b782e3e35c33.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[An HIV-Positive to HIV-Positive Heart Transplant]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-positive-heart-transplant-kidney"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-positive-heart-transplant-kidney</id>
    <updated>2022-09-26T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The recipient was a woman in her 60s living with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/129458_P10-22-032.jpg_60b7e8c0-fbc5-41d4-acef-c7b4528b48fe.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS as Fact and Fiction in a Novel About a Black Gay Activist]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-fact-fiction-hiv-debut-novel-gay-activist-new-york-city-rasheed-newson"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-fact-fiction-hiv-debut-novel-gay-activist-new-york-city-rasheed-newson</id>
    <updated>2022-09-26T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In Rasheed Newson’s debut novel, a Black gay activist comes of age in 1980s New York City.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/129442_P10-22-042.jpg_2918428c-dcdf-4d41-8266-07f1799d24c9.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Folks at AIDS Walk Delaware Raise HIV Funds and Get Vaxxed]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/folks-aids-walk-delaware-raise-hiv-funds-get-vaxxed-monkeypox-flu"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/folks-aids-walk-delaware-raise-hiv-funds-get-vaxxed-monkeypox-flu</id>
    <updated>2022-09-23T14:35:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Monkeypox and flu vaccines were offered at AIDS Walk Delaware, which supports HIV services in the state.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/129742_aids-walk-delaware-sept2022-sussex-pride-twitter.jpg_b633798e-820e-4c24-82f1-542e8d9ffb7f.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Out for Delivery: Nation’s Largest-Ever HIV Self-Testing Program]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/delivery-nations-largestever-hiv-selftesting-program-together-takemehome-emory"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/delivery-nations-largestever-hiv-selftesting-program-together-takemehome-emory</id>
    <updated>2022-09-21T14:35:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Together TakeMeHome program aims to deliver 1 million free rapid HIV tests. It’s funded by the CDC and led by Emory University.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/129621_iStock-1292763278.jpg_410d6fea-ed4b-4c67-af7e-9120112c3adc.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day 2022]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-hivaids-aging-awareness-day-2022"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-hivaids-aging-awareness-day-2022</id>
    <updated>2022-09-16T13:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Sunday, September 18, is all about #HIVandAging. Here are seven common reasons older adults could be living with HIV without knowing it.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/129386_iStock-1278361078.jpg_fc2a8bf7-f70b-44b5-a93d-f410b303739c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Let Sheryl Lee Ralph’s Emmy Acceptance Speech Fill Your Soul [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/let-sheryl-lee-ralph-emmy-acceptance-speech-fill-soul-video-hiv-advocacy"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/let-sheryl-lee-ralph-emmy-acceptance-speech-fill-soul-video-hiv-advocacy</id>
    <updated>2022-09-13T17:52:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“I am an endangered species, but I sing no victim’s song,” belted Sheryl Lee Ralph, longtime HIV advocate, during her thank-you speech.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/129229_sheryl-lee-ralph-emmy-award-youtube-television-academy-sept2022.jpg_9f2eb4d8-c499-43f3-9ed4-25003fb061be.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Allow People With HIV and Hepatitis B to Enlist in the Military, Urge Lawmakers]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/allow-people-hiv-hepatitis-b-enlist-military-urge-lawmakers"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/allow-people-hiv-hepatitis-b-enlist-military-urge-lawmakers</id>
    <updated>2022-09-12T11:28:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Congress members write to Biden, pushing for the Department of Defense to allow people with HIV and hepatitis B to enlist in the military.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/129175_iStock-1322669317.jpg_169e0c7a-cd06-444b-9cfe-e5eae859a59b.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Patient Groups Sue U.S. Health Department Over Co-Pay Rules]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/patient-groups-hiv-diabetes-hepatitis-sue-us-health-department-copay-rules"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/patient-groups-hiv-diabetes-hepatitis-sue-us-health-department-copay-rules</id>
    <updated>2022-09-09T14:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Insurers should allow co-pay assistance to count as out-of-pocket spending, claims HHS lawsuit by HIV, hepatitis and diabetes advocates.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/129121_pills-money-iStock-514385888.jpg_f6275860-fa9b-462b-af52-35db519b320a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$20M in Federal Funds to Help Community Health Centers End HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/20m-federal-funds-help-community-health-centers-end-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/20m-federal-funds-help-community-health-centers-end-hiv</id>
    <updated>2022-09-05T08:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[As the U.S. Health Department announces the new HIV funds, the White House releases its plan to implement the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/128921_harold-phillips-onap-nhas-implementation-plan-aug2022.png_799da7b4-f401-4854-8734-a7726c88cb68.png" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Memorial Quilt Heads to the South to “Change the Pattern”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-memorial-quilt-heads-south-change-pattern"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-memorial-quilt-heads-south-change-pattern</id>
    <updated>2022-09-02T08:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The AIDS Memorial Quilt’s Change the Pattern HIV initiative will launch in Mississippi and focus on Black and brown communities.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/128918_national-aids-memorial-quilt-southern-initiative-changing-pattern-sept2022.jpeg_c37e2b39-09e3-472e-9fa0-2c46ef9f41fe.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Princess Diana’s AIDS Advocacy Continue to Inspire]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/princess-dianas-aids-advocacy-continues-inspire-videos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/princess-dianas-aids-advocacy-continues-inspire-videos</id>
    <updated>2022-08-31T05:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Twenty-five years after her death on August 31, 1997, Princess Diana’s legacy still teaches compassion for people with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/128884_diana-princess.jpg_daa4b9b9-974b-4fd4-a7e2-eae38a3b7d3f.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Charlie Sheen Settles HIV Lawsuit With Ex]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/charlie-sheen-settles-hiv-lawsuit-ex"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/charlie-sheen-settles-hiv-lawsuit-ex</id>
    <updated>2022-08-29T15:02:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In the 2017 lawsuit, the woman—a “Russian émigré”—claimed that Charlie Sheen knowingly exposed her to HIV during condomless sex.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/128776_Charlie-Sheen-shutterstock-106231562.jpg_7671a44d-9477-4fec-98b2-7ccce2c8da47.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Faith HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2022 [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-faith-hivaids-awareness-day-2022-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-faith-hivaids-awareness-day-2022-video</id>
    <updated>2022-08-26T14:22:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Watch a livestream of the film “My Faith, My Story” for this HIV awareness day, which is held the last Sunday of each August.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/128713_my-faith-my-story-hiv-faith-day-youtube-aug2021.png_ef8e87af-5738-406e-b9dc-7c3ac8a9d3a5.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Red Ribbon Ride Wraps Up Amid an HIV Outbreak in the Twin Cities [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/red-ribbon-ride-wraps-amid-hiv-outbreak-twin-cities-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/red-ribbon-ride-wraps-amid-hiv-outbreak-twin-cities-video</id>
    <updated>2022-08-24T17:22:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The AIDS bike ride through Minnesota raises funds for three HIV service organizations in the state, including a camp for children.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/128654_red-ribbon-ride-minnesota-instagram-august2022.png_caa95943-ce5f-44ed-b939-a1b38713b2fb.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Facts and Fiction Collide in This Clever Novel of AIDS Activism]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/facts-fiction-collide-clever-novel-aids-activism-rasheed-newson-government-means-kill-me-hiv-gay"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/facts-fiction-collide-clever-novel-aids-activism-rasheed-newson-government-means-kill-me-hiv-gay</id>
    <updated>2022-08-22T17:49:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Rasheed Newson discusses his debut novel, “My Government Means to Kill Me,” about a Black gay HIV activist coming of age in 1980s NYC.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/128598_rasheed-newson-author-by-photog-christopher-marrs-aug2022.jpg_e9f10058-e4f7-4d46-950c-4d50df40ed66.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2022]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/southern-hivaids-awareness-day-2022"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/southern-hivaids-awareness-day-2022</id>
    <updated>2022-08-19T15:35:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[There’s an HIV crisis in the South. Participate in #SHAAD on Saturday, August 20, and change the narrative around the epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/128550_iStock-940969224.jpg_e285ac6a-4f5b-4f8a-b1b5-7a737c6853f1.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$4.5M Joint Effort to Improve Black HIV Care in Three Southern Cities]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/45m-joint-effort-improve-black-hiv-care-three-southern-cities-gilead-sciences-morehouse-school-medicine-xavier-university-covid"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/45m-joint-effort-improve-black-hiv-care-three-southern-cities-gilead-sciences-morehouse-school-medicine-xavier-university-covid</id>
    <updated>2022-08-17T17:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Gilead Sciences, the Morehouse School of Medicine and Xavier University boost HIV care for Black Americans in a COVID-impacted South.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/128506_morehouse-school-medicine-atlanta-gilead-southern-grant-aug2022.png_cc214c1b-1323-4713-ba7b-1afc38dabf77.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Historic AIDS Group GMHC Marks Founders Day and 40th Anniversary]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/historic-aids-group-gmhc-marks-founders-day-40th-anniversary"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/historic-aids-group-gmhc-marks-founders-day-40th-anniversary</id>
    <updated>2022-08-15T17:03:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[GMHC will honor cofounder Larry Mass, MD, and ex-CEO Kelsey Louie at its fall gala. Plus: Listen to a gay podcast episode on its history.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/128439_gmhc-founders-day-nyc-aids-memorial-facebook-aug2022.jpg_66161ba4-bdf7-444f-aa44-0614e8bb4fbd.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Defense Department Updates Policy]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/defense-department-updates-policy"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/defense-department-updates-policy</id>
    <updated>2022-08-15T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Those with undetectable HIV can deploy.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/128182_P09-22-030.jpg_3032e2be-a503-4f85-ad6a-2d9d9eae6a7b.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Do You Wanna Funk?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/wanna-funk"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/wanna-funk</id>
    <updated>2022-08-15T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Songs of the early HIV epidemic<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/128192_P09-22-027.jpg_46cab958-3a9c-4f1f-8ba8-eec2934205fc.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Pharma Giants and LGBTQ Groups Help Fund Monkeypox Response]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-pharma-giants-lgbtq-groups-help-fund-monkeypox-response-gilead-viiv-glaad-nmac-hrc-nbjc"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-pharma-giants-lgbtq-groups-help-fund-monkeypox-response-gilead-viiv-glaad-nmac-hrc-nbjc</id>
    <updated>2022-08-12T15:17:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Gilead, ViiV, NMAC, HRC, NBJC, GLAAD and others offer $5.5 million in grants to help community groups respond to monkeypox.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/128351_iStock-1050719352.jpg_4334f210-9075-4bf8-b430-860c2a19e9e5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New CEO to Helm God’s Love We Deliver, Longtime Provider of Free Meals]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-ceo-helm-gods-love-deliver-longtime-provider-free-meals-hiv-monkeypox-nyc"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-ceo-helm-gods-love-deliver-longtime-provider-free-meals-hiv-monkeypox-nyc</id>
    <updated>2022-08-10T16:51:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Each day, God’s Love We Deliver supplies over 10,000 meals to New Yorkers with HIV and other illnesses—including monkeypox.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/128292_gods-love-we-deliver-ceo-aug2022.png_83675047-0e63-47f0-9c2a-49e217622c5a.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New HIV Housing Complex Opens in Austin, Texas [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-hiv-housing-complex-opens-austin-texas-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-hiv-housing-complex-opens-austin-texas-video</id>
    <updated>2022-08-08T16:54:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: Project Transitions, a central Texas nonprofit, lists six benefits to building supporting housing for people with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/128121_project-transitions-hiv-homes-austin-tx-aug2022.png_08d54072-5f73-4d6c-b6ae-c0abedf0d06d.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch People Living With HIV Become a Work of ART]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-people-living-hiv-become-work-art"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-people-living-hiv-become-work-art</id>
    <updated>2022-08-05T16:07:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The “I Am a Work of ART” campaign promotes viral suppression and U=U among folks living with HIV but not on antiretroviral therapy.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/127993_Work-of-ART-tboy-hivgov-aug2022-1.jpg_b0993cb3-d798-4fcb-990b-c68e0fc91659.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Four Pivotal Steps Needed to End AIDS in Children by 2030 [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/four-pivotal-steps-needed-end-aids-children-2030"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/four-pivotal-steps-needed-end-aids-children-2030</id>
    <updated>2022-08-03T16:47:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new global alliance launches to end AIDS in children by 2030. Currently, only half of children with HIV are on lifesaving treatment.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/127946_global-alliance-end-aids-children-unaids-unicef-youtube2022-copy.jpg_6d603ab3-1114-4456-810c-e67f5e1d6c6b.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[World’s First HIV-Positive to HIV-Positive Heart Transplant]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/worlds-first-hivpositive-hivpositive-heart-transplant-montefiore-nyc"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/worlds-first-hivpositive-hivpositive-heart-transplant-montefiore-nyc</id>
    <updated>2022-08-01T16:52:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The heart transplant recipient—a woman in her sixties—also received a new kidney during the surgery at a Bronx, New York, hospital.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/127827_iStock-1131552689.jpg_89436014-c61c-473e-a1f8-0ac2ccccf400.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[ViiV to Allow Generics of Its Long-Acting Injectable PrEP to Prevent HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/viiv-allow-generics-longacting-injectable-cabotegravir-prep-prevent-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/viiv-allow-generics-longacting-injectable-cabotegravir-prep-prevent-hiv</id>
    <updated>2022-07-29T16:46:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Generic cabotegravir, an every-other-month injectable to prevent HIV, will arrive in select countries. WHO and Health Gap have opinions.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/127747_PrEP-injectable.jpg_f2b56bfe-b884-4add-9865-3da84306ed6e.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[International AIDS Conference Kicks Off in Montreal—and on Your Screens]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/international-aids-conference-kicks-montreal-screens-hiv-aids-2022"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/international-aids-conference-kicks-montreal-screens-hiv-aids-2022</id>
    <updated>2022-07-27T11:43:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Held in person and virtually, AIDS 2022 is the world’s largest HIV-related gathering. From cure news to advocacy, here’s what to expect.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/127627_iStock-497521238.jpg_6908dfb2-dec8-4df6-afd0-1d1ca1eff117.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Vivent Health to Expand Its HIV Medical Home in Milwaukee]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/vivent-health-expand-hiv-medical-home-milwaukee"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/vivent-health-expand-hiv-medical-home-milwaukee</id>
    <updated>2022-07-25T15:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Located in a medically underserved area, Vivent’s new Milwaukee HIV clinic will care for an additional 1,000 clients.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/127494_vivent-health-medical-home-youtube-july2022.png_e5ef6f6b-1d3f-4906-8b7c-0c8d191d7851.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$2M Awarded to 4 Groups to Boost HIV Services for Transgender Clients]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/2m-awarded-4-groups-boost-hiv-services-transgender-clients"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/2m-awarded-4-groups-boost-hiv-services-transgender-clients</id>
    <updated>2022-07-22T17:17:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[CDC funding to the four health centers aims to improve HIV care as well as services for mental health and substance use disorders.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/127481_A-transgender-woman-in-a-hospital-gown-having-a-conversation-with-a-doctor-a-transgender-man.jpg_ed5fa31f-d2d4-45f1-bad1-161863414cb1.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Black HIV Advocates Plan Summit to Address PrEP Disparities]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/black-hiv-advocates-plan-summit-address-prep-disparities"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/black-hiv-advocates-plan-summit-address-prep-disparities</id>
    <updated>2022-07-20T14:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The “PrEP in Black America” summit aims to promote, educate and implement HIV prevention in African-American communities.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/127377_prep-in-black-america-instagram-prep4all-july2022.png_a87bcc24-9cca-4f41-99b7-1cdf59869dd5.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Hunter Reynolds, an Artist and Activist Who Explored AIDS and Gender]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-hunter-reynolds-artist-activist-explored-aids-gender"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-hunter-reynolds-artist-activist-explored-aids-gender</id>
    <updated>2022-07-18T16:12:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An HIV-positive gay man who performed as Patina du Prey, Hunter Reynolds was a member of ACT UP. Here’s his latest art book.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/127312_P06-22-001.jpg_548ebd1e-e119-4135-9b0f-ab89ccc6e3f1.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Lawyer Who Fought Abortion Rights Takes Aim at HIV Prevention PrEP]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/lawyer-fought-abortion-rights-takes-aim-hiv-prevention-prep"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lawyer-fought-abortion-rights-takes-aim-hiv-prevention-prep</id>
    <updated>2022-07-15T15:08:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Requiring insurers to cover PrEP encourages homosexual behavior, promiscuity and drug use, claims a federal lawsuit by Jonathan Mitchell.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/127270_truvada-horizontal.jpg_5d76c207-07f2-410b-b234-b227fc3d3390.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Real World: Homecoming” Omits Danny Roberts’s HIV Storyline]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/real-world-homecoming-new-orleans-omits-gay-lgbtq-danny-robertss-hiv-storyline"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/real-world-homecoming-new-orleans-omits-gay-lgbtq-danny-robertss-hiv-storyline</id>
    <updated>2022-07-13T17:38:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“It feels like a huge missed opportunity,” says reality TV star Danny Roberts, who has been living with HIV for 11 years.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/127210_P07-22-029.jpg_eea2f849-611d-4cc2-8be1-4b21130b2a3f.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Add Your Own Face to This Iconic Artwork From a Gay AIDS Activist]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/add-face-iconic-artwork-gay-lgbtq-hiv-aids-activist-david-wojnarowicz-one-day-kid"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/add-face-iconic-artwork-gay-lgbtq-hiv-aids-activist-david-wojnarowicz-one-day-kid</id>
    <updated>2022-07-11T14:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Artist David Wojnarowicz died 30 years ago. A photo of yourself can now be part of his LGBTQ-themed poster “One Day This Kid.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/127151_one-day-this-kid-Wojnarowicz-july2022.png_997c7b00-98be-4a81-a3fc-6d3ae4ceb046.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Does HIV Persist for Decades in People on Antiretrovirals?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-persist-decades-people-antiretrovirals"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-persist-decades-people-antiretrovirals</id>
    <updated>2022-07-08T14:16:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Two Campbell Foundation grantees hope to find out and better understand the HIV reservoir. Their work could help research for a cure.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/127114_Africa-Map-iStock-10318633-XLARGE.jpg_ab6a6dc9-8574-47bc-a753-b0c4cb83de2d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Florida Man Arrested in $230M HIV Drug Scam]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/florida-man-arrested-230m-hiv-drug-scam"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/florida-man-arrested-230m-hiv-drug-scam</id>
    <updated>2022-07-06T16:20:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Miami businessman, who was released on bond, is accused of running HIV drug distribution schemes in Florida and other states.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/127059_CHSu-20-006.jpg_5234ed23-9f8e-4329-9f46-ce0e15fbb1a5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch a Powerful HIV Disclosure (With Self-Esteem Vitamins!) on Fox Soul]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-powerful-hiv-disclosure-selfesteem-vitamins-fox-soul"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-powerful-hiv-disclosure-selfesteem-vitamins-fox-soul</id>
    <updated>2022-07-01T17:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“I don’t like saying I’m HIV positive,” said host Aaron Johnson Levy. “I prefer saying I’m living with untransmittable HIV.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/126973_aaron-johnson-levy-the-house-fox-soul-youtube-june2022.png_6b2d2559-ad43-4dd6-90d2-4336ecdb7d8c.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch XXX Broadway Talent Bare It All to Fight HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-xxx-broadway-talent-bare-fight-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-xxx-broadway-talent-bare-fight-hiv</id>
    <updated>2022-06-30T07:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The 30th “Broadway Bares” one-night-only, in-person burlesque raised $1.89 million for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/126915_broadwaybares-xxx-youtube-june2022.jpg_072a5f01-c726-42d0-af16-4e3feecd85f6.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Retire the Word “Risk”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/retire-word-risk"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/retire-word-risk</id>
    <updated>2022-06-27T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In ViiV’s new initiative, Black women offer stigma-free language.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/126557_P07-22-023.jpg_5e8fe46c-4a00-4e78-aab0-ed7bde6563ab.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Seeing One Another Without Judgment]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/seeing-one-another-without-judgment"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/seeing-one-another-without-judgment</id>
    <updated>2022-06-27T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Cultural influencers promote HIV prevention.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/126561_P07-22-024.jpg_d57acb04-1f7b-4bbb-a55c-1985fccc21d3.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV in The Real World]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-real-world"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-real-world</id>
    <updated>2022-06-27T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Danny Roberts returns in New Orleans Homecoming and battles HIV stigma.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/126564_P07-22-026.jpg_381166e3-e46e-4006-8d9f-b8f67b2c241c.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Getting HIV Aid to Ukraine]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/getting-hiv-aid-ukraine"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/getting-hiv-aid-ukraine</id>
    <updated>2022-06-27T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Global groups unite to deliver meds.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/126569_P07-22-028.jpg_bcc6c3f9-d2a2-4f0f-845b-a3a6d8c9afad.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Faith &amp; Vaccines]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/faith-vaccines"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/faith-vaccines</id>
    <updated>2022-06-27T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Researchers reach out to faith communities.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/126571_P07-22-030.jpg_398caa6c-7a5d-48a0-9d05-ba6c8692095d.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National HIV Testing Day 2022]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-hiv-testing-day-2022"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-hiv-testing-day-2022</id>
    <updated>2022-06-27T07:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“HIV Testing Is Self-Care” is this year’s theme. Today, you have more options than ever to get tested, including free self-tests.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/126820_hiv-self-testing-cdc-july2021-june2022.png_dcc2f995-ddd4-4fdf-bec5-d719faf0a4fa.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Statements of Outrage Over the Supreme Court’s Abortion Ruling]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/statements-outrage-supreme-courts-abortion-ruling"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/statements-outrage-supreme-courts-abortion-ruling</id>
    <updated>2022-06-24T18:05:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV, LGBTQ and civil rights groups condemn the ruling that overturns Roe v. Wade and undermines other rights.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/126792_P10-20-004.jpg_b0c7dc2c-c605-4141-8904-81a13e18e059.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[She Lost Her Best Friend to AIDS in ’92. Listen to Her Tell That Story Today]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/lost-best-friend-aids-hiv-92-listen-tell-story-today"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lost-best-friend-aids-hiv-92-listen-tell-story-today</id>
    <updated>2022-06-24T17:58:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In the two-part podcast “Tim,” Abby Stokes brings to life the profound love and loss of the early AIDS epidemic in New York City.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/126804_TIMABBY-PARTY.jpg_9b02118d-b93f-4cb5-a582-148dac254ec9.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hospital Patient Data Secretly Sent to Facebook, Alleges Lawsuit]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hospital-patient-data-secretly-sent-facebook-alleges-lawsuit"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hospital-patient-data-secretly-sent-facebook-alleges-lawsuit</id>
    <updated>2022-06-22T15:37:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A tracking tool on hospital websites sent private data, such as appointments and prescriptions, to Facebook, claims a report.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/126688_CH-Sp-20-015.jpg_0f536d8c-8946-4783-8e95-bdc44abdb737.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[U.S. Awards $115M Through Ryan White Funds to End HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/us-awards-115m-ryan-white-funds-end-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/us-awards-115m-ryan-white-funds-end-hiv</id>
    <updated>2022-06-20T16:20:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The 60 recipients of federal Ryan White funding work to prevent HIV transmission and improve access to care and treatment.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/126537_iStock-157583467.jpg_a6e6d722-c8fe-4eab-823e-c8e5c5599efa.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Supreme Court Rules Against Cuts to 340B Medicare Funding at Hospitals]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/supreme-court-rules-cuts-340b-medicare-funding-hospitals"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/supreme-court-rules-cuts-340b-medicare-funding-hospitals</id>
    <updated>2022-06-17T13:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The court sided with the hospitals, which challenged a $1.6 billion Trump-era cut to 340B Medicare reimbursements.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/126490_pills-money-is-000042533864.jpg_b9c8c4cb-e06d-4d11-97df-9ee1ad747c9f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Illinois Pharmacists Can Now Prescribe HIV Prevention Meds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/illinois-pharmacists-can-now-prescribe-hiv-prevention-meds"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/illinois-pharmacists-can-now-prescribe-hiv-prevention-meds</id>
    <updated>2022-06-15T17:45:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new law allows people to get PrEP and PEP from pharmacists without first seeing a doctor. Another boosts Black-led HIV resources.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/126370_iStock-1135377739.jpg_c0f17c4d-6112-4a65-8dae-87fc2f814942.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Do You Wanna Funk at an AIDS Memorial?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/wanna-funk-new-yor-city-aids-memorial-hiv-song-dance"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/wanna-funk-new-yor-city-aids-memorial-hiv-song-dance</id>
    <updated>2022-06-10T16:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[New art and music programs at the New York City AIDS Memorial highlight songs of the early HIV epidemic, from Sylvester to Bronski Beat.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/126177_nyc-aids-memorial-songs-for-memorial-steven-evans-june2022.png_c1f35cab-5b4f-4022-ae24-34ec32fd6df8.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Service Members With Undetectable HIV Can Remain Deployable]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/service-members-undetectable-hiv-can-remain-deployable"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/service-members-undetectable-hiv-can-remain-deployable</id>
    <updated>2022-06-08T15:38:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An updated Department of Defense policy also affects a recent federal lawsuit filed by a Latino military college student with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/126120_military-iStock-858692044.jpg_9b778126-2f49-4827-9b32-f84a6a98f7a9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Baseball’s Dodgers Honor Player Glenn Burke, a Gay Pioneer Lost to AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/baseballs-dodgers-honor-player-glenn-burke-gay-pioneer-lost-aids-hiv-lgbtq"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/baseballs-dodgers-honor-player-glenn-burke-gay-pioneer-lost-aids-hiv-lgbtq</id>
    <updated>2022-06-06T15:43:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Major League Baseball’s first openly gay player, Glenn Burke is also credited with inventing the high-five.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/126015_glenn-burke-documentary-youtube.png_d09e4b5c-d4ca-431c-9f0d-8ccfd0f1f917.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day 2022]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-longterm-survivors-awareness-day-2022"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-longterm-survivors-awareness-day-2022</id>
    <updated>2022-06-03T17:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[#HLTSAD—which is Sunday, June 5—urges you to #Mobilize2Thrive and prioritize the quality of life for HIV long-term survivors.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/125949_HIV-long-term-survivors-explain-AIDS-survivor-syndrome-hltsad-vimeo.png_30012162-4d1b-4e3b-8218-2ddbd391e39d.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Disputes Over the New Global Strategy to Combat HIV, Hepatitis and STIs]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/disputes-new-global-strategy-combat-hiv-hepatitis-stis-who-wha"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/disputes-new-global-strategy-combat-hiv-hepatitis-stis-who-wha</id>
    <updated>2022-06-01T16:24:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Conservative nations objected to “sexual rights” in the WHA’s global plan to fight HIV, hepatitis and sexually transmitted infections.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/125814_P01-20-018.jpg_84e2ab87-b752-4c8e-8fcf-b3387097292f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Urvashi Vaid, LGBTQ and AIDS Activist, Attorney and Leader]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-urvashi-vaid-lgbtq-aids-activist-attorney-leader"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-urvashi-vaid-lgbtq-aids-activist-attorney-leader</id>
    <updated>2022-05-27T17:08:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A vocal and respected LGBTQ author and advocate, Urvashi Vaid also championed HIV issues during the early AIDS epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/125651_urvashi-vaid-youtube-2014-obit-may2022.png_1108b883-a934-4747-a47b-8f85ff471f50.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Jill Biden Visits HIV Shelter in Panama, Announces $80.9M in AIDS Funds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/jill-biden-visits-hiv-shelter-panama-announces-809m-aids-funds"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/jill-biden-visits-hiv-shelter-panama-announces-809m-aids-funds</id>
    <updated>2022-05-25T17:29:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The U.S. funding arrives from PEPFAR and goes to the Americas; $12.2 million is being directed to HIV services in Panama.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/125499_jill-biden-panama-pepfar-twitter-may2022.jpg_27f30b8a-3a71-4b1a-b327-8d51f8e80a6e.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Beyoncé’s Mom, an OnlyFans Star and a Sports Analyst Tackle HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-beyonces-mom-onlyfans-star-sports-analyst-tackle-hiv-tina-knowles-lawson-jalen-rose-reno-gold-viiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-beyonces-mom-onlyfans-star-sports-analyst-tackle-hiv-tina-knowles-lawson-jalen-rose-reno-gold-viiv</id>
    <updated>2022-05-24T17:38:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Cultural influencers take off their blindfolds to destigmatize HIV prevention in ViiV’s “Me in You, You in Me” campaign. [VIDEOS]<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/125449_viiv-me-in-you-Jalen-Rose-Tina-Knowles-Lawson-may2022.jpg_6c289ca1-b7a2-4f64-8f16-e8ab9f4f35e8.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Guess Who’s the New No. 1 Philanthropic Funder of HIV Programs]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/guess-new-1-philanthropic-funder-hiv-programs-fcaa-gilead-sciences"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/guess-new-1-philanthropic-funder-hiv-programs-fcaa-gilead-sciences</id>
    <updated>2022-05-23T17:12:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Drugmaker Gilead Sciences led in private HIV/AIDS funding, reports FCAA, noting “a dangerous reliance on a shrinking pool of funders.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/125333_dollar-life-preserver-iStock-000011581302-Full.jpg_c0271090-e745-447f-9445-43cae9261cac.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Philadelphia’s Alternative AIDS Memorial Experience]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/philadelphias-alternative-hiv-aids-memorial-experience-remembrance"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/philadelphias-alternative-hiv-aids-memorial-experience-remembrance</id>
    <updated>2022-05-20T13:45:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Remembrance,” a program honoring Philadelphians lost to HIV/AIDS, includes a theatrical piece, a “going home” ceremony and more.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/125264_philadelphia-aids-memorial-2022-going-home-Urns-by-alex-stadler.jpg_e3081dc2-ee53-4801-9f5d-393ca0d8f8dc.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hepatitis Testing Day 2022]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-hepatitis-testing-day-2022"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-hepatitis-testing-day-2022</id>
    <updated>2022-05-19T08:10:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Millions of Americans are living with viral hepatitis. #HepTestingDay urges you to find out whether you’re one of them.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/125233_P04-22-008.jpg_ad9296c5-b017-4039-adf9-5ec3c851e7af.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Asian &amp; Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2022]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-asian-pacific-islander-hivaids-awareness-day-apimay19-2022"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-asian-pacific-islander-hivaids-awareness-day-apimay19-2022</id>
    <updated>2022-05-19T07:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This #APIMay19, do your part to combat HIV stigma in Asian and Pacific Islander communities. Here’s how.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/125231_national-asia-pacific-islander-hiv-aids-awareness-day-napimay19-cdc-hiv-napihaad-2022.png_0f67f368-7594-47ce-a64f-aa91ac565cc9.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Vaccine Awareness Day 2022]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-vaccine-awareness-day-2022"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-vaccine-awareness-day-2022</id>
    <updated>2022-05-18T07:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[What have we learned from the COVID-19 pandemic, and what’s the future of HIV vaccine research? Find out this #HVAD2022.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/125194_iStock-1295693740.jpg_25888dd6-c05e-4ffd-9f09-9132ca426278.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[One Way to Improve Racial and Ethnic Diversity in Clinical Trials]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/one-way-improve-racial-ethnic-diversity-clinical-trials-black-latino"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/one-way-improve-racial-ethnic-diversity-clinical-trials-black-latino</id>
    <updated>2022-05-17T14:21:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A study found that only 43% of clinical trials reported race and ethnicity. The FDA issued guidance to address these inequalities.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/125192_doctor-iStock-468098378.jpg_22b2720f-1a6a-4298-b146-b56f1b842e3d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Join Latino AIDS Group’s Fight Against Homophobia]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/join-latino-aids-groups-fight-homophobia"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/join-latino-aids-groups-fight-homophobia</id>
    <updated>2022-05-16T11:42:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“I Choose Loving” is the theme of the Latino Commission on AIDS’s Week Against Homophobia. Events include online talks and the film “B...<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/125128_zero-zero.jpg_5cb086c7-9cbb-4a79-bcfd-d62ea6c51b75.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Advice From the Gay Crow]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/advice-gay-crow"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/advice-gay-crow</id>
    <updated>2022-05-16T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Long-term HIV survivor and author Vishwas Pethe shares his secrets to happiness.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/124877_P06-22-015.jpg_db9ffe28-3bf6-4142-b8d9-e7210ac3d97f.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Pride &amp; Prevention]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/pride-prevention"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/pride-prevention</id>
    <updated>2022-05-16T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[LGBTQ and HIV news<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/124879_P06-22-049.jpg_841b26e6-21df-443a-8377-fb2425ce2805.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Tool Time!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/tool-time"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/tool-time</id>
    <updated>2022-05-16T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Creating a virtual tool kit for long-term survivors<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/125009_reuntion-projecct-toolbox.jpg_3c600d44-d8c8-4ced-a745-b0eeaccc01ee.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Georgia Governor Signs Bill to Modernize HIV Crime Law]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/georgia-governor-signs-bill-modernize-hiv-crime-law"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/georgia-governor-signs-bill-modernize-hiv-crime-law</id>
    <updated>2022-05-13T15:35:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Under Georgia’s updated law, people living with HIV will no longer face a felony charge simply for not disclosing their status before sex.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/125113_iStock-1167840469.jpg_f55ac0fc-67da-4082-8381-4c9f30042548.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Devastating Milestone” as U.S. Overdose Deaths Neared 108,000 Last Year]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/devastating-milestone-us-overdose-deaths-neared-108000-last-year-opioid-meth-hiv-hepatitis"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/devastating-milestone-us-overdose-deaths-neared-108000-last-year-opioid-meth-hiv-hepatitis</id>
    <updated>2022-05-12T14:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Someone dies of an overdose about every 5 minutes, often as a result of fentanyl and meth. Drug use also spurs HIV and hepatitis outbreaks.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/125094_iStock-900309188.jpg_7bed31ed-c1f1-42c8-82f5-17cfacfb3de0.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Another Drugmaker Sues to Stop the Sale of Fake HIV Meds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/another-drugmaker-sues-stop-sale-fake-hiv-meds"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/another-drugmaker-sues-stop-sale-fake-hiv-meds</id>
    <updated>2022-05-11T13:38:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[After patients found the wrong pills in their HIV prescription bottles, Johnson & Johnson filed a lawsuit to stop counterfeits.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/125059_Symtuza-Bottle-Photo-4.jpg_527ef3f3-6cef-43cc-a6f9-13580da548d4.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[People With HIV Can’t Join the Military. A New Lawsuit Aims to Change That]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/people-hiv-join-military-new-lawsuit-aims-change"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/people-hiv-join-military-new-lawsuit-aims-change</id>
    <updated>2022-05-09T15:13:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A Latino military college student whose HIV is undetectable sued to end policies “based on outdated science.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/124949_P10-18-006.jpg_45567dea-caf4-4744-839c-b8173f7d1258.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Money” Shots From Warhol Photographer Christopher Makos [SLIDESHOW]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/money-shots-andy-warhol-photographer-christopher-makos-daniel-cooney-hiv-slideshow"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/money-shots-andy-warhol-photographer-christopher-makos-daniel-cooney-hiv-slideshow</id>
    <updated>2022-05-06T14:58:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[As an exhibition and Netflix series illustrate, Christopher Makos and Andy Warhol also documented the early AIDS epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/124819_Self-Portrait-on-Red-Phone.jpg_1ab373e5-2535-4085-bf18-7351b864ffbc.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Retire the Word “Risk” When Talking About HIV and Black Women]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/retire-word-risk-talking-hiv-prevention-black-women-viiv-healthcare"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/retire-word-risk-talking-hiv-prevention-black-women-viiv-healthcare</id>
    <updated>2022-05-04T14:33:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[ViiV Healthcare’s Risk to Reasons initiative offers stigma-free language for discussing HIV and Black women. Apply now for grants.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/124718_From-Risk-to-Reasons.jpg_fb8ff7f1-9df0-40af-934e-06826d9b6a12.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Iris House Summit Looks at Racism as a Hidden Driver of HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/iris-house-summit-looks-racism-hidden-driver-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/iris-house-summit-looks-racism-hidden-driver-hiv</id>
    <updated>2022-05-03T17:08:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Women as the Face of AIDS Summit, organized by Iris House, also honored three trailblazing women working to end the HIV epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/124691_celeste-watkins-hayes-and-gina-brown-iris-house-summit-facebook-2022.jpg_03268261-13c5-4d0e-aad0-a30d1994a1ca.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$5M in Federal Funds to End HIV and Hepatitis C Among American Indians]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/5m-federal-funds-end-hiv-hepatitis-c-among-american-indians"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/5m-federal-funds-end-hiv-hepatitis-c-among-american-indians</id>
    <updated>2022-05-02T16:02:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s how the funding will reach American Indians and Alaska Natives, who see higher rates of HIV, hepatitis C and STIs.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/124664_nnhaad-bill-hall-shana-cozad-hamen-ides-youtube-positively-native.png_ff785fde-a002-426a-be14-e0ca15df861d.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: U.S. Provides $13M in HIV Meds and Services to Ukraine]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/260000-ukrainians-hiv-half-nations-pharmacies-closed"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/260000-ukrainians-hiv-half-nations-pharmacies-closed</id>
    <updated>2022-04-29T15:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[How UNAIDS, PEPFAR, WHO and other global AIDS groups are racing to get HIV meds to Ukrainians who need them to survive.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/123920_ukraine-refugees-unaids.jpg_8d049d62-522c-4654-965c-8768ebdb02b0.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Does Meth Use Make You Biologically More Vulnerable to HIV?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meth-use-make-biologically-vulnerable-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meth-use-make-biologically-vulnerable-hiv</id>
    <updated>2022-04-29T14:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A $3.9 million grant will help Miami and New York researchers explore this question as they study HIV and meth use among gay and bi men.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/124605_iStock-1095563884.jpg_f5467e60-eb6c-4c4d-87a3-d41d02a142d8.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: Canada to End Its Ban on Gay Blood Donation]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/canada-seeks-end-ban-gay-blood-donation"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/canada-seeks-end-ban-gay-blood-donation</id>
    <updated>2022-04-29T08:15:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Canada’s new blood screening policy will not focus on sexual orientation. How does it compare with U.K. and U.S. rules?<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/119895_P07-19-022.jpg_e0a6c366-77e6-427d-a30a-7d1ac5c45e6f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Drugmaker to Pay West Virginia $99M in Opioid Settlement]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/drugmaker-janssen-pay-west-virginia-99m-opioid-settlement-hiv-hepatitis-overdose"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/drugmaker-janssen-pay-west-virginia-99m-opioid-settlement-hiv-hepatitis-overdose</id>
    <updated>2022-04-28T14:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[West Virginia’s lawsuit against Janssen and others arrives amid a rise in HIV, hepatitis and overdose rates linked to the opioid crisis.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/124577_iStock-472067721.jpg_a5bf3741-68cb-4777-ac7b-4b4706f5cf13.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Police Revoked Job Offer After Learning Applicant Had HIV, Alleges Lawsuit]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/police-revoked-job-offer-learning-applicant-hiv-alleges-lawsuit"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/police-revoked-job-offer-learning-applicant-hiv-alleges-lawsuit</id>
    <updated>2022-04-27T14:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In this HIV discrimination case, the town of Clarksville, Indiana, is accused of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/124520_iStock-926152600.jpg_b2c6d8cc-2ede-40b5-b9e6-ec427adf2fe6.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Is It Really Possible to End HIV? An Australian State Nears That Goal]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/really-possible-end-hiv-australian-state-nears-goal"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/really-possible-end-hiv-australian-state-nears-goal</id>
    <updated>2022-04-25T13:05:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[New South Wales, the Australian state whose capital is Sydney, nears the target of eliminating HIV—and it might do so by 2025.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/124431_fireworks-over-the-sydney-opera-house-sydney-harbour-bridge.jpg_396e5990-007a-42e8-b6ef-04270e228c82.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Yummy! It’s Time to Dine Out and Raise Funds to End HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/yummy-time-dine-raise-funds-end-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/yummy-time-dine-raise-funds-end-hiv</id>
    <updated>2022-04-22T14:15:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Restaurants in nearly 60 cities raise HIV funds through Dining Out For Life, many on April 28. Here’s how to check for events near you.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/124365_dining-out-for-life-angel-heart-twitter-2022.jpg_de7d0fd2-8db6-4082-9548-a84f09f89dba.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hepatitis and HIV Groups Protest 340B Restrictions to Low-Cost Drugs]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hepatitis-hiv-groups-protest-340b-drug-pricing-program-restrictions-lowcost-drugs"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hepatitis-hiv-groups-protest-340b-drug-pricing-program-restrictions-lowcost-drugs</id>
    <updated>2022-04-21T14:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Several makers of hepatitis C drugs are limiting health care providers’ access to the 340B Drug Pricing Program’s discounts.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/124343_iStock-1151734432.jpg_d67c3db7-a3dd-4494-9da6-e2f4a2fcb348.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Drugmaker Settles Lawsuit Alleging Deals to Keep Prices High]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-drugmaker-bristol-myers-settles-lawsuit-alleging-deals-keep-prices-high"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-drugmaker-bristol-myers-settles-lawsuit-alleging-deals-keep-prices-high</id>
    <updated>2022-04-20T14:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Bristol Myers Squibb agrees to pay $11 million. The 2019 class-action lawsuit filed by AIDS activists includes several other drugmakers.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/124317_P01-22-002.jpg_6b038436-e72b-4e8a-925b-e91f339a26e1.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Magic Johnson Shares His Life, From the NBA to HIV, in a New TV Series]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/magic-johnson-shares-life-nba-hiv-new-tv-series"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/magic-johnson-shares-life-nba-hiv-new-tv-series</id>
    <updated>2022-04-19T16:41:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The four-part docuseries “They Call Me Magic” on Apple TV+ offers an inside look at Magic Johnson and his sports and HIV legacy.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/124283_magic-johnson-They-Call-Me-Magic.jpg_90b9d689-2e02-4def-b82a-d0e49992b36a.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Transgender HIV Testing Day 2022]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-transgender-hiv-testing-day-2022"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-transgender-hiv-testing-day-2022</id>
    <updated>2022-04-18T14:24:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[About 1.4 million people are transgender in the U.S. That’s 0.6% of the population. Yet they accounted for 2% of new HIV cases in 2019.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/124217_national-trangender-hiv-testing-day2022-cdd-april2022.jpg_502c74a9-3321-42ad-ae28-d5da01f790a4.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What Didn’t Slow Down During COVID-19? Sexually Transmitted Infections]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/slow-covid19-sexually-transmitted-infections-sti--std-syphilis-gonorrhea"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/slow-covid19-sexually-transmitted-infections-sti--std-syphilis-gonorrhea</id>
    <updated>2022-04-15T13:03:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[STIs rose in 2020, and these states had the highest rates. Plus: Vaccines against meningitis might also protect against gonorrhea.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/124141_iStock-1125912446.jpg_9d5d09f0-a142-4701-99a8-00141352f3fd.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[21 Sick or Dead in Florida Meningitis Outbreak. Do You Need to Get Vaccinated?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/21-sick-dead-florida-meningitis-meningococcal-outbreak-need-get-vaccinated-hiv-gay-bisexual"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/21-sick-dead-florida-meningitis-meningococcal-outbreak-need-get-vaccinated-hiv-gay-bisexual</id>
    <updated>2022-04-13T12:03:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Health officials advise men who have sex with men, those with HIV and college students to get vaxxed against meningococcal disease.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/124030_iStock-1300110939.jpg_80c47843-df37-483d-b9b9-ff4019cda30f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Youth HIV &amp; AIDS Awareness Day 2022]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-youth-hiv-aids-awareness-day-2022"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-youth-hiv-aids-awareness-day-2022</id>
    <updated>2022-04-08T16:32:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Join Advocates for Youth and watch a virtual screening of the Black LGBTQ documentary “Check It.” #NYHAAD is Sunday, April 10.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/123904_check-it-documentary-youtube.jpg_b4df6388-668b-4b40-a7d5-35215df06aaf.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Landmark Victory” Court Ruling for Service Members Living With HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/landmark-victory-court-ruling-service-members-living-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/landmark-victory-court-ruling-service-members-living-hiv</id>
    <updated>2022-04-07T18:42:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Federal judge strikes down Pentagon policies that discharge and deny promotions to service members living with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/123889_military-iStock-858692044.jpg_57647f78-8f9e-40b1-ab50-9c3a431cf011.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$24M in Gilead Grants to End HIV Where COVID-19 Created Barriers]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/24m-gilead-grants-end-hiv-covid19-created-barriers"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/24m-gilead-grants-end-hiv-covid19-created-barriers</id>
    <updated>2022-04-06T16:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Gilead Sciences’ “Zeroing In” program helps 116 grantees boost HIV innovation, education and outreach in marginalized communities.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/123815_iStock-1301555107.jpg_87582e19-8740-44dc-a029-d3d1dc39117e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Elton John and Lil Nas X Reign as Rock Stars of HIV Fundraisers]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/elton-john-lil-nas-x-reign-rock-stars-hiv-fundraisers"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/elton-john-lil-nas-x-reign-rock-stars-hiv-fundraisers</id>
    <updated>2022-04-04T14:03:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In its 30th year, Elton John’s Oscar viewing party raised $8.6 million. Plus: Lil Nas X and Gilead fight HIV in the South.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/123743_elton-john-oscar-viewing-party-march2022b.jpg_1ca006c5-cf14-4b07-900c-0e4d542e2f53.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: Justice Department Probes Network That Allegedly Sold Fake HIV Meds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/85247-bottles-fake-hiv-meds-worth-250m-sold-us-says-gilead"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/85247-bottles-fake-hiv-meds-worth-250m-sold-us-says-gilead</id>
    <updated>2022-04-01T16:37:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In January, Gilead Sciences claimed that over $250 million in counterfeit meds were sold and that it had sued the illegal distributors.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/120861_Biktarvy-Descovy-bottles-gilead-aug2021.jpg_39dc4fe6-c17e-466c-b77d-795022bc5ea7.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[All Adults Ages 19 to 59 Should Get Hepatitis B Shots, Says CDC]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/adults-ages-19-59-get-hepatitis-b-shots-says-cdc"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/adults-ages-19-59-get-hepatitis-b-shots-says-cdc</id>
    <updated>2022-04-01T13:15:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Only 30% of U.S. adults have been vaccinated against the liver disease. Here’s how the Hepatitis B Foundation aims to change that.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/123697_iStock-1291768006.jpg_12e4862f-a7a4-44d9-983a-a30dd1117731.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Transgender Day of Visibility Arrives Amid Legal Attacks—and a Big Win]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/transgender-day-visibility-2022-arrives-amid-legal-attacks"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/transgender-day-visibility-2022-arrives-amid-legal-attacks</id>
    <updated>2022-03-31T09:51:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Allies and advocates unveil gender-neutral passports, launch new campaigns and show other support for transgender people. [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/123648_iStock-912368240.jpg_f2f6835c-e363-4a6c-a9ed-a6b1c4bc4b10.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Biden’s 2023 Budget Invests $9.8B in PrEP and Boosts Other HIV Funding]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/bidens-2023-budget-invests-98b-prep-boosts-hiv-funding"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/bidens-2023-budget-invests-98b-prep-boosts-hiv-funding</id>
    <updated>2022-03-29T16:41:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV advocates cheer: “In many ways, this is a very bold budget.” But they also call for a strategic national PrEP program.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/123581_iStock-1073002732.jpg_58da28bf-fe39-46b7-bdef-41e6e5a31f75.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[San Francisco AIDS Activists Stage a Die-In for Renewed HIV Support]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/san-francisco-aids-activists-stage-diein-renewed-hiv-support"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/san-francisco-aids-activists-stage-diein-renewed-hiv-support</id>
    <updated>2022-03-28T20:26:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV testing and suppression rates dropped in San Francisco during COVID-19.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/123542_Golden-Gate-is-000003574495.jpg_f2826622-d35b-465d-a9c0-e5bdb6835113.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[View Over 8,000 AIDS Education Posters!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/view-8000-aids-education-posters"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/view-8000-aids-education-posters</id>
    <updated>2022-03-28T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new exhibition and book showcase 165 posters selected from a vast online collection.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/123182_aids-posters-book-cover-UATW-FrontCover.jpg_fa5aa95c-da31-4e8c-bcca-a6bdeb6f8a4a.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Dynamic Duets]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/dynamic-duets"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/dynamic-duets</id>
    <updated>2022-03-28T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Read more about Kia LaBeija and other HIV art figures.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/123446_P04-22-056.jpg_5ccea603-3c7a-4ab7-b08d-82ef267264a7.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Other Viral Pandemic]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/viral-pandemic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/viral-pandemic</id>
    <updated>2022-03-28T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Updates on efforts to end viral hepatitis<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/123211_liver-star-bursts.jpg_f0e2decd-eac2-4061-96a6-e829c97334b3.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[An Artist, Prepared]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/artist-prepared"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/artist-prepared</id>
    <updated>2022-03-28T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Kia LaBeija, born with HIV, documents her life in a solo show.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/123201_P04-22-053.jpg_291501a7-b2cb-4359-99c7-7c737e901491.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[It’s Showtime: HIV Fundraisers Return to Broadway!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/showtime-hiv-fundraisers-return-broadway"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/showtime-hiv-fundraisers-return-broadway</id>
    <updated>2022-03-25T17:31:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS hosts Red Bucket campaigns, “Broadway Backwards,” “Broadway Bares” and more!<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/123470_broadway-bares-bcefa-2019-instagram.png_56c70bf3-28c2-4d4d-98f5-022e9179e8d5.png" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Can CAR-T Therapy Enhanced With Autophagy Drugs Lead to an HIV Cure?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/can-enhancing-cart-therapy-autophagy-drugs-lead-hiv-cure-amfar-grant-mathilde-krim"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/can-enhancing-cart-therapy-autophagy-drugs-lead-hiv-cure-amfar-grant-mathilde-krim</id>
    <updated>2022-03-23T14:15:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An amfAR grant will help find out. Plus, the AIDS research group also awards three new Mathilde Krim HIV fellowships.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/123349_CART-structure-iStock-996227168.jpg_5ac0a751-bcee-4e19-9abd-c20fb5708736.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Don’t Say Gay? That’s Impossible During National #LGBTQHealth Week]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/say-gay-impossible-national-lgbtqhealth-week"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/say-gay-impossible-national-lgbtqhealth-week</id>
    <updated>2022-03-21T12:52:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Join talks about HIV, PrEP, STIs, stigma, mental health and more during National LGBTQ Health Awareness Week, March 21 to 25.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/123175_iStock-1294989485.jpg_a9cd3a2f-67be-4473-b089-dc41068c20f3.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2022 [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-native-hivaids-awareness-day-2022"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-native-hivaids-awareness-day-2022</id>
    <updated>2022-03-18T17:56:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[#NNHAAD is observed on the first day of spring—Sunday, March 20. This year’s theme is “Reflection. Celebration. Rejuvenation.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/123162_national-native-hiv-aids-awareness-day-q-austin-facebook-march2022.png_7b5e2e26-c9d6-4375-8ae8-5ada936af7bf.png" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Can HIV Mutate and Escape CAR-T Gene Therapy Developed as a Cure?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/can-hiv-mutate-escape-cart-gene-therapy-developed-cure"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/can-hiv-mutate-escape-cart-gene-therapy-developed-cure</id>
    <updated>2022-03-16T17:58:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The latest Campbell Foundation research grant will help a UCLA scientist study HIV’s ability to mutate during CAR-T gene therapy.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/123057_hiv-infected-h9-t-cell-6813396647-o.jpg_9d479b7e-6fb9-452a-9b2b-e1071baaba0e.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Poet Sarah Frank Receives the Mary Bowman Arts in Activism Award]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poet-sarah-frank-receives-mary-bowman-arts-activism-award"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poet-sarah-frank-receives-mary-bowman-arts-activism-award</id>
    <updated>2022-03-14T18:49:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Funded by ViiV Healthcare, the National AIDS Memorial’s award honors AIDS activist and poet Mary Bowman, who died at age 30.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/122927_Sarah-Frank-1-national-aids-memorial-march2022.jpeg_39e7bc21-bdd5-4e36-b062-e8f0486b2163.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Virginia Is for Lovers—and Activists Fighting HIV Crime Laws]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/virginia-loversand-activists-fighting-hiv-crime-laws"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/virginia-loversand-activists-fighting-hiv-crime-laws</id>
    <updated>2022-03-11T15:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The 2023 HIV is Not a Crime V National Training Academy will be held at Emory & Henry College in Virginia.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/122535_hiv-is-not-a-crime.jpg_4dadb0e5-3d29-4bbf-8f48-b00b1d4faab0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2022]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-women-girls-hivaids-awareness-day-2022"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-women-girls-hivaids-awareness-day-2022</id>
    <updated>2022-03-10T07:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This year’s NWGHAAD theme is “Prevention and Testing at Every Age. Care and Treatment at Every Stage.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/122532_nwghaad-women-girls-hiv-aids-cdc-march2022.jpg_b1918186-d56f-4986-bbba-7b31d0b7df59.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Black Queer Men Explore Love and Loss in Explicit Video Chats]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-black-latino-queen-men-explore-love-loss-hiv-lgbtq-explicit-video-chats-donja-love"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-black-latino-queen-men-explore-love-loss-hiv-lgbtq-explicit-video-chats-donja-love</id>
    <updated>2022-03-08T15:41:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Donja R. Love’s Black LGBTQ digital series “i need space” covers lust, loneliness and the need to heal. View episodes for free!<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/122637_i-need-space-screenshot-new-space-march2022.png_a35be564-2253-4710-9faa-bcda559e5d53.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[View Over 8,000 AIDS Education Posters!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/view-8000-aids-hiv-education-posters-against-wall-art-activism"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/view-8000-aids-hiv-education-posters-against-wall-art-activism</id>
    <updated>2022-03-07T13:29:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new exhibition and book showcase 165 AIDS posters from the University of Rochester’s vast online collection. [SLIDESHOW]<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/122417_up-against-the-wall-aids-posters-march2022.png_000b9a20-2e92-48e1-b86c-268566c70caa.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Houston HIV Nonprofit FLAS Launches “Project Vive” to Reach Latinos]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/houston-hiv-nonprofit-flas-launches-project-vive-reach-latinos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/houston-hiv-nonprofit-flas-launches-project-vive-reach-latinos</id>
    <updated>2022-03-04T15:48:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Latinos comprise nearly 30% of Houston’s HIV cases. Project Vive aims to educate and test Spanish-speaking communities.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/122349_eddie-gonzalez-FLAS-houston-ktrk-04march2022.png_dddf5f63-ad47-4d70-8408-f3a001fb330b.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Positive Test Results Amid HIV and Hepatitis Scare at VA Center]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/positive-test-results-amid-hiv-hepatitis-scare-va-center"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/positive-test-results-amid-hiv-hepatitis-scare-va-center</id>
    <updated>2022-03-03T13:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A Georgia veterans medical center alerted nearly 4,600 patients of possible exposure to HIV and hepatitis B and C.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/122274_veteran-administration-seal-logo.png_b07732fb-4d64-4477-a34e-5373c189c6f2.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Pedro Zamora Scholarships Awarded to 11 Young HIV Leaders]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/pedro-zamora-scholarships-awarded-11-young-hiv-leaders"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/pedro-zamora-scholarships-awarded-11-young-hiv-leaders</id>
    <updated>2022-03-02T13:23:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[MTV Real World star Pedro Zamora would have turned 50 this week. These youth scholarships honor his AIDS education legacy.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/122236_pedro-zamora-aids-memorial-quilt.png_b578ab00-7bd6-452e-826a-f2647b4e4c79.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Criminalization Awareness Day 2022]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-criminalization-awareness-day-2022"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-criminalization-awareness-day-2022</id>
    <updated>2022-02-28T07:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[How you can join the effort to confront unjust HIV crime laws, protect marginalized communities and end mass incarceration<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/122077_handcuffs-iStock-504104838.jpg_dbf8846f-914a-4d49-a863-4df4234c3d63.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Kia LaBeija, Artist and HIV Activist, Is Prepared for Her First Solo Show]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/kia-labeija-artist-hiv-activist-prepared-first-solo-show"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/kia-labeija-artist-hiv-activist-prepared-first-solo-show</id>
    <updated>2022-02-25T21:19:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The exhibit tells the story of her life, says Kia LaBeija, and that includes her mom, HIV, ballroom, love and a double rainbow. [SLIDESHOW]<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/122046_Self-Portrait-for-W-Magazine-2018.jpg_95f3fc13-fb1c-46f1-ac06-777e18848592.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Can COVID-19 Testing Technologies Apply to Hepatitis C and Other Diseases?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/can-us-apply-covid19-testing-technologies-hepatitis-c"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/can-us-apply-covid19-testing-technologies-hepatitis-c</id>
    <updated>2022-02-24T15:38:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Testing advances made during the COVID-19 pandemic may lead to “test and treat” approaches for hepatitis C. But there’s a holdup.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/121980_RHSum-17-004.jpg_c8764a95-2531-421b-958a-a4c544e45b95.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[In a First, the FDA Approves a Condom for Anal Sex]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/first-fda-approves-condom-anal-sex"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/first-fda-approves-condom-anal-sex</id>
    <updated>2022-02-23T19:12:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The FDA says three types of ONE brand condoms, which were launched in 2004, can now be marketed as “safe and effective” for anal sex.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/121895_myONE-condom-wrappers.JPG_54e06f47-24c8-42b0-bc2c-1429bb62067b.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[CVS to Help Engage Minority Populations in Clinical Trials]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/cvs-help-engage-minority-populations-clinical-trials-black-latino-asian-african-american"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/cvs-help-engage-minority-populations-clinical-trials-black-latino-asian-african-american</id>
    <updated>2022-02-22T14:15:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Over 40% of the vulnerable population in the U.S. lives within 5 miles of a CVS Pharmacy location, so we have a chance to engage them.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/121827_pharmacist-TS-97429624.jpg_c4c7906c-ed0a-44e6-9412-e20fa8a88454.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Did People With HIV Have Any Influence on the National Plan to End HIV?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/people-hiv-influence-national-plan-end-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/people-hiv-influence-national-plan-end-hiv</id>
    <updated>2022-02-21T17:47:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Attention folks living with HIV: Take this survey and let IAPAC researchers know your thoughts on the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/121814_yes-no-symbols-ts-178330106.jpg_df80b3a0-bb7d-4d1e-b026-ef6919c3dfcc.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[111 Groups Urge Biden: Create a PrEP Grant Program to Prevent HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/111-groups-urge-biden-create-us-prep-grant-program-prevent-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/111-groups-urge-biden-create-us-prep-grant-program-prevent-hiv</id>
    <updated>2022-02-16T15:10:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV, hepatitis and LGBTQ advocates lead the charge. Plus, a study suggests that long-acting injectable PrEP isn’t cost effective.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/121699_Hand-PrEP.jpg_9e69e46b-d119-4314-85ad-dd43b68be3e1.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Will Pop Star Troye Sivan Find Love in the HIV Movie “Three Months”? [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/will-pop-star-troye-sivan-find-love-hiv-movie-three-months-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/will-pop-star-troye-sivan-find-love-hiv-movie-three-months-video</id>
    <updated>2022-02-14T12:51:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The coming-of-age film centers on HIV test results and also stars Javier Muñoz, Ellen Burstyn and Louis Gossett Jr. Watch the trailer!<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/121548_three-months-troye-sivan-feb2022.png_e19488ac-f65b-49b6-8ded-ff3f2e532dc8.png" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What’s New in the Updated U.S. HIV/AIDS Strategy?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-updated-us-hivaids-strategy"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-updated-us-hivaids-strategy</id>
    <updated>2022-02-14T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[On World AIDS Day, December 1, the White House released the latest National HIV/AIDS Strategy.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/121361_P03-22-051.jpg_8d62d9aa-5a5c-4e65-80ec-d9533484e4fe.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[SBPAN Mobilizes the South]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/sbpan-mobilizes-south"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/sbpan-mobilizes-south</id>
    <updated>2022-02-14T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The nonprofit has “worked diligently to train and mobilize a new generation of public health leaders.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/121358_P03-22-049.jpg_6b55322d-8c7a-4bf0-9b1c-e60443ac4a35.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Memory = History = Knowledge = Power]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/memory-history-knowledge-power"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/memory-history-knowledge-power</id>
    <updated>2022-02-14T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[ACT UP Los Angeles members launch an oral history project. [SLIDESHOW]<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/121337_P03-22-032.jpg_136e4ca0-e023-4f1b-9856-b81e3b9d04a1.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[ACT UP 101]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/act-101"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/act-101</id>
    <updated>2022-02-14T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Want to learn more about historic AIDS activist group ACT UP? You’re in luck. This primer will educate, inspire and even entertain!<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/121576_P01-19-024.jpg_86b2c85f-63e0-4cef-9bb9-3218bbb79e44.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. French Virologist Luc Montagnier, Who Codiscovered HIV in 1983]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-french-virologist-luc-montagnier-codiscovered-hiv-1983"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-french-virologist-luc-montagnier-codiscovered-hiv-1983</id>
    <updated>2022-02-11T13:34:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Luc Montagnier shared a 2008 Nobel Prize for the HIV discovery, but his other views and research became controversial in later years.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/121490_Luc-Montagnier-2008-wikimedia.jpg_52468a9a-528a-4b08-8ebd-005ebac495fe.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV, Hepatitis and STI Rates Decline in DC—but There’s a Catch]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-hepatitis-sti-rates-decline-washington-dc-but-catch"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-hepatitis-sti-rates-decline-washington-dc-but-catch</id>
    <updated>2022-02-10T18:35:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[COVID-19 had an “immense impact” on HIV, hepatitis and STI screening, prevention and care.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/121454_iStock-175202293.jpg_d724f68c-ffe6-4a79-854c-00cb865ed131.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New Yorkers With HIV Are Less Likely to Be Vaccinated Against COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-yorkers-hiv-less-likely-vaccinated-covid19-black-latino"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-yorkers-hiv-less-likely-vaccinated-covid19-black-latino</id>
    <updated>2022-02-09T12:03:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Data also revealed ethnic and racial disparities in COVID-19 vaccination rates among people diagnosed with HIV in New York state.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/121417_iStock-1300110939.jpg_82019143-659c-41b2-89a0-c766cc3f9e68.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2022]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-black-hivaids-awareness-day-2022"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-black-hivaids-awareness-day-2022</id>
    <updated>2022-02-07T05:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Black Americans make up 43% of new HIV cases but only 12% of the U.S. population. NBHAAD efforts focus on health equity.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/121280_national-black-hiv-aids-awareness-day-feb7-2022-cdc.jpg_83bacc98-11b3-4579-bf5f-4da3dc2c79aa.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why You Don’t Need to Worry About the Newly Identified “Highly Virulent” Strain of HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/alarmed-newly-identified-highly-virulent-strain-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/alarmed-newly-identified-highly-virulent-strain-hiv</id>
    <updated>2022-02-04T14:17:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The highly infectious and harmful HIV variant has been in the Netherlands since the 1990s, but treatment is effective against it.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/121251_HIV-Virus.jpg_b36d8bcf-1e5d-450d-b64c-31061bbb0f03.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: Gay and Bi Men Wanted for Blood Donor Study [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/study-might-allow-gay-bi-men-donate-blood-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/study-might-allow-gay-bi-men-donate-blood-video</id>
    <updated>2022-02-03T17:20:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[LGBTQ community centers team with the ADVANCE study to research blood donor eligibility and HIV risk. Participants wanted!<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/113286_ADVANCE-study-blood-donor-video-june2021.png_097f0338-605e-409e-ad38-8bac8f6ee304.png" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Biden Supercharges His 2016 Cancer Moonshot Program]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/biden-supercharges-2016-cancer-moonshot-program"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/biden-supercharges-2016-cancer-moonshot-program</id>
    <updated>2022-02-02T18:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Cancer Moonshot initiative aims to cut the cancer death rate in half in the next 25 years and “end cancer as we know it.”  [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/121200_cancer-moonshot-white-house-feb2022.png_dff023ae-7eb6-469c-ac53-5f1c253da5df.png" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Coming Soon: HIV Criminalization Awareness Day [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/coming-soon-hiv-criminalization-awareness-day-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/coming-soon-hiv-criminalization-awareness-day-video</id>
    <updated>2022-02-02T12:24:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The folks behind HIV is Not a Crime join other activists to launch the event on February 28—to honor Elizabeth Taylor’s birthday.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/121176_hiv-criminalization-day-webinar-facebook-2022.png_ba07961d-54ec-46b1-b971-b1986d565b92.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New Jersey Repeals Outdated HIV Crime Laws and Fights Stigma]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-jersey-repeals-outdated-hiv-crime-laws-fights-stigma"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-jersey-repeals-outdated-hiv-crime-laws-fights-stigma</id>
    <updated>2022-01-31T16:56:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The new law “is a step in the right direction toward reforming the system” regarding HIV and STI prosecutions in New Jersey.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/121095_handcuffs-iStock-504104838.jpg_d7785750-ac43-4162-aeb8-1dc63067637f.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Whatever Happened With That PrEP Patent Lawsuit?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/whatever-happened-federal-prep-patent-lawsuit-hiv-prevention-prep4all"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/whatever-happened-federal-prep-patent-lawsuit-hiv-prevention-prep4all</id>
    <updated>2022-01-28T16:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In a letter to federal officials, PrEP4All and HIV advocates demand an update on the drug patent lawsuit “United States v. Gilead.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/121023_iStock-1178864011.jpg_c3e0fb62-ca05-4d15-a8c5-910566b9eef5.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Tulsa CARES Opens an HIV and Hepatitis C Clinic]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/tulsa-cares-opens-hiv-hepatitis-c-clinic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/tulsa-cares-opens-hiv-hepatitis-c-clinic</id>
    <updated>2022-01-27T10:59:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Oklahoma ranks third in the nation for hepatitis C deaths. The state also has a high rate of rural HIV transmission.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/120964_madhuri-lad-tulsa-cares-doctor-facebook-jan2022.jpg_92669439-f08a-45fd-8679-aaa739a4e56f.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Can You Score Cheaper Meds via Mark Cuban’s Online Pharmacy?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/can-really-score-cheaper-generic-meds-via-mark-cubans-online-pharmacy"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/can-really-score-cheaper-generic-meds-via-mark-cubans-online-pharmacy</id>
    <updated>2022-01-25T15:45:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Yes! The Mark Cuban Cost Plus Drug Company sells cheaper generic drugs for diabetes, cancer, high blood pressure, HIV, hepatitis and more.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/120916_Mark-Cuban-2019-wikimediacommons.jpg_73876c77-0035-4ff3-aaa0-ca03e55134ed.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[More Syringe Exchanges Can Open in New Jersey, Thanks to a New Law]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/syringe-exchanges-can-open-new-jersey-thanks-new-law-hiv-hepatitis-overdose"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/syringe-exchanges-can-open-new-jersey-thanks-new-law-hiv-hepatitis-overdose</id>
    <updated>2022-01-24T10:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A second New Jersey law makes it legal to possess a syringe, and a third just-signed law creates a review panel to study overdoses.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/120880_HEP-Fall-19-004.jpg_d29e3abb-44a8-4e1a-9aaa-4c188fc407d8.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Get Free COVID-19 Tests Sent to Your Home!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/get-free-covid19-tests-sent-home"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/get-free-covid19-tests-sent-home</id>
    <updated>2022-01-18T19:41:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Every household can now order four free COVID-19 tests through a federal website. Here are other options for free tests.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/120799_COVID-antibody-test-NIH.jpg_2173b6bb-0745-49ad-a120-1db2614aae72.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meeting the Need for an HIV and STI Clinic That’s Fast and Free]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meeting-need-hiv-sti-clinic-palm-springs-fast-free"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meeting-need-hiv-sti-clinic-palm-springs-fast-free</id>
    <updated>2022-01-17T09:15:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This Palm Springs clinic tests and treats sexually transmitted infections, HIV and hepatitis C at no cost. Plus, it offers PrEP.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/120725_palm-springs-test-staff-jan2022.jpeg_5097fb68-1b29-4cb2-80d5-67a4201bc8ca.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Florida AIDS Cyclists Raise $1.23M for Local HIV Services]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/florida-aids-smart-ride-cyclists-raise-123m-local-hiv-services"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/florida-aids-smart-ride-cyclists-raise-123m-local-hiv-services</id>
    <updated>2022-01-14T17:02:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The two-day SMART Ride in southern Florida raised funds for five HIV service organizations.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/120720_SMART-Riders-broward-house-jan2022.jpg_c03c3e00-bb42-4291-8aee-af2663c620ae.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Hep ElimiNATION” to Assess and Guide U.S. Efforts to End Hepatitis]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hep-elimination-assess-guide-us-efforts-end-hepatitis"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hep-elimination-assess-guide-us-efforts-end-hepatitis</id>
    <updated>2022-01-13T18:17:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Hep ElimiNATION partnership will assign grades to all 52 U.S. jurisdictions based on their viral hepatitis achievements.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/120701_US-Map-2.jpg_e76de5ab-7703-4b65-9fe9-99ce388fbc87.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Mj Rodriguez Becomes First Transgender Actress to Win a Golden Globe]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/mj-rodriguez-becomes-first-transgender-actress-win-golden-globe-hiv-african-american-latino"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/mj-rodriguez-becomes-first-transgender-actress-win-golden-globe-hiv-african-american-latino</id>
    <updated>2022-01-12T17:43:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A “Black Latina girl from New Jersey,” Michaela Jaé Rodriguez played Blanca, a trans woman living with HIV, on the series “Pose.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/120667_P06-19-024.jpg_edfdd099-d729-4042-9c27-f395d931c9ac.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hackers Possibly Accessed Data on 1.3M Clients at Florida’s Broward Health]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hackers-possibly-accessed-data-13m-clients-floridas-broward-health"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hackers-possibly-accessed-data-13m-clients-floridas-broward-health</id>
    <updated>2022-01-10T12:13:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The cyberattack did not involve ransomware or disrupt patient care, says Broward Health of southeast Florida.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/120585_iStock-505569293.jpg_1e7b99a8-1050-4420-8ce7-b667e0538720.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Alert! Obamacare Open Enrollment Ends January 15]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/alert-obamacare-open-enrollment-ends-january-15"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/alert-obamacare-open-enrollment-ends-january-15</id>
    <updated>2022-01-07T18:12:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: The White House moves to ensure that future ACA health plans cost less, protect those with chronic illness and don’t discriminate.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/120543_P01-21-001.jpg_ef54e0ec-c8a0-40b0-9b42-353e0183b9db.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Faith Leaders Who Promoted COVID-19 Vaccines Pivot to Fight HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/faith-leaders-promoted-covid19-vaccines-pivot-fight-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/faith-leaders-promoted-covid19-vaccines-pivot-fight-hiv</id>
    <updated>2022-01-05T10:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An expanded HIV Vaccine Trials Network Faith Initiative aims to reach Black, Latino and Indigenous communities of faith. [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/120452_ulysses-burley-hiv-vaccine-trial-faith-initiative-denver-channel-jan2022.png_b2540426-c0a1-4d45-a0bb-34eeb7f8da48.png" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[California Requires Health Plans to Cover At-Home Tests for HIV and STIs]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/california-requires-health-plans-cover-athome-tests-hiv-stis"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/california-requires-health-plans-cover-athome-tests-hiv-stis</id>
    <updated>2022-01-04T12:44:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[As sexually transmitted infections surge nationwide, a California law—the first of its kind—requires health insurance to cover home tests.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/120490_housing-iStock-000054332820.jpg_0c0e6f15-60ce-4225-b0e5-5af5545aa37c.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How to Use the Updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/use-updated-national-hivaids-strategy-videos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/use-updated-national-hivaids-strategy-videos</id>
    <updated>2022-01-03T12:24:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Watch AIDS czar Harold Phillips lead discussions on how the National HIV/AIDS Strategy can help communities, organizations and you.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/120434_harold-philips-informal-aug2020.jpg_98e7fad6-b334-4010-a9b5-7edb79f050c4.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[When Lil Nas X Pays You a Visit]]></title>
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    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lil-nas-x-pays-visit</id>
    <updated>2022-01-03T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“He’s our Beyoncé!”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/120266_P01-22-024.jpg_535adc7e-c3f3-4016-af29-e5cf1792f15a.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“We Need Your Donations!”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/need-donations"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/need-donations</id>
    <updated>2022-01-03T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Aid for AIDS collects and distributes unused meds.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/120273_P01-22-034.jpg_6e1c30f3-00c5-40ce-8bb6-b64480a8dbf4.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[History Reclaimed]]></title>
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    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/history-reclaimed-darrel-ellis</id>
    <updated>2022-01-03T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Race, Queerness, Art and AIDS Resonate in the Work of Darrel Ellis.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/120333_P01-22-041.jpg_c6f81e88-dd08-430b-97ad-d9a734e88e79.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Kiki with an HIV Advocate]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/kiki-hiv-advocate-maven-lee"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/kiki-hiv-advocate-maven-lee</id>
    <updated>2022-01-03T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Maven Lee shares his HIV story while promoting balls, serving runway and starring on reality TV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/120261_P01-22-019.jpg_45787ac5-aa89-4b42-9994-bf125055097e.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Connect and Inspire Black Gay Men]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/connect-inspire-black-gay-men"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/connect-inspire-black-gay-men</id>
    <updated>2022-01-03T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[THRIVE SS launches an app for same-gender-loving men of color, regardless of their HIV status.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/120264_THRIVE-SS.jpg_a1207184-9f25-406c-88bb-f0141341aedc.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[View Updated HIV Data in AIDSVu’s Interactive U.S. Maps]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/view-updated-hiv-data-aidsvus-interactive-us-maps"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/view-updated-hiv-data-aidsvus-interactive-us-maps</id>
    <updated>2021-12-31T09:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[AIDSVu maps display data on HIV diagnoses, viral suppression rates, race, gender, PrEP and much more, organized by city, county and state.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/120478_aidsvu-hiv-data-2019-twitter-dec2021.png_863d9af4-0f11-447b-939e-1781dfcdca37.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[When Should Youth Get Tested for HIV or Start PrEP?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/youth-get-tested-hiv-start-prep"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/youth-get-tested-hiv-start-prep</id>
    <updated>2021-12-29T14:44:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends HIV testing for youth ages 15 and older. Updated guidance now includes PrEP and PEP.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/120220_teens-ts-dv168060a.jpg_c33f2d7e-2252-4f4e-adab-c0368770deec.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Funding for Research in HIV Prevention Continues to Drop]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/funding-research-hiv-prevention-continues-drop"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/funding-research-hiv-prevention-continues-drop</id>
    <updated>2021-12-28T09:44:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An AVAC report also notes that most research and development of HIV prevention is funded almost entirely by one type of investor.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/120164_P12-21-011.jpg_c96f2544-267f-4aa1-bdbb-f1967d98fe3d.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch a Long-Term HIV Survivor’s Unusual Quest for a Cure]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-longterm-hiv-survivors-unusual-quest-cure"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-longterm-hiv-survivors-unusual-quest-cure</id>
    <updated>2021-12-27T14:01:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The documentary short “Right to Try” follows Jeffrey Drew as he participates in an experimental and controversial treatment to cure HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/120140_right-to-try-jeffrey-drew-youtube-dec2021.png_594bd0a1-5324-43eb-a3d1-0fe459a5595f.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[2021 Top POZ Blog Entries]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/2021-top-poz-blog-entries"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/2021-top-poz-blog-entries</id>
    <updated>2021-12-23T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Rush Limbaugh, COVID-19 vaccines and 40 years of AIDS—POZ bloggers mused about the big HIV issues of 2021.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/119897_journal-pen-ts-507617481.jpg_9498d1dd-9ebd-4947-ac08-91c905b9ba01.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[2021 Top HIV News Stories]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/2021-top-hiv-news-stories"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/2021-top-hiv-news-stories</id>
    <updated>2021-12-22T13:17:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV disclosure, discrimination, COVID-19 and PrEP—did a single HIV news item dominate 2021 headlines?<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/119893_iStock-892726222.jpg_d641fd0e-817c-47e4-ad6f-e39accff91da.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Do Women Make Up 62% of HIV-Related Arrests in Kentucky?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/women-make-62-hivrelated-arrests-kentucky"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/women-make-62-hivrelated-arrests-kentucky</id>
    <updated>2021-12-21T14:33:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[And yet women account for only 17% of Kentucky’s HIV population, according to a new report by the Williams Institute.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/120054_iStock-165947778.jpg_bb68ac47-f9a5-44f0-b1c6-8795b859eaca.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet the First Baby Born to an HIV-Positive Sperm Bank]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meet-first-baby-born-hivpositive-sperm-bank"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meet-first-baby-born-hivpositive-sperm-bank</id>
    <updated>2021-12-20T16:17:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Amy and seven other babies were born thanks to New Zealand’s Sperm Positive, which gives people with HIV a chance to “create life.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/120018_sperm-positive-first-baby-amy-dec2021.png_8eed311e-68de-4941-afcb-eefc1fff8fe1.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$20K in Holiday Hug Grants Awarded to 10 Florida HIV Groups]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/20k-holiday-hug-grants-awarded-10-florida-hiv-groups"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/20k-holiday-hug-grants-awarded-10-florida-hiv-groups</id>
    <updated>2021-12-17T08:56:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Grantees can use the Campbell Foundation funds as they see fit—for example, to provide food, shampoo and COVID-19 tests.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/119960_iStock-1077890030.jpg_b98dd7a8-7d27-487b-b7be-35b5c047182d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Cure Research Day 2021]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-cure-research-day-2021"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-cure-research-day-2021</id>
    <updated>2021-12-14T15:18:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Debunk nine HIV cure myths and watch a livestream discussion titled “Curing HIV: Healing the Mind, Body and Spirit.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/119846_hiv-cure-research-day-2021-pathways-aidsvu.png_69529f42-43c9-4995-a4f7-404d72739bd2.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The One Essential Tool for Surviving the HIV Epidemic]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/one-essential-tool-surviving-hiv-epidemic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/one-essential-tool-surviving-hiv-epidemic</id>
    <updated>2021-12-13T17:19:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[At least, according to Derek Frost, whose memoir “Living and Loving in the Age of AIDS” also offers a couple’s view of gay history.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/119780_Jeremy-norman-derek-frost-1980-living-loving-age-of-aids-2021.jpeg_82cd56bc-5e8e-48b1-ba7d-0415562f0b1b.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[These Four Bite-Size Excerpts From an HIV Memoir Tell a Bigger Tale]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/four-bitesize-excerpts-hiv-memoir-tell-bigger-tale"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/four-bitesize-excerpts-hiv-memoir-tell-bigger-tale</id>
    <updated>2021-12-13T17:10:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Derek Frost’s memoir, “Living and Loving in the Age of AIDS,” documents much more than his husband’s HIV journey.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/119772_Jeremy-norman-Derek-frost-NYC2019-by-Tom-Bianchi-2019.jpeg_fe08b857-7622-4f0b-8b96-3261c6348ad2.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[16 Images That Recap the 2021 U.S. Conference on HIV/AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/tktk-images-recap-2021-us-conference-hivaids"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/tktk-images-recap-2021-us-conference-hivaids</id>
    <updated>2021-12-10T19:36:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[#2021USCHA—the U.S. Conference on HIV/AIDS—may have ended, but you can still experience it via these pics, tweets and videos.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/119645_uscha2021-nancy-pelosi-youtube.png_aab21552-696b-4f6a-8590-65143c2c240c.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Rates in Philadelphia Dropped Last Year, but That’s Not Good News]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-rates-philadelphia-dropped-last-year-good-news"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-rates-philadelphia-dropped-last-year-good-news</id>
    <updated>2021-12-08T15:43:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[COVID-19 shutdowns in 2020 meant that fewer people got tested and treated for HIV in Philadelphia and elsewhere.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/119504_Philadelphia-iStock-39972536.jpg_ac8733fc-d19e-4d28-8284-a511a10d3484.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[ACT UP Los Angeles Members Launch an HIV History Project]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/act-los-angeles-members-launch-hiv-history-project"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/act-los-angeles-members-launch-hiv-history-project</id>
    <updated>2021-12-07T13:05:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The digital project will document the AIDS activism of ACT UP Los Angeles from 1987 to 1997. Several items are already posted online.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/119404_image-from-act-up-los-angeles-oral-history-project-youtube-dec2021.png_304a87da-0cc6-4b3a-9bf3-7f9236377bd5.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[DaBaby Hasn’t Followed Up or Supported HIV Causes, Say AIDS Groups]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/dababy-followed-supported-hiv-causes-say-aids-groups"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/dababy-followed-supported-hiv-causes-say-aids-groups</id>
    <updated>2021-12-06T17:51:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[After making stigmatizing HIV remarks this summer, rap star DaBaby met with Black AIDS leaders. What has happened since?<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/119372_RH-FOCUS-LGBTQ-003.jpg_ac9c22fa-e059-45fb-a0ae-59f2b7dec61e.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Seven Short Videos on “Enduring Care” in the HIV Epidemic]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-seven-short-videos-enduring-care-hiv-epidemic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-seven-short-videos-enduring-care-hiv-epidemic</id>
    <updated>2021-12-03T10:46:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Visual AIDS commissioned the videos for Day With(out) Art. They star long-term survivors, Black female prisoners, a #Medstrike and more.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/119307_i-am-long-term-aids-survivor-steed-taylor-visual-aids-dec2021.jpg_4558af9b-f4ab-4046-b3f1-6a82d735313c.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[World AIDS Day 2021 [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/world-aids-day-2021-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/world-aids-day-2021-hiv</id>
    <updated>2021-12-01T05:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The theme for World AIDS Day 2021 is “Ending the HIV Epidemic: Equitable Access, Everyone’s Voice.” Here’s what that means.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/119228_biden-world-aids-day.jpg_8b77c20f-abb3-4d6c-b0c0-6854b3511813.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Pelosi and Fauci to Headline U.S. Conference on HIV/AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/pelosi-fauci-headline-us-conference-hivaids"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/pelosi-fauci-headline-us-conference-hivaids</id>
    <updated>2021-11-30T12:12:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Held December 2 and 3, the virtual #2021USCHA will highlight federal leaders, rural states, Native communities, COVID-19 and more.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/119119_Nancy-Pelosi-aids-memorial-quilt-nov2019.jpg_a3d0a324-f3ae-4009-ab29-9d1ab69762bb.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Inequalities Could Lead to 7.7M AIDS-Related Deaths by 2030, Warns UNAIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/inequalities-lead-77m-aidsrelated-hiv-deaths-2030-warns-unaids"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/inequalities-lead-77m-aidsrelated-hiv-deaths-2030-warns-unaids</id>
    <updated>2021-11-29T17:42:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[But the UNAIDS World AIDS Day report highlights two reasons for hope and outlines a five-part solution.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/119081_unaids-winnie-byanyima-world-aids-day2021-youtube.png_dfc0ab11-f513-4491-beb7-6cda04105724.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Over 1,000 Names Added to the Wall Las Memorias AIDS Monument]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/1000-names-added-wall-las-memorias-aids-monument-hiv-world-aids-day"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/1000-names-added-wall-las-memorias-aids-monument-hiv-world-aids-day</id>
    <updated>2021-11-26T14:21:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A World AIDS Day rededication ceremony of the expanded Lincoln Park memorial in Los Angeles will be live streamed.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/119009_wall-las-memorias-instagram.png_840d6ef0-f091-4ef7-bb4b-5ba92ea2ed21.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[CVS Pharmacy Withdraws HIV Case That Was Headed to Supreme Court]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/cvs-pharmacy-withdraws-hiv-case-headed-supreme-court"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/cvs-pharmacy-withdraws-hiv-case-headed-supreme-court</id>
    <updated>2021-11-23T09:52:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The CVS lawsuit could have affected disability rights and whether health plans could force clients to get meds at specific pharmacies.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/118884_pills-prescription-ts-85501581.jpg_783cec34-7d2d-41cc-9dec-eaac1e43a0e9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Scott Robbe, an ACT UP Fighter and LGBTQ Film Producer]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-scott-robbe-act-aids-activist-lgbtq-film-producer"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-scott-robbe-act-aids-activist-lgbtq-film-producer</id>
    <updated>2021-11-22T17:40:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV activist Scott Robbe protested with ACT UP at the New York Stock Exchange in 1989, and he championed LGBTQ visibility in film and TV.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/118876_scott-robbe-obit-Che-photo-by-scott-robbe-estate-nov2021.jpeg_5785e6ea-e963-479f-90aa-f84fb54a85d7.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Transgender Day of Remembrance 2021]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/transgender-awareness-week-2021"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/transgender-awareness-week-2021</id>
    <updated>2021-11-19T21:45:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: Transgender Day of Remembrance is observed Saturday, November 20.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/118635_zero-transphobia-latino-commision-aids-instagram-nov2021.png_92748e56-fe91-49e3-9b7b-bbe2b9a78199.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Drug Overdose Deaths Surpass 100,000 in a Single Year]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/drug-overdose-deaths-surpass-100000-single-year"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/drug-overdose-deaths-surpass-100000-single-year</id>
    <updated>2021-11-18T19:44:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Fatal drug overdoses—mostly due to opioids, including fentanyl, but also meth and cocaine—spiked 28.5% during the COVID-19 pandemic.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/118799_iStock-900309188.jpg_ea8ebac5-8647-4d36-842f-5c67df228131.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[WHO Urges Nations to Use Dual HIV/Syphilis Rapid Tests]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/urges-nations-use-dual-hivsyphilis-rapid-tests"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/urges-nations-use-dual-hivsyphilis-rapid-tests</id>
    <updated>2021-11-17T16:54:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Rapid HIV/syphilis tests enable folks to start treatment or PrEP. They’re crucial for pregnant people, and they’re cheaper than ever.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/118748_iStock-1152382828.jpg_e34e935a-f59d-46f6-9a9e-b9adee2a6d0a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Lil Nas X Boosts Morale and Raises HIV Funds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/lil-nas-x-boosts-morale-raises-hiv-funds"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lil-nas-x-boosts-morale-raises-hiv-funds</id>
    <updated>2021-11-16T20:12:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“He’s our Beyoncé!”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/118705_lil-nas-x-dwain-bridges-larry-walker-thrive-ss-nov2021.jpg_1ef975f8-79ae-495e-902f-68fe870099d7.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Connect and Inspire Black Gay Men? There’s an App for That: THRIVE 365]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/connect-inspire-black-gay-men-hiv-app-thrive-365"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/connect-inspire-black-gay-men-hiv-app-thrive-365</id>
    <updated>2021-11-16T19:38:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Atlanta-based HIV service provider THRIVE SS launches an app for same-gender-loving men of color, regardless of status.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/118693_thrive365-screengrab5.png_436bf307-d236-4921-9d9a-5f977da97397.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Biden Picks Robert Califf to Lead the FDA Again]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/biden-picks-robert-califf-lead-fda"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/biden-picks-robert-califf-lead-fda</id>
    <updated>2021-11-15T12:10:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Robert Califf headed the Food and Drug Administration for 10 months under Obama. Will he manage to implement his ideas this time around?<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/118607_Robert-Califf-Official-FDA-Photo-199x300.jpg_3da97b7e-c955-4029-9c08-08d6129018a7.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Other 2021 Top-Level Changes in HIV Advocacy]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/2021-toplevel-changes-hiv-advocacy"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/2021-toplevel-changes-hiv-advocacy</id>
    <updated>2021-11-15T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A roundup of recent changes of leadership.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/118068_advocacy.png_defe29b8-d0b6-49bb-81a1-2a378b7973ce.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Must-Read Memoirs]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/must-read-memoirs"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/must-read-memoirs</id>
    <updated>2021-11-15T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Five riveting and inspiring tales of life with HIV<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/118079_P12-21-057.jpg_2a15f157-e36d-4170-9701-6b74af34e6cd.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The 2021 POZ 100: Celebrating Black Advocates]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/2021-poz-100-celebrating-black-advocates"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/2021-poz-100-celebrating-black-advocates</id>
    <updated>2021-11-15T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This list spotlights the work of Black advocates—both HIV positive and negative—who are making a difference in the fight against HIV/AIDS.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/118252_POZ-100.jpg_1f5a9ebb-56e0-4de5-b11e-d07c44e6d2f4.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Turmoil and Transitions at the Black AIDS Institute]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/turmoil-transitions-black-aids-institute"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/turmoil-transitions-black-aids-institute</id>
    <updated>2021-11-15T10:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Discord surfaced when the board announced that Raniyah Copeland would no longer serve as president and CEO<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/118066_Black-AIDS-Insitute.jpg_d35a8cdb-6d9e-4800-acb1-0baf26e37d96.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Do U=U and PrEP Stop HIV? Watch These Animations to Find Out!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/uu-prep-stop-hiv-watch-animations-find"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/uu-prep-stop-hiv-watch-animations-find</id>
    <updated>2021-11-12T13:44:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[NoiseFilter’s latest animated HIV series explains U=U, PrEP and PEP—with help from trans activist Milan Nicole Sherry.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/118555_noisefilter-undetectable-youtube-nov2021.png_407d8b28-1219-40a7-b52c-593d2741a19e.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[White House Now Supports Harm Reduction Such as Needle Exchanges]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/white-house-now-supports-harm-reduction-needle-exchanges"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/white-house-now-supports-harm-reduction-needle-exchanges</id>
    <updated>2021-11-11T17:10:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[To fight drug overdoses, HIV and hepatitis, the Biden administration is endorsing harm reduction, including syringe services.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/118529_WhiteHouse-crop.jpg_4fb421c3-5b61-413b-84fe-43c4c26817b1.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Being Seen” Podcast Returns to Explore the Black Female Experience]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/seen-podcast-returns-explore-black-female-experience"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/seen-podcast-returns-explore-black-female-experience</id>
    <updated>2021-11-10T16:46:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Anika Noni Rose hosts Season 3 of ViiV Healthcare’s “Being Seen,” covering Black women’s views on stigma, bias, power, HIV and more.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/118500_anikia-noni-rose-being-seen-season3-viiv-nov2021.png_f050687e-6bce-46ad-8901-79170c9a0112.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Magic Johnson Marks 30 Years Since Disclosing His HIV Status]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/magic-johnson-marks-30-years-since-disclosing-hiv-status"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/magic-johnson-marks-30-years-since-disclosing-hiv-status</id>
    <updated>2021-11-09T17:04:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus, as an ambassador for the NBA’s 75th season, Magic Johnson encourages players and fans alike to get COVID-19 vaccinations.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/118431_magic-johnson-30-year-disclosure-nov2021-cbsnews.png_8cb59641-ada0-4add-a6fd-43f1f66dd49a.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Instagram Stories on People Older Than 50 With HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-instagram-stories-people-older-50-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-instagram-stories-people-older-50-hiv</id>
    <updated>2021-11-08T16:34:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The weekly series of videos arrives as Gilead Sciences awards $16.6 million in grants to programs helping people aging with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/118226_michelle-lopez-native-son-aging-hiv-nov2021.jpg_ef284629-2c3c-4923-9c64-5c651c325748.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Visit Seedy, Stylized NYC in Paintings by Jack Brusca, Lost to AIDS in ’93 [SLIDESHOW]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/visit-seedy-stylized-nyc-paintings-jack-brusca-lost-aids-hiv-93-slideshow"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/visit-seedy-stylized-nyc-paintings-jack-brusca-lost-aids-hiv-93-slideshow</id>
    <updated>2021-11-05T17:28:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new exhibit highlights Jack Brusca’s figurative works. The gay artist also designed interiors for famous discos and sets for ballets.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/118044_jack-brusca-at-daniel-cooney-fine-art-nov2021-11.jpg_95f6df1e-ff5e-4612-a832-004127f11a61.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[All Adults Under 60 Should Get Hepatitis B Shots, Says CDC Committee]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/adults-60-get-hepatitis-b-vaccines-says-cdc-committee"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/adults-60-get-hepatitis-b-vaccines-says-cdc-committee</id>
    <updated>2021-11-04T17:47:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Since 1991, most children have been getting vaccinated against hepatitis B, so most adults under 30 are not at risk for the liver disease.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/117969_injection-arm-is-000058951976.jpg_05cd7d2d-19f2-4777-be21-218c1e6438a5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Stephen Karpiak, PhD, Pioneering HIV and Aging Specialist]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-stephen-karpiak-phd-pioneering-hiv-aging-specialist"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-stephen-karpiak-phd-pioneering-hiv-aging-specialist</id>
    <updated>2021-11-03T10:40:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[While at GMHC and ACRIA, Stephen Karpiak brought attention to the growing number of people aging with HIV. [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/117776_stephen-karpiak-gmhc-nov2021.png_dc94aa76-f959-4c74-83ae-3345a665a18c.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Nail Salon Must Pay $7,500 for Refusing Service to a Client With HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/nail-salon-must-pay-7500-refusing-service-client-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/nail-salon-must-pay-7500-refusing-service-client-hiv</id>
    <updated>2021-11-02T17:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In a settlement with the U.S. government, the North Carolina salon must also train staff on HIV discrimination.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/117762_iStock-942154132.jpg_9f1fd47f-6766-4a0f-b207-70cf3c4625a4.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Vivent Health Opens a New HIV Care Facility in Kansas City, Missouri]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/vivent-health-opens-new-hiv-care-facility-kansas-city-missouri"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/vivent-health-opens-new-hiv-care-facility-kansas-city-missouri</id>
    <updated>2021-11-01T16:42:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Vivent Health’s new location in Kansas City, Missouri, offers HIV treatment and prevention, dental care, a food pantry and other services.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/117671_ViventHealth-KansasCity-nov2021.jpg_90ca3b33-b38e-470c-91cd-08a6ed28a366.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$8M Grant to the Black AIDS Institute to Train HIV Leaders]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/8m-grant-black-aids-institute-train-hiv-leaders"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/8m-grant-black-aids-institute-train-hiv-leaders</id>
    <updated>2021-10-29T12:29:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The HIV program focuses on Black college students in the South. The Black AIDS Institute will partner with Cardea and the Legacy Project.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/117577_iStock-953481042.jpg_59f401ee-7cf7-4495-97c3-9febe79e17af.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New Zealand Lifts HIV Travel Restrictions: “It’s a Proud Moment”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-zealand-lifts-hiv-travel-restrictions-proud-moment"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-zealand-lifts-hiv-travel-restrictions-proud-moment</id>
    <updated>2021-10-27T17:59:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[People with HIV can now apply for visas and move to New Zealand. These other countries still impose restrictions.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/117491_hiv-travel-restrictions-oct2021-unaids.png_f4c3f819-c151-4b8e-908b-b7bf2663ca10.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Will the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Spend Its $2.21 Billion?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/will-ryan-white-hivaids-program-spend-221-billion"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/will-ryan-white-hivaids-program-spend-221-billion</id>
    <updated>2021-10-26T17:28:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Nearly half of people living with HIV in the United States receive support from the federal Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/117466_iStock-1094066768.jpg_0fd51452-b3b3-41b0-b58b-d09783942196.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Mark Your Calendar for World AIDS Day and USCHA 2021]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/mark-calendar-world-aids-day-uscha-hiv-conference-2021"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/mark-calendar-world-aids-day-uscha-hiv-conference-2021</id>
    <updated>2021-10-25T15:42:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Register by November 5 for the virtual United States Conference on HIV/AIDS (USCHA), held December 2 and 3, right after World AIDS Day.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/117401_uscha-2020-virtual-lobby-youtube.png_75db7a56-a8e6-4399-b193-8d0069de31c1.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Day of Action to End Violence Against Women Living With HIV 2021]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-day-action-end-violence-women-living-hiv-2021"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-day-action-end-violence-women-living-hiv-2021</id>
    <updated>2021-10-22T20:45:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Watch this discussion about HIV, women and intimate partner violence, and listen to a PWN-USA podcast on HIV decriminalization.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/117303_pwn-usa-intimate-parnter-violence-facebook-oct2021.png_8b5f7b74-ab5f-456f-8241-f36982d36325.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Maine Makes It Legal to Possess Syringes]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/fight-overdose-deaths-hepatitis-hiv-maine-makes-legal-possess-syringes"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/fight-overdose-deaths-hepatitis-hiv-maine-makes-legal-possess-syringes</id>
    <updated>2021-10-22T17:52:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A decriminalization law in Maine allows people to have syringes. It’s an effort to combat rising overdose deaths and hepatitis C cases.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/117301_iStock-628333906.jpg_048b3a83-b125-44b8-a5c4-9797bd6ec22c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Lil Nas X Visits Black HIV Groups, Raises $100K for Southern AIDS Efforts]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/lil-nas-x-visits-black-hiv-groups-raises-100k-southern-aids-efforts"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lil-nas-x-visits-black-hiv-groups-raises-100k-southern-aids-efforts</id>
    <updated>2021-10-21T15:53:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A choir of LGBTQ members and faith leaders sang from “Montero”—the album raises funds for 15 groups fighting HIV in the South.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/117277_Untitled-1.jpg_d79673a5-b8d7-4314-86c6-eefc902c3674.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Shawn Lang, Longtime HIV and LGBTQ Advocate in Connecticut]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-shawn-lang-longtime-hiv-lgbtq-advocate-connecticut"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-shawn-lang-longtime-hiv-lgbtq-advocate-connecticut</id>
    <updated>2021-10-20T15:20:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Shawn Lang worked at AIDS Connecticut. She also fought for LGBTQ rights and for people dealing with opioid addiction and domestic violence.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/117247_shawn-lang-obit-wtnh-oct2021.png_e15e54c1-b2ce-4be3-b54e-ed0031116b1a.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Timothy Ray Brown Tribute Unveiled at National AIDS Memorial Grove]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/timothy-ray-brown-tribute-unveiled-national-aids-memorial-grove"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/timothy-ray-brown-tribute-unveiled-national-aids-memorial-grove</id>
    <updated>2021-10-19T07:22:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Timothy Ray Brown, the first person cured of HIV, died last year. An engraved boulder in the National AIDS Memorial Grove honors him.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/117201_timothy-rae-brown-bolder-aids-memorial-grove-oct2021.jpg_42ada394-fb94-4e62-9925-34ad1bfe46ee.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Don’t Conflate Magic Johnson’s HIV and COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/conflate-magic-johnsons-hiv-covid19-vaccine-mandates"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/conflate-magic-johnsons-hiv-covid19-vaccine-mandates</id>
    <updated>2021-10-18T12:14:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“They let Magic Johnson play basketball with FULL-BLOWN HIV but won’t let Kyrie Irving play because he won’t get a COVID shot”? Nope.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/117105_P04-19-084.jpg_4699f93b-0454-495e-bdfe-582c8ff529e1.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day 2021]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-latinx-aids-awareness-day-2021"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-latinx-aids-awareness-day-2021</id>
    <updated>2021-10-15T10:51:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In 2019, Latinos made up 16% of the U.S. population but 29% of new HIV diagnoses.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/117061_national-latinx-hiv-aids-awareness-day-nlaad-2021-2.png_a280d8be-cda1-4bb2-8133-76709a5e04c3.png" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$1.5B to Combat Opioid and Overdose Epidemics in New York State]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/15b-combat-opioid-overdose-epidemics-new-york-state"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/15b-combat-opioid-overdose-epidemics-new-york-state</id>
    <updated>2021-10-14T19:38:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The funding, which also supports harm reduction, arrives from the NY attorney general’s settlements with opioid manufacturers.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/117039_heal-ny-harm-reduction-funding-twitter-oct2021.jpg_36b2e65d-acb3-4116-8bb2-29b458968934.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What About Those Mysterious RNA Molecules Created by HIV?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/mysterious-rna-molecules-created-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/mysterious-rna-molecules-created-hiv</id>
    <updated>2021-10-13T12:41:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Boosted by a Campbell Foundation grant, an HIV scientist is “exploring new ground” by studying these novel molecules.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/116994_Massimo-Caputi.jpg_555895f9-3501-49be-9542-09ffa538adfb.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[An HIV Awareness Mural Goes Up at the Pennsylvania Capitol]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-awareness-mural-goes-pennsylvania-capitol"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-awareness-mural-goes-pennsylvania-capitol</id>
    <updated>2021-10-12T17:13:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The “Living a Positive Life” mural display kicks off “Take Control HIV,” a statewide campaign by five Pennsylvania groups.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/116945_pennsylvania-take-control-hiv-mural-Fonzi-Sims-Haas-oct2021.jpg_f26c4d38-53fd-48dc-9a3d-f3a9d082ed0a.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Memorial Quilt Once Again to Be Displayed in Person]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-memorial-quilt-displayed-person"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-memorial-quilt-displayed-person</id>
    <updated>2021-10-11T17:03:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[During COVID-19 lockdowns, blocks of the AIDS Quilt were shown only virtually. Now, they’re also available for in-person displays.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/116899_cityhall-close2-IMG-4198.jpeg_64f09089-d497-4137-ba4a-afc7fd05b9be.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Peter Staley Kept AIDS Denialism Out of “Dallas Buyers Club”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/peter-staley-kept-aids-denialism-dallas-buyers-club"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/peter-staley-kept-aids-denialism-dallas-buyers-club</id>
    <updated>2021-10-08T16:08:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[ACT UP activist Peter Staley reveals that story behind the Oscar-winning AIDS film in his memoir, ”Never Silent.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/116858_peter-staley-Never-Silent-memoir-COVER-oct2021.jpg_fdfb755d-2613-4a90-82ff-21e970047003.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Mobile Unit Brings HIV, Hepatitis C and Syringe Services to Indiana [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/mobile-unit-brings-hiv-hepatitis-c-syringe-services-indiana-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/mobile-unit-brings-hiv-hepatitis-c-syringe-services-indiana-video</id>
    <updated>2021-10-07T11:49:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Damien Center in Indianapolis adds clean syringes to its harm reduction, HIV and hepatitis C efforts.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/116813_indianapolis-mobile-syringe-exchange-youtube-wishtv-oct2021.png_f146fbac-18a2-46c1-a36e-d1a63744c9e9.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New Guidance on Prosecuting HIV Crimes in New Jersey]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-guidance-prosecuting-hiv-crimes-new-jersey"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-guidance-prosecuting-hiv-crimes-new-jersey</id>
    <updated>2021-10-06T17:34:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In stressing U=U, New Jersey’s acting attorney general wants to ensure that no one living with HIV is charged unjustly.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/116796_iStock-1167840469.jpg_ae05fa19-26e5-4065-ba0a-a1a8f094837f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Supreme Court Declines Case of “SEX OFFENDER” Stamp on Driver’s Licenses]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/supreme-court-declines-case-sex-offender-stamp-drivers-licenses"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/supreme-court-declines-case-sex-offender-stamp-drivers-licenses</id>
    <updated>2021-10-05T17:34:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In 2020, a Louisiana court struck down a law requiring “sex offender” be stamped on IDs, including in HIV crimes; that ruling prevails.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/116732_robert-suttle-sex-offender-id-twitter.jpg_6c8d7732-7275-4350-afe2-e5b01724ea65.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“HIV/AIDS” Is Now “HIV” at Two Federal Health Agencies]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hivaids-now-hiv-two-federal-health-agencies"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hivaids-now-hiv-two-federal-health-agencies</id>
    <updated>2021-10-04T17:18:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The removal of “AIDS” from the names of two CDC HIV agencies coincides with structural changes.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/116708_P10-19-012.jpg_97716bfe-48f8-4cda-a35a-a2063b828f66.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Romper con las leyes del VIH]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/romper-con-las-leyes-del-vih"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/romper-con-las-leyes-del-vih</id>
    <updated>2021-10-04T10:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Un resumen de exitosos esfuerzos para despenalizar el VIH<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/116648_P09-21-051.jpg_80732d81-2d41-49a1-bd00-73e23ef8c349.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[In the Beginning]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/beginning"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/beginning</id>
    <updated>2021-10-04T10:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[David Zwirner highlights artists lost to AIDS early in the epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/116533_P10-21-035.jpg_600ce020-a8fe-4e20-84ca-f1cbc2c7f208.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Making Gen Z Free of HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/making-gen-z-free-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/making-gen-z-free-hiv</id>
    <updated>2021-10-04T10:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HRC trains Latino and Black LGBTQ advocates.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/116544_P10-21-023.jpg_2b40fd0a-e79f-4fb2-9fa7-dab52c6993d5.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Kiki With a Legendary HIV Advocate]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/kiki-legendary-hiv-advocate-ballroom-vogue-maven-lee"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/kiki-legendary-hiv-advocate-ballroom-vogue-maven-lee</id>
    <updated>2021-10-01T10:27:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Maven Lee shares his HIV story while promoting balls, serving runway and starring on reality TV.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/116590_maven-lee-01.jpg_608a15bb-75d2-49d0-ba5b-a75db238634a.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Top Takeaways on HIV, Hepatitis C and LGBTQ Health From SYNC 2021]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/top-takeaways-hiv-hepatitis-c-lgbtq-health-sync-2021"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/top-takeaways-hiv-hepatitis-c-lgbtq-health-sync-2021</id>
    <updated>2021-09-29T18:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[News and tweets from the SYNChronicity 2021 Conference on HIV, hepatitis C, sexually transmitted infections and LGBTQ health<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/116459_sync2021-service-providers-sept2021.png_069c5148-cc51-4db1-a378-866f6a4c2507.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Free PrEP Clinic Offers HIV Prevention to Minnesotans]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/free-prep-clinic-offers-hiv-prevention-minnesotans"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/free-prep-clinic-offers-hiv-prevention-minnesotans</id>
    <updated>2021-09-28T12:58:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Aliveness Project’s Thrive clinic in Minneapolis covers the cost of PrEP, lab tests and STI and HIV screenings.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/116417_aliveness-project-prep-saloon-sept2021.JPEG_bccfb1f3-7e86-43ac-b8d2-bf19332f61f1.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2021]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-gay-mens-hivaids-awareness-day-2021"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-gay-mens-hivaids-awareness-day-2021</id>
    <updated>2021-09-27T05:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Gay and bisexual men accounted for 69% of the total 36,801 new HIV diagnoses in 2019. To learn more, search #NGMHAAD.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/116347_national-gay-mens-hiv-ais-awareness-day-2020-cdc.jpg_606952f7-bd7a-4d84-8533-536e528592a0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New Leadership and Consultants at the Black AIDS Institute]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-leadership-consultants-black-aids-institute"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-leadership-consultants-black-aids-institute</id>
    <updated>2021-09-24T17:37:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Toni Newman is the interim CEO of the Black AIDS Institute, and Kemal Atkins will serve as managing director. Consultants are also on board.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/116341_toni-newman.jpg_e48a86a0-1d57-44f4-b5b3-70ff63342526.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Aid for AIDS Wants Your Unused HIV Meds, Now More Than Ever]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aid-aids-wants-unused-hiv-meds-now-ever"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aid-aids-wants-unused-hiv-meds-now-ever</id>
    <updated>2021-09-22T16:58:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Donations dropped 70% due to COVID-19, and Americans on HIV treatment today have fewer unused meds, says the nonprofit’s founder.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/116236_Jesus-Augais-AIDFORAIDS.jpg_b49ea37a-39f7-422c-bf43-e99a6495af5d.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Billy Porter Says He’s “No More Shamed” Since Disclosing His HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/billy-porter-says-shamed-since-disclosing-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/billy-porter-says-shamed-since-disclosing-hiv</id>
    <updated>2021-09-21T08:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Actor and singer Billy Porter was honored at an Elizabeth Taylor AIDS fundraiser; his memoir “Unprotected,” arrives next month.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/116203_billy-porter-elizabeth-taylor-ball-to-end-aids-getty-sept2021-getty.jpg_03781a77-1d69-4dfc-99d1-e731027c9eab.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Dear Governor Kemp: There Is No AIDS Vaccine]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/dear-governor-kemp-aids-vaccine"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/dear-governor-kemp-aids-vaccine</id>
    <updated>2021-09-20T13:19:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Georgia governor erroneously claimed that Americans had refused to get a mandated AIDS vaccine. [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/116190_P07-21-009.jpg_52a2ca00-972a-4a05-a296-1c7be0e024cb.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day 2021]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-hivaids-aging-awareness-day-2021"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-hivaids-aging-awareness-day-2021</id>
    <updated>2021-09-17T14:52:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[People 55 and older make up 37% of the U.S. HIV population. Most are undetectable. What’s more, PrEP use increased among this age group.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/116129_hiv-Aging-Day-sept18-hiv-dot-gov.jpg_182bdf66-0063-4863-b4dc-7113adc57ead.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Getting Care for HIV, Hepatitis and Drug Misuse to Rural West Virginians]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/getting-care-hiv-hepatitis-drug-misuse-rural-west-virginians"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/getting-care-hiv-hepatitis-drug-misuse-rural-west-virginians</id>
    <updated>2021-09-16T13:35:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A $6.6 million grant aims to integrate services for HIV, hepatitis B and C and substance misuse into primary care clinics across the state.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/116072_iStock-1321797848.jpg_8107b869-0caf-461c-a372-ccc3dbd64d55.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Lil Nas X’s Baby Registry Raises Funds for HIV Nonprofits]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/lil-nas-xs-baby-registry-album-raises-funds-hiv-nonprofits"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lil-nas-xs-baby-registry-album-raises-funds-hiv-nonprofits</id>
    <updated>2021-09-15T17:45:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[At the VMAs, Lil Nas X nodded to Southern folks living with HIV. Days later, the pop star gave birth to “Montero,” his debut album.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/116047_lil-nas-x-montero-baby-registry-september2021.png_18fea303-d89b-403f-924f-14f6a995af58.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Predicting the Risk for Fragility Fractures in People With HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/predicting-risk-fragility-fractures-people-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/predicting-risk-fragility-fractures-people-hiv</id>
    <updated>2021-09-14T10:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[With a $2.4 million grant, researchers will develop a tool to calculate an HIV-positive person’s probability of a fracture.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/115838_x-rays-TS-515701857.jpg_7c5826f4-abd4-45a0-a4ec-767307bd2b5a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[California May Outlaw Stealthing, the Removal of a Condom Without Consent]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/california-may-outlaw-stealthing-removal-condom-without-consent"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/california-may-outlaw-stealthing-removal-condom-without-consent</id>
    <updated>2021-09-13T09:45:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In a first, California lawmakers are poised to make it illegal to take off a condom without a partner’s permission.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/115815_condom-couple-ts-460545647.jpg_68bbb138-883c-43bc-8468-76448bf6e71f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[COVID-19 Had “Devastating Impact” on Global Fund’s HIV Programs]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-devastating-impact-global-funds-hiv-programs"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-devastating-impact-global-funds-hiv-programs</id>
    <updated>2021-09-10T10:25:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[For the first time in 20 years, key measures of success for the Global Fund’s HIV, TB and malaria programs declined.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/115831_iStock-1210835143.jpg_f3dde04d-09a0-41bf-b7c5-942e5a2f8864.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National African Immigrant and Refugee HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis Awareness Day 2021]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-african-immigrant-refugee-hivaids-hepatitis-awareness-day-2021"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-african-immigrant-refugee-hivaids-hepatitis-awareness-day-2021</id>
    <updated>2021-09-09T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Take daily actions to support #NAIRHHA. For example: Advocate for HIV and hepatitis programs to include African dialects.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/115813_nairhhad-national-african-immigrant-refugee-hiv-hepatitis-awareness-day.png_269c03c0-8b9c-44f4-9964-5ba1bfdda8a7.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Five Ways Gay Dating Apps Can Reduce Stigma and Racism]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/five-ways-gay-dating-apps-can-reduce-stigma-racism"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/five-ways-gay-dating-apps-can-reduce-stigma-racism</id>
    <updated>2021-09-08T14:54:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Do you want to filter or be filtered by race or HIV status? The results of a survey of app users explore this and other NiceAF topics.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/115797_iStock-1155041435.jpg_c404d413-c1de-4748-ac7d-36c5536a0671.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$4.3M Will Help Integrate HIV Services in STI Clinics]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/43m-will-help-integrate-hiv-services-sti-clinics"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/43m-will-help-integrate-hiv-services-sti-clinics</id>
    <updated>2021-09-07T14:28:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Federal funds to scale up HIV services at sexually transmitted infection (STI) clinics will help reach Black, Latino and LGBTQ people.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/115755_sex-clinic-is-000043253380.jpg_b505b735-eeef-4ddb-b3c1-b898921d5045.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch These Compelling, Hopeful Stories of Substance Users and HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-compelling-hopeful-stories-substance-users-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-compelling-hopeful-stories-substance-users-hiv</id>
    <updated>2021-09-03T17:14:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A 13-minute mini-documentary on substance use and 14 short profiles are part of the National AIDS Memorial’s Surviving Voices initiative.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/115699_national-aids-memorial-surviving-voices-substance-use-promo2-sept2021.png_530c44a1-37e4-4860-9476-04f816d6884b.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New HIV Cases Fell 22% in San Francisco During the Year of COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-hiv-cases-fell-22-san-francisco-year-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-hiv-cases-fell-22-san-francisco-year-covid19</id>
    <updated>2021-09-02T12:18:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[But this could be linked to a decline in HIV testing. Data from 2020 also show a drop in HIV care, especially for homeless San Franciscans.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/115501_SF-Epi-Report-2020-crop.jpg_d061b04e-ecc8-4f71-965b-e8389e79274a.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[275 Ways to Raise Funds for NYC’s LGBT Center and HIV Services]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/275-ways-raise-funds-nycs-lgbt-center-hiv-services"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/275-ways-raise-funds-nycs-lgbt-center-hiv-services</id>
    <updated>2021-09-01T17:29:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Create your own virtual 275 Challenge—complete any task 275 times or in 27.5 hours or along 27.5 miles—and raise HIV and LGBTQ funds.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/115481_cycle-for-cause-lgbt-center-nyc-2019-InspiredStorytellers1.jpg_5f04ce90-4914-45e3-a7de-c5a02b0c8dec.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[International Overdose Awareness Day 2021 [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/international-overdose-awareness-day-2021-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/international-overdose-awareness-day-2021-video</id>
    <updated>2021-08-31T11:45:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Over 94,000 people died of drug overdoses in the U.S. last year. New York activists urge the new governor to OK overdose prevention centers.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/115334_international-overdose-awareness-day-ioad-instagram-2021.png_d77d114e-ce0d-4222-9abc-294a232ac6c7.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: National Faith HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2021]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-faith-hivaids-awareness-day-2021"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-faith-hivaids-awareness-day-2021</id>
    <updated>2021-08-30T17:53:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[You can now watch the short documentary-style film “My Faith. My Story.”—about HIV and religion in the South. Here’s how.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/115169_my-faith-my-story-hiv-faith-day-youtube-aug2021.png_d4fc8396-15a4-43d5-8370-768336c99348.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet the New CEO of Chicago-Based HIV Nonprofit TPAN]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meet-new-ceo-chicagobased-hiv-nonprofit-tpan"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meet-new-ceo-chicagobased-hiv-nonprofit-tpan</id>
    <updated>2021-08-30T17:32:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“One of the things that impresses me most about TPAN is its legacy of community outreach,” says incoming CEO Kara Eastman.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/115295_Kara-Eastman-tpan-ceo-aug-2021.jpg_42369342-2249-4656-9646-7580a16f27a9.jpg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: Reactions to the Dismissal of Black AIDS Institute’s CEO]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/amid-inner-turmoil-black-aids-institute-currently-ceo"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/amid-inner-turmoil-black-aids-institute-currently-ceo</id>
    <updated>2021-08-27T11:43:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV community leaders demand Raniyah Copeland be reinstated and that the Black AIDS Institute fill vacant seats on the board.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/114962_P01-21-012.jpg_5d5bad03-e73f-4c3d-953a-ba89f49576df.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Which U.S. Region Sees the Highest Rates of HIV Diagnoses and Deaths?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/us-region-sees-highest-rates-hiv-diagnoses-deaths"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/us-region-sees-highest-rates-hiv-diagnoses-deaths</id>
    <updated>2021-08-25T15:53:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[For answers, check out these nine takeaways from the report “HIV in the U.S. Deep South: Trends From 2008–2019.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/115067_iStock-940969224.jpg_749ba9c0-072d-4412-aa49-2175ee27f12d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Long COVID and “Gut Leakiness” in People Who Have HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/long-covid-gut-leakiness-people-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/long-covid-gut-leakiness-people-hiv</id>
    <updated>2021-08-24T10:25:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An $80,000 Campbell Foundation grant will help researchers explore possible links between long COVID, gut bacteria, inflammation and HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/114998_gut-bacteria-iStock-513254018.jpg_a935337b-0787-4b23-a7d6-53a362100855.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2021]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/southern-hivaids-awareness-day-2021"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/southern-hivaids-awareness-day-2021</id>
    <updated>2021-08-20T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This year’s SHAAD theme—Support.Act.Change—pays homage to 20 years of HIV service from the Southern AIDS Coalition.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/114913_southern-hiv-aids-awareness-day-aidsvu-2021.png_f10bf556-9831-42f8-8902-10c16d065599.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Do 50 Global Cities Rate in Key Areas of LGBTQ and HIV Health?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/50-global-fast-track-cities-rate-key-areas-lgbtq-hiv-health"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/50-global-fast-track-cities-rate-key-areas-lgbtq-hiv-health</id>
    <updated>2021-08-18T18:06:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new study measures HIV and LGBTQ health equity and finds that HIV care providers are key health leaders. [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/114870_LGBTQ-Health-Report-medium-081721-1.jpg_020e690c-8a76-4d4e-ae04-3e5b01822721.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How One Man Stole $8.2M Worth of HIV Meds in Two Years]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/one-man-stole-82m-worth-hiv-meds-two-years-veterans-affairs"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/one-man-stole-82m-worth-hiv-meds-two-years-veterans-affairs</id>
    <updated>2021-08-17T16:26:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In his guilty plea, the New Jersey man detailed how he conspired with others to steal HIV meds from a VA pharmacy and resell them.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/114838_P10-18-006.jpg_7c56725e-4f3f-4f6c-a8d6-861e82afc604.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[This Gen Z Program for LGBTQ, Black and Latino Youth Aims to End HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/gen-z-program-lgbtq-black-latino-youth-aims-end-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/gen-z-program-lgbtq-black-latino-youth-aims-end-hiv</id>
    <updated>2021-08-16T19:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Hurry! Advocates 18 to 24 years old can apply now to work with the Human Rights Campaign as peer facilitators to fight HIV and stigma.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/114788_iStock-1136187224.jpg_97436d38-20ff-4f2f-ba73-9abda4e2035f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[PrEP, PEP &amp; Pharmacists]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/prep-pep-pharmacists"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/prep-pep-pharmacists</id>
    <updated>2021-08-16T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Legislators in California, Colorado, Missouri and Nevada passed bills allowing pharmacists to prescribe HIV prevention meds.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/114582_rx.jpg_d3063a63-8500-4dcf-adf6-f9deb3b39642.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Breaking HIV Laws: A Roundup of Efforts to Decriminalize HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/breaking-hiv-laws"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/breaking-hiv-laws</id>
    <updated>2021-08-16T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: Watch videos from this year’s HIV is Not a Crime (HINAC) virtual conference.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/114577_P09-21-051.jpg_5726d4b1-0358-4633-8124-590efac540a8.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Where a Giant X Marks the AIDS Memorial Spot]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/giant-x-marks-aids-memorial-spot"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/giant-x-marks-aids-memorial-spot</id>
    <updated>2021-08-16T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The AMP: AIDS Memorial Pathway in Seattle was officially dedicated in late June.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/114600_Untitled-2.jpg_54b95e10-0a09-44e9-b901-9dd3a3acbc5e.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A New HIV Tool for Black College Students]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-hiv-tool-black-college-students"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-hiv-tool-black-college-students</id>
    <updated>2021-08-16T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[It’s just one element of HRC’s “My Body, My Health” initiative.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/114605_P09-21-035.jpg_bb87bfc6-f489-42d7-9e8f-f23f17430bf1.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Can These Three Gene Therapies Get Us Closer to an HIV Cure?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/can-three-gene-therapies-get-us-closer-hiv-cure"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/can-three-gene-therapies-get-us-closer-hiv-cure</id>
    <updated>2021-08-13T17:15:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[With $600,000 in amfAR HIV grants, research teams explore CAR-T cells, bFAbs and CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing to eradicate the reservoir.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/114739_P01-20-022.jpg_0b38fa0a-3c59-4454-ab32-e19e56e3b0b5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Fred, a Champion HIV Fundraiser and Lovable Yorkshire Terrier]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-fred-champion-hiv-fundraiser-lovable-yorkshire-terrier"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-fred-champion-hiv-fundraiser-lovable-yorkshire-terrier</id>
    <updated>2021-08-11T16:59:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[As the face of the nonprofit Fred Says, this four-legged ally and his dad fought stigma and raised money for youth living with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/114585_fred-says-instagram-aug2021.png_4d1f5357-aaef-4279-9779-b51fe0dc75ba.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: Special Enrollment Period for Obamacare Ends August 15]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/millions-can-enroll-obamacare-soon-thanks-biden-directive"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/millions-can-enroll-obamacare-soon-thanks-biden-directive</id>
    <updated>2021-08-10T21:11:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In January, Biden opened this enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act. Plus: Those with a health plan can change their coverage.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/105898_biden-executive-order-obamacare-instagram-potus-jan2021.png_848a6b6b-0fb9-459e-a4ef-bce7bbb6c838.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Beware of Counterfeit Versions of These Two HIV Meds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/beware-counterfeit-versions-two-hiv-meds"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/beware-counterfeit-versions-two-hiv-meds</id>
    <updated>2021-08-10T12:03:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Fake tablets of Biktarvy and Descovy are being distributed at pharmacies, warns Gilead Sciences. Here’s how to spot the authentic HIV meds.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/114529_Biktarvy-Descovy-bottles-gilead-aug2021.jpg_57d81400-a82c-4121-9f6a-b79ab4f1e894.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet Eight New Members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meet-eight-new-members-presidential-advisory-council-hivaids"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meet-eight-new-members-presidential-advisory-council-hivaids</id>
    <updated>2021-08-09T17:06:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Watch PACHA’s recent virtual meeting, which covered PrEP, the U.S. plan to end the HIV epidemic and new council members and cochairs<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/114507_pacha-members-youtube-aug2021.png_78ea1fb3-3409-468e-8ea9-d80a0c9cf229.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Over $27M in Grants for HIV Housing and $20M for Data Centers]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/27m-grants-hiv-housing-20m-data-centers"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/27m-grants-hiv-housing-20m-data-centers</id>
    <updated>2021-08-06T19:14:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The federal HIV funding goes to 31 local housing programs and seven global data collection centers.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/114454_housing-iStock-000040515032.jpg_b074fb0a-f186-4e2e-986c-9793be7fbec4.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Boston’s Heartwarming Video to Bust HIV Stigma]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-bostons-heartwarming-video-bust-hiv-stigma"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-bostons-heartwarming-video-bust-hiv-stigma</id>
    <updated>2021-08-04T12:02:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“You already know and love someone living with HIV” is the message of an anti-stigma campaign in Boston.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/114298_someone-you-know-and-love-boston-youtube-2021-1.png_863dd979-99a5-4e2c-aa2f-8bad6094c0c3.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[CDC Offers This Advice for Tackling West Virginia’s HIV Outbreak]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/cdc-offers-advice-tackling-west-virginias-hiv-outbreak"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/cdc-offers-advice-tackling-west-virginias-hiv-outbreak</id>
    <updated>2021-08-03T16:37:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A surge in West Virginia HIV cases linked to injection drug use spurred the CDC to recommend solutions, including hepatitis C testing.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/114272_iStock-472067721.jpg_9e39e6cc-6007-425a-a269-2d077cfab41d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Meetings of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS This Week]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-presidential-advisory-council-hivaids-meets-week"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-presidential-advisory-council-hivaids-meets-week</id>
    <updated>2021-08-02T15:15:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[PACHA meets virtually August 3 and 4 to discuss plans to end HIV and to hear public comments. You’re invited.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/114155_harold-philips-informal-aug2020.jpg_ff69a35c-0a07-4db2-ac04-de0a5e2aa60f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[CDC Awards $117M to Local and State Efforts to End the HIV Epidemic]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/cdc-awards-117m-local-state-efforts-end-hiv-epidemic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/cdc-awards-117m-local-state-efforts-end-hiv-epidemic</id>
    <updated>2021-07-30T13:41:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The funding will help address racial and ethnic disparities by supporting the federal “Ending the HIV Epidemic” plan.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/114108_US-Map-2.jpg_bd5cf8fd-8a8c-492f-851f-71747917b636.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Up to 100 Tennessee Patients Warned of Possible Hepatitis and HIV Risk]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/100-tennessee-patients-warned-possible-hepatitis-hiv-risk"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/100-tennessee-patients-warned-possible-hepatitis-hiv-risk</id>
    <updated>2021-07-29T17:08:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Ballad Health warned clients of possible exposures to hepatitis B and C as well as HIV but said the risk was “extremely low.” [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/114071_amy-hunter-ballad-health-tennessee-wjhl-29july2021.png_dee20d86-5ce5-4969-8d57-4635b47d5608.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: Illinois Governor Signs Bill to Repeal HIV Crime Laws]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/illinois-lawmakers-move-forward-repeal-hiv-law"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/illinois-lawmakers-move-forward-repeal-hiv-law</id>
    <updated>2021-07-28T12:05:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The bill takes effect immediately and makes Illinois the second state, after California, to decriminalize HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/114042_timothy-jackson-nbc-chicago-hiv-criminalization-july2021.png_b0e3c3b7-564f-4a34-85ab-2a82e93fae7d.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[World Hepatitis Day 2021 [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/world-hepatitis-day-2021-videos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/world-hepatitis-day-2021-videos</id>
    <updated>2021-07-28T11:10:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Hepatitis B and C kill more people each year than HIV/AIDS, malaria and TB. That’s why “Hepatitis Can’t Wait.”<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/114035_world-hepatitis-day-2021.jpg_c0e86514-ca84-4d8b-a1c7-49599ad5d311.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Rapper DaBaby’s HIV and Gay Comments Get Slammed for Spreading Ignorance]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rapper-dababys-hiv-gay-comments-get-slammed-spreading-ignorance"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rapper-dababys-hiv-gay-comments-get-slammed-spreading-ignorance</id>
    <updated>2021-07-27T15:31:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[But DaBaby doubles down on concert comments like, “If you didn’t show up with HIV and AIDS…put your cell phone lighter up!” [VIDEOS]<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/114023_dababy-rolling-loud-miami-youtube-july2021.png_ace0e18e-a7d8-45e1-8def-c52d9dec3f21.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New CEO at Jerusalem House, Provider of HIV-Related Housing in Atlanta]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-ceo-jerusalem-house-provider-hivrelated-housing-atlanta"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-ceo-jerusalem-house-provider-hivrelated-housing-atlanta</id>
    <updated>2021-07-26T17:53:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Maryum Gibson has been named president and CEO; Jerusalem House’s current leader, Charlie Frew, will soon retire.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/114007_jerusalem-house-maryum-gibson-charlie-frew-july2021.png_7f0ad994-021f-4497-b082-c7fc5cfc0a69.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Insurers Must Cover PrEP and Related Services to Prevent HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/insurers-must-cover-prep-related-services-prevent-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/insurers-must-cover-prep-related-services-prevent-hiv</id>
    <updated>2021-07-21T14:49:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The U.S. government clarified that health insurers must cover PrEP and the associated doctor visits and tests. Here’s why.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/113872_iStock-1178864011.jpg_186f1124-1ae4-4399-9d15-c555d0220f4c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV and Syphilis Outbreaks Raise Alarms in Minnesota]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-syphilis-outbreaks-raise-alarms-minnesota"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-syphilis-outbreaks-raise-alarms-minnesota</id>
    <updated>2021-07-20T13:12:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The outbreaks near Duluth, Minnesota, have advocates scrambling to offer rapid HIV testing and clean syringes.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/113840_hiv-positive-iStock-74191413-LARGE.jpg_a0e373ad-725f-4dda-ad84-180138e99af4.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[An HIV Prevention Manifesto by Transgender and Gender-Diverse People]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-prevention-manifesto-transgender-genderdiverse-people"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-prevention-manifesto-transgender-genderdiverse-people</id>
    <updated>2021-07-19T15:55:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The “No Data No More” manifesto explains why it’s vital to include more transgender people in HIV prevention research. [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/113790_NDNM-Manifesto.jpg_0c517962-4615-4ea2-83e6-ca0628cffa7c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Missouri Takes “a Really Strong Step” in Updating Its HIV Crime Laws]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/missouri-takes-really-strong-step-updating-hiv-crime-laws"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/missouri-takes-really-strong-step-updating-hiv-crime-laws</id>
    <updated>2021-07-16T14:01:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Missouri’s governor signs a bill that lowers the penalty of HIV exposure and transmission.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/113728_hand-cuffs-iStock-000008943099-Double.jpg_cca7cf81-d86a-490e-a3a1-9cad00b3cb59.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Judge Puts a Hold on West Virginia’s New Law to Restrict Syringe Services]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/judge-puts-hold-west-virginias-new-law-restrict-syringe-services-prevent-hiv-hepatitis-c"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/judge-puts-hold-west-virginias-new-law-restrict-syringe-services-prevent-hiv-hepatitis-c</id>
    <updated>2021-07-14T16:43:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Despite a surge in HIV cases linked to injection drug use, the syringe exchange regulations were to take effect July 9.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/113652_iStock-826281260.jpg_f3f0482d-c790-4bc4-a438-c4c576aa3bca.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Enroll in the Black AIDS Institute’s Free African-American HIV University]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/enroll-black-aids-institutes-free-africanamerican-hiv-university"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/enroll-black-aids-institutes-free-africanamerican-hiv-university</id>
    <updated>2021-07-13T17:42:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Learn about HIV science and grassroots organizing at the African-American HIV University. Apply by August 15.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/113627_iStock-508902090.jpg_82aa8492-b19b-4ac0-b1a3-4186c113eeb0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Philadelphia’s Plan to End HIV Includes a New Testing Strategy]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/philadelphias-plan-end-hiv-includes-new-testing-strategy"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/philadelphias-plan-end-hiv-includes-new-testing-strategy</id>
    <updated>2021-07-12T16:28:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Funds for HIV testing in Philadelphia are being redirected to reach more gay and bi men and Black, Latino and transgender people.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/113604_Philadelphia-iStock-39972536.jpg_a373c666-3401-4dd7-9298-34bf7dd3a5b7.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[PrEP Programs Face Devastating Loss of Funding for HIV Prevention]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/prep-programs-face-devastating-loss-funding-hiv-prevention"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/prep-programs-face-devastating-loss-funding-hiv-prevention</id>
    <updated>2021-07-09T14:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV clinics could lose over $100 million each year—notably those serving Black, brown, queer and Southern communities.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/113557_iStock-1178864066.jpg_2d07bf2e-baf5-4faa-81fa-82812fbc3ced.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Supreme Court to Hear HIV Case Involving CVS Pharmacy Program]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/supreme-court-hear-hiv-case-involving-cvs-pharmacy-program-discrimination"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/supreme-court-hear-hiv-case-involving-cvs-pharmacy-program-discrimination</id>
    <updated>2021-07-07T19:40:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Can health plans force clients to get HIV meds in the mail or at a specific pharmacy in order to keep discounts?<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/113523_pharmacist-ts-85501565.jpg_aff4b928-1a08-44ae-a99c-25ce98bb212d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Are Gay and Bi Latino Men With HIV Engaging in Care?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/gay-bi-latino-men-hiv-engaging-care"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/gay-bi-latino-men-hiv-engaging-care</id>
    <updated>2021-07-06T13:58:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A three-city survey of gay and bisexual Latino men living with HIV offers insight on treatment adherence and more.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/113467_3-city-report-latino-GBM-MSM-HIV-1.jpg_f4a11827-d5c0-4abe-9781-620430fe8db0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[In Seattle, a Giant X Marks the AIDS Memorial Spot]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/seattle-giant-x-marks-aids-memorial-spot-hiv-amp"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/seattle-giant-x-marks-aids-memorial-spot-hiv-amp</id>
    <updated>2021-07-02T16:05:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Check out The AMP: AIDS Memorial Pathway in Seattle—and learn why there’s a huge X sculpture made of speakers! [SLIDESHOW]<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/113372_AMP1922.jpg_e7cacde8-6891-48fb-9fb1-63bb873c545c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Making Sure That LGBTQ People Get Counted in COVID-19 Data]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/making-sure-lgbtq-people-get-counted-covid19-data"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/making-sure-lgbtq-people-get-counted-covid19-data</id>
    <updated>2021-06-30T15:02:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[LGBTQ health centers pool their data for the We Count Collaborative to track the COVID-19 experiences of queer people.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/113276_pride-flag-usa-flag-lgbt-ny-june2021.jpg_f0828061-cf18-4110-9842-95c7782fb399.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Gay Man in Mexico Murdered After Disclosing His HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/gay-man-mexico-murdered-disclosing-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/gay-man-mexico-murdered-disclosing-hiv</id>
    <updated>2021-06-29T17:35:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In a separate reported case, a man in Mexico City was arrested for nondisclosure after his girlfriend found his HIV meds.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/113252_handcuffs-iStock-1025708594.jpg_65dd2a6d-719d-4a2e-85a7-0c1eeb99e7ce.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Creating an App to Help Caregivers Better Prescribe HIV Meds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/creating-app-help-caregivers-better-prescribe-hiv-meds"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/creating-app-help-caregivers-better-prescribe-hiv-meds</id>
    <updated>2021-06-28T13:36:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Maunank Shah, MD, PhD, is building a mobile version of HIV-ASSIST thanks to a Campbell Foundation grant.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/113183_doctor-iphone-iStock-000020553793-Full.jpg_7fd7dc2b-840f-4731-82f8-9087336acaad.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Art Visionary]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-art-visionary"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-art-visionary</id>
    <updated>2021-06-28T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Patrick O’Connell, the first director of Visual AIDS, died of AIDS-related illness in March 2021.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/112629_P07-21-041.jpg_63a42b1f-b66d-4878-95c7-bb1da21bbf74.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Art, Sex and Times Square]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/art-sex-times-square"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/art-sex-times-square</id>
    <updated>2021-06-28T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Two queer Black artists discuss it all in the latest Duets book from Visual AIDS.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/112620_P07-21-035.jpg_439e20a7-5679-43f4-90ba-8719e2873d39.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Toast to 25 Years of Dining Out to Fight HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/toast-25-years-dining-fight-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/toast-25-years-dining-fight-hiv</id>
    <updated>2021-06-28T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[For the past 25 years, Dining Out For Life has served up opportunities to support local restaurants and AIDS service organizations.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/112633_P07-21-032.jpg_dc6b61cb-c83b-4000-8563-8e9d9718ab2f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National HIV Testing Day 2021]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-hiv-testing-day-2021"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-hiv-testing-day-2021</id>
    <updated>2021-06-25T15:07:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The #HIVTestingDay theme is “My Test, My Way.” Here’s how to get free at-home HIV testing kits and to locate testing sites near you.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/113093_hiv-testing-day-2021-aidsvu.png_f791aa7c-608e-4e07-978a-0ecca5335a72.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HRC Teams With Six LGBTQ, Black and Latino Groups to End HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hrc-teams-six-lgbtq-black-latino-groups-end-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hrc-teams-six-lgbtq-black-latino-groups-end-hiv</id>
    <updated>2021-06-23T17:12:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Through its “My Body, My Health” initiative, Human Rights Campaign tackles HIV in minority and LGBTQ communities.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/113028_hrc-my-body-my-health-june2021.jpg_f1b8f1a7-b30a-4ab6-9c7b-7b1e457b8258.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Join Billy Porter for a Free Screening of the POZ Award–Winning Film “5B”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/join-billy-porter-free-screening-poz-awardwinning-film-5b-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/join-billy-porter-free-screening-poz-awardwinning-film-5b-hiv</id>
    <updated>2021-06-22T11:36:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“5B” tells the true story of nurses in the first AIDS ward. After the film, Billy Porter will chat with one of them.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/112920_5B-fim-caregiver-RitaRockett.jpg_eb71a4b3-5383-4a5c-b651-61652ccdd66d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[ICE Urged to Release Transgender and HIV-Positive Asylum Seekers]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/ice-urged-release-transgender-hivpositive-asylum-seekers"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/ice-urged-release-transgender-hivpositive-asylum-seekers</id>
    <updated>2021-06-21T14:36:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Transgender and HIV-positive people are severely suffering in U.S. immigration detention facilities,” say activist groups.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/112851_immigrant-fence-iStock-885662980.jpg_4a7861e1-8f79-4bea-be3f-62e0402fe0c5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Affordable Care Act’s Survival Praised as a “Victory for Patients”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/affordable-care-acts-survival-supreme-court-praised-victory-patients-hiv-cancer-hepatitis"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/affordable-care-acts-survival-supreme-court-praised-victory-patients-hiv-cancer-hepatitis</id>
    <updated>2021-06-18T10:10:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Supreme Court upholds the Affordable Care Act for a third time. Here’s a look at responses from health care advocates.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/112770_iStock-901625848.jpg_059314f5-d805-448a-99a8-fd5eaaafe3b1.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Police Seek Mom Who Allegedly Refused to Give Her Infant HIV Meds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/police-seek-mom-allegedly-refused-give-infant-hiv-meds"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/police-seek-mom-allegedly-refused-give-infant-hiv-meds</id>
    <updated>2021-06-16T15:01:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The St. Louis woman, who tested HIV positive while pregnant, is accused of child abuse or neglect.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/112645_iStock-175408912.jpg_ab0c6f16-892a-497a-99ae-3bb8b1b9aa77.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[United Nations Adopts New Goals to End AIDS by 2030]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/united-nations-adopts-new-goals-end-aids-2030"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/united-nations-adopts-new-goals-end-aids-2030</id>
    <updated>2021-06-15T16:26:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Only four members at the U.N. high-level meeting on AIDS voted against a declaration to reduce HIV rates and stigma.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/112585_winnie-byanyima-unaids-united-nations-june2021.JPG_f6da433a-e3bf-4a43-af91-b2ee56beca65.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[World Blood Donor Day 2021: Give Blood and Keep the World Beating]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/world-blood-donor-day-2021-give-blood-keep-world-beating"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/world-blood-donor-day-2021-give-blood-keep-world-beating</id>
    <updated>2021-06-14T15:20:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: Buy a “Queer Blood America” work by artist Jordan Eagles, who fights the FDA’s discriminatory ban on blood donors.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/112534_world-blood-donor-day-2021-youtube-who.jpg_30172abb-b40c-4683-9ab4-20dfc788c25e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Ganga Stone, Who Fed People Living With AIDS and Cofounded GLWD]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-ganga-stone-fed-people-aids-cofounded-glwd-god-s-love-we-deliver"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-ganga-stone-fed-people-aids-cofounded-glwd-god-s-love-we-deliver</id>
    <updated>2021-06-11T17:43:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Ganga Stone explain the history of God’s Love We Deliver and the need to provide meals to people with AIDS. [VIDEOS]<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/112485_ganga-stone-gods-love-we-deliver-obit-june2021jpg.jpg_67d8f936-ae45-4773-993d-4d4f249052b6.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Honor International NASH Day 2021—Your Liver Will Thank You!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/honor-international-nash-day-2021your-liver-will-thank"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/honor-international-nash-day-2021your-liver-will-thank</id>
    <updated>2021-06-10T12:31:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[NASH is a more severe form of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Learn more about this type of hepatitis on #NASHday 2021.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/112388_international-NASH-day-Logo-2.jpg_2abf2889-a87e-4467-abb2-05761546f224.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The U.S. Finally Has a New AIDS Czar!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/us-finally-new-aids-czar-harold-phillips-onap"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/us-finally-new-aids-czar-harold-phillips-onap</id>
    <updated>2021-06-09T16:26:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Harold Phillips, a Black man living with HIV, is the new director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP).<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/112337_harold-philips-informal-aug2020.jpg_c54f7d48-983c-4643-97dc-6bc24d91ee24.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Nevada Updates Its HIV Crime Laws, Allows PrEP and PEP Access at Pharmacies]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/nevada-updates-hiv-crime-laws-allows-prep-pep-access-pharmacies"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/nevada-updates-hiv-crime-laws-allows-prep-pep-access-pharmacies</id>
    <updated>2021-06-08T16:03:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Nevada’s governor signed four LGBTQ- and HIV-related bills into law during a Pride celebration in Las Vegas.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/112272_nevada-governor-steve-sisolak-june2021.png_f1d191bb-da11-43ef-8b99-294b6457b5a1.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch HIV Leaders Mark 40 Years of AIDS and Over 700,000 Lost to the Virus]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-hiv-leaders-mark-40-years-aids-700000-lost-virus"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-hiv-leaders-mark-40-years-aids-700000-lost-virus</id>
    <updated>2021-06-07T16:36:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A ceremony at the National AIDS Memorial also includes a short film honoring HIV long-term survivors.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/112190_pelosi-breed-cunningham-aids-memorial-by-Trish-Tunney-june2021.jpg_76ba87b6-47fe-4c25-be5d-d9d3b729beba.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day 2021]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-longterm-survivors-awareness-day-2021"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-longterm-survivors-awareness-day-2021</id>
    <updated>2021-06-04T11:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This year’s #HLTSAD is Saturday, June 5, the 40th anniversary of the first AIDS cases reported in the United States.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/111819_MMRW-June-81.jpg_e3a5a77f-777f-44c7-972e-c5fff97f938b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Listen to Two New “Red Hot + Free” Songs to Raise HIV Funds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/listen-two-new-red-hot-free-songs-raise-hiv-funds"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/listen-two-new-red-hot-free-songs-raise-hiv-funds</id>
    <updated>2021-06-02T11:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The “Red Hot + Free” HIV fundraising album includes Billy Porter, Sofi Tukker, Titus Burgess and a new version of “I Will Survive.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/111839_mon-cheri-red-hot-dance.png_e02f9820-c0b5-4c34-aabe-b49f32c5fa2e.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Biden’s 2022 Budget Includes $670M to Fight HIV, but What About Hepatitis?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/bidens-2022-budget-includes-670m-fight-hiv-hepatitis"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/bidens-2022-budget-includes-670m-fight-hiv-hepatitis</id>
    <updated>2021-06-01T14:26:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[That’s a $267 million increase for HIV efforts from 2021. Plus, Biden’s 2022 budget invests $6.5 billion in health research.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/111813_iStock-1094066768.jpg_60e06189-5cb0-4a6f-8aa4-f8eec2330dee.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How’s Your State Doing in the Race to End the HIV Epidemic?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/state-race-end-hiv-epidemic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/state-race-end-hiv-epidemic</id>
    <updated>2021-05-31T09:15:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: Data from 2019 and 2020 have been added to America’s HIV Epidemic Analysis Dashboard (AHEAD), an interactive digital map.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/109838_care-treat-map.jpg_1da7cfca-41ed-4b48-bc4f-9a1c1471890d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Broadway Dancers Bare It in Times Square to Fight HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-broadway-dancers-bare-times-square-fight-hiv-bcefa"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-broadway-dancers-bare-times-square-fight-hiv-bcefa</id>
    <updated>2021-05-28T17:55:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Dancers rehearse for the June 20 virtual HIV/AIDS fundraiser “Broadway Bares: Twerk from Home.” [VIDEOS]<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/111761_Bares-2021-HeroImage.jpg_a2e4280c-c8b5-48e2-8aa2-df1bc205f09c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Good and Bad News About Global Rates of HIV, Viral Hepatitis and STIs]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/good-bad-news-global-rates-hiv-viral-hepatitis-stis"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/good-bad-news-global-rates-hiv-viral-hepatitis-stis</id>
    <updated>2021-05-27T21:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[2019 HIV cases were the lowest since 1990, and hepatitis B rates also fell, according to a WHO report. But most STIs peaked.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/111739_test-tubes-blood-hepatitis.jpg_f09776e2-9206-46cf-bdb0-e0cb0a064393.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Outbreak Reported in Minneapolis and Surrounding Area]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-outbreak-reported-minneapolis-surrounding-area"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-outbreak-reported-minneapolis-surrounding-area</id>
    <updated>2021-05-26T18:13:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The new HIV cases are linked to the opioid crisis and homelessness.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/111678_Wisconsin-iStock-000066821731.jpg_2aa1c8b0-2a97-43dd-a5eb-bd19a01a5e04.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Montreal to Host the 2022 International AIDS Conference]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/montreal-host-2022-international-aids-conference"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/montreal-host-2022-international-aids-conference</id>
    <updated>2021-05-25T18:26:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The HIV community will once again gather in person at AIDS 2022 next summer, but the conference will also have a virtual component.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/111603_aids2018-ciminalization-conference1.jpg_c907c3eb-0e59-47d7-a334-8765a03bbe4a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[TV Special to Explore What It’s Like Living With HIV Today [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/tv-special-explore-like-living-hiv-today"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/tv-special-explore-like-living-hiv-today</id>
    <updated>2021-05-24T14:52:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Jonathan Van Ness of “Queer Eye” narrates the Vice TV documentary marking 40 years of the HIV epidemic. It premieres June 2.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/115306_vice-tv-40-years-HIV.jpg_ca43f049-ee34-42dc-86ce-471628098094.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Took Larry Stanton in 1984; His Male Portraits Remain Forever Young and Compelling]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-took-larry-stanton-1984-gay-hiv-male-portraits-remain-forever-young"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-took-larry-stanton-1984-gay-hiv-male-portraits-remain-forever-young</id>
    <updated>2021-05-21T18:57:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The art—and boys—of Larry Stanton inspires a gallery show, a book of poems and a documentary. [VIDEO and SLIDESHOW]<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/111485_Larry-Stanton-Drawings-24.jpg_471d32ca-c55c-4e8f-800a-9a5f64f7d7fb.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Head of Historic AIDS Organization GMHC to Step Down]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/head-historic-aids-organization-gmhc-step-kelse-louie-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/head-historic-aids-organization-gmhc-step-kelse-louie-hiv</id>
    <updated>2021-05-20T16:31:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Kelsey Louie has been the CEO of Gay Men’s Health Crisis (GMHC) in New York City for the past seven years.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/111433_kelsey-louie-gmhc-2018.jpg_247f8f5a-b6cb-4d68-aaf3-f31bc7e4eb40.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Billy Porter Says He’s Been Living With HIV Since 2007 [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/billy-porter-says-living-hiv-since-2007-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/billy-porter-says-living-hiv-since-2007-video</id>
    <updated>2021-05-19T14:46:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“It’s time to put my big boy pants on and talk,” Billy Porter tells The Hollywood Reporter about his HIV status.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/111361_billy-porter-hollywood-reporter-may2021.jpg_86404659-9ff3-460c-a6d4-8a5948def342.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Hepatitis Testing Day 2021]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-hepatitis-testing-day-2021"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-hepatitis-testing-day-2021</id>
    <updated>2021-05-19T06:25:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Over 2.3 million people have hep C in the United States. The liver disease can be cured—but first, you must know your status.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/111325_liver-iStock-853665982.jpg_0a46114a-cd30-4eda-8422-0d4e59475bf3.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Vaccine Awareness Day 2021]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-vaccine-awareness-day-hvad-2021"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-vaccine-awareness-day-hvad-2021</id>
    <updated>2021-05-18T07:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[AVAC’s theme for HVAD 2021 is “HIV Vaccine Research: Building on Lessons from COVID.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/111304_vaccination-vaccine-P07-18-008.jpg_c2c17aba-356e-4cd1-ad08-8179eadfcd7b.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Being Seen” Podcast Highlights Queer Black Male Perspectives]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/seen-hiv-podcast-highlights-queer-black-male-perspectives"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/seen-hiv-podcast-highlights-queer-black-male-perspectives</id>
    <updated>2021-05-17T17:11:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Season 2 of ViiV’s podcast explores how queer Black men want to be seen—and how that relates to HIV stigma.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/111290_being-seen-viiv-may2021.jpg_606b6530-0f4c-4d09-8852-12f20e5d9330.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Having a Senior Moment]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/senior-moment"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/senior-moment</id>
    <updated>2021-05-17T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A New Jersey law prohibits discrimination in long-term care facilities based on HIV status, sexual identity and other qualities.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/110857_Untitled-8.jpg_1f96ec63-42f3-4249-ae2b-6b674afde843.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Dogs and Their Humans Fight Stigma]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/dogs-humans-fight-stigma"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/dogs-humans-fight-stigma</id>
    <updated>2021-05-17T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Portraits and stories from an HIV fundraising book<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/110925_P06-21-038.jpg_76a4e74d-856a-44c0-96f7-a9c1e895abb3.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Heart to Heart With Jericho Brown About Poetry, Race and HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/heart-heart-jericho-brown"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/heart-heart-jericho-brown</id>
    <updated>2021-05-17T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In his Pulitzer Prize–winning poetry, Jericho Brown reveals how HIV, race and rape can coexist with joy, lust and love. Plus: three poems.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/110784_P06-21-004.jpg_e837de62-07ef-4fe8-99d7-679a72c22dc9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[PrEP Uptake]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/prep-uptake-latinos-africans-americans"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/prep-uptake-latinos-africans-americans</id>
    <updated>2021-05-17T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Promoting HIV prevention among Latinos and African Americans<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/110855_Untitled-1.jpg_f818848c-79cc-4d5f-aa12-eced7a382a4b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“The Godfather of Rap,” Who Had HIV, Is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/godfather-rap-hiv-rock-roll-hall-fame-inductee"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/godfather-rap-hiv-rock-roll-hall-fame-inductee</id>
    <updated>2021-05-14T18:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[1971’s “The Revolution Will Not Be Televised” is among Gil Scott-Heron’s hits. He was HIV positive when he died in 2011.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/111243_Gil-Scott-Heron.jpg_5dc8a1d9-c023-4e88-ae01-1ddc59716e1d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Darrel Ellis, a Black Artist Lost to AIDS in 1992, Is Having a Moment]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/darrel-ellis-black-artist-lost-aids-1992-moment"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/darrel-ellis-black-artist-lost-aids-1992-moment</id>
    <updated>2021-05-12T21:02:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Darrel Ellis’s art—and life story—are more relevant than ever, says gallery owner Candice Madey. Explore his work in this slideshow.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/111149_Darrel-Ellis-15.jpg_5d73b214-42bb-47b1-8401-d8a41cb339b1.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[First Person Cured of HIV, Who Died Last Year, Is Memorialized [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/first-person-cured-hiv-died-last-year-memorialized-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/first-person-cured-hiv-died-last-year-memorialized-video</id>
    <updated>2021-05-12T12:35:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Timothy Ray Brown, aka “the Berlin Patient,” went public about his HIV cure in 2011, becoming a beacon of hope.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/111048_timothy-brown-memorial-palm-springs-by-jennifer-morton-may2021.jpg_1b0d48f1-1137-46b5-87e5-3c339aea268c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Biden Reinstates Health Care Protections for LGBTQ People]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/biden-reinstates-health-care-protections-lgbtq-people"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/biden-reinstates-health-care-protections-lgbtq-people</id>
    <updated>2021-05-11T16:49:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In a reversal of a Trump policy, health care providers may not discriminate based on sexual orientation and gender identity.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/110997_iStock-1253822234.jpg_b6748bbd-0637-49ab-945e-f193695306ca.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Five Ways the White House Can Lower Prescription Costs]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/five-ways-white-house-can-lower-prescription-costs"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/five-ways-white-house-can-lower-prescription-costs</id>
    <updated>2021-05-10T14:49:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A letter from 124 patient groups urges the White House to make drugs more affordable—and spells out how it can do so.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/110859_pills-money-is-000042533864.jpg_4d416423-eeca-49c6-b4ad-1ba4855ed01b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Oregon Bill Allowing Pharmacists to Prescribe PrEP and PEP Passes House]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/oregon-bill-allowing-pharmacists-prescribe-hiv-prevention-prep-pep-passes-house"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/oregon-bill-allowing-pharmacists-prescribe-hiv-prevention-prep-pep-passes-house</id>
    <updated>2021-05-07T15:58:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The HIV prevention bill now heads to the Oregon Senate. Here’s why better PrEP and PEP access could help Latinos and Black Americans.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/110792_pharmacist-ts-85501565.jpg_db5d22bc-4a4e-4d8a-b35b-6639e472168c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[May Is Hepatitis Awareness Month 2021]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/may-hepatitis-awareness-month-2021"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/may-hepatitis-awareness-month-2021</id>
    <updated>2021-05-06T14:59:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[About 2.4 million Americans are living with hepatitis C and 862,000 have hep B. Spread the word about this hidden epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/110763_HEP-SP-2020-003.jpg_98421a7c-5205-4020-81fa-f023656dea06.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Patrick O’Connell, Founding Director of Visual AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-patrick-oconnell-founding-director-visual-aids"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-patrick-oconnell-founding-director-visual-aids</id>
    <updated>2021-05-05T15:35:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Patrick O’Connell was instrumental in numerous Visual AIDS projects, notably the creation of the red ribbon and Day Without Art.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/110684_patrick-oconnell-poz1994.png_d9365f1b-a214-4e11-8b1f-f5c0f0200dbb.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Vivent Health Merges With Thrive to Bring HIV Care to Kansas City]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/vivent-health-merges-thrive-bring-hiv-care-kansas-city"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/vivent-health-merges-thrive-bring-hiv-care-kansas-city</id>
    <updated>2021-05-04T09:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Vivent will create an HIV Medical Home in Kansas City, Missouri, where Latinos and Black Americans see higher HIV rates.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/110544_vivent-health-branding-video-youtube.png_82f2308c-3a07-428a-85c8-1f9143177f0b.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Mom and Son Are Both LGBTQ Ministers Honored for Their HIV Work]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/mom-son-lgbtq-ministers-honored-hiv-work"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/mom-son-lgbtq-ministers-honored-hiv-work</id>
    <updated>2021-05-03T17:11:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The duo runs Relationships Unleashed, a Black-led LGBTQ group in Tennessee that helps folks living with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/110527_davin-gwendolyn-clemons-tennessee-glaad-may2021.png_a29d3ec9-8e96-4a74-bd7b-67808272494a.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[700% Spike in HIV Cases in One Ohio County]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/700-spike-hiv-cases-one-ohio-county-since-january-1"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/700-spike-hiv-cases-one-ohio-county-since-january-1</id>
    <updated>2021-04-30T16:04:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“While this represents just eight new cases…we need to understand [this] so we can implement prevention tactics.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/110464_jackie-phillips-carter-ohio-wcpo-9-news-30april2021.png_d7611b62-0dab-4eca-8eb1-0342aa305e51.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hepatitis Detection Efforts in West Virginia Get Nearly $400K Boost]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hepatitis-detection-efforts-west-virginia-get-nearly-400k-boost"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hepatitis-detection-efforts-west-virginia-get-nearly-400k-boost</id>
    <updated>2021-04-29T15:02:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Some of the federal funds in West Virginia will address the link between opioid misuse and HIV and hepatitis.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/110426_iStock-1094066768.jpg_7f4c9b44-c373-4944-a893-39f639cfdff9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Kind Way to Offer Virtual HIV and LGBTQ Health Services Across Texas]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/kind-way-offer-virtual-hiv-lgbtq-services-across-texas"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/kind-way-offer-virtual-hiv-lgbtq-services-across-texas</id>
    <updated>2021-04-28T16:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Texas Health Action launches a telehealth program statewide, including judgment-free HIV and STI testing and treatment.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/110388_iStock-1000962894.jpg_2613c8ec-3f76-4539-b240-36134d5a4b7e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Dig In! This Week You Can Dine Out to End HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/dig-week-can-dine-end-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/dig-week-can-dine-end-hiv</id>
    <updated>2021-04-27T13:12:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[On April 29, restaurants in these cities nationwide will raise HIV funds through Dining Out For Life. Get details about your community.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/110337_front-porch-san-francisco-dining-out-for-life-april2021.png_5e74c2a0-341a-42f7-affa-2149050896e2.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Elton John’s Pre-Oscar Party Raises $3M to End HIV/AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/elton-johns-preoscar-party-raises-3m-hivaids"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/elton-johns-preoscar-party-raises-3m-hivaids</id>
    <updated>2021-04-26T15:27:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Dua Lipa, Lady Gaga, the cast of “It’s a Sin” and other celebs join Elton John’s virtual Oscars HIV fundraiser.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/110252_dua-lipa-elto-john-oscars-fundraiser-april2021.jpg_159c265f-2e90-4b15-9e97-f0b873877d00.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Vampire Facial” Salon Owner Faces 24 Felony Charges After HIV Cases]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/vampire-facial-salon-owner-faces-24-felony-charges-hiv-cases"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/vampire-facial-salon-owner-faces-24-felony-charges-hiv-cases</id>
    <updated>2021-04-23T10:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The former owner of VIP Salon was indicted after two clients who received “vampire facials” tested HIV positive.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/110366_iStock-1001618648.jpg_c1a0b614-3bc0-4160-b8e8-949d6025e989.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: More Cases Identified in Boston HIV Outbreak]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-raises-concerns-hiv-hepatitis-c-boston"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-raises-concerns-hiv-hepatitis-c-boston</id>
    <updated>2021-04-21T14:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Health officials remain concerned about HIV and hepatitis C transmissions during COVID-19.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/105779_richard-baker-victory-programs-boston-25-news-jan2021.png_79b337d7-de02-47df-a33f-306c72a49764.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Discrimination Lawsuits Filed Against Two Ob/Gyns]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-discrimination-lawsuits-filed-two-obgyns"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-discrimination-lawsuits-filed-two-obgyns</id>
    <updated>2021-04-20T16:51:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In two separate California discrimination lawsuits, doctors allegedly refused Pap smears on clients who have HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/110020_gavel-TS-179019578.jpg_c765b722-351b-4605-a3ef-316f64990c86.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Does Shuttering HIV Services to Stop COVID-19 Save More Lives?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/shuttering-hiv-services-stop-covid19-save-lives"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/shuttering-hiv-services-stop-covid19-save-lives</id>
    <updated>2021-04-19T16:57:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The benefits of HIV services “are far larger” than the risks of more COVID-19 transmissions, says UNAIDS and WHO analysis.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/109954_iStock-1266478952.jpg_f72d85c8-3dfa-439c-b925-793b7f282c40.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Transgender HIV Testing Day 2021]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-transgender-hiv-testing-day-transhiv-2021"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-transgender-hiv-testing-day-transhiv-2021</id>
    <updated>2021-04-16T17:54:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Since COVID-19 caused many testing sites to shut down, the CDC is promoting free at-home HIV and STI test kits. Here’s how to get yours.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/109927_national-transgender-hiv-testing-day-doing-it-cdc.jpeg_ad86099a-79b4-42a5-8262-2390d3b0cf58.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Drug Overdose Deaths Spiked to a Record High During COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/drug-overdose-deaths-opioids-meth-spiked-record-high-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/drug-overdose-deaths-opioids-meth-spiked-record-high-covid19</id>
    <updated>2021-04-15T13:36:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Once associated with white Americans, opioid and meth overdose deaths increasingly affect minorities.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/109878_iStock-1214940751.jpg_6cd6ae45-8cd5-4044-a40f-eb2948d47a0b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Biden’s Budget Request Increases HIV Funds by $267M]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/bidens-budget-request-increases-hiv-funds-267m"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/bidens-budget-request-increases-hiv-funds-267m</id>
    <updated>2021-04-14T16:53:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The money would fund the U.S. Ending the HIV Epidemic plan. But what would Biden’s budget do for the global AIDS battle?<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/109864_shutterstock-1608793423.jpg_300250b5-9bd8-4b86-a1ee-2165dadcdce0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Identifying People With HIV at Higher Risk for Heart Disease and Stroke]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/identifying-people-hiv-higher-risk-heart-disease-stroke"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/identifying-people-hiv-higher-risk-heart-disease-stroke</id>
    <updated>2021-04-12T14:11:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A Campbell Foundation grant helps researchers explore links between HIV, cardiovascular disease and measures of inflammation.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/109756_teresa-evering-jonathan-tobin-campbell-april2021.png_36402886-3dd2-4942-a186-1207276750ab.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Youth HIV &amp; AIDS Awareness Day 2021]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-youth-hiv-aids-awareness-day-2021"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-youth-hiv-aids-awareness-day-2021</id>
    <updated>2021-04-09T14:07:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[#NYHAAD is Saturday, April 10, and youth HIV advocates want your help to repeal HIV discrimination. Here’s their plan.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/109693_NYHAAD-2021-advcoates-for-youth.png_5bcc8b53-c2cb-405b-baaa-ec6ce033d6c4.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[World Health Day 2021 [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/world-health-day-2021-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/world-health-day-2021-video</id>
    <updated>2021-04-07T15:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Five ways nations can create a fairer and healthier world post–COVID-19, according to the World Health Organization<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/109602_world-health-day-2021.png_67f58444-7e4c-4932-b636-0b20ab1d5aea.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: U.S. Senator Seeks CDC Inquiry in West Virginia HIV Outbreak]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/west-virginias-drug-crisis-hiv-hepatitisc-cost-113b-one-year-help-way"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/west-virginias-drug-crisis-hiv-hepatitisc-cost-113b-one-year-help-way</id>
    <updated>2021-04-06T18:22:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV, hepatitis and opioids take a toll on West Virginia. $2.4 million in federal aid arrives amid battles over syringe exchanges.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/109042_P04-20-006.jpg_3ab2eb97-2af2-42d5-ad38-57d43be3d1df.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Get Tested for HIV and STIs at Home, for Free]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/get-tested-takemehome-hiv-sti-home-free-chlamydia-gonorrhea-syphilis"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/get-tested-takemehome-hiv-sti-home-free-chlamydia-gonorrhea-syphilis</id>
    <updated>2021-04-06T14:14:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Rates of sexually transmitted infections are expected to rise. Know your status with TakeMeHome’s free HIV and STI test kits.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/109567_oraquick-in-home-hiv-test-youtube.png_7f0a4c9a-2678-4a83-adf3-1aa2006785e8.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Six Cities Join Blockbuster Virtual Fundraiser “AIDS Walk: Live at Home”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/six-cities-join-virtual-fundraiser-aids-walk-live-home-new-york-san-francisco-austin-milwaukee-new-orleans-seattle"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/six-cities-join-virtual-fundraiser-aids-walk-live-home-new-york-san-francisco-austin-milwaukee-new-orleans-seattle</id>
    <updated>2021-04-05T11:56:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The AIDS Walk program and viewing parties take place Sunday, May 16, and raise funds for those vulnerable to HIV and COVID-19.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/109506_IMG-3710.jpg_d3245ce0-4b84-4f81-af62-2b147aa63080.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“I Matter Therefore I PrEP” to Prevent HIV Among Latinos and Black Americans]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/matter-therefore-prep-prevent-hiv-among-latinos-black-americans-east-harlem"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/matter-therefore-prep-prevent-hiv-among-latinos-black-americans-east-harlem</id>
    <updated>2021-04-02T09:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An East Harlem HIV prevention campaign focuses on Black and Latino New Yorkers at higher risk.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/109455_Boriken-I-PrEP-Visual-.jpg_eec249f9-7de3-402d-99fc-ad560288ec69.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch This Delightful Video to Celebrate Transgender Day of Visibility]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-delightful-video-celebrate-transgender-day-visibility"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-delightful-video-celebrate-transgender-day-visibility</id>
    <updated>2021-03-31T08:55:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The UNAIDS video “The Mirror” promotes the #SeeMeAsIAm campaign with a message for parents of transgender children.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/109311_unaids-the-mirror-transgender-visibility-march2021.png_689badc3-38e2-4944-aa3e-a6055c6ddda7.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What’s the Cost of Getting the Global AIDS Strategy on Track by 2025?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/cost-getting-global-aids-strategy-track-2025"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/cost-getting-global-aids-strategy-track-2025</id>
    <updated>2021-03-30T11:22:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The UNAIDS global AIDS strategy for the next five years requires $29 billion annually and sets these goals.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/109233_unaids-global-AIDS-strategy-2021-2026.png_ec24085f-c053-4780-a5d0-578e7cb139b8.png" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Screen the New Film About AIDS Activist and Artist David Wojnarowicz]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/screen-new-film-aids-activist-artist-david-wojnarowicz"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/screen-new-film-aids-activist-artist-david-wojnarowicz</id>
    <updated>2021-03-29T14:04:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: Watch a free virtual Q&A about the documentary “Wojnarowicz: F**k You F*ggot F**ker.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/109165_Wojnarowicz-poster-2025x3000.jpg_449067cf-2f0e-4d74-823e-3e9b94bb7233.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Serving Sexual Health]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/serving-sexual-health-dey-armbrister-black-lgbtq-impulse-group-nyc"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/serving-sexual-health-dey-armbrister-black-lgbtq-impulse-group-nyc</id>
    <updated>2021-03-29T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Whether he’s pole dancing or leading Impulse Group NYC, Dey Armbrister builds community.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/109027_P04-21-001.jpg_8b978028-49c9-4774-8ba3-304c48d59616.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Visual Manifesto for the Queer Black Community [SLIDESHOW]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/visual-manifesto-impulse-group-art-new-york-queer-black-our-light-darkness"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/visual-manifesto-impulse-group-art-new-york-queer-black-our-light-darkness</id>
    <updated>2021-03-29T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Impulse Group NYC’s art, book curated by LaQuann Dawson, is a queer Black family album and an unapologetic road map.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/109047_P04-21-044.jpg_80723c2d-55a5-4dc3-b911-5535dab3f419.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Sex, Death &amp; Shame]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/sex-death-shame-its-a-sin-tv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/sex-death-shame-its-a-sin-tv</id>
    <updated>2021-03-29T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The hit British miniseries It’s a Sin tackles AIDS in the ’80s.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/109080_sin-lydia-nathaniel.jpg_81001ce2-f1a8-4278-8f9d-08dac37ef3d0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[#BeGlowedAF]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/beglowedaf-hiv-testing"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/beglowedaf-hiv-testing</id>
    <updated>2021-03-29T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Iris House encourages young people to get tested.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/109091_P04-21-032.jpg_ced11585-2415-4724-bcca-e21f187622eb.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Thousands of Texans With HIV Could Lose Access to Lifesaving Meds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/thousands-texans-hiv-lose-access-lifesaving-meds"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/thousands-texans-hiv-lose-access-lifesaving-meds</id>
    <updated>2021-03-26T12:10:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Enrollment in the Texas HIV Medication Program spiked about 30% because people lost jobs and insurance during the COVID-19 pandemic.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/109111_pills-bottle-ts-93627920.jpg_ab762f35-803e-4bc4-ab24-9ee88b0f80e5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: HIV and COVID-19 Conference CROI to Make Materials Public [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/pushback-hiv-covid19-conference-croi-makes-materials-public"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/pushback-hiv-covid19-conference-croi-makes-materials-public</id>
    <updated>2021-03-25T17:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[On April 15, full and free access to all virtual session recordings from the HIV and COVID-19 conference will be provided online.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/108082_Presser-Monday2.jpg_768e010c-3825-4033-bf5d-40b10272c8b4.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Four Ways the $1.9 Trillion COVID-19 Relief Plan Boosts Obamacare]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/four-ways-19-trillion-covid19-relief-plan-boosts-obamacare"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/four-ways-19-trillion-covid19-relief-plan-boosts-obamacare</id>
    <updated>2021-03-24T16:33:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Biden extends the health insurance enrollment period, while his COVID-19 stimulus plan makes massive changes to the Affordable Care Act.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/108812_usa-stethoscope-iStock-184385052.jpg_0bc09f72-05ad-4356-b305-a9180b4caa7f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$3M HIV Discrimination Lawsuit Filed Against Morehouse College]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/3m-hiv-discrimination-lawsuit-filed-morehouse-college"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/3m-hiv-discrimination-lawsuit-filed-morehouse-college</id>
    <updated>2021-03-23T08:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A student claims Atlanta’s Morehouse College did not accept him into an academic program because he has HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/108581_iStock-636562998.jpg_ba2f8700-2d36-48a9-836f-25d27816cfdf.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Oklahoma’s Plan to Prevent HIV and Get the Newly Diagnosed in Care]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/oklahomas-plan-prevent-hiv-get-newly-diagnosed-care"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/oklahomas-plan-prevent-hiv-get-newly-diagnosed-care</id>
    <updated>2021-03-22T11:56:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Rapid Start and PrEP program in Oklahoma is part of the federal “Ending the HIV Epidemic” initiative.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/108547_boy-clock-bulidings.jpg_752f3e17-dd2a-4daf-8f19-a91fc6ded99b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2021]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-native-hivaids-awareness-day-2021"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-native-hivaids-awareness-day-2021</id>
    <updated>2021-03-19T14:48:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Watch “Positively Native,” a short film on HIV issues in Native communities, and raise awareness for NNHAAD on March 20.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/108509_nnhaad-bill-hall-shana-cozad-hamen-ides-youtube-positively-native.png_fa9983f4-6a10-4274-9394-613cf5d4cded.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[4 Pharmacy Companies Merge as Avita and Focus on HIV, LGBTQ Services]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/4-pharmacy-companies-merge-avita-focus-hiv-lgbtq-services"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/4-pharmacy-companies-merge-avita-focus-hiv-lgbtq-services</id>
    <updated>2021-03-17T15:58:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The new Avita pharmacy specializes in services related to HIV, PrEP, LGBTQ issues and the 340B Drug Pricing Program.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/108385_pill-bottle-box-ts-483389913.jpg_331b4ca0-1fe0-4ae5-92cb-8cdc4f8358f1.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The 12 Most Common Types of HIV Discrimination Complaints]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/12-common-types-hiv-lgbtq-discrimination-complaints-lambda-legal"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/12-common-types-hiv-lgbtq-discrimination-complaints-lambda-legal</id>
    <updated>2021-03-16T14:41:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[According to a Lambda Legal report on LGBTQ and HIV discrimination—which underscores why the Senate must pass the Equality Act<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/108214_iStock-1253822234.jpg_a3daddae-62fc-454c-893a-0bbf8872e2c7.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“I Have Lost More Than 400 Friends to This Disease”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hear-personal-stories-hiv-covid19-lgbtq-community-pennsylvania"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hear-personal-stories-hiv-covid19-lgbtq-community-pennsylvania</id>
    <updated>2021-03-15T14:07:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Oral histories of folks’ HIV and COVID-19 experiences are showcased in a digital exhibit at an LGBTQ center in Allentown, Pennsylvania.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/108127_charles-versaggi-PA-bradbury-lgbt-center-march2021.png_be3085f2-abbd-4ce7-a588-229ea844edbd.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2021]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-women-girls-hivaids-awareness-day-2021"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-women-girls-hivaids-awareness-day-2021</id>
    <updated>2021-03-10T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“You. Me. WE. Changing the face of HIV” is the 2021 theme of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD).<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/107863_P01-20-008.jpg_0cd0a13e-a2f0-4638-86a1-7bc5dbcfce9c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Positive Women’s Network–USA Has Not One but Two Executive Directors]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/positive-womens-networkusa-one-two-executive-directors"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/positive-womens-networkusa-one-two-executive-directors</id>
    <updated>2021-03-09T13:04:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“We believe in sharing power,” says HIV advocacy group PWN-USA, now under the co-directorship of Venita Ray and Naina Khanna.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/107816_pwn-usa-venita-ray-naian-khanna-march2021.png_e1fd2f80-ce98-4c0f-9f08-bfb2db7af8ea.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Three States See Movement to Modernize HIV Crime Laws]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/three-states-see-movement-modernize-hiv-crime-laws"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/three-states-see-movement-modernize-hiv-crime-laws</id>
    <updated>2021-03-08T15:15:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Virginia’s governor is likely to sign a bill to update HIV crime laws, but AIDS advocates claim it doesn’t go far enough.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/107763_iStock-1167840469.jpg_aac8dd09-bc93-41ca-99ae-cb27689a09ae.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Newly Signed State Law Protects LGBTQ Seniors and Those With HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/newly-signed-state-law-protects-lgbtq-seniors-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/newly-signed-state-law-protects-lgbtq-seniors-hiv</id>
    <updated>2021-03-05T15:48:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The New Jersey law prohibits discrimination in long-term care facilities based on HIV status, sexual identity and other qualities.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/107680_ViiV-Portugal034.jpg_3efe5a4e-d660-434f-bfe2-e8edd2d30bf8.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Scientists Discover Large Group of People Who Control HIV Without Meds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/abbott-scientists-discover-large-group-people-congo-control-hiv-without-meds"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/abbott-scientists-discover-large-group-people-congo-control-hiv-without-meds</id>
    <updated>2021-03-03T14:51:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Abbott researchers found a high proportion of elite HIV controllers in the Democratic Republic of Congo, which could lead to cure insights.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/107557_Africa-Map-iStock-10318633-XLARGE.jpg_25f72d32-b9cf-448b-bbc4-f88df636a786.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Join amfAR’s Star-Studded, Free Fundraiser to Fight HIV and COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/join-amfars-starstudded-free-fundraiser-fight-hiv-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/join-amfars-starstudded-free-fundraiser-fight-hiv-covid19</id>
    <updated>2021-03-02T12:51:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Anthony Fauci, Glenn Close, Billy Porter, Kelly Clarkson, Magic Johnson and more raise funds for amfAR’s HIV and COVID-19 efforts.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/107484_amfar-gelnn-close-anthony-fauci.png_b92450b7-8722-42d5-9b29-65dbf5e2505b.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Is the U.S. Behind Other Advanced Nations in Controlling HIV?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/us-behind-advanced-nations-controlling-hiv-lancet"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/us-behind-advanced-nations-controlling-hiv-lancet</id>
    <updated>2021-03-01T17:57:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A series in the Lancet journal surveys HIV in the United States, notably among Black Americans, Latinos and other minorities.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/107381_iStock-1128222520.jpg_9e80fe37-0b15-4b4e-bab8-fd02a8b822f7.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[United Nations General Assembly to Hold a High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/united-nations-general-assembly-hold-highlevel-meeting-hivaids"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/united-nations-general-assembly-hold-highlevel-meeting-hivaids</id>
    <updated>2021-02-26T16:27:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[During the June meeting, U.N. leaders will assess global progress toward ending AIDS by 2030. Also: This year marks 25 years of UNAIDS.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/107205_united-nations-hiv-aids-meeting-new-york-2016-unaids.jpg_e844ce59-044c-4191-8f5b-3e4c900d1989.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why a Man With AIDS Was Denied a COVID-19 Vaccine in Philadelphia]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/man-aids-denied-covid19-vaccine-philadelphia"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/man-aids-denied-covid19-vaccine-philadelphia</id>
    <updated>2021-02-24T09:51:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[But people living with HIV/AIDS can get a COVID-19 vaccine in the rest of Pennsylvania.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/107070_iStock-1266494637.jpg_897de454-2373-4a1a-b3f6-e1da0e48e3e0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$5M Grant Launches a Faith Center to Tackle HIV in the South [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/5m-grant-launches-faith-center-tackle-hiv-south-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/5m-grant-launches-faith-center-tackle-hiv-south-video</id>
    <updated>2021-02-23T18:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[With Gilead’s COMPASS Initiative funding, Wake Forest University School of Divinity inaugurates a faith coordinating center to fight HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/107042_jonathan-walton-shonda-jones-wakefield-divinity-gilead-feb2021.jpg_6bdbb699-e79b-497c-bd4e-fb9b43cdd9c5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Join Celebs for the First HIV Stigma and Faith Summit [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/join-celebs-glaad-gilead-first-hiv-stigma-faith-summit-south-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/join-celebs-glaad-gilead-first-hiv-stigma-faith-summit-south-video</id>
    <updated>2021-02-22T17:08:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[GLAAD’s free virtual summit runs from February 24 to 26. Here’s how to join discussions on faith and HIV stigma in the South.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/106973_P12-19-020.jpg_a1ed669e-f946-4942-a7a7-c923bbf7ed81.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet the HIV Activist Who’ll Lead MPact, a Global Gay Men’s Health Group]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meet-hiv-activist-wholl-lead-mpact-global-gay-mens-health-group"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meet-hiv-activist-wholl-lead-mpact-global-gay-mens-health-group</id>
    <updated>2021-02-19T16:55:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Andrew Spieldenner, PhD, is the new executive director of MPact Global Action for Gay Men’s Health and Rights.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/106946_andrew-spieldenner.jpg_3781e81d-0296-45dd-8418-0e918d78f2a3.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Nation’s “Most Concerning” HIV Outbreak Among Injection Drug Users]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/nations-concerning-hiv-outbreak-among-injection-drug-users-hepatitis-c"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/nations-concerning-hiv-outbreak-among-injection-drug-users-hepatitis-c</id>
    <updated>2021-02-18T16:04:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The spike in HIV cases in West Virginia’s Kanawha County has sparked debates about syringe programs and hepatitis C.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/106917_iStock-454996637.jpg_3bd8a40c-1db5-4e9f-88ec-6f187680e655.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“It’s a Sin” HIV Miniseries Set in 1980s London Arrives Stateside [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/sin-hiv-miniseries-set-1980s-london-arrives-stateside-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/sin-hiv-miniseries-set-1980s-london-arrives-stateside-video</id>
    <updated>2021-02-17T12:03:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The British TV series “It’s a Sin” is a smash hit that raises HIV awareness. Is it also problematic and stigmatizing?<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/106844_its-a-sin-promo-art-channel-4.png_8ab5c9be-d98d-4ae7-ae6f-a2c9356eb256.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Merce Explain the HIV Facts of U=U in #TheMoreUCanHo]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-merce-explain-hiv-facts-uequalsu-themoreucanho"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-merce-explain-hiv-facts-uequalsu-themoreucanho</id>
    <updated>2021-02-16T14:29:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATED: Stars of the HIV web series “Merce” release an HIV educational video each day, leading up to a big reveal on February 23.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/106782_merce-the-more-you-can-ho-charles-sanchez-feb2021.png_dc6b6665-cbe2-43ad-ab36-c327f927c771.png" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Fighting for Your Right…to Donate Blood!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/fighting-rightto-donate-blood-jordan-eagles"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/fighting-rightto-donate-blood-jordan-eagles</id>
    <updated>2021-02-15T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Jordan Eagles creates art with human blood and superheroes.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/106511_comic.jpg_8506d240-fcbd-4bae-9f34-2a6e32c74684.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[PrEP Work]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/prep-work-hiv-prevention"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/prep-work-hiv-prevention</id>
    <updated>2021-02-15T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An HIV prevention roundup<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/106435_P03-21-037.jpg_461878ac-92cd-4c24-8466-2314ff272ddc.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet the Nation’s New Health Leaders]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meet-nations-new-health-leaders"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meet-nations-new-health-leaders</id>
    <updated>2021-02-15T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A roll call from team Biden-Harris<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/106437_Untitled-1.jpg_e4473ccf-f140-4cbf-ae7e-f4af2d755cd9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[#BeGlowdAF: Young People Encourage Peers to Get Tested for HIV and Hepatitis C]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/beglowdaf-young-people-encourage-peers-get-tested-hiv-hepatitis-c-iris-house"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/beglowdaf-young-people-encourage-peers-get-tested-hiv-hepatitis-c-iris-house</id>
    <updated>2021-02-15T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new Iris House campaign promotes HIV, hep C and STI testing and emphasizes the importance of mental health among young people.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/106715_ProjectGlow-iris-house-feb2021.jpg_ed5bcd94-01ca-4ff0-b6e4-082b5cba524c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[After an HIV Diagnosis, He Found Strength in Pole Dancing [SLIDESHOW]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-diagnosis-found-strength-pole-dancing-slideshow-impulse-group-lgbtq"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-diagnosis-found-strength-pole-dancing-slideshow-impulse-group-lgbtq</id>
    <updated>2021-02-12T21:22:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Dey Armbrister, the new president of Impulse Group New York City, discusses HIV advocacy and the art book “Our Light Through Darkness.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/106679_Photographer-Kiri-Wawatai-Model-Dey-Phoenix1.jpeg_0a2126d4-2b41-4c52-a5f7-e1c17432a3dd.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meth Overdose Deaths Rise Rapidly Across All Racial, Ethnic Groups]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meth-overdose-deaths-rose-rapidly-across-racial-ethnic-groups"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meth-overdose-deaths-rose-rapidly-across-racial-ethnic-groups</id>
    <updated>2021-02-11T13:47:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[But American Indians and Alaska Natives saw the sharpest increase in deaths involving methamphetamines. Here’s a possible solution.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/106601_up-arrows-1.jpg_68c5f000-50e1-45de-bc57-a6b0e86cc759.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A First Love, Lost to AIDS, Enjoys an Unexpected New Chapter]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/first-love-lost-aids-enjoys-unexpected-new-chapter"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/first-love-lost-aids-enjoys-unexpected-new-chapter</id>
    <updated>2021-02-10T13:51:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Chris’s partner Roger died in 1990, leaving behind a child. Today, the now-adult son seeks details about the dad he never knew.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/106497_roger-vasquez-chris-pimentel-1990-roger-jason-prefontaine-1982.png_e99bc3e4-f87e-4b2d-99de-f9684ee0fff3.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Haven, an HIV Center for LGBTQ People of Color, Opens in Memphis]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/haven-hiv-center-lgbtq-people-color-opens-memphis"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/haven-hiv-center-lgbtq-people-color-opens-memphis</id>
    <updated>2021-02-09T16:07:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Haven empowers Black and Latino LGBTQ people by offering HIV and hepatitis C testing, PrEP and more.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/106413_the-haven-memphis-WMC5-news-feb2021.png_d65914bd-62c3-45ac-a5a2-e754630d7ca6.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[GMHC and DoorDash Unite to Provide Food and Jobs to New Yorkers With HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/gmhc-doordash-unite-provide-food-jobs-new-yorkers-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/gmhc-doordash-unite-provide-food-jobs-new-yorkers-hiv</id>
    <updated>2021-02-08T13:11:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The DoorDash initiative delivers meals to the homes of GMHC’s HIV-positive clients. It also offers employment opportunities.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/106271_gmhc-doordash-08feb2021.jpg_c8f39ee0-7069-47ce-84f3-a8af067ad395.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2021]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-black-hivaids-awareness-day-2021"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-black-hivaids-awareness-day-2021</id>
    <updated>2021-02-05T13:53:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In 2019, Black Americans represented 13% of the U.S. population but 43% of new HIV cases. Get informed for Sunday’s #NBHAAD.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/106220_P01-21-011.jpg_ddfe4a98-cc29-47a8-a9c7-fea80441b693.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Racial Justice Index: A New Tool to Combat Racism Within HIV Groups]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/racial-justice-index-new-tool-combat-racism-within-hiv-groups"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/racial-justice-index-new-tool-combat-racism-within-hiv-groups</id>
    <updated>2021-02-05T13:29:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Guided by AIDS United and the Black AIDS Institute, the index aims to assess and improve racial equity in the HIV sector.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/106217_iStock-620697086.jpg_48dcc0a6-ceef-4e60-a0af-d396de962acc.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Most Important Health Concerns of Black LGBTQ Americans]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/important-health-concerns-black-lgbtq-americans"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/important-health-concerns-black-lgbtq-americans</id>
    <updated>2021-02-03T16:08:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A survey of LGBTQ African Americans finds HIV, depression, COVID-19 and body weight to be among their main health concerns.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/106101_black-lgbtq-survery-2020-2021-cmi-feb21.png_abc837bf-0b14-471b-a37f-9441c159dc1a.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Behind a New $3.2M Partnership to Transform Black and Brown HIV Efforts]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/behind-new-32m-partnership-hrc-gilead-sciences-transform-black-latino-transgender-hiv-efforts"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/behind-new-32m-partnership-hrc-gilead-sciences-transform-black-latino-transgender-hiv-efforts</id>
    <updated>2021-02-02T14:54:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Human Rights Campaign’s Alphonso David explains how a Gilead Sciences grant will help the LGBTQ group fight HIV and promote health equity.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/106037_alphonso-david-hrc-human-rights-campaign-president-feb21l.jpg_96cd4d31-8ccd-4283-8973-d901ceeb6d6c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Does the Coronavirus Affect the HIV Reservoir?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/coronavirus-covid-19-affect-hiv-reservoir"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/coronavirus-covid-19-affect-hiv-reservoir</id>
    <updated>2021-02-01T16:11:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A grant from AIDS group amfAR helps researchers explore that question and also study COVID-19 “long-haulers” living with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/105966_P12-20-004.jpg_074fdcb0-5a42-4f46-bf05-b867eea908df.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Despite COVID-19, These SMART Riders Raised $700,000 for HIV Groups]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/despite-covid19-smart-riders-raised-700000-hiv-groups"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/despite-covid19-smart-riders-raised-700000-hiv-groups</id>
    <updated>2021-01-27T16:54:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Florida’s SMART Ride cycling fundraiser got a COVID-19 makeover to help six local HIV nonprofits.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/105763_SMART-Ride-Jan2021.jpg_57ec859c-e49f-4710-8be1-352f70576fac.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Ready, Set, PrEP” Offers HIV Prevention Meds by Mail]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/ready-set-prep-offers-hiv-prevention-meds-mail"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/ready-set-prep-offers-hiv-prevention-meds-mail</id>
    <updated>2021-01-26T13:19:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Enrollees in the national Ready, Set, PrEP program can now have their meds delivered via mail at no cost.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/105684_mail-medication-iStock-000004771861-Large.jpg_4496941d-8fbf-469c-a324-9a3f0453d440.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Jill Biden Talk Cancer and COVID-19 at an HIV and LGBTQ Clinic]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-jill-biden-talk-cancer-covid19-hiv-lgbtq-clinic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-jill-biden-talk-cancer-covid19-hiv-lgbtq-clinic</id>
    <updated>2021-01-25T15:29:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[First Lady Jill Biden visited a Whitman-Walker clinic to discuss health care, including cancer prevention, COVID-19 and broadband.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/105613_jill-biden-whitman-walker-dc-Jan2021.png_ceba23f3-fc01-4579-a5f8-46c43849135b.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Biden’s Executive Order on LGBTQ Equality Helps HIV Efforts]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/bidens-executive-order-lgbtq-equality-helps-hiv-efforts"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/bidens-executive-order-lgbtq-equality-helps-hiv-efforts</id>
    <updated>2021-01-22T17:15:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: HIV and LGBTQ groups spell out priorities and share hopes for the Biden-Harris administration.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/105552_iStock-1142820321.jpg_321d4fd8-8fa9-4634-957e-d4868944298b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Four Goals of the Updated National HIV Plan to End the Epidemic]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/four-goals-updated-national-hiv-plan-end-epidemic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/four-goals-updated-national-hiv-plan-end-epidemic</id>
    <updated>2021-01-20T13:46:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The updated HIV plan, released by the federal health department, offers a road map for the next five years.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/105379_HEPSp-19-002-HY.jpg_8514299e-284c-4180-a950-8850d2c6ea2a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Biden Selects Transgender Doctor as Assistant Health Secretary]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/biden-selects-transgender-doctor-assistant-health-secretary"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/biden-selects-transgender-doctor-assistant-health-secretary</id>
    <updated>2021-01-19T16:18:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Rachel Levine, MD, currently leads Pennsylvania’s health department and its response to COVID-19.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/105315_rachel-levine-md-jan2020.jpg_e7426f39-d921-4716-9434-854a1850f482.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Of the 773 Regular Characters on TV, Guess How Many Have HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/773-regular-characters-tv-guess-many-hiv-lgbtq-glaad"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/773-regular-characters-tv-guess-many-hiv-lgbtq-glaad</id>
    <updated>2021-01-18T13:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[GLAAD study finds “drastic decrease” in HIV-positive characters on TV but sees an uptick in LGBTQ people of color.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/105232_P10-18-048.jpg_fffd03b3-6792-41ac-b955-da6795706e1c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Former FDA Leader With HIV Background to Spearhead COVID-19 Efforts]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/former-fda-leader-hiv-background-spearhead-covid19-efforts"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/former-fda-leader-hiv-background-spearhead-covid19-efforts</id>
    <updated>2021-01-15T16:36:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[David Kessler will helm Operation Warp Speed as AIDS activists urge the United States to supply the world with COVID-19 vaccines.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/105226_David-KesslerApr2009-crop.jpg_1bbeb07d-3e4a-42ea-bd86-dca8e8ac2263.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Gilead Sciences Awards $10M in 20 Grants for Racial Equity]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/gilead-sciences-awards-10m-20-grants-racial-equity-african-american"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/gilead-sciences-awards-10m-20-grants-racial-equity-african-american</id>
    <updated>2021-01-14T15:25:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Building on the drugmaker’s HIV grants, this new funding is part of Gilead’s Racial Equity Community Impact Fund.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/105185_gay-black-men-iStock-675071870.jpg_f13110de-837b-4d68-8213-85b584dd453b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Bills in Two States Aim to Update HIV Crime Laws and Promote Prevention]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/bills-two-states-aim-update-hiv-crime-laws-promote-prevention"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/bills-two-states-aim-update-hiv-crime-laws-promote-prevention</id>
    <updated>2021-01-13T17:43:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[North Dakota and Missouri bills focus on PrEP prescriptions, needle exchanges and HIV criminalization.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/105146_saint-louis-arch-ts-504508143.jpg_42c2492d-b231-4729-a9e9-efcc58ab1d5a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Employees at HIV Nonprofit Housing Works Vote to Unionize]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/employees-hiv-nonprofit-housing-works-vote-unionize"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/employees-hiv-nonprofit-housing-works-vote-unionize</id>
    <updated>2021-01-12T17:15:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The decision arrives after more than a year of organizing at the New York City group that fights HIV and homelessness.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/105011_housing-works-unionize-instagram-ben-kallos-oct2019.png_8b0dfe85-622e-481e-ac93-2cb9b651eb38.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Tragedy of Baseball Icon Tommy Lasorda and His Gay Son Lost to AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/tragedy-baseball-icon-tommy-lasorda-gay-son-lost-aids"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/tragedy-baseball-icon-tommy-lasorda-gay-son-lost-aids</id>
    <updated>2021-01-11T12:58:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Dodgers manager Lasorda “exemplified the horrendous personal struggle gays and their families faced during the AIDS crisis.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/104905_shutterstock-99575504.jpg_dc967a63-d1c1-405f-a6da-63205d0f22ea.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Five Goals of the New National Plan to End Viral Hepatitis]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/five-goals-new-national-plan-end-viral-hepatitis"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/five-goals-new-national-plan-end-viral-hepatitis</id>
    <updated>2021-01-08T14:43:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Viral Hepatitis National Strategic Plan for the United States, released by HHS, offers a road map for the next five years.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/104865_bigstock-Happy-winners-reaching-life-go-82951805-e1458931958711.jpg_a774fb65-2f11-4e30-a64a-4979c9c032b3.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New Twist in the Gilead Patent Lawsuit Over Truvada and Descovy to Prevent HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-twist-gilead-patent-lawsuit-truvada-descovy-prevent-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-twist-gilead-patent-lawsuit-truvada-descovy-prevent-hiv</id>
    <updated>2021-01-07T13:49:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The U.S. government and HIV drugmaker Gilead Sciences continue to fight over patents for Truvada and Descovy as PrEP.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/104742_iStock-1178864066.jpg_2b3ce3aa-344b-4e7c-a39d-ce10fd0053ff.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[11 HIV Community Groups Get a $3,000 “Hug”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/11-hiv-community-groups-get-3000-grant-hug"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/11-hiv-community-groups-get-3000-grant-hug</id>
    <updated>2021-01-06T09:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s how some of them use The Campbell Foundation’s year-end Holiday Hug grants to help their HIV clients.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/104643_iStock-590299316.jpg_16fff084-54bd-42a7-999c-58cb12f6685b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[More HIV Testing and Overdose Training Units Hit the Road]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-testing-overdose-training-units-hit-road"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-testing-overdose-training-units-hit-road</id>
    <updated>2021-01-05T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[These Florida and Maryland communities can access HIV tests, PrEP and overdose prevention via an RV and a van.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/104555_howard-country-maryland-rv-hiv-testing-jan2021.jpg_f1b704e3-d63a-4974-b13a-70e45fe8c4bd.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[But What About Georgia’s HIV and LGBTQ Situation?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/georgias-hiv-lgbtq-situation"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/georgias-hiv-lgbtq-situation</id>
    <updated>2021-01-04T15:51:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[There’s more to consider in Georgia than this week’s runoff elections—for example, its HIV epidemic and LGBTQ health equity.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/104540_Georgia-iStock-000063425519.jpg_8233df8f-5af2-4c80-8af6-2486bffd63c9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Reading Is Fundamental]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/reading-fundamental"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/reading-fundamental</id>
    <updated>2021-01-04T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[These books will get you through winter lockdowns.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/104630_Untitled-1.jpg_b31d4307-ed92-4f21-89eb-03147f9a2388.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Doctor as Friend]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/doctor-friend-queer-meets-queer"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/doctor-friend-queer-meets-queer</id>
    <updated>2021-01-04T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An epidemic brought them together. A podcast shares their tale.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/103677_P01-21-075.jpg_f391a2e7-f977-4fe1-9ed7-61a209cdb382.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Art of Connecting [SLIDESHOW]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/art-connecting-eric-rhein"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/art-connecting-eric-rhein</id>
    <updated>2021-01-04T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Love, intimacy and HIV history abound in "Eric Rhein: Lifelines."<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/104583_P01-21-054.jpg_9e113156-d032-4cc4-993f-303fb532f8f7.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A New Year and a New Home for a Famed Alabama HIV Clinic]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-year-new-home-famed-alabama-hiv-clinic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-year-new-home-famed-alabama-hiv-clinic</id>
    <updated>2021-01-01T13:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The 1917 Clinic has offered HIV services in Birmingham, Alabama, since 1988.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/104402_1917-clicnic-at-Dewberry-Grand-Opening-alabama-dec2020.png_6ad25072-d6b5-42ae-b561-c4fbd7cc2d57.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[FDA Study to Explore Easing Rules on Blood Donation by Gay and Bi Men]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/fda-study-explore-easing-rules-blood-donation-gay-bi-men"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/fda-study-explore-easing-rules-blood-donation-gay-bi-men</id>
    <updated>2020-12-31T08:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Currently, gay and bisexual men can donate blood if they have not had sex for three months.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/104400_gay-flag-ts-482448802.jpg_366d007b-8f8b-4ccc-8cfe-0c344a112db1.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Remembering 18 HIV Leaders We Lost in 2020 [SLIDESHOW]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/remembering-18-hiv-leaders-advocates-died-2020"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/remembering-18-hiv-leaders-advocates-died-2020</id>
    <updated>2020-12-30T19:28:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Too many HIV advocates and leaders died of COVID-19, but the pandemic notwithstanding, 2020 took several AIDS icons.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/104365_2020-obits-roundup.png_9787410d-374b-4ead-b367-586e43cb549a.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Counterfeit HIV Med Symtuza Found in Three U.S. Pharmacies]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/counterfeit-hiv-med-symtuza-found-three-us-pharmacies"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/counterfeit-hiv-med-symtuza-found-three-us-pharmacies</id>
    <updated>2020-12-29T15:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[No one has reported health problems from the counterfeit HIV med Symtuza. Here’s how drugmaker Janssen wants to ensure patient safety.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/104282_Symtuza-silhouette.jpg_47e398ff-76a2-452c-85b1-27684ad58b88.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why More Health Insurers Will Soon Cover PrEP for HIV Prevention]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/health-insurers-will-soon-cover-prep-hiv-prevention"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/health-insurers-will-soon-cover-prep-hiv-prevention</id>
    <updated>2020-12-28T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“All insurers failing to offer PrEP without cost sharing beginning in January 2021 are clearly not following the law.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/104127_iStock-1178864066.jpg_defd4d4e-ebbc-412e-a94e-d0cb23c6dd44.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Good and Bad News About HIV Treatment for Children]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/good-bad-news-hiv-treatment-children"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/good-bad-news-hiv-treatment-children</id>
    <updated>2020-12-25T15:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Globally, a child contracts HIV every 100 seconds. A new, affordable treatment is available, but the COVID-19 pandemic hinders access.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/104114_children-iStock-846412036.jpg_a6f458c4-0cf2-4e15-8eb4-c6fc22519cac.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[2020 Top HIV News Stories]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/2020-top-hiv-news-stories"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/2020-top-hiv-news-stories</id>
    <updated>2020-12-24T09:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A subject that didn’t even have a name this time last year came to dominate the top HIV news stories of 2020.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/103857_iStock-892726222.jpg_a13f5f94-f924-4e27-bfb2-0364db85e5b1.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Lawsuit Is Filed Against Trump Ban on LGBT and HIV-Positive Asylum Seekers]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/lawsuit-filed-trump-ban-lgbt-hivpositive-asylum-seekers"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lawsuit-filed-trump-ban-lgbt-hivpositive-asylum-seekers</id>
    <updated>2020-12-23T12:39:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[If the asylum ban goes forward, “the U.S. will deport countless LGBTQ and HIV-positive refugees back to persecution, torture and death.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/104084_statue-liberty-is-000010590244.jpg_eee09289-8994-461a-8371-e4d752d0b3b8.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[U.K. to Relax Rules Banning Blood Donations From Gay and Bi Men]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/uk-relax-rules-banning-blood-donations-gay-bi-men"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/uk-relax-rules-banning-blood-donations-gay-bi-men</id>
    <updated>2020-12-22T17:13:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus, advocates in Canada want health officials there to also allow more gay and bi men to donate blood.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/104022_P07-19-022.jpg_7ffa2350-ade8-41bb-92cb-062ca5055f13.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Youth in California Can Virtually Access PrEP to Prevent HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/youth-california-can-virtually-access-prep-prevent-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/youth-california-can-virtually-access-prep-prevent-hiv</id>
    <updated>2020-12-21T15:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new PrEP telehealth system at Stanford Children’s Health offers HIV prevention to youth and adults 25 and younger.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/103937_megen-vo-and-geoff-hart-cooper-stanford-childrens-dec2020.jpg_3df0922b-4271-408c-bfe0-475b2db15cee.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“It’s Time to Modernize Our HIV Laws in Nevada”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/time-modernize-hiv-laws-nevada"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/time-modernize-hiv-laws-nevada</id>
    <updated>2020-12-18T07:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Nevada’s HIV crime laws don’t take into account condoms, PrEP, U=U or even whether the virus was transmitted.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/103819_iStock-1166193649.jpg_784ad20a-a85a-4794-98cc-91a3dc874edf.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What Are the Concerns of Aging LGBT People, Including Those With HIV?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/concerns-aging-lgbt-people-including-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/concerns-aging-lgbt-people-including-hiv</id>
    <updated>2020-12-17T07:35:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new report finds higher rates of depression and injuries from falls among older LGBT people—plus continued effects from the HIV epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/103736_ViiV-Portugal047.jpg_7077d9d8-1f52-4c10-aa95-b70ac9672b19.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How’d We Get a COVID-19 Vaccine so Fast but None for HIV and Cancer?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/howd-get-covid19-vaccine-fast-none-hiv-cancer"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/howd-get-covid19-vaccine-fast-none-hiv-cancer</id>
    <updated>2020-12-16T16:20:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Social media posts that make misleading comparisons undermine the science behind the COVID-19 vaccine.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/103709_iStock-1266494637.jpg_23ce918d-6aa3-4a06-956a-8ac8f4278e7e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Discrimination Lawsuit Against CVS Can Proceed, Court Rules]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-discrimination-lawsuit-cvs-can-proceed-court-rules"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-discrimination-lawsuit-cvs-can-proceed-court-rules</id>
    <updated>2020-12-15T13:25:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Five people with HIV claim that being required to use a CVS pharmacy “causes them substantial difficulties and puts their privacy at risk....<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/103469_pharmacist-ts-87346042.jpg_91bb954d-2cff-423c-904a-89ddf0433478.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[These Photos Depict Life With HIV Today—and They’re Free to Use]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/photos-depict-life-hiv-todayand-free-use"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/photos-depict-life-hiv-todayand-free-use</id>
    <updated>2020-12-14T13:04:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[ViiV Healthcare teams with stock photography provider Shutterstock to offer a stigma-busting gallery of images.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/103360_ViiV-Nairobi026.jpg_26ed0cb2-7412-46c3-b3fd-6851856bdf13.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Australia Halts Local COVID-19 Vaccine Trial Due to False HIV Positives]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/australia-halts-local-covid19-vaccine-trial-due-false-hiv-positives"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/australia-halts-local-covid19-vaccine-trial-due-false-hiv-positives</id>
    <updated>2020-12-11T17:45:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The vaccine, which is safe, was designed using bits of an HIV protein.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/103264_HIV--iStock-23193685-LARGE.jpg_08e9829e-3a31-4e1c-b9d1-5bd3fa8d9715.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Well Do Black Young Adults Understand HIV and U=U?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/black-young-adults-understand-hiv-uu"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/black-young-adults-understand-hiv-uu</id>
    <updated>2020-12-10T14:39:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Survey findings from the “Owning HIV” campaign show the need for proactive education.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/103012_owning-hiv-yonce-Jones-merck-uu-.jpg_62804380-2f51-40da-9acf-dad094994daa.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Faces of Hope”: Biden Names Infectious Disease Expert to Lead CDC]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/faces-hope-biden-names-infectious-disease-expert-lead-cdc"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/faces-hope-biden-names-infectious-disease-expert-lead-cdc</id>
    <updated>2020-12-09T16:43:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An HIV researcher and doctor, Rochelle Walensky also studies vaccines. Plus: Obama’s surgeon general Vivek Murthy returns.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/102914_Rochelle-Walensky-mass-gen-cdc-dec-2020.jpg_e3b16853-ba2a-44a0-bd55-f1ec314f3af2.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Clinical Trials Network Is Restructured to Boost Efficiency]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-clinical-trials-network-restructured-boost-efficiency"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-clinical-trials-network-restructured-boost-efficiency</id>
    <updated>2020-12-08T11:35:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here are the researchers who will lead the four networks of HIV trials and what each network will focus on.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/102781_researcher-purple-glovesiStock-695176924.jpg_6c141dfe-55fb-4038-bedc-cef917223999.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Uncle Sam Wants You…to Comment on the Updated National HIV Plan]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/uncle-sam-wants-youto-comment-updated-national-hiv-plan"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/uncle-sam-wants-youto-comment-updated-national-hiv-plan</id>
    <updated>2020-12-07T14:10:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The new plan offers strategies for the next five years. You can submit feedback until December 14.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/102692_US-Map-2.jpg_78af9e81-b2f2-4f24-834a-9e2ca5f8f33c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Does Anthony Fauci Believe We’ll End AIDS in His Lifetime?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/anthony-fauci-believe-end-aids-lifetime"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/anthony-fauci-believe-end-aids-lifetime</id>
    <updated>2020-12-04T07:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[While receiving a lifetime achievement award, the infectious disease expert shares memories and insights.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/102660_anthony-fauci-barbara-bush--usglc-01dec2020.png_9a757fe0-1efc-4368-9113-d31a09ce6d35.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Did 12 U.S. Cities Do in Reaching Their 90-90-90 HIV Goals?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/12-us-cities-reaching-909090-hiv-goals"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/12-us-cities-reaching-909090-hiv-goals</id>
    <updated>2020-12-03T17:35:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: Seven European cities surpass the Fast-Track HIV targets.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/102652_iStock-628946986.jpg_9d1c6089-9fbf-4fb5-a903-6e8e92c2e6d1.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Surgeon Refused to Operate Because Patient Had HIV, Claims Lawsuit]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/surgeon-refused-operate-patient-hiv-claims-lawsuit"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/surgeon-refused-operate-patient-hiv-claims-lawsuit</id>
    <updated>2020-12-02T17:45:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Everyone deserves health care without judgement,” says the plaintiff.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/102559_iStock-926152600.jpg_044de4ee-60b3-43e7-90be-05c1dd46d9c9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[World AIDS Day 2020]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/world-aids-day-2020"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/world-aids-day-2020</id>
    <updated>2020-12-01T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[How many people have HIV in the United States? In the world? Here’s a primer on basic statistics.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/102453_world-aids-day-logo.jpg_eae03cf8-252c-4d00-afb9-03912eb96437.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[NY State Plans to Withhold 20% From Crucial HIV Programs]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/ny-state-plans-withhold-20-crucial-hiv-programs"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/ny-state-plans-withhold-20-crucial-hiv-programs</id>
    <updated>2020-11-30T16:22:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Watch AIDS advocates urge the governor not to abandon efforts to combat HIV, hepatitis and opioid overdoses.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/102431_new-york-state-hiv-leaders-nov2020.png_ab9838a7-6370-435a-adb3-d0684fb98e8a.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Totally Free, Socially Distanced World AIDS Day Events!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/totally-free-socially-distanced-world-aids-day-events"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/totally-free-socially-distanced-world-aids-day-events</id>
    <updated>2020-11-27T06:41:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plan now to watch Black theater and AIDS films, listen to top scientists, and watch 1990s videos—all on December 1.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/102338_Red-Hot-Blue-tv-nov-2020.jpg_46f94fba-536e-44e0-ab4d-aa409bc5f478.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What’s the Best Exercise for People With HIV Over 50?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/best-exercise-people-hiv-50"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/best-exercise-people-hiv-50</id>
    <updated>2020-11-26T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[With the help of a $3.9 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, two researchers aim to find out.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/102347_allison-Webel-case-western-nov2020.jpeg_e560b1ab-8fbb-4270-af0e-486c81635a79.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Colorado Pharmacists Can Now Prescribe PrEP and PEP to Prevent HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/colorado-pharmacists-can-now-prescribe-prep-pep-prevent-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/colorado-pharmacists-can-now-prescribe-prep-pep-prevent-hiv</id>
    <updated>2020-11-24T18:31:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In a state where HIV rates have been climbing, faster and better access to prevention is vital.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/102293_pharmacist-ts-85501565.jpg_668161cf-43e0-4e9b-a495-0d78a49225df.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[FDA Approves HIV Test That Also Measures Viral Load]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/fda-approves-hiv-test-also-measures-viral-load"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/fda-approves-hiv-test-also-measures-viral-load</id>
    <updated>2020-11-23T17:10:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Hologic’s Aptima test is the first dual assay of its kind. Here’s why that matters.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/102250_hologic-Aptima-HIV-1-Dx-Box.jpg_81a32076-4f56-41a2-a118-d9f57978d13d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Transgender Day of Remembrance 2020]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/transgender-day-remembrance-2020"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/transgender-day-remembrance-2020</id>
    <updated>2020-11-20T11:34:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Transgender and gender-nonconforming people face high HIV rates and record numbers of violent deaths.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/102176_Felycya-Harris-transgender-murder-Georgia-nov2020.-.png_07d75988-9269-49ae-a06f-c07d6e3a6a6e.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet the “Queer Health Warrior” Who’ll Lead Federal HIV Prevention Efforts]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meet-new-leader-federal-hiv-prevention-efforts"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meet-new-leader-federal-hiv-prevention-efforts</id>
    <updated>2020-11-19T11:56:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[After tackling HIV in NYC, Demetre Daskalakis will be the director of the CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/102126_12-Demetre-Daskalakis-New-York.jpg_82570817-621e-42d2-aed8-a1ef40868ecc.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Beyoncé’s Mom Discuss Her Close History With HIV and COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-beyonces-mom-discuss-close-history-hiv-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-beyonces-mom-discuss-close-history-hiv-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-11-18T09:43:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The video marks the debut of “Black Voices Matter” and is part of the Black AIDS Institute’s new website launch.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/102078_tina-knowles-lawson-black-aids-institute-youtube-nov2020.png_598c31fe-90a7-4e9b-adb1-ac7275c67896.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Congress Members Introduce the NASH Care Act of 2020]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/congress-members-introduce-nash-care-act-2020"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/congress-members-introduce-nash-care-act-2020</id>
    <updated>2020-11-17T10:52:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[If passed, the law would boost liver disease research and create a national strategy to tackle non-alcoholic steatohepatitis.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/102024_liver-is-000017324831-Full.jpg_ac171393-f49d-4ed8-a7b8-3834611dfc3f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Treatment Activists to Honor Anthony Fauci—and You’re Invited!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/treatment-activists-honor-anthony-fauciand-invited"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/treatment-activists-honor-anthony-fauciand-invited</id>
    <updated>2020-11-16T12:14:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[TAG’s Research in Action Awards, November 19, will be virtual (and free!). Here’s how to join Sharon Stone and others.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/101972_Anthony-Fauci-portrait-by-keith-mayerson-TAG-2020.jpg_31feb140-2a67-45c5-966b-6abe57aa7016.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Beat Goes On]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/beat-goes-aids-benefit-albums"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/beat-goes-aids-benefit-albums</id>
    <updated>2020-11-16T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Reissues of ’90s Red Hot AIDS benefit albums<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/101802_P12-20-136.jpg_51ede125-e694-4c5c-803b-16da567bd4cc.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The 2013 POZ 100: Celebrating Unsung Heroes]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poz-100-2013-celebrating-unsung-heroes"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poz-100-2013-celebrating-unsung-heroes</id>
    <updated>2020-11-16T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A tribute to individuals who work tirelessly on the front lines of the epidemic year after year.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/101500_2013-collage.jpg_df002f91-315b-4349-9c89-bb70a0e05bc9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The 2016 POZ 100: Celebrating the South]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poz-100-2016-celebrating-south"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poz-100-2016-celebrating-south</id>
    <updated>2020-11-16T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This list paid tribute to advocates living and working in the South—the region most impacted by HIV/AIDS.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/101495_2016-Collage.jpg_fbaaec48-47cc-46ed-a259-b81367d1ae7c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The 2018 POZ 100: Celebrating People 50 and Over]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poz-100-2018-celebrating-people-50"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poz-100-2018-celebrating-people-50</id>
    <updated>2020-11-16T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This year's list included many advocates who are also long-term survivors.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/101460_2018-Collage.jpg_1182a5d7-785f-4798-90c2-2b64c3959f10.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The 2017 POZ 100: Celebrating Women  ]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poz-100-2017-celebrating-women"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poz-100-2017-celebrating-women</id>
    <updated>2020-11-16T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This list spotlighted the work of  women advocates—many of which are members of Positive Women’s Network–USA.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/101454_2017-Collage.jpg_31cb7331-9ae5-411d-afb1-d5c1a2952a5d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The 2011 POZ 100: People, Things and Ideas We Love]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/2011-100-people-things-ideas-love"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/2011-100-people-things-ideas-love</id>
    <updated>2020-11-16T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The year we honored 100 people, things and ideas that helped fight HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/101499_page-38-collage.jpg_72ebe694-1dd8-46cb-a960-df294428059f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The 2019 POZ 100: Celebrating Transgender, Gender-nonconforming and Nonbinary advocates]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poz-100-2019-celebrating-transgender-gendernonconforming-nonbinary-advocates"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poz-100-2019-celebrating-transgender-gendernonconforming-nonbinary-advocates</id>
    <updated>2020-11-16T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This list recognized the work of TGNCNB advocates both HIV positive and negative.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/101466_2019-Collage.jpg_6c343e69-99d5-43db-ae87-3a4c2e0a40f0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The POZ 100: Celebrating 10 Years of Advocacy]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/2020-poz-100"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/2020-poz-100</id>
    <updated>2020-11-16T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[POZ honors the past ten years of the POZ 100<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/101332_POZ-100-graphic.jpg_5815232d-4016-47bc-b6ac-f55f5e84173d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[You’re Invited!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/invited-mark-king-birthday"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/invited-mark-king-birthday</id>
    <updated>2020-11-16T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV blogger and activist Mark S. King turns 60 with a digital blowout celebrating all long-term survivors and featuring A-list celebs.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/101830_P12-20-120.jpg_1d4e3811-cd1a-4cbf-965c-2c006f091ada.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The 2012 POZ 100: Accelerating the End of AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poz-100-2012-accelerating-end-aids"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poz-100-2012-accelerating-end-aids</id>
    <updated>2020-11-16T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This list recognized people who made a significant contribution to speeding up the end of AIDS.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/101412_2012-collage.jpg_526e3d16-59fe-43ae-966e-5208c04b8456.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The 2014 POZ 100: Celebrating Youth Power]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poz-100-2014-celebrating-youth-power"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poz-100-2014-celebrating-youth-power</id>
    <updated>2020-11-16T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This year's list ushered in a new generation of changemakers and HIV advocates.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/101498_2014-collage.jpg_cbd359cb-8986-465d-8deb-a0d8040c5de5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Four Comics for You]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/four-comics-hiv-visual-aids"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/four-comics-hiv-visual-aids</id>
    <updated>2020-11-16T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Visual AIDS commissions a new series about HIV today.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/101811_comics.jpg_bf3ed360-cd4a-4140-9ee5-219c37c09620.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“I Can Give You…”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/can-give-hiv-campaign"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/can-give-hiv-campaign</id>
    <updated>2020-11-16T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An empowering grassroots U=U campaign<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/101819_P12-20-124.jpg_ebe95b19-80a3-4a7a-9238-005014a3a6ea.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Nothing About Us Without Us”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/nothing-us-without-us"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/nothing-us-without-us</id>
    <updated>2020-11-16T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Long-term survivors release a statement detailing their challenges and demands.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/101825_P12-20-121.jpg_2bc4e1d6-09f6-42ad-87fa-7300b9fbd1eb.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The 2015 POZ 100: Celebrating Long-Term Survivors]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poz-100-2015-celebrating-longterm-survivors"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poz-100-2015-celebrating-longterm-survivors</id>
    <updated>2020-11-16T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[These advocates persevered in their own personal fight against the virus to show others that it is possible to thrive long term with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/101497_2015-Collage.jpg_e818251e-e1b4-458c-9a8f-c256a7505b9f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The 2010 POZ 100: Celebrating AIDS Advocates]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poz-100-2010-celebrating-aids-advocates"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poz-100-2010-celebrating-aids-advocates</id>
    <updated>2020-11-16T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The 2010 POZ 100 list was created to uplift those advocates at a crucial time.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/101496_2010-collage.jpg_4d5f9b40-4f3c-452a-a06b-46d41b2a0fdf.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Once an HIV Laundry Service, Auntie Helen’s Now Offers Much More]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-laundry-service-auntie-helens-now-offers-much"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-laundry-service-auntie-helens-now-offers-much</id>
    <updated>2020-11-13T13:45:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Its COVID-19 work helped earn the San Diego charity thrift store a leadership award. Rod Legg updates us on its offerings.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/101923_aunti-helens-sidewalk-sale-san-diego-facebook-oct2020.jpg_5e95021d-ccbf-4219-8c85-1aec0ffc1fa7.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Want a Free Box of Sex-Positive Goodies?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hrcs-hiv-campaign-celebrates-black-latino-lgbt-people-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hrcs-hiv-campaign-celebrates-black-latino-lgbt-people-video</id>
    <updated>2020-11-12T16:24:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HRC is mailing them out as part of its “My Body” HIV campaign to celebrate Black and Latino LGBT people. Here’s how to get yours!<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/101930_hrc-my-body-boxes-woman-nov2020.png_802b3524-1f99-439f-b619-c62001a01172.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Will the Affordable Care Act Survive the Supreme Court?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/will-affordable-care-act-survive-supreme-court"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/will-affordable-care-act-survive-supreme-court</id>
    <updated>2020-11-11T13:38:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Experts analyze oral arguments in the GOP’s latest attempt to repeal Obamacare.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/101760_gavel-stetho-ts-451038227.jpg_8d453e32-e8ec-4587-81c3-c1fa34e81d7b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Rates Among Gay and Bi Men in England Drop to 20-Year Low]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-rates-among-gay-bi-men-england-drop-20year-low"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-rates-among-gay-bi-men-england-drop-20year-low</id>
    <updated>2020-11-10T16:32:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The decline has nothing to do with fewer hookups during COVID-19 lockdowns.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/101722_iStock-904523520.jpg_a82b32a7-1536-44d3-913d-65251f5f5100.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Leaders Congratulate (and Warn) Joe Biden and Kamala Harris]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-leaders-congratulate-warn-joe-biden-kamala-harris"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-leaders-congratulate-warn-joe-biden-kamala-harris</id>
    <updated>2020-11-08T19:50:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“We stand ready for the fight and are happy to have an ally in the White House.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/101525_joe-biden-kamala-harris-07nov2020-instagram.png_ca02cf2f-7759-4ea1-b998-0850802889e3.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Latino Gay/Bi Men’s Health Rally to Focus on U=U During COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/latino-gaybi-mens-health-rally-focus-uu-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/latino-gaybi-mens-health-rally-focus-uu-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-11-06T08:31:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s how to attend the virtual panels. Plus: Mark your calendars for the Week Against Transphobia.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/101477_3-latin-men-_47348ce2-d39f-4612-886d-e0516de9029e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Delivering Medically Tailored Meals to New Yorkers With HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/delivering-medically-tailored-meals-new-yorkers-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/delivering-medically-tailored-meals-new-yorkers-hiv</id>
    <updated>2020-11-05T15:49:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The new initiative is a partnership between God’s Love We Deliver and Amida Care.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/101364_health-food-ts-dv0301032.jpg_4c8c8e02-b51f-4ce1-8924-df92d8fa0319.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Canada OKs At-Home HIV Self-Tests]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/canada-oks-athome-hiv-selftests"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/canada-oks-athome-hiv-selftests</id>
    <updated>2020-11-04T14:49:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The need for HIV self-testing has increased amid the COVID-19 pandemic.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/101292_insti-hiv-self-test-canada-youtube-nov2020.jpg_3166d06f-a53e-47ee-9477-8a56e4099022.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Can a Single Vaccine Injection Functionally Cure HIV?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/can-single-vaccine-injection-functionally-cure-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/can-single-vaccine-injection-functionally-cure-hiv</id>
    <updated>2020-11-03T10:33:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[That’s the hope of research funded by a new Campbell Foundation grant.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/101217_cure-sign-dt-9245710.jpg_8bc4f453-dca0-4e15-9e6f-676ad49fd7f5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[These Women Living With HIV Are Getting Out the Vote]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/women-living-hiv-getting-vote"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/women-living-hiv-getting-vote</id>
    <updated>2020-11-02T12:49:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[How members of Vote Positive USA make an impact in battleground states.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/101138_vote-positive-H-Town-Power-houston-2020.jpg_012a28f4-d398-4f54-9001-bb7dbedaa271.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Leanza Cornett, Miss America ’93 and Trailblazing AIDS Activist]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-leanza-cornett-miss-america-93-trailblazing-aids-activist"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-leanza-cornett-miss-america-93-trailblazing-aids-activist</id>
    <updated>2020-10-30T11:22:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Unafraid of controversy, she spoke publicly about HIV and safe sex. Here’s an excerpt from her 1997 POZ Q&A.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/101102_Leanza-Cornett-miss-america-1993-in2017.jpg_0ecad17b-87bf-4895-a522-36afa17338c8.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Not Test for HIV Along With COVID-19?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/test-hiv-along-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/test-hiv-along-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-10-29T14:42:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A West Virginia drive-through event does exactly that—plus give free Naloxone trainings.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/101053_iStock-1215518076.jpg_44c27f2f-30e4-4d6b-ab09-68531b339a67.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Our National HIV/AIDS Strategy May Offer a Blueprint for Fighting COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-hivaids-strategy-may-offer-blueprint-fighting-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-hivaids-strategy-may-offer-blueprint-fighting-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-10-28T17:24:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[These six elements of the HIV plan could be applied to a COVID-19 strategy, write health experts.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/100947_P01-18-026b.jpg_af0d9870-c3e3-449c-b8d7-2c57ed0f617f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Will COVID-19 Impact New York’s Plan to End HIV? [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/will-covid19-impact-new-yorks-plan-end-hiv-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/will-covid19-impact-new-yorks-plan-end-hiv-video</id>
    <updated>2020-10-27T14:41:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Experts discuss the topic, and Amida Care recommends solutions. Plus: It’s PrEP Aware Week in the Empire State.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/100865_amida-care-new-york-hiv-covid-webinar-oct2020.jpg_ca171c9d-3faf-4ca2-b7b3-11e172c3db66.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Lawsuit Claims Restaurant Worker Was Fired Because He Has HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/lawsuit-claims-restaurant-worker-fired-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lawsuit-claims-restaurant-worker-fired-hiv</id>
    <updated>2020-10-26T15:56:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“We’re worried it’s going to affect business, like revenue,” a manager of the Texas eatery allegedly said.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/100840_gavel-books-istock.jpg_d574c166-341c-4244-9990-3cbe2bda6fac.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Three Demands From the HIV Leaders of Black South Rising]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/three-demands-hiv-leaders-black-south-rising"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/three-demands-hiv-leaders-black-south-rising</id>
    <updated>2020-10-23T18:11:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A collective of Southern Black activists issues a political agenda to renew the fight against HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/100808_iStock-620697086.jpg_a3634625-5820-4404-a201-73fa6517e7a7.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Trump Considers Cutting HIV and COVID-19 Funds in Liberal Cities]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/trump-considers-cutting-hiv-covid19-funds-liberal-cities"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/trump-considers-cutting-hiv-covid19-funds-liberal-cities</id>
    <updated>2020-10-22T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS groups counter that such a move is “deeply harmful and even illegal.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/100661_Seattle-iStock-507294292.jpg_73948fe8-3fe7-48c4-a202-59e42b8129f4.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hundreds at a COVID-19 Hotel Must Be Screened for HIV and Hep C]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hundreds-covid19-hotel-must-screened-hiv-hep-c"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hundreds-covid19-hotel-must-screened-hiv-hep-c</id>
    <updated>2020-10-21T14:15:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Staff at the Australian quarantine hotel wrongly reused blood glucose tests on multiple individuals, but the contamination risk is very low.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/100627_world-map-iStock-000019339019.jpg_7f7914d4-8ebb-425c-b5c7-0ee24f98a589.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The U.S. Conference on HIV/AIDS Is Happening Right Now!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/us-conference-hivaids-happening-right-now"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/us-conference-hivaids-happening-right-now</id>
    <updated>2020-10-19T07:35:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Virtually, of course. So take a look around.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/100384_uscha-2020-virtual-lobby-youtube.png_015cc4df-cf72-4c9e-8e8e-0cb4508a2428.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What Can People With HIV Give You?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/can-people-hiv-give"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/can-people-hiv-give</id>
    <updated>2020-10-16T19:49:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Hint: It starts with three letters.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/100364_i-can-give-u-campaign-1-2020.png_90cc3bee-e158-4825-910c-9a5ba1bf52c4.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day 2020]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-latinx-aids-awareness-day-2020"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-latinx-aids-awareness-day-2020</id>
    <updated>2020-10-15T08:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The theme of this year’s #NLAAD is “Ending HIV Is at Your Fingertips.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/100208_national-latinx-aids-awareness-day-2-2020.png_5985e557-c627-471b-8a41-9ffb51719d78.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[DC Bill Protects LGBT Seniors and Those With HIV. But There’s a Catch]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/dc-bill-protects-lgbt-seniors-hiv-catch"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/dc-bill-protects-lgbt-seniors-hiv-catch</id>
    <updated>2020-10-14T18:35:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: An affordable housing community for LGBT seniors in Florida sets aside units for folks with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/100197_iStock-612731716.jpg_15230aab-697b-469a-8a1e-e4bc567ef16d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Better Mapping of Brain Regions Affected by HIV and Drug Use Disorder]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/better-mapping-brain-regions-affected-hiv-drug-use-disorder"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/better-mapping-brain-regions-affected-hiv-drug-use-disorder</id>
    <updated>2020-10-13T19:36:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A $7 million grant goes to new research seeking insights to neurological and cognitive problems.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/100167_iStock-871148930.jpg_af2fa55f-3a36-4a89-9109-32a92558534f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Make Dirty Art in a Pandemic? Warhol Photographer Christopher Makos Knows.]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/make-art-pandemic-warhol-photographer-christopher-makos-knows"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/make-art-pandemic-warhol-photographer-christopher-makos-knows</id>
    <updated>2020-10-12T14:37:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Our Q&A with Makos covers two plagues, his current exhibition, Keith Haring, Debbie Harry, hot bods and more. [SLIDESHOW]<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/100086_Makos-Keith-Haring-And-Juan-Dubose-At-Piers--1980s.jpg_a21c5b9f-8b1f-4ceb-b7b5-08e013caad01.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV History Teaches Us How (and Why) to Reduce COVID-19 Stigma]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-history-teaches-us-reduce-covid19-stigma"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-history-teaches-us-reduce-covid19-stigma</id>
    <updated>2020-10-09T11:14:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A UNAIDS report spells out evidence-based ways to lower discrimination and stigma in six areas of life.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/100035_iStock-1202974483.jpg_67f2cd7f-98e5-4f64-b0bd-e5aa55bcf81d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch People of Faith Renew Their Fight Against HIV—and COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-people-faith-renew-fight-hivand-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-people-faith-renew-fight-hivand-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-10-08T15:22:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Their global conference also launched the 13 Million Campaign, an effort to get health services to those with HIV and not on meds.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/99988_thabo-makgob-faith-in-hiv-2020.png_7e936969-59f0-4b71-adff-2306cb5855a6.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Strip AIDS 2020” Delivers Four Comics About HIV Life Today]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/strip-aids-2020-delivers-four-comics-hiv-life-today"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/strip-aids-2020-delivers-four-comics-hiv-life-today</id>
    <updated>2020-10-07T11:15:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Check them out on VisualAIDS.org, and tune in to the related podcast.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/99949_paco-visual-aids-2020.png_dffe9f14-4729-4c28-9d23-dba31509fccb.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New HIV Clinic in Texas Offers STI and Hepatitis Services Too]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-hiv-clinic-texas-offers-sti-hepatitis-services"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-hiv-clinic-texas-offers-sti-hepatitis-services</id>
    <updated>2020-10-06T14:12:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Arlington location is one of over 35 clinics in the South operated by CAN Community Health.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/99881_CAN-Texas-Clinic-Team-06oct2020.jpg_4758f430-4a7a-44ba-97b6-3eae08b558d4.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Center Awarded $5M for COVID-19 Testing]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-center-awarded-5m-covid19-testing"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-center-awarded-5m-covid19-testing</id>
    <updated>2020-10-05T11:17:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[It’s part of a $234 million federal initiative to improve COVID-19 testing among vulnerable populations.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/99845_iStock-1252799685.jpg_45593237-ddfc-4992-8721-199b4e5b2f6c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Red Hot Reissues of AIDS Benefit Albums From the 1990s]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/red-hot-reissues-aids-benefit-albums-1990s"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/red-hot-reissues-aids-benefit-albums-1990s</id>
    <updated>2020-10-02T20:48:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Five albums from the series will be released digitally. Remixes of Neneh Cherry’s take on “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” are out now.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/99807_neneh-cherry-red-hot-blue-1-oct2020.png_df8dffa2-3186-4a7c-8ffd-4c7ee6aa79b5.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What Proportion of Private HIV Funding Supports People of Color?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/proportion-private-hiv-funding-supports-people-color"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/proportion-private-hiv-funding-supports-people-color</id>
    <updated>2020-10-01T18:36:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[4% of total U.S. AIDS philanthropy directly addresses African Americans. Plus: Meet the top five funders helping BIPOC communities.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/99744_iStock-918938866.jpg_686cd57f-58f8-4055-aee8-32efd5af9862.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Stars Perform Scenes From AIDS Epic “Angels in America”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-stars-perform-scenes-aids-epic-angels-america"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-stars-perform-scenes-aids-epic-angels-america</id>
    <updated>2020-09-30T12:04:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The great (virtual) work begins! This time in support of amfAR’s Fund to Fight COVID-19.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/99559_Central-Park-Scene.png_2693cd87-5bdb-4a75-a5a1-7d1b4c9276b7.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Are Puerto Ricans With HIV Doing Three Years After Hurricane Maria?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/puerto-ricans-hiv-three-years-hurricane-maria"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/puerto-ricans-hiv-three-years-hurricane-maria</id>
    <updated>2020-09-29T11:50:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Washington Blade checks in.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/99389_Defrain-2.jpg_1cc726ba-63a5-4eea-95f6-0e2f52245d3c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Trans Visibility March 2020 Goes Virtual [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-trans-visibility-march-2020-goes-virtual-videos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-trans-visibility-march-2020-goes-virtual-videos</id>
    <updated>2020-09-28T13:58:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Join a week of activities leading up to the virtual march in Washington, DC, on Saturday, October 3.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/99353_P12-19-006.jpg_6177b98a-efcd-4220-a2b2-e5403a5340a4.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Los niños del Brasil]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/lucas-rocha"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lucas-rocha</id>
    <updated>2020-09-28T11:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[El autor de novelas juveniles Lucas Rocha teje una trama de VIH, amistad y diversión.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/99091_Rio-de-Janeiro.jpg_0699ba13-7b29-40b6-8472-06b9f8995990.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Educar, evaluar y guiar]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/educar-evaluar-y-guiar"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/educar-evaluar-y-guiar</id>
    <updated>2020-09-28T11:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Reduciendo el riesgo de VIH y el uso indebido de sustancias entre la juventud negra y latina<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/99098_POZ-EE-FALL-20-008.jpg_b7a72b4f-e6af-461f-becb-66e51a4a4167.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[La metanfetamina y los HSH latinos]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/la-metanfetamina-y-los-hsh-latinos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/la-metanfetamina-y-los-hsh-latinos</id>
    <updated>2020-09-28T11:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Dos discusiones acerca del “lado oscuro del arcoíris”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/99103_P10-20-057.jpg_7505f8b0-4007-456b-b8b8-4e926105aa7f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[¿Conoces a Pedro Zamora?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/conoces-pedro-zamora"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/conoces-pedro-zamora</id>
    <updated>2020-09-28T11:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Puedes ver su historia con el VIH y muchas otras en 2020/40<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/99107_POZ-EE-FALL-20-014.jpg_ffc43d73-1913-4668-84f1-9c659a6d55b8.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Un plan de VIH para Estados Unidos]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/un-plan-de-vih-para-estados-unidos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/un-plan-de-vih-para-estados-unidos</id>
    <updated>2020-09-28T11:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Detalles de la iniciativa federal para acabar con la epidemia<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/99100_P10-20-027.jpg_c13746f2-d68c-4cf6-8a5e-4c7c584d9d8a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch 2020/40 HIV Stories]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-202040-hiv-stories"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-202040-hiv-stories</id>
    <updated>2020-09-28T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Meet Latino activist Pedro Zamora and many others.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/99232_POZ-Planet-.jpg_7411614f-675e-4660-a240-d2d7dc3b5431.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[These Boys From Brazil Find Love and Fun Amid HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/boys-brazil-lucas-rocha"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/boys-brazil-lucas-rocha</id>
    <updated>2020-09-28T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Young adult author Lucas Rocha weaves a universal tale of HIV, romance, friendship and fun!<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/99160_Rio-de-Janeiro.jpg_83259005-aede-4341-b9f7-1f1dd23f8511.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meth and HIV Among Latino MSM]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meth-hiv-among-latino-msm"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meth-hiv-among-latino-msm</id>
    <updated>2020-09-28T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Virtual discussions in Texas and Los Angeles shed light on “the dark side of the rainbow.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/99358_zoom-group.jpg_e574edc7-b0c8-4fd9-ac5c-607e7920a19a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Educate, Test and Navigate to Prevent HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/educate-test-navigate-black-latino-youth"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/educate-test-navigate-black-latino-youth</id>
    <updated>2020-09-28T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A program to reduce HIV risk among Black and Latino youth<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/99926_P10-20-026.jpg_ef6f1e95-a036-46ec-8190-8581b8d8988b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[An HIV Plan for America]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-plan-america"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-plan-america</id>
    <updated>2020-09-28T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Details of the federal initiative to end the epidemic<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/99230_P10-20-027.jpg_005e69ee-2b9f-42e4-97c7-ec43b3e8bc7e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2020 [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-gay-mens-hivaids-awareness-day-2020-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-gay-mens-hivaids-awareness-day-2020-video</id>
    <updated>2020-09-25T10:58:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Watch a Counter Narrative Project discussion about HIV criminalization and Black gay men, held in advance of Sunday’s #NGMHAAD.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/99277_counter-narrative-project-natl-gay-hiv-aids-day-ngmhaad-youtube-sept2020.png_ed60cc86-0e89-4ad8-8616-595567e5f44b.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$111M Grant to Focus on HIV-Related Cancers [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/111m-grant-focus-hivrelated-cancers-videos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/111m-grant-focus-hivrelated-cancers-videos</id>
    <updated>2020-09-24T14:36:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“People living with HIV shoulder an enormous burden of cancer,” said lead researcher Joseph Sparano, MD.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/99217_joseph-sparano-albert-einstein-college-of-medicine-sept2020.jpg_d8db1732-d777-4248-8197-599074e05793.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Woman With HIV Died Due to Neglect While in Jail, Alleges Lawsuit [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/woman-hiv-died-due-neglect-jail-alleges-lawsuit-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/woman-hiv-died-due-neglect-jail-alleges-lawsuit-video</id>
    <updated>2020-09-23T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“What happened to Holly Barlow-Austin was not an isolated incident,” claims the Texas lawsuit against a for-profit jail.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/99017_holly-barlow-austin-youtube-texarkana-gazetter-sept2020.png_2481cd59-7c97-4977-89ff-8e9341fdcd09.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Elizabeth Owens, VOCAL-NY Activist and “Force of Joy”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-elizabeth-owens-vocalny-activist-force-joy"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-elizabeth-owens-vocalny-activist-force-joy</id>
    <updated>2020-09-22T11:09:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Formerly a homeless person who used heroin, she advocated for New Yorkers affected by housing insecurity, drugs, HIV and hepatitis.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/98989_Elizabeth-Owens.jpg_d71199b5-9cbf-4954-8ac1-d917fd7e727d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Walk Los Angeles Goes Digital and Raises $974,058]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-walk-los-angeles-goes-digital-raises-974058"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-walk-los-angeles-goes-digital-raises-974058</id>
    <updated>2020-09-21T14:28:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[COVID-19 has highlighted HIV health disparities, notably among Black and Latino communities.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/98898_APLA-white.jpg_747b64f5-d2c2-4eff-98a5-a765826e6f63.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day 2020]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-hivaids-aging-awareness-day-2020"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-hivaids-aging-awareness-day-2020</id>
    <updated>2020-09-18T05:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Nine key findings from a survey of HIV-positive people 50 and older. Plus: A special report on aging with HIV during COVID-19.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/98749_nhaad-aging-day-facts2017.jpg_c5af4b24-5ab9-42cd-bd09-d79e1bd22970.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Navy Veteran Claims VA Went 20 Years Without Telling Him He Had HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/navy-veteran-claims-va-went-20-years-without-telling-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/navy-veteran-claims-va-went-20-years-without-telling-hiv</id>
    <updated>2020-09-17T17:17:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A lawsuit alleges he tested HIV positive in 1995, but federal health care workers missed numerous chances to inform him.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/98728_veteran-administration-seal-logo.png_93714fb1-f281-47d8-9455-eeae8d2ea6e4.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How COVID-19 Set the World Back 25 Years in 25 Weeks]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-set-world-back-25-years-25-weeks"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-set-world-back-25-years-25-weeks</id>
    <updated>2020-09-16T17:14:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A Gates Foundation report tracks the pandemic’s global devastation—from health care to equality—and highlights a path forward.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/98676_bill-gates-covid-19-goalkeepers2020-youtube.png_9992b04c-e193-4d50-bf98-e9d4c0d7c762.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hear From Latino Gay and Bisexual Men Affected by HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hear-latino-gay-bisexual-men-affected-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hear-latino-gay-bisexual-men-affected-hiv</id>
    <updated>2020-09-15T13:45:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Nine findings from ViiV Healthcare’s Latinx Listening Initiative<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/98602_sept15-ViiV-Healthcare-Here-as-I-Am-4.jpg_8a828e41-5628-4ea7-b6a5-902cfd7d9efe.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New Cases of HIV in San Francisco Dropped 19% in 2019]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-cases-hiv-san-francisco-dropped-19-2019"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-cases-hiv-san-francisco-dropped-19-2019</id>
    <updated>2020-09-14T15:02:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Rates also declined among Black and Latino men, though COVID-19 disruptions threaten the trend.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/98524_san-francisco-is-000002975971.jpg_62fcee10-45bd-445c-8352-3175a6fa5989.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Join Anthony Fauci for a GMHC Webinar on Aging With HIV During COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/join-anthony-fauci-gmhc-webinar-aging-hiv-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/join-anthony-fauci-gmhc-webinar-aging-hiv-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-09-11T11:19:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Later that same day, September 17, a POZ at Home event on Zoom features several long-term survivors. You’re invited!<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/98487_anthony-fauci-niaid-natl-hiv-vaccine-day-youtube2016.png_beab53f8-6873-4950-9518-5e18a1f87b11.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$14.6M Grant to Explore a Therapy to Control HIV Without Meds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/146m-grant-explore-therapy-control-hiv-without-meds"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/146m-grant-explore-therapy-control-hiv-without-meds</id>
    <updated>2020-09-10T14:19:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Researchers hope to combine gene editing with a less toxic stem cell transplant. Findings may apply to cancer and other illnesses.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/98448_paula-cannon-keck-school-medicine-USC-sep2020.jpg_0316e1b2-5a1c-4105-8ac9-675b1db9d0d6.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National African Immigrant and Refugee HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis Awareness Day 2020]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-african-immigrant-refugee-hivaids-hepatitis-awareness-day-2020"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-african-immigrant-refugee-hivaids-hepatitis-awareness-day-2020</id>
    <updated>2020-09-09T08:28:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[NAIRHHA Day also brings focus to other epidemics fueling HIV disparities.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/98368_nairhhad-natl-african-immigrant-refugee-hiv-hep-awareness-2020-facebook.jpg_6caa5787-aee9-406d-84cd-d82bd05f5fde.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Can You Still Dine Out to Fight HIV During COVID-19?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/can-still-dine-fight-hiv-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/can-still-dine-fight-hiv-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-09-08T18:32:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Yes! Many events of the annual Dining Out for Life fundraiser are still on. Here’s how to get updates about your city.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/98454_2588244-phpW13BOe.png_2925ccd8-f187-48fb-8df8-5da44523bd8e.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[These HIV Workers Now Fight COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-workers-now-fight-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-workers-now-fight-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-09-04T15:19:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Staff at San Francisco AIDS Foundation found that many skills, such as delivering HIV test results, translated well.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/98264_iStock-1212905600.jpg_d18c812b-daea-4668-94fb-43d85da6a711.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s What the Future of Harm Reduction Looks Like]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/future-harm-reduction-looks-like"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/future-harm-reduction-looks-like</id>
    <updated>2020-09-03T17:59:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A revamped National Harm Reduction Coalition tackles the “racist war on drugs” and advocates for people who use drugs.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/98238_national-harm-reduction-coalition-2020website.png_638a50fb-3d3b-4f9f-ad03-21f40024f794.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How to Visually Track Data From the Plan to End the U.S. HIV Epidemic]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/visually-track-data-plan-end-us-hiv-epidemic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/visually-track-data-plan-end-us-hiv-epidemic</id>
    <updated>2020-09-02T08:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A digital dashboard displays six gauges in the nation’s effort to lower HIV rates by 90% by 2030.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/98136_AHEAD-ending-the-epidemic-dashboard-sept2020.jpg_be0ee0fa-56a3-46d3-a0bd-05129a546ecb.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Peter Stinner, an HIV Educator and ACT UP Activist in Atlanta]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-peter-stinner-hiv-educator-act-activist-atlanta"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-peter-stinner-hiv-educator-act-activist-atlanta</id>
    <updated>2020-09-01T10:48:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Over two decades, he helped thousands of clients at Grady Health System’s Ponce de Leon Center.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/98101_jeff-graham-peter-stinner-facebook-obit2020.jpg_987f2230-a0bf-4364-8039-d8393ce50744.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[When COVID-19 Offers an Excuse to Violate Human Rights]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-offers-excuse-violate-human-rights"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-offers-excuse-violate-human-rights</id>
    <updated>2020-08-31T09:57:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A UNAIDS report details abuses and spells out 10 ways governments can respond to the pandemic while protecting rights.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/98013_rights-in-a-pandemic-aug2020report-unaids.png_c33c95da-c6c5-4691-a0bc-6a08a63a7b62.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Faith HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2020]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-faith-hivaids-awareness-day-2020"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-faith-hivaids-awareness-day-2020</id>
    <updated>2020-08-28T14:41:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Join a virtual get-out-the-vote town hall and prayer services planned around NFHAAD, held the last Sunday in August.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/97976_national-faith-HIV-AIDS-awareness-day-facebook-aug2020.jpg_eeba7995-637c-48e9-8514-9d1e464739b5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A New HIV and STI Medical Clinic in Nashville Operates on PRIDE]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-hiv-sti-medical-clinic-nashville-operates-pride"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-hiv-sti-medical-clinic-nashville-operates-pride</id>
    <updated>2020-08-27T20:02:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[At My House Clinic, which also offers hep C and COVID-19 services, PRIDE stands for “Promotes Respect Inclusion & Dignity for Everyone.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/97931_my-house-nashville-entrance.jpg_97f25f62-e852-41d8-91d7-afe28d712575.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What Do Nevadans Living With HIV Need Most During COVID-19?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/biggest-needs-nevadans-living-hiv-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/biggest-needs-nevadans-living-hiv-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-08-26T18:52:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[One recent survey found that it wasn’t meds.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/97889_iStock-507401700.jpg_08496f57-d56a-4937-a047-2c8b61943236.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meth and HIV Among Gay and Bi Latino Men [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meth-hiv-among-gay-bi-latino-men-videos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meth-hiv-among-gay-bi-latino-men-videos</id>
    <updated>2020-08-25T21:09:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Virtual discussions in Texas and Los Angeles shed light on “the dark side of the rainbow.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/97842_richard-zaldivar-wall-las-memorias-zoom-2020.png_bfcdd554-a0d6-4475-ac9c-468cab62bd9a.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Washington, DC, Nears Goal of Ending Its HIV Epidemic]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/washington-dc-nears-goal-ending-hiv-epidemic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/washington-dc-nears-goal-ending-hiv-epidemic</id>
    <updated>2020-08-24T19:08:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s how the nation’s capital remains on track despite COVID-19.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/97797_iStock-186848536.jpg_122c6d12-bdff-42e0-8882-079018f41b9d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Good News for Those Who Missed AIDS 2020: Virtual]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/good-news-missed-aids-2020-virtual"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/good-news-missed-aids-2020-virtual</id>
    <updated>2020-08-21T06:55:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Discussions, sessions and abstracts from the International AIDS Conference are now available online for free!<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/97614_barbara-lee-nancy-pelosi-aids2020virtual.png_42152a17-c9fb-4b94-b74d-37579b45eb9d.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2020]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/southern-hivaids-awareness-day-2020"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/southern-hivaids-awareness-day-2020</id>
    <updated>2020-08-19T18:07:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Be part of the Southern Solution by checking out these virtual discussions, planning sessions and happy hours.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/97542_souther-hiv-aids-awareness-day-2019.png_041ecc17-1580-4661-9cf2-c061ef7bf2d8.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Cosmetic Surgeon Must Pay $375K in Damages for HIV Discrimination]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/cosmetic-surgeon-must-pay-375k-damages-hiv-discrimination"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/cosmetic-surgeon-must-pay-375k-damages-hiv-discrimination</id>
    <updated>2020-08-19T12:56:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Court findings showed the doctor not only refused to treat people who had HIV but also tested patients without their consent.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/97494_gavel-stetho-ts-451038227.jpg_86d30887-bf59-45f4-a57d-1f9f3cc51797.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[ELEVATE Will Train People Living With HIV for Jobs Ending the Epidemic]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/elevate-will-train-people-living-hiv-jobs-ending-epidemic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/elevate-will-train-people-living-hiv-jobs-ending-epidemic</id>
    <updated>2020-08-18T17:57:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A similar training program, ESCALATE, will teach communities to recognize and fight HIV stigma.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/97466_iStock-521375674.jpg_2b23dcd9-cd15-43fb-9d5d-ecd6d255f9ff.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Major Health Insurer to Stop Covering Descovy to Prevent HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/major-health-insurer-stop-covering-descovy-prevent-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/major-health-insurer-stop-covering-descovy-prevent-hiv</id>
    <updated>2020-08-17T11:37:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A low-cost generic version of Truvada as PrEP will hit the market September 30.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/97404_PrEP-iStock-840195058.jpg_f06ead89-0ceb-488d-9b7e-a0d1a427bc2c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Pages of Larry Kramer]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/pages-larry-kramer-author"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/pages-larry-kramer-author</id>
    <updated>2020-08-17T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The legendary AIDS activist was also an accomplished author.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/97211_Larry-Kramer.jpg_9ea5ed9b-f3b5-43d0-863e-26749a096f4b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New Rules]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-rules-supreme-court"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-rules-supreme-court</id>
    <updated>2020-08-17T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Supreme Court decisions and a Trump pronouncement on health care affect HIV efforts<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/97215_P09-20-060.jpg_dc7dff61-a2a6-4df0-a814-a919cafdb12e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Fabric of Our Lives]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/fabric-lives-aids-covid"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/fabric-lives-aids-covid</id>
    <updated>2020-08-17T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Sewing to remember AIDS losses and to protect against COVID-19<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/97225_Gert-McMullin-Photo-1.jpeg_9957e8e3-6f17-43a4-a5a2-e65607a96618.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Masked Crusaders]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/masked-crusaders-covid19-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/masked-crusaders-covid19-hiv</id>
    <updated>2020-08-17T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[These masks keep HIV messaging in everyone's face while raising funds for a good cause.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/97339_P09-20-073.jpg_5b53404a-2668-4d5a-b9d1-641cddd7c031.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The HIV Story Behind “Beauty and the Beast” and Other Disney Classics]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-story-behind-beauty-beast-disney-classics"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-story-behind-beauty-beast-disney-classics</id>
    <updated>2020-08-14T16:44:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The documentary “Howard” explores the life and AIDS-related death of Oscar-winning lyricist Howard Ashman.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/97374_howard-keyart-vertical-aug7-d0cc5943.png_afa112a1-1657-483e-bc18-af41d2ac6b18.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Father and Son Arrested Over Toxic Cure for HIV and COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/father-son-arrested-toxic-cure-hiv-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/father-son-arrested-toxic-cure-hiv-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-08-13T18:20:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Miracle Mineral Solution is bleach—and people have died from drinking it.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/97200_MiracleMineralSolution-FDA.jpg_599d474d-496f-4b64-a690-6f77611e7883.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Exploring New Ways to Prevent HIV and STIs in Women]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/exploring-new-ways-prevent-hiv-stis-women"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/exploring-new-ways-prevent-hiv-stis-women</id>
    <updated>2020-08-12T13:43:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A Campbell Foundation grant will help this scientist study lactic acid’s anti-inflammatory role in the female reproductive tract.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/97139_gilda-tachedjian-phd-burnet-institute-melbourne-australia-aug2020.jpg_f8ecf068-7049-49aa-a93b-cb68a4c2e872.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[This Jar of Condoms Costs Over $5,000]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/jar-condoms-costs-5000"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/jar-condoms-costs-5000</id>
    <updated>2020-08-11T17:06:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Artist Jenny Holzer’s latest collaboration raises funds for the New York City AIDS Memorial.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/97036_Jenny-Holzer-URGE-hero-edition-shot.jpg_1c2cbaa1-0f98-4b79-b186-c18b06477682.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Federal HIV Leaders Discuss the Plan to End the U.S. Epidemic]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-federal-hiv-leaders-discuss-plan-end-us-epidemic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-federal-hiv-leaders-discuss-plan-end-us-epidemic</id>
    <updated>2020-08-10T16:21:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This week’s virtual conversations are part of the 2020 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care & Treatment.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/96995_harold-philips-informal-aug2020.jpg_e069f3d4-5997-4c20-81a5-3cd3641aaf4d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What’s the Best Way to Address the Alcohol Misuse That Fuels HIV?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/best-way-address-alcohol-misuse-fuels-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/best-way-address-alcohol-misuse-fuels-hiv</id>
    <updated>2020-08-07T08:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[With the help of a $6.2 million grant, researchers at Brown University hope to find out.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/96859_alcoholic-beverages-iStock-157333486.jpg_c20b6bc2-5a10-4691-8483-345f8681661e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Foundation Chicago Confirms Donor Data Breach Via Third Party]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-foundation-chicago-reports-data-breach"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-foundation-chicago-reports-data-breach</id>
    <updated>2020-08-06T11:29:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The cybercriminal did not access Social Security or credit card numbers or banking information.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/96829_search-ts-458039629.jpg_521fd5ed-29ba-4eb4-8b90-aa0f3959c735.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Keeps People Engaged in Care]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/ryan-white-hivaids-program-keeps-people-engaged-care"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/ryan-white-hivaids-program-keeps-people-engaged-care</id>
    <updated>2020-08-05T08:43:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Research articles on the program’s successes are collected on PLOS Medicine and PLOS ONE.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/96785_P03-16-005.jpg_f86a2f4d-4aa6-4616-b73c-1aee608861df.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Iris House Leader Now Heads a Second HIV Group]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/iris-house-leader-now-heads-second-hiv-group"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/iris-house-leader-now-heads-second-hiv-group</id>
    <updated>2020-08-04T19:24:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Ingrid Floyd is the interim executive director of Women Organized to Respond to Life-threatening Diseases (WORLD).<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/96760_irishouse4.jpg_3b413d8b-6349-47ff-8424-d02f44a963c6.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$109M to End HIV in America]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/109m-end-hiv-america"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/109m-end-hiv-america</id>
    <updated>2020-08-03T17:58:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The CDC funding goes to 32 state and local health departments as part of a federal initiative.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/96697_CDC-Headquarters-HiRes.jpg_983ff945-98e8-40af-b31e-912b6fcf38b3.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Group amfAR Awards Two Grants to Research COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-group-amfar-awards-two-grants-research-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-group-amfar-awards-two-grants-research-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-07-31T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: Watch a video interview series exploring the intersections between HIV and COVID-19.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/96602_iStock-1210596217.jpg_2df789cd-201b-4179-a1de-00374656ba99.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$25K Settlement in HIV Discrimination Case Against Plastic Surgeon]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/25k-settlement-hiv-discrimination-case-plastic-surgeon"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/25k-settlement-hiv-discrimination-case-plastic-surgeon</id>
    <updated>2020-07-30T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The doctor allegedly refused to perform a breast reduction procedure because of the woman’s HIV status.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/96593_09-19-059.jpg_2248983f-ee24-44bf-bfe0-d338c2a130c2.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[An Easy Way to Stay Updated on HIV Crime Bills Across the Country]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/easy-way-stay-updated-hiv-crime-bills-across-country"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/easy-way-stay-updated-hiv-crime-bills-across-country</id>
    <updated>2020-07-29T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Sero Project adds Bill Tracker 50 interactive maps to its website, including one that follows COVID-19 criminalization efforts.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/96532_state-coalition-bill-watch-july2020-seroproject.com.png_2b35ef55-9561-4d0e-8edf-6175fe5f9e0c.png" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[World Hepatitis Day 2020 [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/world-hepatitis-day-2020"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/world-hepatitis-day-2020</id>
    <updated>2020-07-28T06:15:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[290 million people have viral hepatitis and don’t know it. Raise awareness with a virtual video relay.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/96466_world-hepatitis-day-2020-virtual-relay-youtube.png_687b9d39-614a-46ba-a0e7-299a6efdeeb6.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Comfortable Are Americans Around People With HIV? [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/comfortable-americans-around-people-hiv-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/comfortable-americans-around-people-hiv-video</id>
    <updated>2020-07-27T17:22:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The results of GLAAD’s first State of HIV Stigma Study coincide with news of a $9 million Gilead grant to fight HIV in the South.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/96454_peppermint-glaad-hiv-survey-youtube-july2020.png_721a9976-ed1e-4ee0-b0ab-2f9288573b4a.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Chef Gabriele Bertaccini Discloses His HIV Status on “Say I Do”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/chef-gabriele-bertaccini-discloses-hiv-status-say"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/chef-gabriele-bertaccini-discloses-hiv-status-say</id>
    <updated>2020-07-24T22:35:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[As a cohost on the Netflix reality series, he helps plan surprise weddings in less than a week.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/96361_gabreiele-bertaccini-say-i-do-instagram-july2020.png_b247a33d-2d9d-454b-9f0d-67b906a2d374.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Partnership Launches to Develop and Test HIV Antibody Combinations]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/partnership-launches-develop-test-hiv-antibody-combinations"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/partnership-launches-develop-test-hiv-antibody-combinations</id>
    <updated>2020-07-23T13:26:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Products based on broadly neutralizing antibodies could be used in HIV treatment and prevention.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/96277_researcher-purple-glovesiStock-695176924.jpg_b5cb1cf2-40a3-4ecb-b9be-7fcbac249b85.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Funding From Donor Governments Is Nearly the Same as a Decade Ago]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-funding-donor-governments-nearly-decade-ago"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-funding-donor-governments-nearly-decade-ago</id>
    <updated>2020-07-22T10:44:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[But the number of people living with HIV grew 25% during that same period.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/96231_iStock-1151734432.jpg_9e5e56ab-7bff-485b-965e-3a8ec19a5d6b.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Five Most Important Issues Facing the LGBT Community Today]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/five-important-issues-facing-lgbt-community-today"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/five-important-issues-facing-lgbt-community-today</id>
    <updated>2020-07-21T18:08:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[According to a recent survey conducted by CMI<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/96225_LGBT-iStock-000063654111.jpg_491b57e5-71e4-4c60-8fb3-1ce0d8a8606e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Cancer and HIV Groups Urge Trump Not to Remove U.S. From the WHO]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/cancer-hiv-groups-urge-trump-remove-us"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/cancer-hiv-groups-urge-trump-remove-us</id>
    <updated>2020-07-20T17:25:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The World Health Organization coordinates efforts to create flu and COVID-19 vaccines and to fight other global health issues.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/96162_WHO-worker-StephaneSaporito.jpg_cf8c1cb6-2491-45d0-86d3-952990234cff.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: Don’t Miss the Largest Single-Day HIV Fundraising Event Ever!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/miss-largest-singleday-hiv-fundraising-event-ever"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/miss-largest-singleday-hiv-fundraising-event-ever</id>
    <updated>2020-07-20T17:10:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Watch the virtual “AIDS Walk: Live at Home,” which combined the efforts of NYC and San Francisco. Plus, here’s info on the LA event.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/96016_aids-walk-nyc-kelsey-louie-2016.jpg_ef50dc66-48ab-4be1-bfcb-34dd61e4bbe8.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New Way to Prevent HIV and Substance Misuse Among Minority Youth?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-way-prevent-hiv-substance-misuse-among-minority-youth"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-way-prevent-hiv-substance-misuse-among-minority-youth</id>
    <updated>2020-07-17T18:56:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A federal grant for a Latino adolescent center in the South Bronx will help evaluate a new peer-based approach.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/96114_HEP-SP-2020-008.jpg_9fc19319-1363-4109-ae5a-cca670d5d413.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Flossie Wong-Staal, Scientist Who Made Pivotal HIV Discoveries]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-flossie-wongstaal-scientist-made-pivotal-hiv-discoveries"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-flossie-wongstaal-scientist-made-pivotal-hiv-discoveries</id>
    <updated>2020-07-16T18:14:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The molecular biologist was the first to clone HIV, and she helped prove that the virus causes AIDS. She also researched cancer genetics.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/96075_flossie-wong-staal-cancer-institute-obit-july2020.jpg_4bd771be-234f-49a1-a2a8-f75cde984f4c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Elton John Streams Classic Concerts to Raise HIV and COVID-19 Funds [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/elton-john-streams-classic-concerts-raise-hiv-covid19-funds-videos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/elton-john-streams-classic-concerts-raise-hiv-covid19-funds-videos</id>
    <updated>2020-07-15T20:33:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[His AIDS foundation launched the COVID-19 Emergency Fund to help vulnerable people living with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/96043_elton-john-bennie-and-the-jets-1986-sydney-youtube-july2020.png_d00745d6-05cf-4db7-80ef-5b88514823da.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Take the Virtual 275 Challenge and Raise Money for HIV Services]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/take-virtual-275-challenge-raise-money-hiv-services"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/take-virtual-275-challenge-raise-money-hiv-services</id>
    <updated>2020-07-13T11:40:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Endure any physical task for 275 minutes on Saturday, July 18—walk, bike, bake, knit!—and help Cycle for the Cause end AIDS!<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/95909_cycle-for-the-cause-lgbt-center-nyc-sept2019.jpg_cacf1dd6-9e1f-4efb-b9bc-398fdf9fbfdb.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet the First Asian President of the International AIDS Society]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meet-first-asian-president-international-aids-society"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meet-first-asian-president-international-aids-society</id>
    <updated>2020-07-10T13:05:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Adeeba Kamarulzaman of Malaysia will helm IAS, which spearheads several HIV conferences, including AIDS 2020.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/95862_Adeeba-Kamarulzaman-Profile-yale.jpg_7d2376fb-aed0-48b1-a8d3-93e87803c531.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[View All 48,000 Panels of the AIDS Memorial Quilt]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/view-48000-panels-aids-memorial-quilt"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/view-48000-panels-aids-memorial-quilt</id>
    <updated>2020-07-09T12:20:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[They’re pictured in one awe-inspiring digital image. Meanwhile, select panels are displayed in San Francisco as part of AIDS 2020.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/95836_cityhall-5panels4-IMG-4201.jpeg_16997a27-e748-43eb-8215-34a6bc715584.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATED: COVID-19 Could Cause a Shortage of HIV Meds This Summer]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-cause-shortage-hiv-meds-summer"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-cause-shortage-hiv-meds-summer</id>
    <updated>2020-07-08T12:40:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The global supply of tenofovir and six other important generic drugs must be ensured, warns a UNAIDS analysis.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/95126_pills-bottle-ts-93627920.jpg_039982b7-cb5e-4dad-84e4-526f99e2be27.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch 40 Years of Personal Stories From the AIDS Epidemic]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-40-years-personal-stories-aids-epidemic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-40-years-personal-stories-aids-epidemic</id>
    <updated>2020-07-08T11:37:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The 2020/40 platform hosts multimedia stories of those lost to HIV—Mary Bowman, Vito Russo and Sylvester—and those still in the fight.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/95781_2020-40-storytelling-aids-memorial-1-july2020.png_d599d8ea-a42c-4dae-992a-a00ac3f0177b.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[10,000 Free In-Home HIV Tests Provided to Meet Growing Need]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/10000-free-inhome-hiv-tests-available-walgreens-215-cities"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/10000-free-inhome-hiv-tests-available-walgreens-215-cities</id>
    <updated>2020-07-07T19:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Because of COVID-19, HIV testing nationwide has plummeted as much as 70%.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/95574_walgreens-free-hiv-testing2019.jpg_fd4fc2fd-110a-42ba-9e5c-a3cb7bd768eb.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UAlbany Launches an HIV Research Center Focused on Social Justice]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/ualbany-launches-hiv-research-center-focused-social-justice"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/ualbany-launches-hiv-research-center-focused-social-justice</id>
    <updated>2020-07-07T11:13:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[New York collaborators will also address the related epidemics of hepatitis C, sexually transmitted infections and opioid use.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/95699_ualbany-cchrpp.jpg_05631c99-789b-4ffe-96b2-d279af8a7386.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[10 Ways to Improve the International AIDS Conferences]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/10-ways-improve-international-aids-conferences"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/10-ways-improve-international-aids-conferences</id>
    <updated>2020-07-03T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Competing conference HIV2020 offers the recommendations to help #ReclaimTheResponse and engage those affected by HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/95566_auditorium-generic-IMG-8753-sq500.jpg_93f8353e-ad1b-4729-bbd3-872841e238a5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Rugby Icon Gareth Thomas and ViiV Healthcare Tackle HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rugby-icon-gareth-thomas-viiv-healthcare-tackle-hiv-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rugby-icon-gareth-thomas-viiv-healthcare-tackle-hiv-video</id>
    <updated>2020-07-02T11:21:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: Their stigma-busting initiative gets a shout-out from POZ’s Best Celebrity Advocate 2019.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/95517_gareth-thomas-tackle-hiv-youtube-june2020.jpg_2a285df5-c2f4-4dfd-8767-33f8c5246849.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Updated Transplant Guidelines Allow for More Organ Donations]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/updated-transplant-guidelines-allow-organ-donations"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/updated-transplant-guidelines-allow-organ-donations</id>
    <updated>2020-07-01T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Especially from people who might have been considered a risk for transmitting HIV and hepatitis B and C<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/95488_kidneys-iStock-000038648154.jpg_9a8910d2-2da7-40f4-a801-c3f72320aa1f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Supreme Court Upholds Anti-Prostitution Pledges in AIDS Funding]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/supreme-court-upholds-antiprostitution-pledges-aids-funding"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/supreme-court-upholds-antiprostitution-pledges-aids-funding</id>
    <updated>2020-06-30T11:07:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The federal government can require foreign affiliates of U.S. companies to denounce sex work in order to secure HIV funding.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/95463_P10-18-005.jpg_94ee923b-e450-4aa0-a149-7ee5fa3d5ec3.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why the Abortion Ruling Is Good News for HIV Health Efforts]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/abortion-ruling-good-news-hiv-health-efforts"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/abortion-ruling-good-news-hiv-health-efforts</id>
    <updated>2020-06-29T13:35:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Supreme Court struck down a Louisiana law that would have shuttered most abortion clinics.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/95428_iStock-901625848.jpg_aebb699d-fd99-4cf4-8f17-345126bd6adf.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[In Remembrance]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/remembrance-hiv-heroes-covid-19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/remembrance-hiv-heroes-covid-19</id>
    <updated>2020-06-29T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV heroes lost to another pandemic<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/95174_candle-iStock-78901117.jpg_2bc0c868-d0f7-48dc-a4a3-0ae1d992e899.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Your Viral Itinerary]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/viral-itinerary-hiv-conferences"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/viral-itinerary-hiv-conferences</id>
    <updated>2020-06-29T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An update on major HIV conferences<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/95185_P07-20-055.jpg_1dd1cff0-7873-4a7b-992e-7cc0b4aa985b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Summer Reads]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/summer-reads-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/summer-reads-hiv</id>
    <updated>2020-06-29T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Recommendations to enlighten and entertain, wherever your HIV interests may lie<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/95188_P07-20-046.jpg_d52ff9d6-ed26-41b6-8496-76d56fdd0dad.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National HIV Testing Day 2020 [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-hiv-testing-day-2020-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-hiv-testing-day-2020-video</id>
    <updated>2020-06-26T15:16:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[NHTD is Saturday, June 27, and the theme is “Knowing.” Watch Admiral Brett P. Giroir, MD, explain what that means.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/95335_brett-giroir-hiv-testing-day-june2020.png_d6486cf7-7120-4a26-bb59-6fd22717c849.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Unique Ways to Learn Your HIV Status During COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/unique-ways-learn-hiv-status-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/unique-ways-learn-hiv-status-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-06-26T14:47:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Georgia gets revved up about drive-through HIV testing. Some folks in Florida can pick up free at-home tests.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/95329_iStock-1061946826.jpg_8ad7dec1-0cbd-44b6-8e87-8d037874fb25.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$35.8M Renewed for Federal HIV/AIDS Housing Programs]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/358m-renewed-federal-hivaids-housing-programs"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/358m-renewed-federal-hivaids-housing-programs</id>
    <updated>2020-06-25T16:27:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HOPWA awarded the funding to these 31 grantees.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/95297_housing-iStock-000087518897.jpg_d94ad9b3-4fae-4cf9-870d-f65f8c50a544.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Antonio Lopez Is Still Chic, Sexy and Relevant]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/antonio-lopez-still-chic-sexy-relevant"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/antonio-lopez-still-chic-sexy-relevant</id>
    <updated>2020-06-24T19:42:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An exhibit—“Antonio Lopez: Let Me Hear Your Body Talk”—offers a rare look at the queer fashion illustrator lost to AIDS.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/95201_antonio-lopez-film-youtube-dogwoof.png_214ab2c5-982f-408d-9efa-d6527714cecc.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: Black Gay Men and HIV Take the Virtual Center Stage in “one in two”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/black-gay-men-hiv-take-center-stage-one-two-videos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/black-gay-men-hiv-take-center-stage-one-two-videos</id>
    <updated>2020-06-24T19:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[You’re invited to watch a Zoom reading of playwright Donja R. Love’s powerful work Saturday, June 27.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/84601_one-in-two-dec2019.jpg_f87f7706-5790-48fb-9a77-15d538fa45ef.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$14M Federal Grant to Research CAR-T Gene Therapy to Cure HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/14m-federal-grant-research-cart-gene-therapy-cure-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/14m-federal-grant-research-cart-gene-therapy-cure-hiv</id>
    <updated>2020-06-23T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This strategy entails genetically modifying a person’s stem cells to give rise to T cells that target and destroy cells infected with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/94986_cure-sign-dt-9245710.jpg_f7fac368-a1a7-4b94-ac6b-33fd44f21a9e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATED: Lawsuit Filed Against Federal Health Care Rule Targeting LGBT Protections]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/federal-health-care-rule-tries-roll-back-lgbt-protections"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/federal-health-care-rule-tries-roll-back-lgbt-protections</id>
    <updated>2020-06-22T16:45:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A coalition of LGBT groups sues the Trump administration over the rule. The lawsuit is “Whitman-Walker Clinic v. HHS.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/94652_iStock-1175993621.jpg_dcda013e-7524-4b66-90dc-63f13891d91c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Health Not Prisons Collective Is Launched to Reform HIV Crime Laws]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/health-prisons-collective-launched-reform-hiv-crime-laws"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/health-prisons-collective-launched-reform-hiv-crime-laws</id>
    <updated>2020-06-22T11:40:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation and Gilead Sciences join the collective for a virtual town hall June 25.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/94950_jail-cell-is-000005365098-Large.jpg_d4eb183d-79e0-406a-9939-69a06dc23acb.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s Some Upbeat HIV News From Across the Pond]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/upbeat-hiv-news-across-pond"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/upbeat-hiv-news-across-pond</id>
    <updated>2020-06-19T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Courtesy of the Scottish police, Amsterdam and four cities in Ireland<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/94827_Amsterdam-iStock-509810166.jpg_dc024484-aa7f-4208-a335-0d6180265326.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[5,000 Walmart Pharmacies Join National “Ready, Set, PrEP” HIV Program]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/5000-walmart-pharmacies-join-national-ready-set-prep-hiv-program"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/5000-walmart-pharmacies-join-national-ready-set-prep-hiv-program</id>
    <updated>2020-06-18T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Safeway and other Albertsons pharmacies will also participate, allowing uninsured clients to fill PrEP prescriptions at no cost.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/94740_pharmacist-ts-85501565.jpg_8dd72fd4-bf79-4352-a78f-7c4e5c1e7850.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Encouraging HIV Data Out of Iowa]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/encouraging-hiv-data-iowa"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/encouraging-hiv-data-iowa</id>
    <updated>2020-06-17T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Viral suppression rates, U=U and sustained drops in new HIV cases<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/94711_Iowa-iStock-000010949005-Large.jpg_4eab8216-b80c-4bbf-9a39-674394b57a88.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[5 Ways the Criminal Justice System Can Meet the Challenges of COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/5-ways-criminal-justice-system-can-meet-challenges-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/5-ways-criminal-justice-system-can-meet-challenges-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-06-16T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV criminalization experts convened attorneys and stakeholders to propose public health guidelines.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/94661_prison-cell-iStock-8991794.jpg_bc470eeb-a246-4056-bea9-9d0d5e744b3c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Groups and Celebs Want You to “Distance Yourself From Hate” [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-groups-celebs-want-distance-hate-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-groups-celebs-want-distance-hate-video</id>
    <updated>2020-06-12T06:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Proceeds from the sales of face masks will help GMHC provide masks and meals for those in need.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/94524_gmhc-distance-yourself-from-hate-2-june2020.png_4255d0e9-f516-4cdb-ba90-43e984ad32d2.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$25M Grant to Help End the HIV Epidemic in Our Nation’s Capital]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/25m-grant-help-end-hiv-epidemic-nations-capital"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/25m-grant-help-end-hiv-epidemic-nations-capital</id>
    <updated>2020-06-11T11:17:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Funding will support the DC Cohort, the “largest citywide study of people living with HIV in the United States.”<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/94485_iStock-478038889.jpg_8c43783e-c002-4cce-9022-cef48972fc0c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“13 Reasons Why” Ends on a “Potentially Traumatic” HIV Twist]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/13-reason-ends-lazy-potential-traumatic-hiv-twist"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/13-reason-ends-lazy-potential-traumatic-hiv-twist</id>
    <updated>2020-06-10T06:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Fans on Twitter are not having it.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/94299_13-reasons-why-netflix.png_92633999-f6df-4fb7-a7c5-97910c90fe87.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Coronavirus Delays PrEP Rollout in England]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/coronavirus-delays-prep-rollout-england"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/coronavirus-delays-prep-rollout-england</id>
    <updated>2020-06-09T06:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The country’s National Health Service was to provide the HIV prevention drug for free starting this spring.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/94233_iStock-904523520.jpg_556da297-0399-4d1a-90ae-fa0473c72994.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2020]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-caribbean-american-hivaids-awareness-day-2020"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-caribbean-american-hivaids-awareness-day-2020</id>
    <updated>2020-06-08T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The National Black Justice Coalition can help you strike up the necessary conversations.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/94111_iStock-931160498.jpg_578e4457-b1ed-4b48-94a3-1fee67a45a33.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day 2020]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-longterm-survivors-awareness-day-2020"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-longterm-survivors-awareness-day-2020</id>
    <updated>2020-06-05T04:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Not Our First Pandemic” is this year’s coronavirus-related HLTSAD theme.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/94099_P06-20-004.jpg_acedf1af-029f-4281-a49b-f39694ad45d8.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How the Soviets Claimed the U.S. Created AIDS, and Who Believed It]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/soviets-claimed-us-created-aids-believed"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/soviets-claimed-us-created-aids-believed</id>
    <updated>2020-06-04T13:17:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Today’s coronavirus conspiracy theories recall ’80s HIV disinformation campaigns, notes a Cold War historian.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/94061_scientist-test-tubes.jpg_2fe205d0-84a9-4e6b-a04b-1ada399b281a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[OraSure to Buy UrSure, an HIV Startup That Tests Adherence to PrEP]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/orasure-buy-ursure-hiv-startup-tests-adherence-prep"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/orasure-buy-ursure-hiv-startup-tests-adherence-prep</id>
    <updated>2020-06-03T13:24:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Using urine samples, UrSure’s tests measure the level of a med that helps prevent HIV. Here’s why that’s important.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/93987_ursure-adherence-test-ursureinc.png_b8c8f83b-6354-42d1-9636-8a85ca4d5b51.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Are Only 891 People Enrolled in a Free PrEP Program for 200,000?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/891-people-enrolled-free-prep-program-200000"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/891-people-enrolled-free-prep-program-200000</id>
    <updated>2020-06-02T17:33:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Hint: Gilead Sciences donated the meds for Trump’s HIV prevention program, so that cost isn’t the issue.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/93964_08-PrEP.jpg_d4e56a16-1906-4bac-8642-6425cd364ff2.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[MISTR and SISTR Help Deliver HIV Prevention PrEP to Texans’ Doorsteps]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/mistr-sistr-help-deliver-hiv-prevention-prep-texans-doorsteps"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/mistr-sistr-help-deliver-hiv-prevention-prep-texans-doorsteps</id>
    <updated>2020-06-01T15:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Scripts and testing don’t require visits to the doc thanks to this partnership between Texas Health Action and the telemedicine portals.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/93923_Untitled-1.jpg_5a15e89a-cb0a-4634-b1d8-4e992ea29a16.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Ron Simmons, PhD, an Empowering AIDS Advocate for Black Gay Men]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-ron-simmons-phd-empowering-aids-advocate-gay-black-men"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-ron-simmons-phd-empowering-aids-advocate-gay-black-men</id>
    <updated>2020-05-29T13:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A community leader and academic, Simmons also led the DC-based HIV nonprofit Us Helping Us. He died of prostate cancer.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/93863_ron-simmons-facebook-obit-29may2020.png_156c6e0c-5ba1-4d16-bf06-59c6cafa906b.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Coronavirus Shutdowns Could Cause an Uptick in HIV Cases]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/coronavirus-shutdowns-cause-uptick-hiv-cases"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/coronavirus-shutdowns-cause-uptick-hiv-cases</id>
    <updated>2020-05-28T16:18:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Experts also predict a rise in sexually transmitted infections.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/93826_iStock-1139799832.jpg_a8d4818f-14a2-4a77-93fb-81d2a4d9778f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Gilead Mailers Violated HIV Customers’ Privacy, Claims Lawsuit]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/gilead-mailers-violated-hiv-customers-privacy-claims-lawsuit"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/gilead-mailers-violated-hiv-customers-privacy-claims-lawsuit</id>
    <updated>2020-05-26T11:31:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Envelopes were sent to people in the pharma giant’s patient assistance program for PrEP.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/93665_gilead-envelope-lawsuit-26may2020.jpg_b3bb7bac-44a4-4cb8-beb2-115fb58744d5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[State Law Allows HIV Disclosure of Recently Deceased]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/state-law-allows-hiv-disclosure-recently-deceased"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/state-law-allows-hiv-disclosure-recently-deceased</id>
    <updated>2020-05-22T06:39:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Oklahoma’s governor signed the bill despite objections from LGBT advocates.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/93609_iStock-183137447.jpg_85720f6a-c4dc-44f7-b8a4-1685e77407bc.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Nita Pippins, a Mother to Many Dealing With AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-nita-pippins-mother-many-dealing-aids"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-nita-pippins-mother-many-dealing-aids</id>
    <updated>2020-05-21T12:12:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[She moved to New York in 1987 to care for a dying son. Read a touching 2007 tribute by a former POZ staffer.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/93601_nita-pippins-ny1-youtube-3-ts.JPG_56c6cb8b-f1b0-4781-a582-55b5c7a1e432.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Looking for Updated Info on HIV Crime Cases and Laws?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/looking-updated-info-hiv-crime-cases-laws"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/looking-updated-info-hiv-crime-cases-laws</id>
    <updated>2020-05-20T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The HIV Justice Network revamped its website to include a Global HIV Criminalization Database.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/93529_Justice-statue-iStock-104383981.jpg_f1bb4dba-ce1d-4ca0-9fda-2c3c3b8b5e3d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Hepatitis Testing Day 2020]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-hepatitis-testing-day-2020"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-hepatitis-testing-day-2020</id>
    <updated>2020-05-19T06:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Be #HepAware2020 and learn the ABCs of viral hepatitis.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/93509_HEP-SP-2020-003.jpg_237d3d00-c5f2-4491-a505-98b96d1f4f16.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Asian &amp; Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2020]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-asian-pacific-islander-hivaids-awareness-day-2020"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-asian-pacific-islander-hivaids-awareness-day-2020</id>
    <updated>2020-05-19T05:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[#NAPIHAAD hopes to break down one of the biggest barriers to discussing HIV among these communities: stigma.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/93507_napihaad-2020-promo-cdc.jpg_595e2e74-3867-4908-8893-8b21c031e991.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Listen to LGBT and HIV History]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/listen-lgbt-hiv-history"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/listen-lgbt-hiv-history</id>
    <updated>2020-05-18T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The podcast series “Plague” explores historic conflicts and quiet compassion between the church and LGBTs during the early HIV epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/93252_P06-20-025.jpg_8d73e36a-9d25-454c-9466-37137b49653a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Service During COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/service-covid19-pandemic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/service-covid19-pandemic</id>
    <updated>2020-05-18T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A snapshot of HIV providers responding to the new pandemic<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/93255_P06-20-035.jpg_bd090617-5f3d-45df-abcc-da33fab2a652.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Vaccine Awareness Day 2020 [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-vaccine-awareness-day-2020-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-vaccine-awareness-day-2020-video</id>
    <updated>2020-05-18T05:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Anthony Fauci has a few words on the topic. Plus, how COVID-19 has affected HIV vaccine research.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/93441_anthony-fauci-niaid-natl-hiv-vaccine-day-youtube2016.png_5fbd06e7-0099-4ac2-981b-33b683f8137d.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$350K in Grants for 16 Trans-Led Groups Fighting HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/350k-grants-16-transled-groups-fighting-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/350k-grants-16-transled-groups-fighting-hiv</id>
    <updated>2020-05-15T11:14:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Gilead Sciences provides the funds through its TRANScend initiative; Destination Tomorrow in the Bronx distributes them.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/93414_sean-coleman-destination-tomorrow-bronx-opening-aug2018-for-article-runnning-may2020.jpg_d3184012-6fd0-44b1-8285-d3dd55ed99c5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[People With COVID-19 Unite to Document Recovery]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/people-covid19-unite-document-recovery"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/people-covid19-unite-document-recovery</id>
    <updated>2020-05-14T17:14:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Four key findings mined from patient-led research by the Body Politic COVID-19 Support Group<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/93401_Fiona-lowenstein-1-instagram-covid19-may2020.png_f73157cc-0a93-4218-81da-ef78551c6461.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. August “Buzz” Pusateri, 81, HIV and LGBT Trailblazer]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-august-buzz-pusateri-81-hiv-lgbt-trailblazer"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-august-buzz-pusateri-81-hiv-lgbt-trailblazer</id>
    <updated>2020-05-13T16:08:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV positive since at least 1982, he participated in the Pitt Men’s Study, a long-running AIDS research project.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/93316_august-buzz-pusateri-pitt-mens-study-may2020.jpg_59554a45-2763-4ff7-9a6b-a77d3affe322.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How COVID-19 Could Cause an Extra 673,000 AIDS Deaths]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-cause-extra-500000-aids-deaths"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-cause-extra-500000-aids-deaths</id>
    <updated>2020-05-12T17:14:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Mathematical models show that HIV gains in sub-Saharan Africa could be lost, say UNAIDS and WHO.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/93203_earth-glow-000054563768.jpg_8f053607-6dd3-4892-a2fa-ba19b841422d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Spreading the Power of U=U to Prevent HIV in San Antonio]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/spreading-power-uu-prevent-hiv-san-antonio"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/spreading-power-uu-prevent-hiv-san-antonio</id>
    <updated>2020-05-11T11:13:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The bilingual “How Low Can You Go?” campaign offers “life-changing news” for more than 6,400 residents.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/93066_go-low-website-english-may2020.png_6884c5f3-6327-4ab7-b88b-53b93febcacd.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Losing Your Virginity and Defining Healthy Love [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/losing-virginity-defining-healthy-love-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/losing-virginity-defining-healthy-love-video</id>
    <updated>2020-05-08T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Black queer men of MOBI talk about it all—including OnlyFans, HIV and adult films—in this artful digital video series.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/92916_MOBI-stepping-into-control-1a-youtube-may2020.png_49e71311-dab2-4048-add4-86f2d0dfbea9.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[4 Steps the Coronavirus Task Force Must Take, According to 50+ HIV Groups]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/4-steps-coronavirus-task-force-must-take-according-50-hiv-groups"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/4-steps-coronavirus-task-force-must-take-according-50-hiv-groups</id>
    <updated>2020-05-07T11:13:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[We have more than 30 years of lessons learned from fighting HIV, hepatitis and STIs, reads a letter to Vice President Pence.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/92885_iStock-1215518076.jpg_39fc1b44-e172-4348-85f1-f3a026e2d2c0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Supreme Court Hears New HIV Case About Anti-Prostitution Pledges]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/supreme-court-hears-new-hiv-case-antiprostitution-pledges"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/supreme-court-hears-new-hiv-case-antiprostitution-pledges</id>
    <updated>2020-05-07T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Can the government force foreign affiliates of U.S. companies to adopt policies against sex work in order to secure HIV funding?<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/92871_iStock-901625848.jpg_83d80cef-3e66-4aa8-8efe-95bd28da2e41.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[10 Florida HIV Groups Receive Emergency COVID-19 Relief]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/10-florida-hiv-groups-receive-emergency-covid19-relief"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/10-florida-hiv-groups-receive-emergency-covid19-relief</id>
    <updated>2020-05-06T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Campbell Foundation, known for supporting HIV research, awarded the grants. Here’s how some are being used.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/92806_iStock-505569293.jpg_d309ee53-1f30-4925-a2f6-2d4232401569.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“HIV Is Not A Crime IV” Training Academy Postponed Till 2021]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-crime-iv-training-academy-postponed-till-2021"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-crime-iv-training-academy-postponed-till-2021</id>
    <updated>2020-05-05T10:23:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The event will take place next May at Ohio State University. But right now you can watch a documentary about an HINAC in Alabama.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/92791_hiv-is-not-a-crime-2016-alabama-youtube-hiv-justice-worldwide.png_2a0dc9b4-2a87-4076-beda-e0511ca2f31f.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[LGBTs Are Blamed and Attacked for COVID-19, Say Global Reports]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/lgbts-blamed-attacked-covid19-say-global-reports"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lgbts-blamed-attacked-covid19-say-global-reports</id>
    <updated>2020-05-04T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“HIV has taught us that violence, bullying and discrimination only further marginalize the people most in need.”<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/92753_LGBT-iStock-000063654111.jpg_ab3079a5-e769-4002-b1c8-8ad5594baa1e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Ed Shaw; the Longtime Advocate for Those Aging With HIV Died of COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-ed-shaw-longtime-advocate-aging-hiv-died-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-ed-shaw-longtime-advocate-aging-hiv-died-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-05-01T11:01:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Improving the lives of those with HIV and AIDS has been my mission and life’s work for over two decades.”<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/92679_hiv-the-long-view-never-alone.png_1c9917cb-6e13-46ba-bd1e-09ed6f38dec4.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Another Reason HIV Rates Might Increase in the Era of COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/another-reason-hiv-rates-might-increase-era-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/another-reason-hiv-rates-might-increase-era-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-04-30T11:35:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[We’ve reported on STI clinics closing, but harm reduction advocates are also raising alarms—and trying to reach those most vulnerable.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/92635_iv-drug-use-iStock-000042653298-Double.jpg_4b07bcd3-6763-481f-b55a-3f84e478e8e0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV2020 Global Conference Will Now Take Place Online]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv2020-global-conference-will-now-take-place-online"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv2020-global-conference-will-now-take-place-online</id>
    <updated>2020-04-29T10:40:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Free virtual sessions will run from June through October.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/92551_P01-20-031.jpg_f55aea34-d9ac-469f-a0ae-d889a49e4fd8.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Deloris Dockrey, HIV Activist and Leader Lost to COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-deloris-dockrey-hiv-activist-leader-lost-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-deloris-dockrey-hiv-activist-leader-lost-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-04-28T16:36:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A fighter for other women living with HIV, she worked at the Hyacinth Clinic in Newark, New Jersey.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/92517_deloris-dockrey-facebook-28april2020.jpg_7e9bee03-2a3a-4866-b5cd-22aa737598cc.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[ViiV’s $3.7M COVID-19 Fund Will Support HIV Groups and Researchers]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/viivs-37m-covid19-fund-will-support-hiv-groups-researchers"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/viivs-37m-covid19-fund-will-support-hiv-groups-researchers</id>
    <updated>2020-04-28T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s how local community organizations and HIV scientists alike can apply for grants from the HIV health care company.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/92499_iStock-1050719352.jpg_3ebd191a-1b69-482d-b9bd-eed2cd54ea07.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[It’s a Terrible Time for COVID-19 to Strike HIV, STI and Hepatitis Programs]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/terrible-time-covid19-strike-hiv-sti-hepatitis-programs"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/terrible-time-covid19-strike-hiv-sti-hepatitis-programs</id>
    <updated>2020-04-27T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A survey of local health departments reveals concerning news—and a silver lining.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/92408_sex-clinic-is-000043253380.jpg_424c36fe-bed7-4185-85a7-babc48caf7dd.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[COVID-19 Puts the Brakes on a Major HIV Fundraiser—but Not Completely]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-puts-brakes-major-hiv-bike-ridebut-completely"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-puts-brakes-major-hiv-bike-ridebut-completely</id>
    <updated>2020-04-24T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Meanwhile, two similar bike rides on the East Coast are still gearing up to go!<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/92325_aids-lifecycle-bike-2017.jpeg_02394b6a-0dbc-4b55-b43e-8f5b6da747f6.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$90K Settlement in HIV Discrimination Case Against Sheriff’s Office]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/90k-settlement-hiv-discrimination-case-sheriffs-office"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/90k-settlement-hiv-discrimination-case-sheriffs-office</id>
    <updated>2020-04-23T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“This settlement is a lesson to all employers that HIV discrimination in the workplace is completely unlawful and has no place anywhere.”<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/92261_iStock-165947778.jpg_97f27dfb-d0c5-49ef-b2c2-b45fc19cff38.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$155M in Federal COVID-19 Relief Funds Goes to HIV Programs]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/155m-federal-covid19-relief-funds-goes-hiv-programs"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/155m-federal-covid19-relief-funds-goes-hiv-programs</id>
    <updated>2020-04-22T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s how HIV funding from the CARES Act gets divided<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/92232_iStock-1094066768.jpg_965bca5a-14bd-4e16-97eb-74b6ecc8d852.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Nonprofit Housing Works Opens COVID-19 Homeless Shelters]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-nonprofit-housing-works-opens-covid19-homeless-shelters"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-nonprofit-housing-works-opens-covid19-homeless-shelters</id>
    <updated>2020-04-21T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Both shelters are located in New York City hotels.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/92179_charles-king-peter-staley.jpg_5854eaee-0afd-4032-bd12-2d425c0f77e9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[See Leftover Fabric From the AIDS Memorial Quilt Made Into Coronavirus Masks]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/see-scraps-aids-memorial-quilt-made-coronavirus-masks"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/see-scraps-aids-memorial-quilt-made-coronavirus-masks</id>
    <updated>2020-04-20T07:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Volunteers sew the masks for frontline workers serving homeless and underserved communities.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/92141_Gert-McMullin-Photo-3.jpg_d967c87e-6dc9-42eb-8494-8f09c7f96afd.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Can You Get HIV Services During COVID-19?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-service-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-service-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-04-17T16:31:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Yes! Here’s a snapshot of HIV providers responding to the new pandemic.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/92054_iris-house-bag-lunches-handing-out-april2020.jpg_43af41df-d2b5-4e4a-b947-02786b9d9c12.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Transgender HIV Testing Day 2020]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-transgender-hiv-testing-day-2020"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-transgender-hiv-testing-day-2020</id>
    <updated>2020-04-17T15:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[About 1.4 million adults in the United States identify as transgender. Many are at high risk of HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/91934_A-transgender-woman-meeting-her-doctor-in-the-waiting-room-of--doctors-office.jpg_68d574e4-ea18-4c29-a261-284475299264.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Garry Bowie; the HIV Activist and Nonprofit Leader Died of COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-garry-bowie-hiv-activist-nonprofit-leader-died-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-garry-bowie-hiv-activist-nonprofit-leader-died-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-04-16T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Bowie oversaw the West Hollywood AIDS group Being Alive. Explore his meaningful life in these social media posts from his husband.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/91896_garry-bowie-facebook-jeff-wacha-2020.png_6fb24b99-abb6-4504-864d-d04324b59296.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Magic Johnson on the Parallels Between COVID-19 and HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-magic-johnson-talk-coronavirus-hiv-racial-disparities"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-magic-johnson-talk-coronavirus-hiv-racial-disparities</id>
    <updated>2020-04-15T14:47:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Watch the sports legend on a CNN town hall. He’s got opinions—and advice.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/91862_magic-johnson-cnn-hiv-covid19-april2020.png_95a78d58-e38f-4800-91a5-cf2876cff7ed.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Gilead’s $20M COVID-19 Fund Will Help HIV Nonprofits]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/gileads-20m-covid19-fund-will-help-hiv-nonprofits"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/gileads-20m-covid19-fund-will-help-hiv-nonprofits</id>
    <updated>2020-04-14T16:56:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Groups already receiving grants from the pharma giant can apply for new funds during the coronavirus crisis.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/91807_im-on-the-pill-Truvada-prep-Tablet-With-Glass.jpg_edbb9459-1897-4311-a214-7cac470047d1.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“We Are Seeing Few Cases of HIV-Positive People With Severe COVID-19”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/seeing-cases-hivpositive-people-severe-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/seeing-cases-hivpositive-people-severe-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-04-13T10:35:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[As a result, researchers in Spain are testing whether HIV med Truvada, often used as PrEP, can also prevent COVID-19.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/91698_truvada-prep-may2019.png_5992bbe0-3a54-4af3-8240-7aa6dffc083c.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Youth HIV &amp; AIDS Awareness Day 2020]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-youth-hiv-aids-awareness-day-2020"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-youth-hiv-aids-awareness-day-2020</id>
    <updated>2020-04-10T10:49:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s a mentorship tool kit to help youth with HIV develop the confidence and skills needed to navigate the health care system.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/91572_HEP-SP-2020-008.jpg_0f5464f9-59e2-4180-9032-465940bf11c4.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Unique Needs of Youth in HIV and LGBT Programs Forced to Go Virtual]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/unique-needs-youth-hiv-lgbt-programs-forced-go-virtual"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/unique-needs-youth-hiv-lgbt-programs-forced-go-virtual</id>
    <updated>2020-04-09T18:45:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Brave spaces” are needed, says Lamar Brown-Noguera of AIDS Project Worcester. Here’s how the group is adjusting to the COVID-19 crisis.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/91561_lamar-brown-noguera-michelle-smith-alredo-brown-noguera.jpg_bc16790b-3dd8-4042-96f0-737349172b43.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Uncovering Untold Stories of AIDS and the Catholic Church]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/uncovering-untold-stories-aids-catholic-church"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/uncovering-untold-stories-aids-catholic-church</id>
    <updated>2020-04-08T16:53:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The podcast series “Plague” explores historic conflicts and quiet compassion between the church and LGBTs during the early HIV epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/91535_plague-podcast-launch.jpg_fc448fa5-3440-4dce-984a-818790de2008.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Do COVID-19 Fears Affect People Living With HIV?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-fears-affect-people-hiv-amfar-hydroxychloroquine"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-fears-affect-people-hiv-amfar-hydroxychloroquine</id>
    <updated>2020-04-08T12:57:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Watch two AIDS experts discuss the links between COVID-19 and HIV—including hydroxychloroquine.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/91509_amfar-timothy-schacker-rowena-johnston-youtube-april2020.png_3ac14218-0c5c-4d4b-a498-21a52b873287.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Researchers at amfAR Channel Expertise to Fight COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-researchers-amfar-channel-expertise-fight-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-researchers-amfar-channel-expertise-fight-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-04-08T11:52:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s how you can help. But don’t worry, funds are not diverted from the nonprofit’s efforts to cure HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/91506_iStock-1202952098.jpg_65b1454c-3397-4ef8-b93f-f28539e2beda.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Rocketman Elton John Launches $1M COVID-19 Fund for HIV Care [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rocketman-elton-john-launches-1m-covid19-fund-hiv-care-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rocketman-elton-john-launches-1m-covid19-fund-hiv-care-video</id>
    <updated>2020-04-07T11:17:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“We must keep up momentum or else the results could be disastrous for people living with HIV.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/91471_elton-john-covid19-instagram.png_58290fc1-1303-45a8-81a2-5de5d8071b45.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[An AIDS Service Provider Pivots to Open a COVID-19 Triage Clinic]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-service-provider-pivots-open-covid19-triage-clinic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-service-provider-pivots-open-covid19-triage-clinic</id>
    <updated>2020-04-06T12:16:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“This work is in our DNA,” says David Brinkman, the CEO of Desert AIDS Project, who tested positive for COVID-19.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/91432_desert-aids-project-Building-3.jpg_c48e92d7-c903-48f3-ba57-4b5a33d000ab.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Over 150 Health Experts Urge Cuomo to Release Prisoners at Risk for COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/150-health-experts-urge-cuomo-release-prisoners-risk-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/150-health-experts-urge-cuomo-release-prisoners-risk-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-04-03T16:14:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This includes New York inmates who are older, sick, pregnant or have serious respiratory conditions or compromised immune systems.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/91324_prison-bars-is-000003404923Medium.jpg_7f0f386c-5da4-4ab6-9c34-68e46c53f076.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[FDA Eases Its Ban on Blood Donations From Gay and Bi Men]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/fda-eases-ban-blood-donations-gay-bi-men"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/fda-eases-ban-blood-donations-gay-bi-men</id>
    <updated>2020-04-02T14:53:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Men who have sex with men can donate blood and plasma if they’ve abstained from sex for three months, instead of a year.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/91153_P07-19-022.jpg_4286acd7-5c5f-444c-bb73-eacebd3e1828.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Leaders Ask Southern Governors to Enact Shelter-in-Place Mandates]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-leaders-ask-southern-governors-enact-shelterinplace-mandates"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-leaders-ask-southern-governors-enact-shelterinplace-mandates</id>
    <updated>2020-04-02T10:57:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s why they claim the preventive measure against COVID-19 will save lives, notably of people with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/91108_P01-19-009.jpg_6eb31cb1-002c-4ed5-bece-af546321deba.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[And Now the World Faces a Condom Shortage Because of COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/now-world-faces-condom-shortage-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/now-world-faces-condom-shortage-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-04-01T13:37:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The largest manufacturer makes one out of five condoms globally. It had to shut down production.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/91061_condoms-iStock-162668100.jpg_ca76fcb7-c89b-4912-89c8-4719b01432cb.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Lorena Borjas, a Transgender Latinx Activist Lost to COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-lorena-borjas-transgender-latinx-activist-lost-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-lorena-borjas-transgender-latinx-activist-lost-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-03-31T17:39:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Watch an inspiring video about the beloved New Yorker who  operated HIV-testing programs and syringe exchanges for people taking hormones.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/91023_lorena-borjas-story-vimeo-queens-public-tv.png_9c8ce4b6-d679-427a-bf27-350a32c8ae97.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[International Transgender Day of Visibility 2020]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/international-transgender-day-visibility-2020"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/international-transgender-day-visibility-2020</id>
    <updated>2020-03-31T12:32:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Jevon Martin, CEO of Princess Janae Place, addresses the challenges facing trans people—including COVID-19.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/90999_jevon-martin-glaad-instagram-march2020.png_a27a59d6-a0db-4971-b5b1-c8646dd62867.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Youth Initiative]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/youth-initiative-one-health-tent"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/youth-initiative-one-health-tent</id>
    <updated>2020-03-30T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[At One Tent Health, college students provide HIV testing and PrEP to underserved neighborhoods in Washington, DC.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/90050_P04-20-032.jpg_6161e5c5-abda-445d-bd6f-fb8bcc5a31c2.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[STI Alert!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/sti-alert-young-people"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/sti-alert-young-people</id>
    <updated>2020-03-30T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Sexually transmitted infections reach all-time highs, notably among young people.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/90057_P04-20-037.jpg_db941edd-0bb3-4083-a6cd-47d11add0a16.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Young Adult Novelist]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/young-adult-novelist-camryn-garrett"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/young-adult-novelist-camryn-garrett</id>
    <updated>2020-03-30T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[What happens when a girl with HIV wants to have sex? The answer lies in Camryn Garrett’s "Full Disclosure."<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/90043_QA-2.jpg_4170bba9-5020-43ef-a4c9-a94b69a734b0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[COVID-19 Criminalization: Seven Lessons From the HIV Response]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-criminalization-seven-lessons-hiv-response"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-criminalization-seven-lessons-hiv-response</id>
    <updated>2020-03-30T10:32:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: Any restriction of civil and political rights must meet these five specific criteria.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/90964_handcuffs-iStock-504104838.jpg_ee619fc3-d0a4-4b43-aa4b-e50eafa02246.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV2020 Global Conference Canceled Because of COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv2020-global-conference-canceled-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv2020-global-conference-canceled-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-03-27T13:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Alternatives for the event, originally slated for July in Mexico City, are being discussed.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/90850_P01-20-031.jpg_545b7236-70ed-4f10-9fdd-0cc51c9caf68.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Testing for COVID-19 With Machines Usually Used for HIV and Hepatitis]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/testing-covid19-machines-usually-used-hiv-hepatitis"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/testing-covid19-machines-usually-used-hiv-hepatitis</id>
    <updated>2020-03-27T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A Canadian hospital lab adapts two Roche diagnostic systems, allowing for over 2,000 COVID-19 tests a day. How many are in the U.S.?<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/90806_marc-romney-st-pauls-hospital-canada-covid19-hiv-testing-Roche-6800-machines-in-SPH-lab-1050x560.jpg_1fb8f310-b99f-4dc1-92a6-dc2e5e57c6b5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Supply of Our HIV and Hepatitis Meds Is Secure, Says Gilead]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/supply-hiv-hepatitis-meds-secure-says-gilead"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/supply-hiv-hepatitis-meds-secure-says-gilead</id>
    <updated>2020-03-26T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The assurance arrives as the pharma giant cuts off most emergency access to remdesivir, a potential COVID-19 treatment.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/90726_Truvada-Blk-Fingertips-Rt.jpg_55171652-1433-4b50-aa93-c69efe7bd5f8.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Terrence McNally, Who Penned AIDS Play “Love! Valour! Compassion!”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-terrence-mcnally-penned-aids-play-love-valour-compassion"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-terrence-mcnally-penned-aids-play-love-valour-compassion</id>
    <updated>2020-03-25T11:05:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The celebrated playwright, 81, died of complications related to the novel coronavirus. Revisit our 2013 interview with the Broadway icon.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/90656_Terrence-McNally-2020.jpg_36d06f04-b6d8-4486-9613-4e6940765772.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[COVID-19 Advice for People With HIV From the Experts Who Know]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-advice-people-hiv-experts-know"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-advice-people-hiv-experts-know</id>
    <updated>2020-03-24T18:43:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Interim guidance from HIVMA and AIDSinfo covers lab visits, opioid treatment programs, pregnant women and more.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/90626_domino-stop-is-000048388112.jpg_5f3dd40b-7ac7-44e2-9cdb-fc2db7526ae3.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[COVID-19 Concerns: How Will the Health Department Protect Those With HIV?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-concerns-will-health-department-protect-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-concerns-will-health-department-protect-hiv</id>
    <updated>2020-03-23T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[U.S. senators send letter urging the Trump administration to ensure equal access to care for all.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/90458_iStock-478038889.jpg_6b745a71-04e0-411e-8d99-52194ce00103.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2020]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-native-hivaids-awareness-day-2020"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-native-hivaids-awareness-day-2020</id>
    <updated>2020-03-20T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The 2020 theme is “Resiliency + Action: Ending the HIV Epidemic in Native Communities.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/90302_nnhaad-instagram-iknowmine.png_80ddcdce-96bc-4a9e-9e46-82ce6f54a80c.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Renowned AIDS Doctor Tests Positive for COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/renowned-aids-doctor-tests-positive-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/renowned-aids-doctor-tests-positive-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-03-19T15:56:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Michael Saag, MD, opened an HIV clinic in Alabama in 1988. Listen to a recent podcast with the infectious disease specialist.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/90287_michael-saag-md-alabama-twitter-march2020.png_a37ce66d-929f-4c64-bd36-35d922faaa92.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[No Proof That HIV Med Prezista Treats COVID-19, Warns Drugmaker]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/proof-hiv-med-prezista-treats-covid19-warns-drugmaker"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/proof-hiv-med-prezista-treats-covid19-warns-drugmaker</id>
    <updated>2020-03-18T14:57:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[What’s more, reports that Kaletra can fight the novel coronavirus have not been confirmed.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/90236_iStock-1131578485.jpg_d0e7dbc2-cff4-416b-80c8-260cf605ef8f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Prevention PrEP to Be Readily Available in England (Finally)]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-prevention-prep-readily-available-england-finally"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-prevention-prep-readily-available-england-finally</id>
    <updated>2020-03-18T06:35:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The country’s National Health Service will pay for the drug as part of its goal to end HIV transmission by 2030.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/90183_iStock-637710754.jpg_2d4c7189-81ad-41b9-845c-c39ca77af42b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Tips for Stocking an Emergency Supply of Your Meds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/tips-stocking-emergency-supply-meds"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/tips-stocking-emergency-supply-meds</id>
    <updated>2020-03-17T10:44:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[During the COVID-19 crisis, some insurers are relaxing their refill rules and allowing 90-day supplies of meds to be prescribed.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/90123_prescription-bottles-ts-97429646.jpg_50306816-b765-4633-a759-65fd029860b7.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[3 Reasons COVID-19 Poses a Higher Risk to the LGBTQ Population]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/3-reasons-covid19-poses-higher-risk-lgbtq-population"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/3-reasons-covid19-poses-higher-risk-lgbtq-population</id>
    <updated>2020-03-16T11:20:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[And how the novel coronavirus is (or isn’t) altering the lives of health care providers, drag queens and Grindr users<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/89982_iStock-1175993621.jpg_9f75b998-4a7f-4272-b480-ff1fc9d8725c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How to Practice Harm Reduction in the Age of COVID-19]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/practice-harm-reduction-age-covid19"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/practice-harm-reduction-age-covid19</id>
    <updated>2020-03-14T23:52:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Novel coronavirus guidance for people who use drugs and for groups that provide syringe services.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/89997_HEP-Su-19-003.jpg_15116e48-5fb5-4a7d-8e43-817108437b73.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Massive Display of AIDS Quilt in San Francisco to Be Rescheduled]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/massive-display-aids-quilt-san-francisco-rescheduled"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/massive-display-aids-quilt-san-francisco-rescheduled</id>
    <updated>2020-03-13T14:43:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In other AIDS Memorial news: Applications are being accepted for the Mary Bowman arts award and the Pedro Zamora youth scholarship.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/89830_P10-18-026.jpg_2241e2fc-03d0-4e8a-90e0-6a4078d2d5f3.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[An HIV Update From “the Overdose Capital of America”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-update-overdose-capital-america"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-update-overdose-capital-america</id>
    <updated>2020-03-12T11:57:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[What has happened since health experts identified an HIV cluster in Huntington, West Virginia, in 2018?<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/89691_iStock-1011146360.jpg_c6fb6d93-f4d2-43f0-afba-39269c8151b0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[WHO Declares Novel Coronavirus Outbreak a Pandemic. Now What?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/declares-novel-coronavirus-outbreak-pandemic-now"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/declares-novel-coronavirus-outbreak-pandemic-now</id>
    <updated>2020-03-11T18:16:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Four key ways countries can prevent infections, save lives and minimize impact<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/89671_earth-glow-000054563768.jpg_a25a8b8e-89bd-411e-ac0f-25e9f6e385b2.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Out for These Coronavirus and HIV Email Scams]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-coronavirus-hiv-email-scams"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-coronavirus-hiv-email-scams</id>
    <updated>2020-03-11T10:43:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Don’t be lured by phishing messages claiming to be from the World Health Organization, FedEx and others.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/89599_iStock-501999829.jpg_4beb33a1-7bac-4c5f-a126-735bf9cdd3b2.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Her Selfies of Cellulite Counter the Stigma of Aging and HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/selfies-cellulite-counter-stigma-aging-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/selfies-cellulite-counter-stigma-aging-hiv</id>
    <updated>2020-03-10T06:35:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“I’m putting my fat rolls and fine lines on full display as a commitment to value myself,” says Kelly Gluckman of Through Positive Eyes.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/89464_kelly-gluckman-through-positive-eyes-2-march2020.png_943dcf06-90a7-483a-911f-7130af7f1e43.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2020]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-women-girls-hivaids-awareness-day-2020"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-women-girls-hivaids-awareness-day-2020</id>
    <updated>2020-03-10T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[More than 230,000 women and girls have been diagnosed with HIV in the United States; this year’s theme focuses on prevention.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/89453_iStock-506731631.jpg_26f45bd7-0c22-4883-a49c-d1f01e1b641a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet the 2nd Person Cured of HIV, aka the “London Patient”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meet-2nd-person-cured-hiv-aka-london-patient"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meet-2nd-person-cured-hiv-aka-london-patient</id>
    <updated>2020-03-09T18:25:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“I want to be an ambassador of hope,” Adam Castillejo, 40, who grew up in Venezuela, tells The New York Times.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/89479_adam-castillejo-facebook.jpg_dd6bb01c-ae4d-4f60-b061-54ea3db1e818.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Celebrating Campbell Foundation’s 25th Year of Funding HIV Research]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/celebrating-campbell-foundations-25th-year-funding-hiv-research"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/celebrating-campbell-foundations-25th-year-funding-hiv-research</id>
    <updated>2020-03-09T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Over $11 million has been awarded to alternative, lab-based clinical research—and $1.2 million to Holiday Hugs.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/89361_campbell-foundation-dr-mario-stevenson-phd-march2020.jpg_a667ff91-082c-4487-ae83-2343af7329d0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What Happens When Asylum Seekers Need HIV Meds?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/happens-asylum-seekers-need-hiv-meds"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/happens-asylum-seekers-need-hiv-meds</id>
    <updated>2020-03-06T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Or when a transgender immigrant locked up by ICE is bleeding from her rectum and needs medical care?<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/89270_immigrant-fence-iStock-885662980.jpg_260d61d7-3289-4c66-b783-65c6e7a311d9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Washington State Legislature Votes to Modernize HIV Crime Laws]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/washington-state-legislature-votes-modernize-hiv-crime-laws"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/washington-state-legislature-votes-modernize-hiv-crime-laws</id>
    <updated>2020-03-05T12:35:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Under the bill, intentionally transmitting HIV to a sexual partner is reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor. And that’s not all.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/89156_handcuffs-iStock-1025708594.jpg_8262cc2d-83e5-4f69-ad69-44d284a5ecec.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[They’re Still Here! Scary HIV Ads on Facebook Won’t Go Away]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/still-scary-hiv-ads-facebook-go-away"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/still-scary-hiv-ads-facebook-go-away</id>
    <updated>2020-03-04T14:07:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Misleading ads about Truvada as PrEP continue to impede HIV prevention.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/89024_facebook-truvada-ads-march2020jpg.jpg_e5305e5b-0b17-4b82-93a3-896a6ec9b430.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Who’s Removing Government HIV Fact Sheets Because They Show Condoms?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/removing-government-hiv-fact-sheets-show-condoms"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/removing-government-hiv-fact-sheets-show-condoms</id>
    <updated>2020-03-03T14:29:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Answer: The Department of Health and Human Services<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/88740_NWGHAAD-2016-Poster.jpg_3a3be05e-e497-4191-866b-843bc8eb1385.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[U.S. Latinx Leaders Set Policy on HIV, Hepatitis and Other Health Issues]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/us-latinx-leaders-set-policy-hiv-hepatitis-health-issues"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/us-latinx-leaders-set-policy-hiv-hepatitis-health-issues</id>
    <updated>2020-03-02T15:20:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[They began their national health summit in DC by honoring a trans woman recently murdered in Puerto Rico.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/88566_Manuel-Diaz-Ramirez-of-La-Clinica-del-Pueblo-latinx-summit-march2020.png_006e2a58-3ac9-44f0-bf75-219a0f6fe724.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Drugmaker Tests a Possible Treatment for New Coronavirus]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/maker-hiv-drugs-gilead-sciences-tests-possible-treatment-remdesivir-new-coronavirus"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/maker-hiv-drugs-gilead-sciences-tests-possible-treatment-remdesivir-new-coronavirus</id>
    <updated>2020-02-28T13:09:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Gilead Sciences is giving its antiviral remdesivir to nearly 1,000 people as part of two clinical trials.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/88381_lab-iStock-84335839.jpg_2b83c9bc-200d-44fe-ab8f-101719e3dee7.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Coronavirus Alert: Vital Ingredients in HIV Meds Are Synthesized in China]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/coronavirus-news-vital-ingredients-hiv-meds-synthesized-china"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/coronavirus-news-vital-ingredients-hiv-meds-synthesized-china</id>
    <updated>2020-02-27T17:24:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Should you worry about your supply? Plus: Vice President Pence and AIDS expert Deborah Birx lead the U.S. coronavirus response.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/88311_IAS-2017-Deborah-Birx-PEPFAR-3.jpeg_704df7be-6e56-432e-9d93-0deda5625a86.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[These Renowned Speakers Will Headline the AIDS 2020 Conference]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/renowned-speakers-will-headline-aids-2020-conference"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/renowned-speakers-will-headline-aids-2020-conference</id>
    <updated>2020-02-26T16:51:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The International AIDS Conference takes place July 6 to 10 in San Francisco and Oakland.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/88177_aids-2020-speakers-peter-sands-greg-millett-reena-rajasuriar.png_932afce3-000d-484a-a7c7-08ab8ddff784.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Pregnant HIV-Positive Women Forcibly Sterilized in South Africa]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/pregnant-hivpositive-women-forcibly-sterilized-south-africa"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/pregnant-hivpositive-women-forcibly-sterilized-south-africa</id>
    <updated>2020-02-25T12:03:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“You must be closed up because you HIV people like making babies, and it just annoys us.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/87997_Pregnant-Woman-iStock-188070464.jpg_2523ac6f-d06d-4a15-8719-f652ee043cf8.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[An HIV Med That Tastes Yummy!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-med-tastes-yummy"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-med-tastes-yummy</id>
    <updated>2020-02-24T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new strawberry-flavored HIV med is a game changer for children living with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/86760_P03-20-050.jpg_3471f4f8-4e5f-4c5f-a776-ec28fe23e014.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Beyond the Care Continuum]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/beyond-care-continuum-women"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/beyond-care-continuum-women</id>
    <updated>2020-02-24T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[5 factors influencing the well-being of women with HIV<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/86749_iStock-187091876.jpg_03108c58-1b5a-465b-a436-bc852d2a1c69.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Vote Positive]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/vote-positive-pwn-usa"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/vote-positive-pwn-usa</id>
    <updated>2020-02-24T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[PWN-USA leverages the HIV community’s power for Election 2020.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/86745_P03-20-047.jpg_d691d0a7-c2d8-4266-b885-21e8bbbc728d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[About Those Scary HIV Ads on Facebook…]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/scary-hiv-ads-facebook"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/scary-hiv-ads-facebook</id>
    <updated>2020-02-24T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Activists want the tech giant to take down similar ads with inaccurate claims about PrEP and HIV prevention.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/86764_Facebook-Ads.jpg_4b800c7c-b3c2-4d4d-9455-059699a989ac.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Never-Before-Seen HIV Episodes of “Friends” and “The Office”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-neverbeforeseen-hiv-episodes-friends-office"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-neverbeforeseen-hiv-episodes-friends-office</id>
    <updated>2020-02-21T14:56:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV facility Casey House edited and dubbed the five-minute segments to smash HIV/AIDS stigma. The result is must-see TV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/87796_TV.jpg_9bed056a-29f9-4273-93d6-ea9302fd88a9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[U=U Meets With “Extreme Backlash” in Thailand]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/uu-meets-extreme-backlash-thailand"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/uu-meets-extreme-backlash-thailand</id>
    <updated>2020-02-21T11:21:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s how you can stand up for the HIV fact that Undetectable Equals Untransmittable.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/87734_P03-19-010.jpg_2c8871ab-66bb-4b80-a475-1b8c95e3080e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[COVID-19 Puts People With HIV in China at Risk of Med Shortages]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-puts-people-hiv-china-risk-med-shortages"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/covid19-puts-people-hiv-china-risk-med-shortages</id>
    <updated>2020-02-20T12:54:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The outbreak of new coronavirus is having a “major impact” on their lives, and many are “very panicked.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/87647_iStock-1206376446.jpg_efc52aca-4db5-41a0-b3a0-ac38c7eeeb71.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[And Now for an AIDS Performance That Reflects the Great Unknown]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/now-aids-performance-reflects-great-unknown"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/now-aids-performance-reflects-great-unknown</id>
    <updated>2020-02-19T15:10:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Jack Waters and Peter Cramer guide us through “Generator: Pestilence Part 1,” which includes a “scent score” and premieres in NYC.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/87484_generator-Cast-Of-Characters-detail1.jpg_86f50520-5fbf-41d4-9f2a-0c51b623a7e8.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Funding From Private Sources in 2018 Remained “Relatively Flat”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-funding-private-sources-2018-remained-relatively-flat"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-funding-private-sources-2018-remained-relatively-flat</id>
    <updated>2020-02-19T10:55:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: Top 10 philanthropic funders of HIV, according to the latest report from Funders Concerned About AIDS<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/87452_cover.jpg_105e3ef5-3f2e-488b-9687-622e2f6ae1f5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How One Man Boosted Russian Interest in HIV Testing 5,500%]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/one-man-boosted-russian-interest-hiv-testing-5500"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/one-man-boosted-russian-interest-hiv-testing-5500</id>
    <updated>2020-02-18T12:32:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: Of the 1.4 million HIV cases in Russia since 1987, over half were registered after Putin’s third term began in 2012.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/87377_yuri-dud-russian-youtuber-feb2020.png_b5605664-5939-4d59-83b7-c3d426d9ef0c.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[TV Preacher Jim Bakker Suggests His $125 Product Kills Coronavirus (COVID-19) and HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/tv-preacher-jim-bakker-suggests-125-product-kills-coronavirus-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/tv-preacher-jim-bakker-suggests-125-product-kills-coronavirus-hiv</id>
    <updated>2020-02-13T18:01:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Update: N.Y. attorney general tells the televangelist to stop making misleading claims about Silver Solution.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/87241_jim-bakker-feb2020.png_9b3276ba-9e48-4790-aae0-1d0a593c829c.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Huge HIV Funding Boost Arrives in Trump’s 2021 Budget]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/huge-hiv-funding-boost-arrives-trumps-2021-budget"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/huge-hiv-funding-boost-arrives-trumps-2021-budget</id>
    <updated>2020-02-13T13:36:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[But it comes with deep cuts to Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, cancer funds and other health and science programs.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/87149_iStock-1094066768.jpg_ec058850-b8a9-4d75-a8d5-a6d8c045730f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National STI Coalition Forms to Buck a “Major Public Health Crisis”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-sti-coalition-forms-buck-major-public-health-crisis"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-sti-coalition-forms-buck-major-public-health-crisis</id>
    <updated>2020-02-12T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[As sexually transmitted infections spike to all-time highs, these 17 advocacy groups join forces to reverse the trend.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/86989_sex-clinic-is-000043253380.jpg_3c07b552-0668-4352-ad7b-47fff55be27b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Frank Plummer, Groundbreaking HIV Scientist and Willing Guinea Pig]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-frank-plummer-groundbreaking-hiv-scientist-willing-guinea-pig"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-frank-plummer-groundbreaking-hiv-scientist-willing-guinea-pig</id>
    <updated>2020-02-11T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[He recently tried an experimental brain surgery to treat his alcohol addiction.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/86826_Frank-Plummer1-scientists-university-manitoba-feb2020.jpg_68e7b1d6-d420-4f9c-9fac-a7efd1cebf3b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Gilead Loses Latest Battle Over PrEP Patents, but the Fight Goes On]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/gilead-loses-latest-battle-prep-patents-fight-goes"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/gilead-loses-latest-battle-prep-patents-fight-goes</id>
    <updated>2020-02-10T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Who owns the rights to PrEP? The U.S. government or the pharma giant?<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/86721_PrEP-iStock-000084917537-Full.jpg_267a8eee-39d1-4b5b-8062-1e7173eab4a8.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2020]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-black-hivaids-awareness-day-2020"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-black-hivaids-awareness-day-2020</id>
    <updated>2020-02-07T05:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[We all need social support. That’s why this year’s NBHAAD theme is “We’re in This Together.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/86636_unique-brothas-united-apla-health-nbhaad-feb2020.png_fb2b2cfc-a24d-42ec-b717-69e9bf59bbff.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[From Homeless With HIV to an “Artivist” With Hope]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/homeless-hiv-artistadvocate-hope"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/homeless-hiv-artistadvocate-hope</id>
    <updated>2020-02-06T16:21:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[How D’Angelo Morrison learned much more than camerawork in the photo-storytelling project Through Positive Eyes.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/86652_through-positive-eyes-dangelo-morrison-03.jpg_7bbfddb0-5ceb-42bb-9346-a86f4b927259.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Trump Promises to End AIDS and Protect Preexisting Conditions. Seriously?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/trump-promises-end-aids-protect-preexisting-conditions-seriously"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/trump-promises-end-aids-protect-preexisting-conditions-seriously</id>
    <updated>2020-02-05T16:05:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Fact-checkers and HIV advocates break down the president’s State of the Union boasts.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/86462_donald-trump-state-of-the-union-2020.png_2db78ab7-f7e0-4085-a057-865a5d95b621.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Was the New Coronavirus (COVID-19) Created in a Lab Using HIV Genes?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-coronavirus-created-lab-using-hiv-genes"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-coronavirus-created-lab-using-hiv-genes</id>
    <updated>2020-02-05T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In a word: No. Here’s the story behind that conspiracy theory.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/86400_dna-test-iStock-24707179-LARGE.jpg_7e98e593-a516-4640-865c-6c827dfd639a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$71K in HIV and LGBT Grants From a Group Started by 4 Gay Motorcycle Clubs]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/71k-hiv-lgbt-grants-group-started-4-gay-motorcycle-clubs"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/71k-hiv-lgbt-grants-group-started-4-gay-motorcycle-clubs</id>
    <updated>2020-02-04T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The newly renamed BHT Foundation has given over $3.5 million to 196 nonprofits.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/86356_BHT-grant-ceremony-jan2020.png_d88cd752-d771-43f8-a2c5-96037cc40b3c.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[NASTAD Names Stephen Lee, MD, as Its New Executive Director]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/nastad-names-stephen-lee-md-new-executive-director"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/nastad-names-stephen-lee-md-new-executive-director</id>
    <updated>2020-02-03T12:58:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The nonprofit represents health officials who oversee HIV and hepatitis programs in the United States and across the globe.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/86320_stephen-lee-NASTAD-ex-director-feb2020.jpg_bc2c178c-94b1-4f58-a166-1c9479ae98dc.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[PrEP May Be Available Without a Doc’s Prescription in Two More States]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/prep-may-available-without-docs-prescription-two-states"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/prep-may-available-without-docs-prescription-two-states</id>
    <updated>2020-01-31T11:34:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[They would follow the lead of California, which allows pharmacies to dispense a 30-day supply of the HIV prevention pill without a script.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/86239_PrEP-iStock-840195058.jpg_a90f9891-26b5-410a-aa26-98fb6376e995.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How California Will Invest $15.2M in Harm Reduction and Syringe Services]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/california-will-invest-152m-harm-reduction-syringe-services"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/california-will-invest-152m-harm-reduction-syringe-services</id>
    <updated>2020-01-30T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In that state, and across the nation, accidental overdose is the leading cause of death for people under 50.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/86121_california-syringe-exchange-program-members.png_537894e7-b6ae-4afa-ae78-d204eb931341.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli Is Headed to Court, Again]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/pharma-bro-martin-shkreli-headed-court"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/pharma-bro-martin-shkreli-headed-court</id>
    <updated>2020-01-29T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new lawsuit accuses the imprisoned hedge funder of blocking generic rivals of an AIDS-related drug.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/86081_p01-16-044.jpg_bb5803cb-6acb-4119-9855-5010b104e540.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Free HIV and STI Testing in Jeopardy at the Los Angeles LGBT Center]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/free-hiv-sti-testing-los-angeles-lgbt-center"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/free-hiv-sti-testing-los-angeles-lgbt-center</id>
    <updated>2020-01-28T12:55:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: The county health department restored funding through the end of March. Here’s how you can ensure it lasts longer.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/86046_LGBT-iStock-67124333.jpg_01bc5523-e36d-437c-846c-15110867b3a5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New Coronavirus (COVID-19) in China Is Treated With HIV Meds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/china-uses-hiv-meds-treat-new-coronavirus"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/china-uses-hiv-meds-treat-new-coronavirus</id>
    <updated>2020-01-27T13:14:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[One link between coronaviruses (COVID-19) and the HIV drug Kaletra dates back to the 2003 outbreak of SARS.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/85958_CHWi-20-012.jpg_fcc85634-ece2-4877-8bbc-7cea8548be26.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Veterans Affairs Leaders Want to Improve Linkage to HIV Care]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/veterans-affairs-leaders-want-improve-linkage-hiv-care"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/veterans-affairs-leaders-want-improve-linkage-hiv-care</id>
    <updated>2020-01-27T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Veterans Health Administration is the nation’s largest single provider of medical care to people with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/85893_iStock-98460911.jpg_6f435e4f-1a33-4261-8c78-31a5328abd53.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Does Larry Kramer Hate “Hamilton” So Much?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/larry-kramer-returns-author-brutality-fact"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/larry-kramer-returns-author-brutality-fact</id>
    <updated>2020-01-23T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The ever-angry AIDS activist and gay icon returns with a new novel in his American People series.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/85758_larry-kramer-american-people-vol2-plus-gmhc-jan2020.png_8ab47130-e17b-48aa-b238-95938fee2413.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What Is BG18, and Can It Lead Us to an HIV Vaccine?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/bg18-can-lead-us-hiv-vaccine"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/bg18-can-lead-us-hiv-vaccine</id>
    <updated>2020-01-22T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An $80,000 grant from The Campbell Foundation will help scientist Natalia Freund continue her HIV vaccine studies.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/85719_lab-work-iStock-31913998-LARGE.jpg_0db1e532-ffdb-4b81-b139-6d427c069976.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why HIV Rates Dropped 71% Among Gay and Bi Men in the U.K.]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-rates-dropped-71-among-gay-bi-men-uk"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-rates-dropped-71-among-gay-bi-men-uk</id>
    <updated>2020-01-21T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[It’s not just because of PrEP, which isn’t even easily available in England.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/85672_London-ts-184216455.jpg_e1c40697-3ea5-470b-aeac-e1f51eae9687.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[California Bill Aims to End the HIV, Hep C and STI Epidemics]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/california-bill-aims-end-hiv-hep-c-sti-epidemics"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/california-bill-aims-end-hiv-hep-c-sti-epidemics</id>
    <updated>2020-01-17T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Senator Scott Wiener’s legislation would set statewide policy and goals. For now, it doesn’t seek funding.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/85644_P10-19-026.jpg_1cb3d91f-8cd1-4f81-8a52-f5aa1b998ffc.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Lewd or Clever? Governor Nixes These Utah-Themed Condoms]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/lewd-clever-governor-nixes-utahthemed-condoms-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lewd-clever-governor-nixes-utahthemed-condoms-video</id>
    <updated>2020-01-16T15:20:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“He does not approve the use of sexual innuendo as part of a taxpayer-funded campaign.” But you can try to change his mind!<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/85615_utah-condoms.png_f7fa912b-6556-49d6-8e3e-469c596def6d.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[British Pilot With HIV Fights Employment Discrimination—and Wins!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/british-pilot-hiv-fights-employment-discriminationand-wins"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/british-pilot-hiv-fights-employment-discriminationand-wins</id>
    <updated>2020-01-15T16:21:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[James Bushe challenged and overturned U.K. rules barring people with HIV from becoming commercial pilots.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/85575_james-bushe-pilot-twitter2020.jpg_dea0eb0d-30cb-4590-a542-7d914b449108.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Federal Court Rules Against Discharging Airmen Because They Have HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/federal-court-rules-discharging-airmen-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/federal-court-rules-discharging-airmen-hiv</id>
    <updated>2020-01-14T10:52:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Trump administration’s efforts to ban service members who have HIV are not based on current science, the judge stated.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/85482_iStock-173228635.jpg_e945fc23-db53-4c6f-9ab9-50c5728fac9e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Uptick Among Homeless in Boston Area Spurs a “Wake-Up Moment”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-uptick-among-homeless-boston-area-spurs-wakeup-moment"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-uptick-among-homeless-boston-area-spurs-wakeup-moment</id>
    <updated>2020-01-13T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Even a relatively small cluster in this population has great potential to expand to new cases.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/85414_Boston-iStock-610646428.jpg_659ac9b8-2e7b-44c4-9c92-c9a3e6905812.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[CBS Fires Reporter Who Stoked Fears of an “HIV ATTACK”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/cbs-fires-reporter-stoked-fears-hiv-attack"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/cbs-fires-reporter-stoked-fears-hiv-attack</id>
    <updated>2020-01-10T13:12:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The incident prompted New York activists to rally against HIV stigma and for bail reform.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/85392_CBS-protest-housingworks.jpg_81c24d7f-a9f8-4cc1-ba71-7853d41f4385.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A 1980s Artist Lost to AIDS Gets Rediscovered in 2020 [SLIDESHOW]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/1980s-artist-lost-aids-gets-rediscovered-2020-slideshow"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/1980s-artist-lost-aids-gets-rediscovered-2020-slideshow</id>
    <updated>2020-01-09T15:02:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Tim Greathouse was also a gallerist and photographer who captured East Village scenesters, including David Wojnarowicz and Gracie Mansion.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/85357_Tim-Greathouse-Self-Portrait-1983.jpg_09a50233-97fb-45dd-a04a-a573587d213f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Black Churches Join a “Gospel of AIDS” to Battle HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/black-churches-join-gospel-aids-battle-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/black-churches-join-gospel-aids-battle-hiv</id>
    <updated>2020-01-09T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Faith leaders in Atlanta work with the AIDS Healthcare Foundation to offer testing and defeat stigma.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/85305_knockout-hiv-ahf-hotlanta.png_aba1fd73-0e3e-4bca-94d6-fbf17a183363.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Cleveland’s HIV Program Lost $1.5M]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/clevelands-hiv-program-lost-15m"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/clevelands-hiv-program-lost-15m</id>
    <updated>2020-01-08T14:49:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Ohio Department of Health did not renew the city’s grant for several reasons.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/85301_Ohio-is-000003598688.jpg_7fc9d6c4-cf75-4c53-9a42-d08b2ba49d30.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Much More Will Your Meds Cost in 2020? [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/much-will-meds-cost-2020-videos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/much-will-meds-cost-2020-videos</id>
    <updated>2020-01-07T17:13:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Over 60 drugmakers raised prices an average of 5.8% on hundreds of drugs.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/85276_iStock-1151734432.jpg_9902a4f6-f123-414e-87f9-7e6d468e25ec.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[This Man Made Over 10,000 HIV Portraits [SLIDESHOW]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/man-made-10000-hiv-portraits-zee-strong"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/man-made-10000-hiv-portraits-zee-strong</id>
    <updated>2020-01-06T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Meet Zee Strong and The Digital Living Quilt.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/85213_P01-20-051.jpg_1509e9cc-3db0-41d6-a08d-386736138e3c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[He Is Valuable]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/valuable-atlanta-black-queer-men"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/valuable-atlanta-black-queer-men</id>
    <updated>2020-01-06T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This Atlanta group for Black queer men gives new meaning to HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/84829_P01-20-046.jpg_3877fddc-b410-4351-9d2b-14f39f96b4f3.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Rev Up Your New Year With Sparkly, Jazz-Handy “Merce” [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rev-new-year-sparkly-jazzhandy-merce-videos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rev-new-year-sparkly-jazzhandy-merce-videos</id>
    <updated>2020-01-06T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Season 2 of the web series launches with a sassy new song and cameos by HIV luminaries.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/85168_Merce-cast-JFF-finale---Charles-Sanchez-as-Merce.jpg_806645b3-f93f-4edc-9267-73840475692c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Broadway Legend Jerry Herman, Who Lived Openly With HIV Since 1992 [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-broadway-legend-jerry-herman-lived-openly-hiv-since-1992-videos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-broadway-legend-jerry-herman-lived-openly-hiv-since-1992-videos</id>
    <updated>2020-01-02T15:42:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In a 1997 POZ cover story, the “Hello, Dolly!” scribe raved about drug trials and the new lifesaving meds.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/85008_POZ-Cover-February-1997_7a8113b1-8163-4c79-b84b-e811dc5f73fa.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Chinese Scientist Sentenced to Prison for Gene-Editing Human Embryos]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/chinese-scientist-sentenced-prison-geneediting-human-embryos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/chinese-scientist-sentenced-prison-geneediting-human-embryos</id>
    <updated>2019-12-31T13:13:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The researcher used CRISPR/Cas9 technology to render a pair of twins resistant to HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/84916_P01-20-022.jpg_0103cfa6-8166-4182-8a00-8a3a7b61772b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[In a Reversal, Facebook Removes Some Misleading HIV Ads]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/reversal-facebook-removes-misleading-hiv-ads"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/reversal-facebook-removes-misleading-hiv-ads</id>
    <updated>2019-12-30T13:16:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Activists want the tech giant to take down similar ads with inaccurate claims about PrEP and HIV prevention.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/84852_gladd-prep-ad-complaint2.png_c0388757-bf83-44b6-b8c4-3f107e721e96.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Five Factors That Influence the Health of Women With HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/five-factors-influence-health-women-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/five-factors-influence-health-women-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-12-27T10:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The issues were listed in a new survey by The Well Project and do not count HIV care and treatment.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/84755_the-well-projectd-survey-4-dec2019.jpg_8c5b6c74-0ee6-4b6b-9d5d-faaad4b71430.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin Gets a New Name]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-resource-center-wisconsin-gets-new-name"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-resource-center-wisconsin-gets-new-name</id>
    <updated>2019-12-26T11:11:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Starting January 1, the center—which has expanded to Colorado and Missouri—will be known as Vivent Health. Here’s what that means.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/84778_vivent-health-thrive-together.png_1cf41dc9-06f4-498e-bafc-92bc95b4333d.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[11 HIV Groups in Florida Receive “Holiday Hugs” Totaling $25K]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/11-hiv-groups-florida-receive-holiday-hugs-totaling-25k"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/11-hiv-groups-florida-receive-holiday-hugs-totaling-25k</id>
    <updated>2019-12-24T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The gifts arrive from The Campbell Foundation, known for supporting HIV cure research.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/84633_iStock-1077890030.jpg_6a1cc3a3-2807-46b6-a781-806314ffeddb.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Thieves Strike a Mobile HIV and Hep C Testing Site, Forcing It to Close]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/thieves-strike-mobile-hiv-hep-c-testing-site-forcing-close"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/thieves-strike-mobile-hiv-hep-c-testing-site-forcing-close</id>
    <updated>2019-12-23T09:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Why would you take something that’s out here helping the community? I can’t understand it.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/84630_aj-johnson-baton-rouge-aids-society-dec2019.png_0f072bec-9f05-4a65-ab45-a3b7d62e1189.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Surprise: Conservative Judges Decide Not to Kill All of Obamacare]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/surprise-conservative-judges-decide-kill-obamacare"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/surprise-conservative-judges-decide-kill-obamacare</id>
    <updated>2019-12-19T12:29:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[But that doesn’t mean the Affordable Care Act is safe. Here’s what’s up next.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/84587_stethoscope-gavel-iStock-23238859-XLARGE.jpg_096de92a-0663-420b-84a4-22b070c3f9fd.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Walgreens Donates $50K to the CDC Foundation to Fight HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/walgreens-donates-50k-cdc-foundation-fight-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/walgreens-donates-50k-cdc-foundation-fight-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-12-18T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Funds will support three areas of need.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/84461_walgreens-free-hiv-testing2019.jpg_1a2abf50-4bbf-4f0a-999a-6961f144fcfd.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$7.35M Awarded to 31 Groups Helping People With HIV in the Chicago Area]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/735m-awarded-31-groups-helping-people-hiv-chicago-area"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/735m-awarded-31-groups-helping-people-hiv-chicago-area</id>
    <updated>2019-12-17T10:24:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Funding goes to these 10 neighborhoods that need HIV services the most.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/84154_Chicago-iStock-547428424.jpg_51ac1da7-82aa-4511-8f69-ad7a47d9de59.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Two Scientists Awarded $150K Each for HIV Vaccine and Cure Research]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/two-scientists-awarded-150k-hiv-vaccine-cure-research"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/two-scientists-awarded-150k-hiv-vaccine-cure-research</id>
    <updated>2019-12-16T07:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[They’re the 2019 recipients of amfAR’s Mathilde Krim Fellowship in Basic Biomedical Research.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/84134_HIV-TS.jpg_604a99ab-11b2-4472-ae12-3c7768d1e72b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[World’s First HIV-Positive Sperm Bank Opens [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/worlds-first-hivpositive-sperm-bank-opens-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/worlds-first-hivpositive-sperm-bank-opens-video</id>
    <updated>2019-12-13T11:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The New Zealand business aims to fight stigma—and give people with HIV a chance to create life.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/84117_sperm-positive-Dec2019.png_fc8d720b-bdeb-47f2-be82-6027c893e59f.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[GOP Firebrand Alan Keyes Helps Sell Toxic Bleach as an HIV Cure]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/gop-firebrand-alan-keyes-helps-sell-toxic-bleach-hiv-cure"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/gop-firebrand-alan-keyes-helps-sell-toxic-bleach-hiv-cure</id>
    <updated>2019-12-12T13:40:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The FDA warns that Miracle Mineral Solution can be fatal, but desperate consumers aren’t getting the message.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/84107_Alan-Keyes-2015-by-rich-girard.jpg_9228e579-01ec-434b-9a3e-49084fae9598.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Activists Urge U.S. Agency to Reject Patent Extension on a Gilead HIV Med]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/activists-urge-fda-reject-patent-extension-gilead-hiv-med"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/activists-urge-fda-reject-patent-extension-gilead-hiv-med</id>
    <updated>2019-12-11T06:37:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The petition filed by PrEP4All claims the pharma giant delayed a safer version of tenofovir.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/84003_Truvada-Blk-Fingertips-Rt.jpg_40ce0e99-cdb5-4d9b-b8f3-8ce5f3f3843f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why This New Strawberry-Flavored HIV Med Is a Game Changer]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-strawberryflavored-hiv-med-game-changer"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-strawberryflavored-hiv-med-game-changer</id>
    <updated>2019-12-10T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“This is excellent news for all children living with HIV.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/83852_black-baby-is-000002071389.jpg_44de2041-5dfe-4eec-aa33-0b35979550cb.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Outrage Over HIV Ads on Facebook]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/outrage-hiv-ads-facebook"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/outrage-hiv-ads-facebook</id>
    <updated>2019-12-09T15:46:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[More than 50 AIDS and LGBT groups demand the tech giant remove “dangerous and misleading” PrEP ads.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/83929_gladd-prep-ad-complaint2.png_187c1291-4833-42c6-948d-70933fd14b95.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[40 Groups Fighting HIV in the South Awarded a Total of $2.3M in Grants]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/40-groups-fighting-hiv-south-awarded-total-23m-grants"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/40-groups-fighting-hiv-south-awarded-total-23m-grants</id>
    <updated>2019-12-06T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The funding arrives via Gilead Sciences’ COMPASS Initiative.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/83857_gilead-compass-grants-south-dec2019.png_ac1333a6-318b-4a11-96bc-82f830b5e5da.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[NYC Is the First U.S. Fast-Track City to Meet the 90-90-90 HIV Goals]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/nyc-first-us-fasttrack-city-meet-909090-hiv-goals"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/nyc-first-us-fasttrack-city-meet-909090-hiv-goals</id>
    <updated>2019-12-04T12:41:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Which other cities have aimed for these targets, and how are they doing?<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/83751_iStock-1087422544.jpg_9898b05c-023c-48ea-a66e-7ddde82d30df.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[People Without Insurance Can Get Free PrEP]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/people-without-insurance-can-get-free-prep"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/people-without-insurance-can-get-free-prep</id>
    <updated>2019-12-03T12:29:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The U.S. Health Department launched "Ready, Set, PrEP" to provide the HIV prevention med at no cost.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/83676_PrEP-iStock-840195058.jpg_36041e4e-781d-4e76-9d7c-b84b711f9263.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Over 1,100 Patients Sue Hospital After Possible Exposure to HIV, Hepatitis]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/1100-patients-sue-hospital-possible-exposure-hiv-hepatitis"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/1100-patients-sue-hospital-possible-exposure-hiv-hepatitis</id>
    <updated>2019-12-02T16:23:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Health officials with Goshen Hospital in Indiana called the risk of infection “extremely low.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/83635_gavel-stetho-ts-451038227.jpg_426573a7-723b-40b3-90e2-5d48956ed367.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[World AIDS Day 2019 [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/world-aids-day-2019-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/world-aids-day-2019-video</id>
    <updated>2019-12-01T01:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This year’s theme is “Communities Make the Difference.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/83483_WAD2019-posters-GenericHeart-En-unaids.jpg_32351811-1ea6-4ad1-b45e-20907a180225.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[7 Film Shorts Remind Us That “The AIDS Crisis Is Still Beginning”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/7-film-shorts-remind-us-aids-crisis-still-beginning"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/7-film-shorts-remind-us-aids-crisis-still-beginning</id>
    <updated>2019-11-27T14:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[They’re screening at over 100 locations worldwide as part of the 30th annual Day With(out) Art, an event by Visual AIDS<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/83522_Day-without-art-2019-shanti-avirgan.jpg_963d7fae-09f6-46bf-ab91-f065f27ac009.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[To Fight HIV, These Celebs Will Make a Personalized Video for You!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/fight-hiv-celebs-will-make-personalized-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/fight-hiv-celebs-will-make-personalized-video</id>
    <updated>2019-11-27T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Queer Eye” guys, “Pose” queens, Real Housewives, rappers and rock stars will record shout-outs to support (RED).<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/83408_cameo-taylor-armstrong-billy-porter-charlie-coyle-red2019.png_9c5fb99a-be39-493c-a047-f5cf48021033.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What Do Gen Z and Millennials Think About HIV?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/gen-z-millennials-think-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/gen-z-millennials-think-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-11-26T11:19:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new survey and educational campaign called “Owning HIV” offer insight.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/83374_iStock-1037044238.jpg_6ac189c3-593c-4e3c-b621-3ff81858c51d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Of Course Donald Trump Jr. Tweeted Something Offensive About HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/course-donald-trump-jr-tweeted-something-offensive-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/course-donald-trump-jr-tweeted-something-offensive-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-11-25T15:08:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[But these responses will cheer you up.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/83313_donald-trump-jr-2018.jpg_80b4722f-042c-475a-8445-a7923851dca9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$4.5M in Grants Goes to These 15 Groups Focused on Transgender Health]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/45m-grants-goes-15-groups-focused-transgender-health"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/45m-grants-goes-15-groups-focused-transgender-health</id>
    <updated>2019-11-22T11:35:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Funding arrives via Gilead Sciences and its TRANScend Community Impact Fund.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/83179_iStock-912368240.jpg_4cda0974-3b58-4606-892b-80033eb4c18a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Memorial Quilt—All 50,000 Panels—Is Moving to a New Home]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-memorial-quiltall-50000-panelsis-moving-new-home"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-memorial-quiltall-50000-panelsis-moving-new-home</id>
    <updated>2019-11-21T14:54:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The National AIDS Memorial in the San Francisco Bay Area will be the quilt’s caretaker.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/83108_Nancy-Pelosi-aids-memorial-quilt-nov2019.jpg_779ed4d3-cd40-4f73-8322-02eba4a0dd44.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Transgender Day of Remembrance 2019]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/transgender-day-remembrance-2019"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/transgender-day-remembrance-2019</id>
    <updated>2019-11-20T11:54:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[311 trans and gender-nonconforming people were murdered in the past year worldwide, according to a new report.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/82885_candle-iStock-78901117.jpg_c7a0b8fe-4b09-4be6-a0d4-55bdffe753aa.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“I Have Absolutely No Fear of Passing on HIV to My Husband!”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/absolutely-fear-passing-hiv-husband"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/absolutely-fear-passing-hiv-husband</id>
    <updated>2019-11-19T14:36:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Watch rugby star Gareth Thomas discuss HIV with Prince Harry.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/82776_gareth-thomas-prince-harry-nov2019.png_12d23546-a669-4626-ab6a-aa9c9dd07425.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[POZ at 25 — December]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poz-25-december"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poz-25-december</id>
    <updated>2019-11-18T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A look at December issues from the POZ archives<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/81974_POZ-Planet-covers.jpg_d92fa835-6477-4839-b2ae-bde8bf81cd6c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[These Selfies Fight Stigma]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/selfies-fighting-stigma"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/selfies-fighting-stigma</id>
    <updated>2019-11-18T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[People with HIV make their own artistic statement in the photo-storytelling project "Through Positive Eyes."<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/81950_P12-19-075.jpg_523d1fc3-ec5b-4f74-8f1d-efbeba17ce28.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Plans to End the HIV Epidemic at Home and Abroad]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/plans-end-epidemic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/plans-end-epidemic</id>
    <updated>2019-11-18T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An overview of strategies and successes<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/81970_P12-19-081.jpg_8395bc8b-c11a-4cd6-b4d3-102b8577414a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Nonprofit Phoenix Shanti Group to Close in 2020]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-nonprofit-phoenix-shanti-group-close-2020"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-nonprofit-phoenix-shanti-group-close-2020</id>
    <updated>2019-11-18T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The center has provided housing, education and client services for more than 30 years.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/82437_phoenix-shanti.png_5c5f270e-2fae-4a62-8dcb-df0456519c6a.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Alabama’s Largest HIV Facility to Get a New State-of-the Art Home]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/alabamas-largest-hiv-facility-get-new-stateofthe-art-home"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/alabamas-largest-hiv-facility-get-new-stateofthe-art-home</id>
    <updated>2019-11-15T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The historic 1917 Clinic in Birmingham will triple in size.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/82430_1917-clinic-alabama-.png_275d0709-6235-4529-84ca-8dfefad23e5b.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Google Collects Health Data on 50 Million Americans. But Is This Legal?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/google-collects-health-data-50-million-americans-legal"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/google-collects-health-data-50-million-americans-legal</id>
    <updated>2019-11-14T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[That’s the subject of a federal inquiry into the tech giant’s “Project Nightingale” partnership with Ascension.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/82250_search-ts-458039629.jpg_4615a446-16d5-48e0-9a1a-a94fcf2bb98c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[This Keith Haring Fellowship Will Train Nurse Practitioners in LGBT Health]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/keith-haring-fellowship-will-train-nurse-practitioners-lgbt-health"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/keith-haring-fellowship-will-train-nurse-practitioners-lgbt-health</id>
    <updated>2019-11-13T09:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The program’s home will be Callen-Lorde’s in-the-works site in downtown Brooklyn.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/81998_keith-haring-fellowship-callen-lorde-nov2019.png_e8beaa2e-ad04-4077-bc57-fcd234f16875.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How “Virginity Tests” Can Endanger the Health of Women and Girls]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/virginity-tests-can-endanger-health-women-girls"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/virginity-tests-can-endanger-health-women-girls</id>
    <updated>2019-11-12T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: A 12-tweet tutorial on the hymen (that rapper T.I. needs to read)!<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/81710_end-virginity-testing-WHO.jpg_71d4d168-7a63-4411-ae79-2fb7c00e9354.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[In a Lawsuit, Restaurant Server Claims He Was Fired Because He Has HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/lawsuit-restaurant-server-claims-fired-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lawsuit-restaurant-server-claims-fired-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-11-11T12:29:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[To be clear: You can’t get HIV by eating food handled by someone who is positive.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/81667_gavel-iStock-000014652560-Double.jpg_4fdc6f58-e5f6-4deb-baa1-9cb2cb86a76b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What’s the Best Way to Promote U=U in Puerto Rico?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/best-way-promote-uu-puerto-rico"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/best-way-promote-uu-puerto-rico</id>
    <updated>2019-11-07T08:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[That’s the focus of one of three federal grants to research and address the island’s epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/81566_Puerto-Rico-Flag-iStock-116924734.jpg_b2336045-3dd5-4341-a1c0-a527cf80578d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[900 Children Test Positive for HIV in a Town in Pakistan]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/900-children-test-positive-hiv-town-pakistan"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/900-children-test-positive-hiv-town-pakistan</id>
    <updated>2019-11-06T13:08:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s the only good thing about the outbreak.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/81559_iStock-493114846.jpg_d3287641-b87e-4bff-b02b-7582f7d549d3.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Revisit the Legacy and Music of AIDS Icon Michael Callen]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/revisit-legacy-music-aids-icon-michael-callen"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/revisit-legacy-music-aids-icon-michael-callen</id>
    <updated>2019-11-05T15:22:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Taylor Mac, Bridget Everett, Holly Near and others perform songs by the late activist in a benefit for Callen-Lorde Community Health Center.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/81432_Michael-Callen-and-Richard-Dworkin-by-Robert-Giard.jpg_32f6d001-4542-4de5-a7a5-a518bae2b2fc.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Woman With HIV Sues, Claims Spa Wouldn’t Give Her a Massage]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/woman-hiv-sues-claims-spa-give-massage"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/woman-hiv-sues-claims-spa-give-massage</id>
    <updated>2019-11-05T15:01:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“We will not be able to provide you with a service because you need a doctor’s consent.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/81500_alecia-tramel-local10-news.png_102abf5d-ab4f-4dab-82f0-8526963a010f.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Housing Works Employees Walk Off the Job in an Effort to Unionize]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/housing-works-employees-walk-job-effort-unionize"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/housing-works-employees-walk-job-effort-unionize</id>
    <updated>2019-11-04T12:16:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The New York City nonprofit fights homelessness and HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/80806_housing-works-unionize-instagram-ben-kallos-oct2019.png_205108ac-dcb0-4796-b387-e3d03a88ffed.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Trump Administration’s Proposed Rule Allows Discrimination Against LGBTs]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/trump-administrations-proposed-rule-allows-antilgbt-discrimination"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/trump-administrations-proposed-rule-allows-antilgbt-discrimination</id>
    <updated>2019-11-01T18:06:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Public health services ranging from adoption to HIV programs would be permitted to discriminate while receiving federal funds.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/80792_rainbow-flag-iStock-96762187.jpg_49f2ff77-5eb0-4da0-aaa8-aba9d0773068.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[These Two Court Cases Could Derail Health Care as We Know It]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/two-court-cases-derail-health-care-know"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/two-court-cases-derail-health-care-know</id>
    <updated>2019-11-01T14:24:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[And yet, you have until December 15 to enroll in Obamacare for coverage beginning January 1.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/80750_usa-stethoscope-iStock-184385052.jpg_51856f7d-11d3-4c1b-9cad-afd0c164d93b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Banned by Facebook! What Could Be Wrong With These PrEP Ads?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/banned-facebook-wrong-prep-ads"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/banned-facebook-wrong-prep-ads</id>
    <updated>2019-10-31T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Hint: It’s not that Apicha’s HIV prevention campaign is too sexy.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/80621_apicha-miquel-libarnes-prep-oct2019.jpg_20b8c539-4c48-412a-83e2-f7a5eeac8a17.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Need to Tell Someone to Get Tested for an STI?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/need-tell-someone-get-tested-sti"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/need-tell-someone-get-tested-sti</id>
    <updated>2019-10-30T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[TellYourPartner.org allows you to anonymously relay via text or email that you might have passed on a sexually transmitted infection.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/80499_TellYourPartner-Clinic-Posters-2.jpg_6b25dfae-6284-4bc5-98ca-940aa28096f5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Rachel Weisz to Play Elizabeth Taylor in a Film About Her AIDS Activism]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rachel-weisz-play-elizabeth-taylor-film-aids-activism"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rachel-weisz-play-elizabeth-taylor-film-aids-activism</id>
    <updated>2019-10-29T12:36:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“A Special Relationship” explores Taylor’s friendship with her gay personal assistant and her role in fighting the epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/80464_rachel-weisz-elizabeth-taylor-oct2019.png_8101f353-8c16-4e0d-afd0-bb086d9d48e8.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Medication Lockers Help Homeless People With HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/medication-lockers-help-homeless-people-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/medication-lockers-help-homeless-people-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-10-28T14:04:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Miami program IDEA Exchange provides secure locations to store meds.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/80429_homeless-is-000014800081.jpg_5240b1bd-9edd-4f5c-bead-51915599ef2e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Mexican Group Banda MS Joins the CDC to Fight HIV Stigma]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/mexican-group-banda-ms-joins-cdc-fight-hiv-stigma"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/mexican-group-banda-ms-joins-cdc-fight-hiv-stigma</id>
    <updated>2019-10-25T16:51:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Detén el estigma del VIH.” (“Stop HIV stigma.”)<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/80404_banda-ms-cdc-facebook.jpg_0d0fccb2-0e69-4e7f-ba4e-0c067a5c0cc9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Do Microaggressions Affect the Health of Black Women With HIV?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/microaggressions-affect-health-black-women-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/microaggressions-affect-health-black-women-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-10-24T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Researcher Sannisha Dale and Project MMAGIC plan to find out.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/80265_iStock-654187068.jpg_475889d0-e8af-42aa-b8ca-6cab164857de.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Most Voters in Both Political Parties Support Sex Ed in Schools]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/voters-political-parties-support-sex-ed-schools"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/voters-political-parties-support-sex-ed-schools</id>
    <updated>2019-10-23T13:31:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[But there’s one topic Republicans don’t want included, according to a national survey.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/80237_banana-condom-ts-147269466.jpg_e9b399e9-0703-44e4-8448-3794ccb21dfe.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How AIDS Walk Los Angeles Has Changed Since 1985 [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-walk-los-angeles-changed-since-1985-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-walk-los-angeles-changed-since-1985-video</id>
    <updated>2019-10-22T13:16:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In its 35 years, the annual event has raised over $88 million for APLA Health and others.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/80147_aids-walk-los-angeles-instagram-2019.png_f46ad800-ef0b-4a6d-86e5-70df8832757c.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Frank Ocean’s PrEP-Themed Club Night and Merch Annoy AIDS Activists]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/frank-oceans-prepthemed-club-night-merch-annoy-aids-activists"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/frank-oceans-prepthemed-club-night-merch-annoy-aids-activists</id>
    <updated>2019-10-21T17:15:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The pop star’s party is named after the HIV prevention drug and is meant as an homage to ’80s-era queer nightlife.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/80112_frank-ocean-prep-club-oct-2019-twitter.png_74d94bce-78fc-4178-98de-508fd1ec5a0f.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Oldest Known Person With HIV Dies at 100]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/oldest-known-person-hiv-dies-100"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/oldest-known-person-hiv-dies-100</id>
    <updated>2019-10-17T18:24:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Miguel, also known as “the Lisbon Patient,” is the subject of an upcoming research paper.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/80046_lisbon-patient-2018-ctv-news.png_a1955a25-3d16-409d-a75d-f17299f0c4a3.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$490K Goes to 7 Florida Counties as Part of Trump’s Plan to End HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/490k-goes-7-florida-counties-part-trumps-plan-end-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/490k-goes-7-florida-counties-part-trumps-plan-end-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-10-16T17:07:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s why the funding was announced on National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/79963_jeanetee-nunez-florida-nlaad-oct2019-twitter.jpg_7c6f885b-3ee1-4c19-8120-7e4b2dcd5fd5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day 2019 [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-latinx-aids-awareness-day-2019-videos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-latinx-aids-awareness-day-2019-videos</id>
    <updated>2019-10-14T18:09:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Living with HIV or not…we’re fighting this together.”<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/79805_NLAAD-2019-youtube-fighting-this-together.png_d553990a-e5c5-4144-83b6-bae5c2f6f7e9.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Democratic Presidential Hopefuls Discuss HIV at LGBT Town Hall]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/democratic-presidential-hopefuls-discuss-hiv-lgbt-town-hall"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/democratic-presidential-hopefuls-discuss-hiv-lgbt-town-hall</id>
    <updated>2019-10-14T15:20:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Overall, the candidates seemed well informed around HIV/AIDS issues.”<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/79795_hrc-cnn-equalit-town-hall-thomas-david-kamala-harris-2019.png_cc1b0db7-5fc0-4ece-92ce-aa10d350efa9.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Task Force Launches in West Virginia Amid Drug Use Concerns]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-task-force-launches-west-virginia-amid-drug-use-concerns"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-task-force-launches-west-virginia-amid-drug-use-concerns</id>
    <updated>2019-10-11T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Kanawha County leaders want to get ahead of a potential HIV cluster and avoid a repeat of nearby Cabell County.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/79672_iStock-454996637.jpg_0c19290f-e57f-4b28-bdd9-7b6dd488d016.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$4.5M Grant to Fund Over 150,000 HIV Tests per Year in Chicago]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/45m-grant-fund-150000-hiv-tests-per-year-chicago"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/45m-grant-fund-150000-hiv-tests-per-year-chicago</id>
    <updated>2019-10-10T11:18:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The federal money was awarded to the xTLC program, which will expand to include Howard Brown Health Center.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/79655_Chicago-iStock-611206120.jpg_4ba62104-6e52-4962-ac22-2dd98b70d5bd.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Is Spreading Faster in the Philippines Than Anywhere Else]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-spreading-faster-philippines-anywhere-else"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-spreading-faster-philippines-anywhere-else</id>
    <updated>2019-10-09T15:01:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A look at the surging numbers and what is possibly fueling them<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/79615_P10-19-039.jpg_2c1f2386-ad47-4f62-aab8-690d580abb6d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New Law Allows Californians to Get PrEP and PEP Without a Prescription]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-law-allows-californians-get-prep-pep-prevent-hiv-without-prescription"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-law-allows-californians-get-prep-pep-prevent-hiv-without-prescription</id>
    <updated>2019-10-08T13:44:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Beginning January 1, pharmacists can provide an initial supply of the pills that prevent HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/79530_PrEP-iStock-840195058.jpg_e31d390a-e0ba-48cc-b3e3-5860c6f22ab7.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[4 Men Charged in $70M HIV Med Scheme]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/4-men-charged-70m-hiv-med-scheme"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/4-men-charged-70m-hiv-med-scheme</id>
    <updated>2019-10-07T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Retail pharmacies had no idea the medications sold by Mainspring Distribution had been acquired on the black market.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/79451_pharmacy-pills-ts-126391618.jpg_9720aa2c-2994-4e43-a679-8ba8c4772cae.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New York State Is on Track to End AIDS by 2020, Says Governor]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-york-state-track-end-aids-2020-says-governor"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-york-state-track-end-aids-2020-says-governor</id>
    <updated>2019-10-03T18:37:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Data from 2018 show a record low number of new HIV cases and a huge increase in people taking PrEP.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/79400_7-Andrew-Cuomo-Blueprint.jpg_ee3b5b57-d832-4ac8-bf06-6314bf522ac4.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Once a Famous AIDS Hospital, Now the Star of a Theatrical Experience]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/famous-aids-hospital-now-star-theatrical-experience"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/famous-aids-hospital-now-star-theatrical-experience</id>
    <updated>2019-10-03T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Novenas” memorializes St. Vincent’s Hospital and includes a stop at the New York City AIDS Memorial.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/79308_NOVENAS-11cJulieta-Cervantes.jpg_0914bc17-caaf-4722-b60f-a76a3c2e25e1.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Shuping Wang, the Whistle-Blower Who Exposed China’s Rural AIDS Epidemic]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-shuping-wang-whistleblower-exposed-chinas-rural-aids-epidemic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-shuping-wang-whistleblower-exposed-chinas-rural-aids-epidemic</id>
    <updated>2019-10-02T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[She had been living in the United States. Last month, a play based on her activism opened in London.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/79240_Shuping-wang--Sunshine-Christensen.jpg_bf98d820-66fa-4acf-8e5d-c98030970a81.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Do Opioids and Meds to Fight Opioid Addiction Affect HIV Treatment?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/opioids-meds-fight-opioid-addiction-affect-hiv-treatment"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/opioids-meds-fight-opioid-addiction-affect-hiv-treatment</id>
    <updated>2019-10-01T14:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Over $12 million in grants has been awarded to the Wistar Institute to research the links between opioid receptors and immune activation.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/79191_lab-iStock-84335839.jpg_b4782c71-f4dc-43a6-8797-a34fb0821dd9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[American Sentenced to U.S. Prison for Leaking Singapore HIV Data]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/american-sentenced-us-prison-leaking-singapore-hiv-data"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/american-sentenced-us-prison-leaking-singapore-hiv-data</id>
    <updated>2019-09-30T13:18:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Kentuckian lived in the country with his physician boyfriend before being deported.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/79118_iStock-1023627926.jpg_37b6b524-c288-4c96-8863-dad7b64949d5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Prevention Power!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/prevention-power-updates"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/prevention-power-updates</id>
    <updated>2019-09-30T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Updates on U=U, PrEP, harm reduction and more<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/78632_P10-19-023.jpg_3a01daf3-2739-4338-9725-51b0fca80be9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[POZ at 25 — October/November]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poz-25-octobernovember"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poz-25-octobernovember</id>
    <updated>2019-09-30T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A look at fall issues from the POZ archives<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/78636_P10-19-POZ-Planet-covers.jpg_b662fca0-6e6a-4113-8e6a-5f274f29c138.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2019]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-gay-mens-hivaids-awareness-day-2019"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-gay-mens-hivaids-awareness-day-2019</id>
    <updated>2019-09-27T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The HIV conversation is changing. Just ask these ambassadors to The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/79033_elizabeth-taylor-aids-foundation-ambassadors-sept2019.png_304f5ea4-32f1-4b6d-af13-27919cd58fee.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Plan to Engage People Living With HIV in Election 2020]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/plan-engage-people-living-hiv-election-2020"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/plan-engage-people-living-hiv-election-2020</id>
    <updated>2019-09-26T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[PWN-USA launches Vote Positive to leverage the HIV community’s power. Teams are already on the ground in these 11 states.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/78969_iStock-1064672914.jpg_44d5664d-bc4e-47b6-b7d8-aaddbb030c1b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[400 Cyclists Ride From Boston to NYC, Breaking Records and Fighting HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/400-cyclists-ride-boston-nyc-breaking-records-fighting-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/400-cyclists-ride-boston-nyc-breaking-records-fighting-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-09-25T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The 25th annual Cycle for the Cause raised $2.1 million for the HIV/AIDS services of New York’s LGBT Community Center.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/78890_cycle-for-the-cause-lgbt-center-nyc-sept2019.jpg_cee15db5-91ef-4716-94b9-2df2a1e9bbec.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Gay “Chemsex” Parties Pose Challenges to European HIV Efforts]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/gay-chemsex-parties-pose-challenge-european-hiv-efforts"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/gay-chemsex-parties-pose-challenge-european-hiv-efforts</id>
    <updated>2019-09-24T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Nonetheless, the United Kingdom recorded the lowest rate of new HIV cases in nearly 20 years.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/78611_P07-18-013.jpg_b4623f03-7b02-42a5-9d2c-bd3e93a4c7b9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Amazing Reactions to a “Queer Eye” HIV Disclosure]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/jonathan-van-ness-queer-eye-says-hiv-twitterverse-reacts"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/jonathan-van-ness-queer-eye-says-hiv-twitterverse-reacts</id>
    <updated>2019-09-23T16:15:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: What’s a “vulnerability hangover”?<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/78795_shutterstock-1178364631.jpg_64d05728-fdac-4b40-be2d-40e84cdd1307.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Support for HIV2020 in Mexico City Continues to Grow]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/support-hiv2020-mexico-city-continues-grow"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/support-hiv2020-mexico-city-continues-grow</id>
    <updated>2019-09-20T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s why MPact, a global gay men’s health group, will not participate in AIDS 2020 in San Francisco.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/78606_iStock-1064279806.jpg_64afcb86-6316-4120-8e5a-45e92cb4c873.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[9 Ways to Support Transgender Groups Working to End HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/9-ways-support-transgender-groups-working-end-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/9-ways-support-transgender-groups-working-end-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-09-19T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[After identifying these priorities, Gilead Sciences launched its TRANScend Fund. Here’s how to apply for a grant.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/78564_hands-joined-ts-492365713.jpg_cdfdcfe9-0845-4829-8bfa-aa229c1cc9ce.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Rugby Star Gareth Thomas React to News of U=U]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-rugby-star-gareth-thomas-react-news-uu-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-rugby-star-gareth-thomas-react-news-uu-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-09-18T15:38:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The athlete recently disclosed his HIV status to the world.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/78554_gareth-thomas-bbc-twitter-sept2019.png_c0f48d70-aab3-4a32-a1e7-8b67a0aafe53.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day 2019 [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-hivaids-aging-awareness-day-2019-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-hivaids-aging-awareness-day-2019-video</id>
    <updated>2019-09-17T20:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Older people who learn they have HIV are likely to have been positive for 4.5 years—the longest diagnosis delay of any age group.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/78470_Use-your-voice-nhaad-sep2019.png_1aee598a-2be7-4f10-8e42-3a829e01670d.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[300 Miles, 3 Days and 1 Goal: End the HIV Epidemic in New York]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/300-miles-3-days-1-goal-end-hiv-epidemic-new-york"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/300-miles-3-days-1-goal-end-hiv-epidemic-new-york</id>
    <updated>2019-09-17T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Nearly 100 bicyclists completed the Braking AIDS Ride—and rocked red dresses!—to raise funds for Housing Works.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/78423_braking-aids-ride2019-2-facebook.png_d6333b90-ccfb-451c-9a4b-e6683ececa0d.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Rugby Star Gareth Thomas “Forced” to Disclose He Has HIV [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rugby-star-gareth-thomas-forced-disclose-hiv-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rugby-star-gareth-thomas-forced-disclose-hiv-video</id>
    <updated>2019-09-16T12:57:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Welsh sports hero says that following his diagnosis, he met and married a man who is HIV negative.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/78391_gareth-thomas-twitter-sept2019.png_f2a843ce-2152-43f8-bcab-3c1599aca231.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Group That Empowers Latinos Is Awarded a $2.5M HIV Grant]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/group-empowers-latinos-awarded-25m-hiv-grant"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/group-empowers-latinos-awarded-25m-hiv-grant</id>
    <updated>2019-09-16T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The federal SAMHSA funding helps minorities at risk for HIV and substance use disorders.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/78217_3-latin-men-_c7645770-caad-4783-8a55-eada03bca37c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$7M HIV Initiative to Help Underserved People in the Southeast]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/7m-hiv-initiative-help-underserved-people-southeast"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/7m-hiv-initiative-help-underserved-people-southeast</id>
    <updated>2019-09-13T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[These three grantees will launch programs thanks to the Merck Foundation’s “HIV Care Connect.”<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/78202_iStock-940969224.jpg_d48a7374-7138-4720-b7f4-2cab7fcf3456.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Florida Governor Blocked $70M in AIDS Funds Amid State’s HIV Crisis]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/florida-governor-blocked-70m-aids-funds-amid-states-hiv-crisis"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/florida-governor-blocked-70m-aids-funds-amid-states-hiv-crisis</id>
    <updated>2019-09-12T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“I think Rick Scott fueled the epidemic in Florida.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/78148_iStock-1094066768.jpg_ac75b7c7-b778-4f88-a9a1-60665203d4c5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[100s of Black Gay and Bi Men Helped Create This Theater Piece [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/100s-black-gay-bi-men-helped-create-theater-piece-videos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/100s-black-gay-bi-men-helped-create-theater-piece-videos</id>
    <updated>2019-09-11T14:54:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“As Much As I Can” returns with a new format but the same powerful messages.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/78132_as-much-as-i-can-dimitri-moise-youtube-sept2019.png_b4057c41-74d4-458a-963c-89a00f8c62b3.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[12 Awesome Tweets and 1 Video That Recap the U.S. Conference on AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/12-tweets-capture-essence-2019s-us-conference-aids"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/12-tweets-capture-essence-2019s-us-conference-aids</id>
    <updated>2019-09-10T16:32:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Protesters storm the stage! Mother Elektra slays! POZ films it all!<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/78078_Protest-usca.jpg_f0464555-9074-4413-b7d1-6d8b66f4cc37.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Six 2020 Democratic Hopefuls Plan to End HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/six-2020-democratic-hopefuls-plan-end-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/six-2020-democratic-hopefuls-plan-end-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-09-09T16:09:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Six presidential candidates answered 15 questions posed by a coalition of more than 50 AIDS groups.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/78036_democratic-presidential-hopefuls-2020-sept2019.png_bd4bde95-0144-425d-9ea2-7880bc131879.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National African Immigrant and Refugee HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis Awareness Day 2019]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-african-immigrant-refugee-hivaids-hepatitis-awareness-day-2019"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-african-immigrant-refugee-hivaids-hepatitis-awareness-day-2019</id>
    <updated>2019-09-09T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Events are scheduled throughout September to raise awareness about hep B and HIV in these communities.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/77874_nairhhad-national-african-immigrant-refugee-hiv-hepatitis-awareness-day.png_b14b9d1b-c61c-49a4-8d8d-1ab391504f68.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Ending the Epidemics #InTheirMemory]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/ending-epidemics-intheirmemory"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/ending-epidemics-intheirmemory</id>
    <updated>2019-09-06T06:05:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This year’s U.S. Conference on AIDS honors those lost to HIV. How many of these faces do you recognize?<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/77783_usca2019-in-their-memory.png_b951e73c-8c8a-4c84-9e0d-7cbe973d257a.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[U.S. Conference on AIDS Kicks Off September 5]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/us-conference-aids-kicks-september-5"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/us-conference-aids-kicks-september-5</id>
    <updated>2019-09-04T18:15:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Expect “Ending the Epidemics realness,” disruptive innovation and Mother Elektra at #2019USCA.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/77709_USCA2019.png_75277225-cf81-4940-9767-a48796a36cf8.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[View the HIV and Opioid Epidemics Taking Place in Your Backyard]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/view-hiv-opioid-epidemics-taking-place-backyard"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/view-hiv-opioid-epidemics-taking-place-backyard</id>
    <updated>2019-09-04T13:57:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Two new interactive (and free!) databases offer maps, policies and much more, courtesy of amfAR.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/77652_amfar-ehe-syringe-exchange.jpg_2a2a379d-5612-4866-84d6-14cd31b044b6.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Ryan White State Historical Marker Unveiled in Indiana [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/ryan-white-state-historical-marker-unveiled-indiana-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/ryan-white-state-historical-marker-unveiled-indiana-video</id>
    <updated>2019-09-03T13:35:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A teenager when he died in 1990, White had become a world-famous AIDS activist.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/77577_ryan-white-historical-marker-rtv6-news-sept2019.png_d6574bc9-6622-4bf9-95b9-a9bdd7f07006.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Cutting New HIV Rates in Half by 2020? Not in Our Nation’s Capital]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/cutting-new-hiv-rates-half-2020-nations-capital"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/cutting-new-hiv-rates-half-2020-nations-capital</id>
    <updated>2019-08-30T12:19:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Nonetheless, DC has seen remarkable progress against its epidemic since the mid-2000s.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/77472_Capitol-Building-iStock-857514306.jpg_158da43d-0d0d-4142-90de-b026a0a823e5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[U.S. to Send 12,000 Doses of HIV Meds to Venezuelans in Colombia]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/us-send-12000-doses-hiv-meds-venezuelans-colombia"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/us-send-12000-doses-hiv-meds-venezuelans-colombia</id>
    <updated>2019-08-29T15:26:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[That’s enough to treat 1,000 immigrants for one year.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/77435_iStock-502842814.jpg_3e9a54ba-4b45-4763-9556-3aeed0b2d4e9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Tour to Educate Black Gay and Bi Men About Updated HIV Crime Laws]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/tour-educate-black-gay-bi-men-updated-hiv-crime-laws"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/tour-educate-black-gay-bi-men-updated-hiv-crime-laws</id>
    <updated>2019-08-28T14:15:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Sex, Hooking Up and the Apps” forums will take place in five cities across Michigan.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/77390_gay-couple-iStock-2920696-LARGE.jpg_f918b16b-eda2-49e9-a672-365a247da4fa.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Can One of These “Trojan Horses” Help Cure HIV?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/can-one-trojan-horses-help-cure-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/can-one-trojan-horses-help-cure-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-08-27T18:19:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This amfAR grant hopes to find out. It’s part of $1.16 million in new funding from ARCHE.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/77370_researcher-is--86272235.jpg_249d605f-ad5b-4e28-853a-15b7429bd0a2.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Dallas Joins Global &quot;Fast-Track Cities&quot; to End AIDS by 2030]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/dallas-joins-global-fasttrack-cities-end-aids-2030"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/dallas-joins-global-fasttrack-cities-end-aids-2030</id>
    <updated>2019-08-26T13:11:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here is who’s affected most by HIV in Dallas and what else the city is doing to battle the epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/77191_Dallas--522580445.jpg_b2f58c93-7db8-4b80-80c0-fc15b3a83c39.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Faith HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2019]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-faith-hivaids-awareness-day-2019"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-faith-hivaids-awareness-day-2019</id>
    <updated>2019-08-23T14:19:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[#NFHAAD takes place the last Sunday in August. This year’s theme focuses on faith communities globally.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/77113_national-faith-hiv-aids-awareness-day-nfhaad-2019-AM.png_211d5817-59c2-4b8f-9fc1-5c7ac7c54316.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$30K in Grants Focus on Health and HIV Services for LGBTQ Southerners]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/30k-grants-focus-health-hiv-services-lgbtq-southerners"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/30k-grants-focus-health-hiv-services-lgbtq-southerners</id>
    <updated>2019-08-22T17:56:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The awards from Campaign for Southern Equality go to these four groups.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/77014_LGBT-iStock-67124333.jpg_524e6c05-58b6-45c2-a96e-c9f48c3d70b4.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Surging HIV Rates Force a Closer Look at Harm Reduction in West Virginia]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/surging-hiv-rates-force-closer-look-harm-reduction-west-virginia"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/surging-hiv-rates-force-closer-look-harm-reduction-west-virginia</id>
    <updated>2019-08-21T17:08:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[With 73 confirmed cases in Cabell County, residents and officials reconsider needle exchange programs.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/76938_West-Virginia-iStock-000011607089-Large.jpg_efb334f2-68f4-4b95-8c7f-fff36006b956.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Southern HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2019 [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/southern-hivaids-awareness-day-2019-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/southern-hivaids-awareness-day-2019-video</id>
    <updated>2019-08-19T16:17:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[#SHAAD debuts Tuesday, August 20. Here’s how you can be part of the Southern Solution.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/76781_souther-hiv-aids-awareness-day-2019.png_7d5bce5e-2e88-4481-9693-356edb3e1c38.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Woman Posts Viral Video Telling Ex-Lovers She Has HIV (She Doesn’t)]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/woman-posts-viral-video-telling-exlovers-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/woman-posts-viral-video-telling-exlovers-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-08-19T11:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[She wanted revenge. She got a visit from the police.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/76716_brandi-lacister-aug2019.png_b00712f3-0b33-4210-a52a-06d800f03b4b.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Stories of Resilience]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/stories-resilience-books"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/stories-resilience-books</id>
    <updated>2019-08-19T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Two HIV researchers discuss their recent books on gay men and HIV-positive women.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/76580_authors.jpg_993eb0e6-78c3-44b6-ba1b-1857e3850344.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Older &amp; Wiser]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/older-wiser-long-term-survivors"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/older-wiser-long-term-survivors</id>
    <updated>2019-08-19T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[How HIV long-term survivors contribute to a better future for everyone<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/76537_P09-19-051.jpg_ebd9ad85-eeba-47d9-a19c-0dd584f6d9b7.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[POZ at 25 — September]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poz-25-september"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poz-25-september</id>
    <updated>2019-08-19T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A look at September issues from the POZ archives<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/76448_covers.jpg_cff09d9e-a380-4076-ad25-b48287cc7c19.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet the New Leader of the United Nations AIDS Program]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meet-new-leader-united-nations-aids-program"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meet-new-leader-united-nations-aids-program</id>
    <updated>2019-08-16T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Formerly at Oxfam, Winnie Byanyima is the executive director of UNAIDS. She says fighting the epidemic is “very personal.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/76687_Winnie-Byanyima-UNAIDS-aug2019.jpg_26fc529f-61f2-44ef-87d7-c3f99c14b19d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Federal Proposal Seeks to Allow Discrimination in Health Care]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/federal-proposal-seeks-allow-discrimination-health-care"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/federal-proposal-seeks-allow-discrimination-health-care</id>
    <updated>2019-08-15T11:33:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The change targets LGBT people and those with chronic conditions. Here’s how patient groups and Lambda Legal respond.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/76655_usa-stethoscope-iStock-184385052.jpg_1e9256c1-5c79-42b3-9233-7c4fad29330f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Nearly 250 People With HIV Just Came Very Close to Losing Their Homes]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/nearly-250-people-hiv-just-came-close-losing-homes"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/nearly-250-people-hiv-just-came-close-losing-homes</id>
    <updated>2019-08-08T10:56:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Atlanta crisis stems from spurned romantic advances, according to a lawsuit.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/76335_Georgia-iStock-000063425519.jpg_4ba13a4c-3d68-4bb6-a836-9a6c577d48c4.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Military and Medical Experts Denounce Trump’s HIV Discharge Policy]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/military-medical-experts-denounce-trumps-hiv-discharge-policy"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/military-medical-experts-denounce-trumps-hiv-discharge-policy</id>
    <updated>2019-08-06T16:12:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Two HIV lawsuits challenging Pentagon policy will go to trial next month. A third is on its way.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/76255_iStock-173228635.jpg_05f01bfe-fa2a-4ced-96e5-ff68784d674f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Trump Says We’re Ending AIDS and Curing Childhood Cancer Very Shortly [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/trump-says-ending-aids-curing-childhood-cancer-shortly-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/trump-says-ending-aids-curing-childhood-cancer-shortly-video</id>
    <updated>2019-08-02T13:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[How true is his statement? These facts add context.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/76082_trump-cincinnati-rally-aug2019-c-span.png_82ff3e8a-6cab-409d-8d1b-922befc89446.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[She Was an AIDS Guru. Now She Wants to Be President [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/controversial-aids-guru-now-wants-president-videos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/controversial-aids-guru-now-wants-president-videos</id>
    <updated>2019-07-31T15:21:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Marianne Williamson harnesses love to fight dark psychic forces—including racism, cancer and HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/75973_marianne-williamson-democratic-debate-june2019-youtube-ncb-new-york.png_22ef2016-0416-4df2-88e8-9a4578628a8a.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[World Hepatitis Day 2019 [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/world-hepatitis-day-2019-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/world-hepatitis-day-2019-video</id>
    <updated>2019-07-28T08:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Help find the “missing millions” who don’t know they’re living with viral hepatitis.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/75872_world-hepatitis-day-2019-missing-millions-film.png_02d481f6-60e4-4e2b-987a-7b75f3b5ab83.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[U.S. Border Patrol Separates Children From Parents Who Have HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/us-border-patrol-separates-children-parents-hiv-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/us-border-patrol-separates-children-parents-hiv-video</id>
    <updated>2019-07-26T11:40:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[But official immigration policy states that HIV “is no longer defined as a communicable disease of public health significance.”<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/75838_brian-hastings-border-patrol-judiciary-hearings-july2019.jpg_e00641d0-71e2-445d-bccb-bcc78e0b5171.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Well Do U=U and PrEP Work? The CDC Updates Its Answers]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/uu-prep-work-cdc-updates-answers"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/uu-prep-work-cdc-updates-answers</id>
    <updated>2019-07-25T12:45:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[U=U is 100% effective, and PrEP reduces the risk of getting HIV by 99% in men who have sex with men, according to new federal data.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/75786_prevention-gauge-is-000059161160.jpg_e0e5cc91-cc1e-44fe-84f2-ff6057522e42.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What a U=U Leader Thinks About the CDC’s Updated Data on HIV Risk]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/uu-leader-thinks-cdcs-updated-data-hiv-risk"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/uu-leader-thinks-cdcs-updated-data-hiv-risk</id>
    <updated>2019-07-25T12:42:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“We’re very happy,” says PAC’s Murray Penner. But he’d like the federal agency to take these additional steps.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/75795_P06-19-018.jpg_49a864cd-4deb-4b98-b962-67b5a096f264.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How 6 Very Different Places Across the Globe Lowered Their HIV Rates]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/6-different-places-across-globe-lowered-hiv-rates"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/6-different-places-across-globe-lowered-hiv-rates</id>
    <updated>2019-07-24T11:16:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A report maps out four common factors that help these cities and countries beat the epidemic. [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/75719_endtheepidemicbrouchure-1.jpg_6195fdc8-0829-4dee-bfb9-b64f3d8724e0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s How Much the U=U Movement Has Grown in Three Years]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/much-uu-movement-grown-three-years"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/much-uu-movement-grown-three-years</id>
    <updated>2019-07-22T14:17:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: 4 Ways to Fight HIV Stigma, Promote U=U and End the Epidemic<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/75610_UU.jpg_24d43b7e-6b50-46d0-bc85-b29cf2bd9001.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[50 Heroes Lost to AIDS and One Gorgeous Book About Them]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/50-heroes-lost-aids-one-gorgeous-book"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/50-heroes-lost-aids-one-gorgeous-book</id>
    <updated>2019-07-03T13:04:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Designer Doug Meyer’s stylish, updated version of “Heroes: A Tribute” educates as it captivates.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/74954_doug-meyer-heroes-cover.jpg_54c62d74-f73e-410d-827f-853d7563550c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[MAC Milestones]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/mac-milestones"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/mac-milestones</id>
    <updated>2019-07-01T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In 25 years, the MAC AIDS Fund has raised $500 million.  It celebrates with an expanded mission—and a new name!<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/74457_MAC-Viva-Glam-25-Campaign-Winnie-Harlow-1.jpg_f0475aff-1d1e-4bcb-b9cb-0bfedc7f5553.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[POZ at 25—July-August]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poz-25"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poz-25</id>
    <updated>2019-07-01T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A look at July-August issues from the POZ archives<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/74461_poz-25-covers.jpg_49b75ec1-17fd-42d4-bc16-0005b2e17bef.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Around the World]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/around-world"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/around-world</id>
    <updated>2019-07-01T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A look at HIV-related headlines across the globe<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/74634_globe-ribbon.jpg_d2b7908f-8fe4-45af-ad07-6dd0f302e7e1.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[On WorldPride, Visual AIDS Asks, “What Is 21st Century Liberation?”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/worldpride-visual-aids-asks-21st-century-liberation"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/worldpride-visual-aids-asks-21st-century-liberation</id>
    <updated>2019-06-28T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Artists and advocates answer—and reflect on AIDS and LGBTQI+ activism. Here’s our favorite response!<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/74629_21st-Century-Liberation-2019Broadside1-1.jpg_b22af290-c5d5-4858-8757-c6cdbfec3248.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National HIV Testing Day 2019]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-hiv-testing-day-2019"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-hiv-testing-day-2019</id>
    <updated>2019-06-27T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[What’s your preferred way to get tested? Share it June 27 on social media with #DoingItMyWay.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/74435_NHTD-2018-instagram-english.png_b4753d03-ea0d-4c0c-9632-b5caa19d21bf.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Free HIV Tests at Walgreens in Over 260 Cities! Here’s How to Find One Near You]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/free-hiv-tests-walgreens-260-cities-find-one-near"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/free-hiv-tests-walgreens-260-cities-find-one-near</id>
    <updated>2019-06-24T14:54:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Tests and PrEP info are available Thursday, June 27, which marks National HIV Testing Day.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/74298_walgreens-free-hiv-testing2019.jpg_8f2fde2e-e800-4bf7-bb52-93a86c3b3f0a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Chunky Asian Boys! Plus: HIV in the Gay Scenes of Tokyo and Taiwan]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/chunky-asian-boys-hiv-lgbt-tokyo-taiwan"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/chunky-asian-boys-hiv-lgbt-tokyo-taiwan</id>
    <updated>2019-06-21T16:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Take a closer look thanks to photographer and Visual AIDS artist Kaz Senju.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/74201_kaz-senju-taipei-instagram-kazviju.png_d0037118-3f5e-43ae-9f1d-a51ca8881302.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[This Rural State Combats HIV With a Free “PrEP Fest” During Pride]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/oklahoma-rural-state-combats-hiv-free-prep-fest-lgbt-pride"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/oklahoma-rural-state-combats-hiv-free-prep-fest-lgbt-pride</id>
    <updated>2019-06-21T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Stop by during the Oklahoma City Pride Festival on June 22 for an HIV Test, a visit with a doc and a script for PrEP.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/74182_Prep-Fair-Poster-Final.jpg_4e55a80c-56d9-4e81-8bcc-9bfb97621c93.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch How These Nurses Changed AIDS Care in the Early ’80s [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/nurses-changed-aids-care-early-80s-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/nurses-changed-aids-care-early-80s-video</id>
    <updated>2019-06-14T15:08:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The documentary “5B” profiles the nation’s first hospital ward to care for people with AIDS.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/73818_5B-fim-caregiver-RitaRockett.jpg_fbe247eb-5719-4f0b-8c7c-e7c78a6bf527.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Judith Light’s AIDS Advocacy Inspires Us. Who Inspires Her?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/judith-lights-aids-advocacy-inspires-us-inspires"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/judith-lights-aids-advocacy-inspires-us-inspires</id>
    <updated>2019-06-14T06:25:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The beloved actress stops by “Show People with Paul Wontorek” to discuss that and much more. [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/73782_judith-light-show-people-with-paul-wontorek-2019.png_8d892f6f-1725-4085-b9da-07441d57fe9f.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$23M Grant to Study Illnesses, Aging and Death Among People With HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/23m-grant-study-illnesses-aging-death-among-people-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/23m-grant-study-illnesses-aging-death-among-people-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-06-13T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The NIH-funded research focuses on chronic conditions other than HIV and examines gender differences.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/73721_group-people-iStock-945386966.jpg_da2162de-702f-4a8b-aa2a-b94e169477b2.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Scratch This Lottery Ticket and Raise HIV/AIDS Funds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/scratch-illinois-lottery-ticket-raise-hivaids-funds"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/scratch-illinois-lottery-ticket-raise-hivaids-funds</id>
    <updated>2019-06-11T14:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The annual Red Ribbon Cash instant tickets have raised over $8 million. Here’s where that money goes.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/73610_illinois-lottery-reb-ribbon-cash-2019.png_1f75b6a6-a324-4ba3-a48b-71ef84d6acad.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Madonna’s “Dark Ballet” Stars Mykki Blanco, HIV and Hope [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/madonnas-dark-ballet-stars-mykki-blanco-hiv-hope-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/madonnas-dark-ballet-stars-mykki-blanco-hiv-hope-video</id>
    <updated>2019-06-07T16:42:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“I have walked this earth, Black, Queer and HIV positive, but no transgression against me has been as powerful as the hope I hold within.”<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/73367_madonna-dark-ballet-june2019-vevo.png_a4dbed2c-5d56-4fd9-b443-7e8d9326d1a1.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Check Out the AIDS Writers Among These LGBT Portraits [SLIDESHOW]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/check-aids-writers-among-lgbt-portraits-slideshow"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/check-aids-writers-among-lgbt-portraits-slideshow</id>
    <updated>2019-06-07T13:34:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[They’re part of an exhibit of post-Stonewall photographs from Robert Giard’s “Particular Voices” series.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/73292_robert-girard-larry-kramer-pamela-sneed-june2019.png_78205e1a-87e5-4006-aaae-4c2573043eed.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Barbershop to Pay $75K for Refusing to Cut the Hair of a Man Who Has HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/barbershop-pay-75k-refusing-cut-hair-man-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/barbershop-pay-75k-refusing-cut-hair-man-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-06-06T16:10:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The 2018 discrimination lawsuit led Lambda Legal and the Black AIDS Institute to launch the “Cut the Stigma” campaign. [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/73262_cut-the-stigma-2-lambda-legal.png_b1b337e7-69a0-4abc-9323-c8a9d2730d87.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Say Goodbye to a Vital Source of HIV and Cancer Research]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/white-house-restricts-funding-research-using-fetal-tissue"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/white-house-restricts-funding-research-using-fetal-tissue</id>
    <updated>2019-06-05T16:55:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In a win for abortion opponents, the Trump administration limits funding of research using fetal tissue.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/73144_lab-work-iStock-31913998-LARGE.jpg_87c11a8e-19f6-4c02-95d4-091fc4683708.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Creating an App to Connect Trans Women With HIV Prevention and Community]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/creating-app-connect-trans-women-hiv-prevention-community"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/creating-app-connect-trans-women-hiv-prevention-community</id>
    <updated>2019-06-04T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Portland State University researchers are partnering with transgender women throughout the process.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/72903_trans-women-connected-app-2019.jpg_c2ffd50e-3667-4d2f-bb14-936cdbafce0d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Nashville’s Latest Step to End the HIV Epidemic]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/nashvilles-latest-step-end-hiv-epidemic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/nashvilles-latest-step-end-hiv-epidemic</id>
    <updated>2019-06-03T07:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The mayor of Music City signed an executive order that’ll help tackle the virus.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/72858_iStock-955403034.jpg_e1338e26-b89e-4bdf-a85f-bcc99e42bb9d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[PrEP Without a Prescription? Yes, If This California Bill Passes.]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/prep-without-prescription-yes-california-bill-passes"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/prep-without-prescription-yes-california-bill-passes</id>
    <updated>2019-05-31T12:55:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The proposal allows pharmacies to dispense a first-time 30-day supply of the HIV prevention pill without a script.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/72801_2-Scott-Wiener-San-Francisco.jpg_2582b051-60af-4f3b-a5ac-8128d564cd2c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Drugs in Medicare Plan’s “Protected Classes” to Remain Protected]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/drugs-medicare-plans-protected-classes-remain-protected"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/drugs-medicare-plans-protected-classes-remain-protected</id>
    <updated>2019-05-30T11:06:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Trump administration had proposed changing which meds were covered, including HIV and cancer drugs.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/72774_pharmacist-ts-85501565.jpg_da76557b-0d9a-4f1d-804f-d45eba3b951c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Clinical Trials Lack Female Participants, and That’s a Huge Problem]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-clinical-trials-lack-female-participants-huge-problem"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-clinical-trials-lack-female-participants-huge-problem</id>
    <updated>2019-05-29T15:05:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Women make up half of the HIV population, but the virus affects them differently than men.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/72713_woman-doctor.jpg_6f092fad-060c-4dd2-85d6-95e3a15e739e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What’s the Most Important Thing HIV Charities Can Do Right Now?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/important-thing-hiv-charities-can-right-now"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/important-thing-hiv-charities-can-right-now</id>
    <updated>2019-05-28T13:18:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Elton John and David Furnish discuss philanthropy and the future of their AIDS foundation.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/72568_Elton-John-shutterstock-316395599.jpg_eef78d16-507c-4a99-a6ab-606d0d57e20b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Trump Administration Wants to End Health Care Protections for LGBTs]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/trump-administration-wants-end-health-care-protections-lgbts"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/trump-administration-wants-end-health-care-protections-lgbts</id>
    <updated>2019-05-24T15:48:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The proposal rolls back nondiscrimination policies of the Affordable Care Act, notably for transgender people and women who had abortions.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/72475_gay-flag-ts-482448802.jpg_e9e303c8-9741-433a-9a9a-5acba9221bd9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[To Avert an HIV Cluster, 4 Groups Join Together to Offer HIV Tests]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/avert-hiv-cluster-4-groups-join-together-offer-hiv-tests"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/avert-hiv-cluster-4-groups-join-together-offer-hiv-tests</id>
    <updated>2019-05-24T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The agencies in this West Virginia county hope to reach folks who inject drugs.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/72444_hiv-test-iStock-50329490-XXXLARGE.jpg_08d4971b-7e7d-4604-b075-4669f94e3627.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Mary Bowman, Poet, Songwriter and Performer Who Tackled HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-mary-bowman-poet-songwriter-performer-tackled-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-mary-bowman-poet-songwriter-performer-tackled-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-05-23T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Born with HIV in 1988, Bowman worked to fight stigma and inspire others.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/72391_P04-15-015.jpg_02fca2bb-c2e5-4500-b634-9225eaf23b42.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Outbreak in Pakistan Grows to Nearly 500, Mostly Children]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-outbreak-pakistan-grows-nearly-500-mostly-children"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-outbreak-pakistan-grows-nearly-500-mostly-children</id>
    <updated>2019-05-22T06:45:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Rampant medical malpractices without any effective checks and balances are causing repeated outbreaks in Pakistan.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/72266_globe-iStock-000019436985-Large.jpg_f382b68c-0fb2-403a-a4d9-b1f5350584f3.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Walk New York Raises More than $4 Million]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-walk-new-york-raises-4-million"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-walk-new-york-raises-4-million</id>
    <updated>2019-05-20T15:48:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[15,000 people—including the stars of “Pose”—participated in the event that supports GMHC and other local HIV groups.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/72214_aids-walk-new-york-2019-.png_a9dc6896-c156-4b1c-92cf-c7bf1ad1c509.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Books for Pride]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/books-pride"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/books-pride</id>
    <updated>2019-05-20T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[LGBT and HIV themes abound in these latest offerings.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/72180_P06-19-053.jpg_fba62dfd-87f6-478a-821f-a7f70d8123be.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDSWatch 2019]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aidswatch-2019"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aidswatch-2019</id>
    <updated>2019-05-20T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[At this year's AIDSWatch, activists called out CDC director Robert Redfield for the health agency's patent rights on Truvada for PrEP.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/71757_P06-19-058.jpg_24b6ba92-0e0b-4d9c-af9a-510e652f11fc.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Life (With HIV) Is a Cabaret!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/life-hiv-cabaret"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/life-hiv-cabaret</id>
    <updated>2019-05-20T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A psychoanalyst’s insight on major issues facing people with HIV<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/71764_P06-19-062.jpg_18418e7a-9719-43cb-b770-ad4697018c8f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Busting HIV Stigma Through Photos and Stories]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/busting-hiv-stigma-stories-francesco-di-benedetto"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/busting-hiv-stigma-stories-francesco-di-benedetto</id>
    <updated>2019-05-20T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA["And So It Happened" profiles people taking HIV treatment and PrEP.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/72054_and-so-it-happened-by-francesco-di-benedetto-2.png_475df5f6-35b9-4632-8fa7-500cec8ed86b.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[POZ at 25 — June]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poz-25june"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poz-25june</id>
    <updated>2019-05-20T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A look at June issues from the POZ archives<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/71778_Untitled-5.jpg_c02c2f20-b2a3-4ec7-9854-6c3aee87dbb4.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Netflix’s “Tales of the City” Addresses the Reality of HIV Today]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/netflix-tales-city-addresses-hiv-armistead-maupin"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/netflix-tales-city-addresses-hiv-armistead-maupin</id>
    <updated>2019-05-20T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Author Armistead Maupin also shares insights about married life, bathhouses and his scandalous relationship with Rock Hudson.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/72029_P06-19-026.jpg_a239fac1-f94f-42e8-9e06-516bd54908ac.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Early AIDS Activists Contributed to Today’s Cannabis Craze]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/early-aids-activists-contributed-todays-cannabis-craze"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/early-aids-activists-contributed-todays-cannabis-craze</id>
    <updated>2019-05-20T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A look at pioneers who worked to provide medical marijuana to their communities, including folks with HIV and cancer<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/71811_DennisPeron-Trachina.jpg_e7457f99-84c8-4f04-8c36-1f1e27e8c6c0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Hepatitis Testing Day 2019]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-hepatitis-testing-day-2019"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-hepatitis-testing-day-2019</id>
    <updated>2019-05-17T17:07:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Four things you should know to be #HepAware.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/72100_liver-iStock-672559730.jpg_cf68ce27-5343-4284-bf74-7bb1fa9f2232.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Vaccine Awareness Day 2019]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-vaccine-awareness-day-2019"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-vaccine-awareness-day-2019</id>
    <updated>2019-05-17T16:12:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Federal researchers describe two paths to a vaccine—and one of them uses high-tech computers to design a vaccine candidate!<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/72086_scientist-iStock-69396665-LARGE.jpg_e93ca02d-c0b0-48e0-81ea-8df78c33bcde.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[It’s Big Pharma vs. AIDS Activists at House Oversight Hearing on PrEP Pricing]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/big-pharma-vs-aids-activists-house-oversight-hearing-prep-pricing"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/big-pharma-vs-aids-activists-house-oversight-hearing-prep-pricing</id>
    <updated>2019-05-17T12:50:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Gilead Sciences CEO defends high drug prices and claims the CDC does not own the patent to HIV prevention pill Truvada.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/72080_peter-staley-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-house-hearings-facebook2019.jpg_1ab9324f-6d70-47a9-9e44-c92b1a9edc7f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Is Life Ball, the Dazzling HIV Fundraiser, Ending After 26 Years?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/life-ball-dazzling-hiv-fundraiser-ending-26-years"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/life-ball-dazzling-hiv-fundraiser-ending-26-years</id>
    <updated>2019-05-16T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Especially when charities still rely on the star-studded Vienna event.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/71996_Life-Ball-2018-L102688.jpg_6515a660-b1ef-444b-808a-1607c22480b8.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Andy Vélez, Longtime AIDS Activist and Moderator of POZ Forums]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/rip-andy-velez-longtime-aids-activist-moderator-poz-forums"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/rip-andy-velez-longtime-aids-activist-moderator-poz-forums</id>
    <updated>2019-05-15T12:41:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A member of ACT UP and Rise and Resist, Vélez fought for drug access and civil rights, notably for those in the Latino community.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/71990_Andy-Velez-by-bill-bytsura-2019obit.jpg_ba14a461-9660-44c1-9608-ca61605c0c06.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Activists File Antitrust Lawsuit Against HIV Drug Manufacturers]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-activists-file-antitrust-lawsuit-hiv-drug-manufacturers"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-activists-file-antitrust-lawsuit-hiv-drug-manufacturers</id>
    <updated>2019-05-14T18:10:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Pharma giants made agreements to keep prices high and block competition for generics, the civil lawsuit alleges.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/71950_gavel-TS-179019578.jpg_e21eae56-9cb2-4c0a-b81a-f548177e752d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[44 States Sue 20 Makers of Generic Drugs Over Alleged Price Fixing]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/44-states-sue-20-makers-generic-drugs-alleged-price-fixing"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/44-states-sue-20-makers-generic-drugs-alleged-price-fixing</id>
    <updated>2019-05-14T07:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[At the center of the lawsuit is Teva Pharmaceutical, slated to sell a generic version of the HIV prevention pill PrEP next year.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/71708_white-pills-ts-464371647.jpg_a469fed8-654f-4235-b82d-e3a523c52962.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Are Kids With HIV at Greater Risk of Getting and Dying of TB?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/kids-hiv-greater-risk-getting-dying-tb"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/kids-hiv-greater-risk-getting-dying-tb</id>
    <updated>2019-05-13T07:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Global research teams from three U.S. universities explore this HIV-tuberculosis link, thanks to a $6.2 million grant.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/71603_charles-scanga-hiv-tb-coinfection-team.jpg_3d35c624-5db5-42cf-a1a6-b328d1e1cce2.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Gilead to Donate Up to 2.4M Bottles of HIV Prevention Pills Each Year in the U.S.]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/gilead-donate-24m-bottles-hiv-prevention-pills-year-us"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/gilead-donate-24m-bottles-hiv-prevention-pills-year-us</id>
    <updated>2019-05-10T16:15:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This will provide free PrEP to as many as 200,000 uninsured Americans until 2030.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/71610_PrEP-iStock-840195058.jpg_b79a6db9-add1-4c86-b9df-7e8a4591389a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Head of the U.N.’s AIDS Program Resigns, Effective Immediately]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/head-uns-aids-program-resigns-effective-immediately"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/head-uns-aids-program-resigns-effective-immediately</id>
    <updated>2019-05-10T11:48:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Michel Sidibé “leaves a soiled legacy.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/71589_UNAIDS-Paris-Press-Conference-90-michel-sidibe-hotel-ville.jpg_9aacd0e0-38ea-4feb-a15c-7b9d14ef949c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Generic PrEP to Arrive in September 2020, but Will Big Savings Follow?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/generic-prep-arrive-september-2020-will-big-savings-follow"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/generic-prep-arrive-september-2020-will-big-savings-follow</id>
    <updated>2019-05-09T14:19:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Only one company will sell a version of the HIV prevention pill Truvada. When others go to market, prices will likely drop further.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/71540_PrEP-iStock-000084917537-Full.jpg_26172a96-147c-4cca-98d6-e1f19d9fa3f1.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[4 Goals That Will Lower the HIV and STI Rates in Long Beach, California]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/4-goals-will-lower-hiv-sti-rates-long-beach-california"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/4-goals-will-lower-hiv-sti-rates-long-beach-california</id>
    <updated>2019-05-08T15:05:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[New HIV cases in the city remain higher than those in Los Angeles County and the state.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/71457_California-map-iStock-500114238.jpg_3596a00d-e38b-4e8d-9fdf-a0bd97eebeda.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Can an App Help Young Gay Black Men Living With HIV Take Their Meds?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/can-app-help-young-gay-black-men-living-hiv-take-meds"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/can-app-help-young-gay-black-men-living-hiv-take-meds</id>
    <updated>2019-05-06T08:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A $3.5 million grant to the University of Illinois at Chicago will help researchers find out.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/70842_gay-black-men-iStock-675071870.jpg_2ae24a9c-6686-43fd-8510-5ad0c6e78c50.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Torsten the Bareback Saint Returns! [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/torsten-bareback-saint-returns-videos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/torsten-bareback-saint-returns-videos</id>
    <updated>2019-05-03T08:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Erasure’s Andy Bell continues his mythical musical stage series with “Queereteria TV.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/70839_andy-bell-as-torsten-silence-is-golden-youtube-2019.png_9601cca7-6153-46d6-90f8-1d86bfd5cece.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Do Long-Term Care Facilities Treat LGBT Elders?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/longterm-care-facilities-treat-lgbt-elders"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/longterm-care-facilities-treat-lgbt-elders</id>
    <updated>2019-05-01T08:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Human Rights Campaign Foundation and SAGE partnered to create an equality index.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/70835_nurse-patient-iStock-177788369.jpg_87aa52b9-32a7-4e1d-872c-8460e71779e6.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Arizona Is the Third State to Pass a Law Protecting Co-pay Assistance]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/arizona-third-state-pass-law-protecting-copay-assistance"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/arizona-third-state-pass-law-protecting-copay-assistance</id>
    <updated>2019-04-30T08:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Insurance companies can no longer implement harmful co-pay accumulator policies.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/70833_money-pills-is-000000407659Large.jpg_1b293f6c-e3ac-4cd1-a4cf-3b0df5fc3cbc.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Lawsuit Alleges Safer Version of HIV Med Tenofovir Withheld]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/lawsuit-alleges-safer-version-hiv-med-tenofovir-withheld"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lawsuit-alleges-safer-version-hiv-med-tenofovir-withheld</id>
    <updated>2019-04-29T08:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Tenofovir disoproxil fumarate is found in Truvada, Viread, Atripla, Complera and Stribild.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/70831_gavel-books-istock.jpg_17ff7ebe-30ff-41d8-a718-b8c7287d871e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$1.6M in Grants to HIV Cure Researchers Targeting the Reservoir]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/16m-grants-hiv-cure-researchers-targeting-reservoir"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/16m-grants-hiv-cure-researchers-targeting-reservoir</id>
    <updated>2019-04-26T07:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The amfAR funding goes to scientists using nanotechnology and protein “fingerprinting.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/70815_HIV-TS.jpg_b1c0c7c3-80d0-442b-9507-806f10b169c4.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Accusations of Misused Funds at the U.N. AIDS Agency Raise Global Concerns]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/accusations-misused-funds-un-aids-agency-raise-global-concerns"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/accusations-misused-funds-un-aids-agency-raise-global-concerns</id>
    <updated>2019-04-25T07:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[These UNAIDS allegations arrive after last year’s turmoil involving sexual misconduct.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/70819_UNAIDS-white.jpg_eb907341-78c8-4eaf-9208-6c67412d092a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New Rule at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Helps Lower Costs of Meds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/centers-medicare-medicaid-services-bans-copay-accumulators"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/centers-medicare-medicaid-services-bans-copay-accumulators</id>
    <updated>2019-04-23T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s when insurers must allow co-pay assistance from drug companies to count toward patient cost-sharing requirements.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/70780_pills-prescription-ts-85501581.jpg_ddc86b37-9ad7-4a80-98f0-3e30fdeb770e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Make Your Reservations for Dining Out for Life 2019]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/make-reservations-dining-life-2019"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/make-reservations-dining-life-2019</id>
    <updated>2019-04-22T11:28:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In many cities, restaurants help raise HIV funds with events this week—notably, on Thursday, April 25.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/70756_dining-out-for-life-spokepersons-2019.jpg_bea9b181-33db-442a-811c-6ca2cf7ef118.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[MAC AIDS Fund Kicks Off Its 25th Year With Big Transformations]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/mac-aids-fund-kicks-25th-year-big-transformations"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/mac-aids-fund-kicks-25th-year-big-transformations</id>
    <updated>2019-04-19T13:23:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Now called the MAC Viva Glam Fund, the U.S. foundation honors 10 groups with $25,000 grants.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/70686_MAC-Viva-Glam-25-Campaign-Winnie-Harlow-1.jpg_520cdfd1-4134-4d33-a27e-c7c8e80b63ab.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Psychoanalyst’s Insight on Major Issues Facing People With HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/psychoanalysts-insight-major-issues-facing-people-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/psychoanalysts-insight-major-issues-facing-people-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-04-18T12:09:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Long-term survivor “Dr. Bradley” also delves into his Broadway career, functional narcissism and fabulous musical memoir.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/70631_bradley-jones-cabaret-by-jeff-Harnar.jpeg_35180432-63f1-45c0-b454-d698876b7e47.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Transgender HIV Testing Day 2019]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-transgender-hiv-testing-day-2019"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-transgender-hiv-testing-day-2019</id>
    <updated>2019-04-18T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Transgender women—notably, those who are Black and Latina—experience disproportionately high rates of HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/70583_national-transgender-hiv-testing-day-doing-it-cdc.jpeg_e1161ea3-6ef5-466d-9107-dc04d3511bd5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Reforms in Mexico Could Endanger Thousands Living With HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/reforms-mexico-endanger-thousands-living-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/reforms-mexico-endanger-thousands-living-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-04-17T15:07:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The country’s new administration is changing the way it buys medicines and funds clinics.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/70573_iStock-1064279806.jpg_a1ce37db-1509-44eb-83b4-587a687c24ee.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Black AIDS Institute Names a New Deputy Director]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/black-aids-institute-names-new-deputy-director"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/black-aids-institute-names-new-deputy-director</id>
    <updated>2019-04-16T12:12:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Bruce Smail is a Black bisexual man living with HIV who has worked for HIV groups in the Virgin Islands and New York state.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/70451_bruce-smail-black-aids-institute-2019.jpeg_cd0fbac9-b236-4c27-8d17-45a1cc432bfc.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Arizona Repeals “No Promo Homo” Law That Hindered HIV Education]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/arizona-repeals-promo-homo-law-hindered-hiv-education"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/arizona-repeals-promo-homo-law-hindered-hiv-education</id>
    <updated>2019-04-15T15:46:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The anti-LGBT law barred students from getting medically accurate information about safe sex.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/70384_LGBT-iStock-000063654111.jpg_8480dd6f-f5e9-4c77-92a5-243940b062cd.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Testing Basics—Presented in American Sign Language [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-testing-basicspresented-american-sign-language-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-testing-basicspresented-american-sign-language-video</id>
    <updated>2019-04-12T16:45:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This mini-episode of “Kikis with Louie” ensures that more people have access to testing information.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/70317_kikis-with-louie-get-tested-edward-youtube-april2019.png_30f60ec0-0610-4079-8850-bee7b5339720.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What Fuels the Spike in HIV Among Injection Drug Users in Glasgow?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/fuels-spike-hiv-among-injection-drug-users-glasgow"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/fuels-spike-hiv-among-injection-drug-users-glasgow</id>
    <updated>2019-04-11T12:12:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Unlike outbreaks among drug users in the United States, this one isn’t linked to opioids or meth.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/70168_is-92357419-cuffs-cocaine.jpg_cc4b1372-4fd0-424b-a0f1-c2a4005b643d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Georgia and Idaho Legalize Needle Exchanges to Stop HIV and Hep C]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/georgia-idaho-legalize-needle-exchanges-stop-hiv-hepatitis-c"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/georgia-idaho-legalize-needle-exchanges-stop-hiv-hepatitis-c</id>
    <updated>2019-04-09T12:34:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“This is a step in the right direction, but more work needs to be done.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/69982_needle-iStock-822022708.jpg_f7b0b46f-4966-4921-80a1-1f214a0287db.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Women Are a Vital Part of HIV Cure Research [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/women-vital-part-hiv-cure-research-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/women-vital-part-hiv-cure-research-video</id>
    <updated>2019-04-08T10:53:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An all-female panel of amfAR-funded HIV scientists share insights on sex differences in the HIV reservoir, gender in research and more.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/69884_amfar-female-hiv-scientists-1-2019.JPG_c64ea468-714b-4ccc-850f-ca6d7caccee8.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Americans Skip Meds and Borrow Billions to Pay for Basic Health Care]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/americans-skip-meds-borrow-billions-pay-basic-health-care"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/americans-skip-meds-borrow-billions-pay-basic-health-care</id>
    <updated>2019-04-05T16:17:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In fact, we borrowed $88 billion last year. Yet a new survey finds “a great political divide” in our satisfaction with health care.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/69826_stethoscope-money-is-000062147826.jpg_36f57304-7587-48e7-a629-721348eb9359.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Grindr Security Issues: China Wanted Access to Users’ HIV Data]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/grindr-security-issues-china-wanted-access-users-hiv-data"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/grindr-security-issues-china-wanted-access-users-hiv-data</id>
    <updated>2019-04-04T11:15:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[New details have surfaced since the U.S. ordered a Chinese firm to sell the gay dating app it acquired last year.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/69750_smart-phone-pocket-RHFA-18-010.jpg_63b5b77e-9779-4534-856f-e594ac8ef3dd.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[This Is What Nearly 600 HIV Advocates Look Like on Capitol Hill]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/nearly-600-hiv-advocates-look-like-capitol-hill"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/nearly-600-hiv-advocates-look-like-capitol-hill</id>
    <updated>2019-04-02T16:54:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Check out these inspiring images from AIDSWatch 2019, including the three Positive Leadership Award honorees.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/69579_aidswatch2019-aidsunited-twitter.jpg_f9013653-19e1-4431-8843-99d19ee8e323.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Five Ways to Better Address the Health Care Needs of Transgender People]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/five-ways-better-address-health-care-needs-transgender-people"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/five-ways-better-address-health-care-needs-transgender-people</id>
    <updated>2019-04-02T11:14:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus other findings from “Breaking Barriers to Transgender Health Care,” a report from HIV-related health plan Amida Care<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/69533_ac-whitepaper-FINAL-1.jpg_9816fefa-cc46-4cb0-b903-2d2cea7f07e4.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDSWatch 2019 Kicks Off With Address From CDC Director Robert Redfield]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aidswatch-2019-kicks-address-cdc-director-robert-redfield"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aidswatch-2019-kicks-address-cdc-director-robert-redfield</id>
    <updated>2019-04-01T11:05:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The advocacy event brings more than 550 people living with HIV to Capitol Hill to meet with their members of Congress.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/69460_AIDSWatch-Registration-2019.png_b4a8a97b-4717-474a-91e7-633efdaffebf.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Healing Through Remembrance]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/healing-remembrance-john-cunningham"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/healing-remembrance-john-cunningham</id>
    <updated>2019-04-01T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The National AIDS Memorial is much more than a grove.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/68194_P04-19-075.jpg_42127270-ca7c-4838-97eb-204ebad84b3c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Then &amp; Now]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/then-and-now-poz-history"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/then-and-now-poz-history</id>
    <updated>2019-04-01T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A glance at HIV-related themes as they appeared in 1994, the first year of POZ, and during the past year<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/68169_Untitled-2.jpg_17412e88-1c12-4be1-ae29-136a0f81fe60.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Very, Very Brief History of HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/brief-history-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/brief-history-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-04-01T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Check out this timeline of the HIV/AIDS in the United States from 1981 to the present.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/68189_P04-19-091.jpg_1ae66c59-d102-4bfc-a284-3f5b8ddd1a27.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Legacies of Loss]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/legacies-loss-memorial"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/legacies-loss-memorial</id>
    <updated>2019-04-01T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Permanent monuments across the country honor those lost to the epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/68287_P04-19-080.jpg_be39cfae-ad52-4778-9d69-50d4a25ded9a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[3 Philly Dental Offices Shut Down Amid HIV and Hepatitis Risks]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/3-philly-dental-offices-shut-amid-hiv-hepatitis-risks"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/3-philly-dental-offices-shut-amid-hiv-hepatitis-risks</id>
    <updated>2019-03-29T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[But health officials believe the risk of infection from improperly sterilized equipment is low.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/69057_P01-19-036.jpg_36e9265f-0030-4395-8be7-caadb19b30c0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Trump Administration Wants the Courts to Strike Down All of Obamacare]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/trump-administration-tries-take-away-health-care"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/trump-administration-tries-take-away-health-care</id>
    <updated>2019-03-28T11:18:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Nearly 21 million Americans could lose coverage. Meanwhile, the GOP won’t offer a health care replacement until after 2020.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/68865_is-10627197-us-flag-stethoscope.jpg_7e972f04-989e-48be-b3f4-bf18b78594fd.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Woman Becomes Country’s First Living HIV-Positive Kidney Donor [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/woman-becomes-countrys-first-living-hivpositive-kidney-donor-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/woman-becomes-countrys-first-living-hivpositive-kidney-donor-video</id>
    <updated>2019-03-27T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“It’s the chance of showing people that I am just as normal as you,” says long-term survivor Nina Martinez.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/68718_nina-martinez-kidney-donor-fox2019.png_55fdde75-90ab-43ec-999e-62b953b6043f.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[North Carolina Launches Effort to End the HIV Epidemic]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/north-carolina-launches-effort-end-hiv-epidemic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/north-carolina-launches-effort-end-hiv-epidemic</id>
    <updated>2019-03-26T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s how the state health department and N.C. AIDS Action Network plan to shape the strategy.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/68557_Virginia-iStock-000048502746.jpg_b2629ffb-e6a0-4f6d-918a-e07d8d1116da.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The POP-UP Clinic Aims to Reach Homeless People Living With HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/popup-clinic-aims-reach-homeless-people-living-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/popup-clinic-aims-reach-homeless-people-living-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-03-25T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In San Francisco, homeless people accounted for 1 percent of the population but 14 percent of new HIV cases.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/68367_pop-up-san-francisco.png_45911194-98ba-4172-bc82-a3fa424ea470.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Nashville CARES Announces New CEO: Amna Osman]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/nashville-cares-hiv-announces-new-ceo-amna-osman"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/nashville-cares-hiv-announces-new-ceo-amna-osman</id>
    <updated>2019-03-22T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[She’ll replace Joseph Interrante, who is retiring after 25 years.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/68298_Amna-Osman-CEO-nashville-cares-march2019.jpg_40df24f0-c188-4cd4-ab3c-b715b5a07a38.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Surprise: GOP Health Chief Backs Needle Exchanges as Prevention]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/surprise-gop-health-chief-backs-needle-exchanges-hiv-prevention"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/surprise-gop-health-chief-backs-needle-exchanges-hiv-prevention</id>
    <updated>2019-03-21T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[But the health secretary does not support safe injection sites.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/68142_Alex-Azar-HHS-pic-WWSG-Photo.jpg_5e06d979-5d02-4869-afca-6aa185691747.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2019]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-native-hivaids-awareness-day-2019"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-native-hivaids-awareness-day-2019</id>
    <updated>2019-03-20T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s why members of the Native community chose the first day of spring to observe NNHAAD.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/67952_NNHAAD.jpg_9076f721-1291-4f3e-a02d-c550489db3f4.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet the Teen Scientist Studying the HIV Reservoir [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meet-teen-scientist-studying-hiv-reservoir-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meet-teen-scientist-studying-hiv-reservoir-video</id>
    <updated>2019-03-19T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Samuel Weissman won second place at the 2019 Regeneron Science Talent Search. Next, he wants to help cure HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/67891_samuel-weissman-science-talent-search-facebook-march2019.png_49f95a18-ff76-4b9f-88d2-689f4af10050.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Many Immigrants Fleeing HIV Persecution Are Allowed in the U.S.?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/many-immigrants-fleeing-hiv-persecution-allowed-us"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/many-immigrants-fleeing-hiv-persecution-allowed-us</id>
    <updated>2019-03-18T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Advocates say the government hasn’t provided data on HIV-positive refugees. Here’s why they want those numbers.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/67810_US-flag-is-000003209642.jpg_d43c5a0f-5f5d-4619-8ee6-93061c6d73ff.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Project Inform, a Leader in HIV and Hep C Advocacy, Is Likely to Close]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/project-inform-leader-hiv-hepatitis-c-advocacy-likely-close"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/project-inform-leader-hiv-hepatitis-c-advocacy-likely-close</id>
    <updated>2019-03-15T13:38:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[For over 30 years, the California-based group fought for treatments, research, education and quality health care.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/67815_dana-van-gorder-david-evans-project-inform-2018.jpg_7260e37a-ce13-4ed4-aa68-23fd3b776891.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[9 New Members Named to President’s HIV Council—and They’re Meeting Right Now]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/9-new-members-named-presidents-hiv-counciland-meeting-week"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/9-new-members-named-presidents-hiv-counciland-meeting-week</id>
    <updated>2019-03-14T16:45:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[PACHA had been empty over a year, after everyone quit or was fired by Trump.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/67744_pacha-march2019-facebook-hhs.png_8b0c8c59-acc7-4c04-816c-3b77036c2000.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Pharmacy Mogul Arrested in Alleged Medicaid Fraud Involving HIV Meds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/pharmacy-mogul-arrested-alleged-medicaid-fraud-involving-hiv-meds"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/pharmacy-mogul-arrested-alleged-medicaid-fraud-involving-hiv-meds</id>
    <updated>2019-03-14T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The scheme robbed indigent patients of lifesaving HIV treatment, claims the New York State attorney general.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/67610_pharmacist-ts-85501565.jpg_7aba5c18-bf05-4112-ac4c-887a259e646d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Don’t More Folks Take PrEP Where It’s Needed Most?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/folks-take-prep-needed"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/folks-take-prep-needed</id>
    <updated>2019-03-13T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A closer look at the Deep South’s HIV prevention problem<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/67397_prevention-iStock-000079339379.jpg_e24998c4-fcec-4974-9f3f-51766ad7438d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Trump’s 2020 Budget Proposal Affects HIV Efforts]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/trumps-2020-budget-includes-291m-new-funding-end-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/trumps-2020-budget-includes-291m-new-funding-end-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-03-11T14:40:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The proposal calls for new funds to end HIV in the U.S. But it also seeks massive cuts to domestic and global HIV programs.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/67261_trump-budget-2018-seal.jpg_7177988c-231a-4fd0-9750-ce35f2ee086a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Cluster Confirmed in West Virginia Among Injection Drug Users]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-cluster-confirmed-west-virginia-among-injection-drug-users"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-cluster-confirmed-west-virginia-among-injection-drug-users</id>
    <updated>2019-03-11T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Cabell County saw about 28 new HIV cases, but nearly 1,800 people living there inject drugs.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/67166_iv-drug-use-iStock-000042653298-Double.jpg_735ecfe4-c91c-4557-8a4a-a668559b570c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2019]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-women-girls-hivaids-awareness-day-2019"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-women-girls-hivaids-awareness-day-2019</id>
    <updated>2019-03-08T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[NWGHAAD is Sunday, March 10. This year’s theme is “HIV Prevention Starts With Me.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/67108_NWGHAAD2019-women-girls-awareness-copy.png_4cc0c79d-44b2-40e7-83d3-7fb10d28ae80.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$50K Grant Toward an HIV and Sexual Health Program for Young Women]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/50k-grant-toward-hiv-sexual-health-program-young-women"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/50k-grant-toward-hiv-sexual-health-program-young-women</id>
    <updated>2019-03-07T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The funding from the Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation and Macy’s will benefit the LEAP for Girls program at GMHC.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/67003_RHSP-19-029.jpg_d848e0eb-5677-43ac-9468-88b1f9a8ac7d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb to Resign in One Month]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/fda-chief-scott-gottlieb-resign-one-month"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/fda-chief-scott-gottlieb-resign-one-month</id>
    <updated>2019-03-05T17:24:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The head of the Food and Drug Administration cited a long commute and time away from family as reasons to step down.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/66933_ScottGottlieb-IMG-1506-rect1500.jpg_b0b2a07f-2669-49fb-8b0c-6613f7ee20fe.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Reactions to the News of Another Person Possibly Cured of HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/reactions-news-another-person-possibly-cured-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/reactions-news-another-person-possibly-cured-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-03-05T14:48:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Perhaps amfAR sums it up best: “We’re certainly hopeful.”<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/66902_cure-sign-dt-9245710.jpg_5eccbd1e-c0b3-49ea-970a-e72bf6f01868.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[#AskTheHIVDoc Returns With More Bite-Size Explainers [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/askthehivdoc-returns-bitesize-explainers-videos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/askthehivdoc-returns-bitesize-explainers-videos</id>
    <updated>2019-03-04T15:15:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Dr. David Malebranche offers easy-to-understand answers to questions about treatments, HIV care, CD4 counts and more.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/66820_dr-david-malebrance-greater-than-aids-ask-the-doctor.jpg_560bb3f3-e8dc-4529-b9be-7e42c069cc8b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[PrEP 2-1-1 Dosing Gets a Big Push From a Popular U.S. Clinic]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/prep-211-dosing-gets-big-push-popular-us-clinic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/prep-211-dosing-gets-big-push-popular-us-clinic</id>
    <updated>2019-03-01T14:44:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Other countries already embrace this form of HIV prevention, also known as “on-demand,” “sex-driven” and “intermittent” PrEP.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/66805_P03-16-042.jpg_1093042c-8c31-4e87-8db6-5063692144a2.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$17.6M in Grants to Improve the Lives of People Aging With HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/17m-grants-improve-lives-people-aging-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/17m-grants-improve-lives-people-aging-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-02-28T18:12:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Funding from Gilead Sciences’ “HIV Age Positively” initiative will go to these 30 U.S. groups.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/66710_50-birthday-candles-iStock-183845181.jpg_2866d9c9-daac-451d-991e-3129787ca602.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Pharma CEOs Walk Into a Congressional Hearing to Defend High Drug Prices…]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/pharma-ceos-defend-high-drug-prices-congress"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/pharma-ceos-defend-high-drug-prices-congress</id>
    <updated>2019-02-27T13:38:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/66612_pills-money-is-000042533864.jpg_371ab240-d9e1-417d-ba77-e8db8fe84143.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Did You Catch the Nod to an HIV-Positive Ball Scene Icon at the Oscars?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/catch-nod-hivpositive-ball-scene-icon-oscars"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/catch-nod-hivpositive-ball-scene-icon-oscars</id>
    <updated>2019-02-25T16:46:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Billy Porter served the HIV reference on the red carpet. Plus: Problems with Rami Malek’s Best Actor acceptance speech? [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/66446_billiy-porter-oscars2019.png_298488ab-b69f-4ce0-9082-384694d8cb76.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New Efforts to #BreakThePatent on HIV Prevention Pill Truvada]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-efforts-breakthepatent-hiv-prevention-pill-truvada"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-efforts-breakthepatent-hiv-prevention-pill-truvada</id>
    <updated>2019-02-25T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[If the price is lowered with a generic version of PrEP, activists say, “we could end the HIV epidemic without a vaccine.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/66384_prep4all-corey-johnson-instagram-feb2019.png_7c8696a8-3d01-434f-b585-f497766800c9.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Federal Proposal Would Limit Co-Pay Assistance for Meds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/federal-proposal-limit-copay-assistance-meds"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/federal-proposal-limit-copay-assistance-meds</id>
    <updated>2019-02-22T08:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The patient advocacy coalition I Am Essential sent a letter to the HHS spelling out why the plan is dangerous.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/66273_money-pills-is-000000407659Large.jpg_8790e064-5c9d-4416-bbd1-6e31a705713f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Is the “Global Gag Rule” on Abortion Affecting PEPFAR’s HIV Programs?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/global-gag-rule-abortion-affecting-pepfars-hiv-programs"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/global-gag-rule-abortion-affecting-pepfars-hiv-programs</id>
    <updated>2019-02-21T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A survey finds that Trump’s expanded Mexico City Policy disrupts the delivery of comprehensive sexual reproductive health information.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/66137_globe-iStock-000007830614-Double.jpg_54961107-785e-494e-8aac-86376b2d1ee3.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Four Corners” Network Launches in Four Cities to Address Trans Health]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/four-corners-network-launches-four-cities-address-trans-health"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/four-corners-network-launches-four-cities-address-trans-health</id>
    <updated>2019-02-20T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Community groups in Chicago, Los Angeles, Houston and Washington, DC, will produce needed research and data.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/66101_hands-joined-ts-492365713.jpg_0d3d501d-ade5-48a1-90fc-39966dff89f6.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Situation Is “Critical” in Venezuela as Military Withholds Meds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-situation-critical-venezuela-military-withholds-meds"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-situation-critical-venezuela-military-withholds-meds</id>
    <updated>2019-02-19T15:52:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“We are scared for the safety of our activists and call upon the global community to help the people of Venezuela living with HIV.”<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/66079_iStock-157310145.jpg_62f5f7cd-088e-46e8-a879-3b8e5ee5dfa2.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Movies That Move Us]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/movies-move-us"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/movies-move-us</id>
    <updated>2019-02-18T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[POZ readers listed HIV/AIDS-themed films that have strongly affected them.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/65376_movie-posters-collage.jpg_6939e913-8d61-452f-a6d6-19a94542f775.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Get to Know Raniyah Copeland]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/get-know-raniyah-copeland"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/get-know-raniyah-copeland</id>
    <updated>2019-02-18T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Three questions for the new president and CEO of the Black AIDS Institute<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/65613_P03-19-060.jpg_9bd131ad-7b77-45c5-97c2-9a04c83428ac.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS 2020 vs. HIV 2020]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-2020-vs-hiv-2020"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-2020-vs-hiv-2020</id>
    <updated>2019-02-18T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[San Francisco and Mexico City host competing conferences.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/65356_planet-SanFran-Mexico-CIty.jpg_c681d236-5a88-41d2-be7a-ea29e49faf60.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Women’s Studies]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/womens-studies"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/womens-studies</id>
    <updated>2019-02-18T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[March 10 marks National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. These reads offer related insights.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/65343_Untitled-1.jpg_a698da07-a123-4498-8b98-8bf06ac122a7.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Judge Stops the Discharge of Two Airmen Who Have HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/judge-stops-discharge-two-airmen-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/judge-stops-discharge-two-airmen-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-02-15T15:34:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“This is a major victory in our fight to ensure everyone living with HIV can serve their country without discrimination.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/65921_P10-18-006.jpg_9dc46cba-165b-476e-a00e-58fb3af29050.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[10 Young HIV Leaders Receive Pedro Zamora Scholarships]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/10-young-hiv-leaders-receive-pedro-zamora-scholarships"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/10-young-hiv-leaders-receive-pedro-zamora-scholarships</id>
    <updated>2019-02-15T15:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s how each undergraduate student plans to fight the HIV epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/65738_pedro-zamora-scholarship-recipients-dec2018-feb2019.jpg_9dad0edb-7ee0-46a4-a2ad-1dfff27a2b7d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How to Strike at the Heart of HIV Stigma and Celebrate All Forms of Love]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/strike-heart-hiv-stigma-celebrate-forms-love"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/strike-heart-hiv-stigma-celebrate-forms-love</id>
    <updated>2019-02-14T11:18:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[With its annual letter, the International AIDS Society launches a campaign calling out stigma and discrimination.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/65766_heartofstigma-twitter.jpeg_e5fbaca8-ccbc-42c0-ba0d-1fe3065025fc.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Top 10 Threats to Global Health in 2019]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/top-10-threats-global-health-2019"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/top-10-threats-global-health-2019</id>
    <updated>2019-02-13T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV, anti-vaxxers, dengue fever and weak primary health care make the World Health Organization’s list of priorities.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/65651_iStock-961320698.jpg_d278cad6-0ac6-46b4-ac64-1f3c29d34bdb.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Man in Kentucky Accused of Posting HIV Data of 14,200 People in Singapore]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/man-kentucky-accused-posting-hiv-data-14200-people-singapore"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/man-kentucky-accused-posting-hiv-data-14200-people-singapore</id>
    <updated>2019-02-12T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[While living in the country with his physician boyfriend, he allegedly falsified his own HIV-positive blood test.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/65445_iStock-1023627926.jpg_000074fd-cf76-4119-9f42-416e9a64cf36.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Look Who’s Organizing to End Black HIV Now [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/look-organizing-end-black-hiv-now-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/look-organizing-end-black-hiv-now-video</id>
    <updated>2019-02-11T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Southern nonprofit SBPAN launches a new awareness campaign and announces a network advisory council.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/65407_southern-black-policy-and-advocacy-network2-2019.png_9bdc346f-bfac-4ddb-be1d-ed14ed45325c.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What Do We Know About Trump’s HIV Plan for America?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/know-trumps-hiv-plan-america"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/know-trumps-hiv-plan-america</id>
    <updated>2019-02-08T12:35:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Broad details emerge, such as targeting the HIV hot spots that, when combined, account for 50 percent of new HIV cases.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/65268_ending-the-hiv-epidemic-fact-sheet1-1.jpg_c498c23c-2e56-449e-9e1b-ac75843278ff.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2019]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-black-hivaids-awareness-day-2019"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-black-hivaids-awareness-day-2019</id>
    <updated>2019-02-07T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s how you can promote this year’s NBHAAD theme, “Together for Love: Stop HIV Stigma.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/65180_NBHAAD-CDC-BlackHIV-family-1200x628.jpg_6a5e6f0d-552c-4903-8793-78817c348b60.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How HIV/AIDS Groups Responded to Trump’s State of the Union Address]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hivaids-groups-responded-trumps-state-union-address"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hivaids-groups-responded-trumps-state-union-address</id>
    <updated>2019-02-06T15:14:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A roundup of statements<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/65151_usa-stethoscope-iStock-184385052.jpg_f4e74635-4042-4eb9-94c2-ea53f410530b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Attack on “Empire” Star Jussie Smollett Resonates With HIV Community]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/attack-empire-star-jussie-smollett-resonates-hiv-community"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/attack-empire-star-jussie-smollett-resonates-hiv-community</id>
    <updated>2019-02-05T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Black AIDS Institute and VOCAL-NY show support for the actor/singer.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/65040_-Jussie-Smollett-shutterstock-667020337.jpg_5b77a820-4efe-4902-ab0f-e397d0ce10bf.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Trump to Unveil a Strategy to End HIV in America by 2030]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/trump-unveil-strategy-end-hiv-america-2030"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/trump-unveil-strategy-end-hiv-america-2030</id>
    <updated>2019-02-04T12:32:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s what we know so far about the 10-year plan—and the two main officials behind it.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/64990_Donald-Trump-shutterstock-453281674.jpg_3361e435-6b16-48ac-87ad-30add6ab3d90.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Pop Star Dua Lipa’s Hit “Swan Song” References AIDS Activists [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/pop-star-dua-lipas-hit-swan-song-references-aids-activists-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/pop-star-dua-lipas-hit-swan-song-references-aids-activists-video</id>
    <updated>2019-02-01T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Part of the soundtrack to “Alita: Battle Angel,” the empowering single is one of the most played new songs on Spotify.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/64840_dual-lipa-swan-song.jpeg_79c6f17c-707a-4398-ac33-0f65bbda73ae.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Introducing the Genderless Single-Use Internal Condom!!!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/introducing-genderless-singleuse-internal-condom"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/introducing-genderless-singleuse-internal-condom</id>
    <updated>2019-01-31T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[It was previously known as the female condom—until the FDA made these three big regulatory changes.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/64776_FC2-internal-condom-video-still.png_8a8a5bba-7a37-4a71-81dd-6ff29a20a0fd.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How to Succeed at HIV Advocacy in Five Free Lessons [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/succeed-hiv-advocacy-five-free-lessons-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/succeed-hiv-advocacy-five-free-lessons-video</id>
    <updated>2019-01-30T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Claim Your Seat at the Table!” is a multimedia guide from the experts at Positive Women’s Network–USA.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/64693_shyronn-jones-pwn-usa-jan2019.png_b303df90-3b87-4ce9-84bd-e311f9449dee.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Behind the New Claim That White Mercenaries Tried to Spread HIV in Africa]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/behind-claim-white-mercenaries-tried-spread-hiv-africa-hammarskjold"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/behind-claim-white-mercenaries-tried-spread-hiv-africa-hammarskjold</id>
    <updated>2019-01-29T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The AIDS conspiracy theory has resurfaced in the film “Cold Case Hammarskjöld,” which debuted at Sundance.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/64653_cold-case-hammarskjold-2019-film.jpg_7094c783-5737-4555-9f38-7db5693f53e9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Activists Endorse the “Reclaim Pride Coalition” Plan for a Stonewall 50 March]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-activists-endorse-reclaim-pride-coalition-plan-stonewall-50-march"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-activists-endorse-reclaim-pride-coalition-plan-stonewall-50-march</id>
    <updated>2019-01-28T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The “non-corporate, grassroots” march in NYC will be held the same day as the traditional Pride march.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/64608_reclaim-pride-Alana-Reilly-we-resist-.jpeg_9e63bd26-ca33-47b9-a7c9-6fe94f4dc263.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[These 2019 Oscar Nominees Played Characters Living With HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/2019-oscar-nominees-played-hivpositive-characters"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/2019-oscar-nominees-played-hivpositive-characters</id>
    <updated>2019-01-22T17:52:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Freddie Mercury and Jack Hock died of AIDS-related illnesses. The actors who portrayed them in recent movies are up for Academy Awards.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/64157_richard-e-grant-rami-malek.png_29af4a23-bed3-43e6-97dc-da6f8289fe31.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Assessing the Trump Administration’s HIV and LGBT Policies in 2018]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/assessing-trump-administrations-hiv-lgbt-policies-2018"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/assessing-trump-administrations-hiv-lgbt-policies-2018</id>
    <updated>2019-01-22T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[To quote the president: SAD!<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/64025_white-house.JPG_6ac54dd7-638a-4933-a86f-53656ea94ead.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[About Steve-O Snorting Cocaine Tainted With HIV-Positive Blood…]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/steveo-snorting-cocaine-tainted-hivpositive-blood"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/steveo-snorting-cocaine-tainted-hivpositive-blood</id>
    <updated>2019-01-18T11:40:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Was the “Jackass” star at risk of contracting HIV? Plus: the other link between HIV and cocaine.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/64005_steve-o-on-graham-bensinger2019.png_370e47be-4bb6-4932-823b-3bcca84e6c14.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Over 100 People Die of AIDS-Related Illness Each Year at This U.S. Clinic]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/100-people-die-aidsrelated-illness-year-us-clinic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/100-people-die-aidsrelated-illness-year-us-clinic</id>
    <updated>2019-01-17T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“The number of people that we watch die alone is one of the greatest tragedies of our time.”<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/63939_atlanta-iStock-000020427978-Full.jpg_0dd07b68-2f1c-432f-b728-3c0633ecb08a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AG Nominee William Barr’s Record Shows “Disturbing Views” About HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/ag-nominee-william-barrs-record-shows-disturbing-views-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/ag-nominee-william-barrs-record-shows-disturbing-views-hiv</id>
    <updated>2019-01-15T18:23:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[His earlier stint as attorney general included holding immigrants in an “HIV concentration camp.” Then there are his views on LGBT people.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/63900_William-Pelham-Barr-2005.png_cf41d545-4314-4023-812e-ec5f78b6fb3a.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Housing Works and Bailey House Complete Their Merger]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/housing-works-bailey-house-complete-merger"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/housing-works-bailey-house-complete-merger</id>
    <updated>2019-01-15T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new executive director is named, and the popular NYC fundraisers remain on the calendar.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/63863_housing-iStock-000087518897.jpg_f84b83a2-36e3-4f25-9523-fc7888a31b2a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[GNP+ Announces a New Executive Director: Rico Gustav]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/gnp-announces-new-executive-director-rico-gustav"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/gnp-announces-new-executive-director-rico-gustav</id>
    <updated>2019-01-14T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[He will lead the Global Network of People Living With HIV during a “turbulent yet transformational” time.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/63773_rico-gustav-gnpplus2019.jpg_6c630a0a-536a-4d46-9de1-fdc44173a5ab.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What If You Take HIV Meds but Your Immune System Doesn’t Rebound?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/take-hiv-meds-immune-system-rebound"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/take-hiv-meds-immune-system-rebound</id>
    <updated>2019-01-11T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A group of “immunological nonresponders” wants the FDA to grant them orphan disease status.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/63652_P07-18-022.jpg_b24b793c-0d9d-4c07-84b0-234f48ad81b7.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[World’s Largest Gay App Stops Signing Up New Users Over HIV Concerns]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/worlds-largest-gay-app-stops-signing-new-users-hiv-concerns"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/worlds-largest-gay-app-stops-signing-new-users-hiv-concerns</id>
    <updated>2019-01-10T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Underage users allegedly contracted the virus via dates set up on the Chinese app Blued.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/63597_smart-phone-iStock-492454166.jpg_62c6919e-bf36-4720-89a3-84e38b802bbf.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Major Insurer Will No Longer Deny Coverage Solely Because of PrEP Use]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/major-insurer-will-longer-deny-coverage-solely-prep-use"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/major-insurer-will-longer-deny-coverage-solely-prep-use</id>
    <updated>2019-01-09T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Mutual of Omaha’s settlements follow allegations of discrimination against people taking Truvada to prevent HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/63488_gavel-iStock-000014652560-Double.jpg_187da927-acdb-448f-b130-1e2de6b61086.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Gets a Starring Role (and Scores Several Wins) at the Golden Globes]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-gets-starring-role-scores-several-wins-golden-globes"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-gets-starring-role-scores-several-wins-golden-globes</id>
    <updated>2019-01-07T16:20:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Nominations included “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “Pose” and “The Assassination of Gianni Versace.” Watch the acceptance speeches!<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/63419_golden-globes2019-rami-malek-youtube-nmc.png_348977e8-e67a-4380-a64a-0f4796f2e3b1.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“U=U” Stories]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/uu-stories"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/uu-stories</id>
    <updated>2019-01-07T10:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The “+series” (Positive Series) campaign lets the world know that undetectable equals untransmittable.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/63059_P01-19-017.jpg_de160ddb-1ec0-41bb-9c44-da1c4de5eed6.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Keep It Together]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/keep-together-david-massey-johnny-lester"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/keep-together-david-massey-johnny-lester</id>
    <updated>2019-01-07T10:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[David and Johnny are committed to each other—and to overcoming any challenge to 
their union.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/63216_P01-19-031.jpg_28802ec5-b77a-4e35-8182-c1554c2ac468.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Portrait of an Activist]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/portrait-activist-bill-bytsura"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/portrait-activist-bill-bytsura</id>
    <updated>2019-01-07T10:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Decades ago, Bill Bytsura photographed ACT UP members. Now he’s got a book.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/62952_P01-19-022.jpg_d821a4a0-ec79-43e1-95b1-d692f6d2f77a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Go Back to 1985]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/go-back-1985"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/go-back-1985</id>
    <updated>2019-01-07T10:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Why Yen Tan says long-term survivors seem grateful about his AIDS film<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/63088_P01-19-046.jpg_b405aab2-a1e7-40fa-9a3a-31ec312f7332.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Southern Nevada Aims for 90-90-90 HIV Treatment Targets Before 2030]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/southern-nevada-aims-909090-hiv-treatment-targets-2030"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/southern-nevada-aims-909090-hiv-treatment-targets-2030</id>
    <updated>2019-01-07T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Efforts to reduce transmissions include needle exchange vending machines, testing and PrEP.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/63333_syringe-vending-machines-las-vegas1.jpg_3516e5bf-92c8-4005-bb44-54f2fc4c5326.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Faith-Based HIV Program Launches in Tennessee for Blacks and Latinos]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/faithbased-hiv-program-launches-tennessee-blacks-latinos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/faithbased-hiv-program-launches-tennessee-blacks-latinos</id>
    <updated>2019-01-04T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Cempa Talks initiative is based in Chattanooga, where more than 55 percent of people living with HIV are African American.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/63296_iStock-134205619.jpg_556ecbf7-e364-42ca-9191-762234283825.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[9.4 Million People Have HIV and Don’t Know It, Says Global Report]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/9-million-people-hiv-know-says-unaids-global-report"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/9-million-people-hiv-know-says-unaids-global-report</id>
    <updated>2019-01-02T11:23:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In total, about 37 million people are living with HIV, and nearly 53 percent of them are not virally suppressed.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/63155_jc2940-knowledge-is-power-report-en-1-1.jpg_d1509ca1-04c4-4bbf-9e4d-847f70f484cf.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Woman Whose Image Appeared in an HIV Ad Is Awarded $125K in Damages]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/woman-whose-image-appeared-hiv-ad-awarded-125k-damages"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/woman-whose-image-appeared-hiv-ad-awarded-125k-damages</id>
    <updated>2019-01-01T19:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The model, who does not have HIV, did not give permission to use the photo, and no disclaimer appeared in the 2013 campaign.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/63058_gavel-iStock-453975745.jpg_37dce024-14e8-4ad2-895e-8d30039e939f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hector Xtravaganza, Acclaimed Dancer and HIV Activist, Dies at 60]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hector-xtravaganza-acclaimed-dancer-hiv-activist-dies-60"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hector-xtravaganza-acclaimed-dancer-hiv-activist-dies-60</id>
    <updated>2018-12-31T13:35:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Grandfather of the House of Xtravaganza consulted on the hit TV series “Pose.” He was also a 2018 POZ 100 honoree. [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/63121_xtravaganza-hector.jpg_ca93dd23-c3cd-4594-bdc2-0e775dc19c8b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[32 “Transformative Grants” Awarded to Groups Fighting HIV in the Deep South]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/32-transformative-grants-awarded-groups-fighting-hiv-deep-south"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/32-transformative-grants-awarded-groups-fighting-hiv-deep-south</id>
    <updated>2018-12-28T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[With funding by the three coordinating centers of the Gilead COMPASS Initiative<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/62884_southern-aids-coalition-2018-transformative-grants-compass-initiative.png_f13b4e0f-431e-4252-93d4-35e43580594b.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Enjoy These Peaceful Images From “Light in the Grove”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/enjoy-peaceful-images-light-grove-hiv-slideshow"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/enjoy-peaceful-images-light-grove-hiv-slideshow</id>
    <updated>2018-12-27T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A slideshow from the National AIDS Memorial gala<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/62893_46309107101-97421c94b9-k.jpg_2c1c05ee-038c-49e5-98a5-2df2c223cd51.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Connecticut Hopes to Get to Zero New HIV Cases [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/connecticut-hopes-get-zero-new-hiv-cases-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/connecticut-hopes-get-zero-new-hiv-cases-video</id>
    <updated>2018-12-26T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A “Getting to Zero CT” commission offers six recommendations.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/62735_getting-to-zero-ct-roslyn-burton-robertson.png_eacd753e-be5c-4088-9751-54700a701a60.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$32K in “Holiday Hugs” Given to 10 HIV/AIDS Nonprofits]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/32k-holiday-hugs-given-10-hivaids-nonprofits"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/32k-holiday-hugs-given-10-hivaids-nonprofits</id>
    <updated>2018-12-24T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Awarded by The Campbell Foundation, known for supporting alternative HIV research<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/62721_campbell-foundation-holiday-hugs2018-broward-house.jpeg_fe064d78-6a92-4d6f-bb6e-2e562ae2ef2c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet the Oldest Known Person Living With HIV [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meet-oldest-known-person-living-hiv-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meet-oldest-known-person-living-hiv-video</id>
    <updated>2018-12-21T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Miguel, nicknamed “the Lisbon Patient,” is about to turn 100.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/62698_lisbon-patient-2018-ctv-news.png_b1321588-5f65-4312-8909-277bd2bb1a2c.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Military Starts Discharging Service Members Living With HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/military-starts-discharging-service-members-living-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/military-starts-discharging-service-members-living-hiv</id>
    <updated>2018-12-20T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Trump is sending some men and women in uniform home for the holidays without jobs.”<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/62696_iStock-173228635.jpg_c8e2c59f-3ca4-41d9-b197-8795fb54d25a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Trump Signs Law Renewing Global AIDS Funding for PEPFAR]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/trump-signs-law-renewing-global-aids-funding-pepfar"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/trump-signs-law-renewing-global-aids-funding-pepfar</id>
    <updated>2018-12-19T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The program has saved at least a million lives, despite the White House’s increased efforts to undermine it.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/62514_red-ribbon-globe-iStock-10509810-LARGE.jpg_964f8827-d805-47fa-bf40-64e1fdf37929.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Head of U.N. AIDS Program to Step Down Early Amid Criticism]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/head-un-aids-program-step-early-amid-criticism"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/head-un-aids-program-step-early-amid-criticism</id>
    <updated>2018-12-18T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Michel Sidibé, the UNAIDS leader, failed to stop sexual harassment, abuse and favoritism, concluded a report.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/62506_UNAIDS-Paris-Press-Conference-90-michel-sidibe-hotel-ville.jpg_18f31f30-c7d4-47be-be9d-d5cab5bb03a5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Canadian Feds Issue Science-Based Policy on HIV Nondisclosure Cases]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/canadian-feds-issue-sciencebased-policy-hiv-nondisclosure-cases"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/canadian-feds-issue-sciencebased-policy-hiv-nondisclosure-cases</id>
    <updated>2018-12-17T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[But is the new directive only symbolic?<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/62345_handcuffs-condom-iStock-000014057234-Full.jpg_cd98a676-ad54-4bc8-aea1-8b01d634b771.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[NIH to Fund Efforts to Treat and Prevent HIV in Southern States]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/nih-fund-efforts-treat-prevent-hiv-southern-states"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/nih-fund-efforts-treat-prevent-hiv-southern-states</id>
    <updated>2018-12-14T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The new federal initiative will work with existing research programs in eight cities.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/62282_stetho-money-is-000019024391.jpg_499f8b0c-ebdf-4471-bb31-a6c6cb7c0489.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Two Cochairs Named for Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/two-cochairs-named-presidential-advisory-council-hivaids"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/two-cochairs-named-presidential-advisory-council-hivaids</id>
    <updated>2018-12-13T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Last year, six members of PACHA resigned in protest of Trump, who then fired the rest. Until now, the council had remained empty.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/62274_red-ribbon-white-house.jpg_f6f54965-d9dd-4dc6-973e-c10052ea998b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS United Awards $300K in Grants to Develop HIV Leadership]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-united-awards-300k-grants-develop-hiv-leadership"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-united-awards-300k-grants-develop-hiv-leadership</id>
    <updated>2018-12-12T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[It’s part of the People Organizing Positively initiative to help empower people living with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/62085_puzzle-hands-ts-461988345.jpg_2bdd4539-7d60-4a78-812d-37ec042defa8.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Alternative to AIDS 2020 Conference to Be Held in Mexico City]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/alternative-aids-2020-conference-held-mexico-city"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/alternative-aids-2020-conference-held-mexico-city</id>
    <updated>2018-12-10T13:17:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[It’s planned by activists who cannot or will not attend the San Francisco gathering because of U.S. discriminatory policies.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/62021_iStock-1064279806.jpg_76a07830-8e5b-473c-92cb-552fe3c2dc98.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“AIDSfree” Fundraiser to Help Six Cities Worldwide, Including Atlanta]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aidsfree-fundraiser-help-six-cities-worldwide-including-atlanta"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aidsfree-fundraiser-help-six-cities-worldwide-including-atlanta</id>
    <updated>2018-12-07T13:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The U.K.-based Christmas Appeal is a joint effort of two newspapers and the Elton John AIDS Foundation.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/61826_evgeny-lebedev-elton-john-ejaf-twitter-2018.png_c611e77f-c5ea-4608-89aa-b29a2bccc48b.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Trump Administration Might End Funding of Vital HIV Research Center]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/trump-administration-plans-end-funding-vital-hiv-research-center"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/trump-administration-plans-end-funding-vital-hiv-research-center</id>
    <updated>2018-12-06T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Because the scientists use fetal tissue.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/62008_iStock-826661746.jpg_a5cd91ef-1faf-462d-a3c7-229abe8d1152.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Funding From Private Sources Drops $37M in 2017]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-funding-private-sources-drops-37m-2017"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-funding-private-sources-drops-37m-2017</id>
    <updated>2018-12-05T07:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here are the top 20 philanthropic funders of HIV, according to an FCAA report, which also offers good news for the U.S. South and PrEP.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/61794_FCAA-2017RT-FINsingles-4.jpg_dc016d8c-7e41-4a28-b108-e483cb29ff25.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[George H.W. Bush Is Not Fondly Remembered by AIDS Activists]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/george-hw-bush-fondly-remembered-aids-activists"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/george-hw-bush-fondly-remembered-aids-activists</id>
    <updated>2018-12-04T13:26:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[If you don’t know why, then watch this 1992 video of ACT UP’s Ashes Action outside the White House.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/61744_george-bush-act-up-poster-avram-finkelstein.jpg_6249cb25-aded-4741-af32-d4bc9742df99.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Ward 86, the Country’s First AIDS Clinic, Marks 35 Years of Milestones]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/ward-86-countrys-first-aids-clinic-marks-35-years-milestones"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/ward-86-countrys-first-aids-clinic-marks-35-years-milestones</id>
    <updated>2018-12-03T18:16:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The clinic is home to the “San Francisco Model of HIV Care” and other influential services and approaches.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/61664_P06-18-075.jpg_f43006ee-6fe6-4301-9fcd-4314154f0bb5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The “Absolute Charade” of Pence’s World AIDS Day Address [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/absolute-charade-pences-world-aids-day-address-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/absolute-charade-pences-world-aids-day-address-video</id>
    <updated>2018-11-30T17:22:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[For the second year, the White House ignores the group of Americans most affected by HIV. And that’s not the only omission.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/61551_mike-pence-world-aids-day-2018.png_567ddf4b-f2a1-4c21-a5c8-4c3390e883bd.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How to Cope When You’re Looking for Love but Finding HIV Stigma Instead]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/cope-looking-love-finding-hiv-stigma-instead"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/cope-looking-love-finding-hiv-stigma-instead</id>
    <updated>2018-11-29T18:50:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Members of the POZ Personals community share their experiences.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/61513_iStock-516419470.jpg_76a96792-56dd-43ab-8fd7-782a75c5d9f2.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Real Stories of HIV Stigma and Its (Often Surprising) Outcomes]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/real-stories-hiv-stigma-often-surprising-outcomes"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/real-stories-hiv-stigma-often-surprising-outcomes</id>
    <updated>2018-11-29T18:45:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A collection of experiences regarding so-called friends and health care professionals<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/61511_iStock-636562998.jpg_8a14e22f-ddfa-44ac-bbd6-2cafa9e2de14.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[ECHO, a Council of Youth Activists With HIV, Launches on World AIDS Day]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/echo-council-youth-activists-hiv-launches-world-aids-day"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/echo-council-youth-activists-hiv-launches-world-aids-day</id>
    <updated>2018-11-29T18:22:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Founded by Advocates for Youth, the council aims to end HIV stigma and decriminalize HIV. [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/61503_party-crowd-ts-183439386.jpg_fc2353f2-3cba-48b6-b834-d2b7a4890f15.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How San Francisco Will Spend an $8M Federal Grant to Fight HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/San-Francisco-spend-8m-federal-grant-fight-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/San-Francisco-spend-8m-federal-grant-fight-hiv</id>
    <updated>2018-11-28T11:22:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Hint: Officials say a lack of housing in the city hinders their efforts to get to zero new HIV cases.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/61244_san-francisco-TS-478238978.jpg_89a5803e-aff8-449b-902c-222ac41dda5b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Trump Wants to Restrict Access to HIV Meds for People on Medicare]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Trump-wants-restrict-access-hiv-meds-medicare"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Trump-wants-restrict-access-hiv-meds-medicare</id>
    <updated>2018-11-27T17:50:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In a move to cut Medicare costs, the proposed changes would also affect people with cancer, depression and schizophrenia.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/61224_HEP-Fall-18-004.png_009c4681-1f25-47de-8e2b-191c0f86bc22.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Elton John AIDS Foundation Combines Its U.K. and U.S. Efforts]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Elton-john-aids-foundation-combines-uk-us-efforts"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Elton-john-aids-foundation-combines-uk-us-efforts</id>
    <updated>2018-11-26T16:29:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[As EJAF integrates into one global team, U.S. executive director Scott Campbell will step down.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/61098_Elton-John-shutterstock-316395599.jpg_257a0a00-9800-4568-902d-4241dbaa542a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Task Force Urges Doctors to Recommend PrEP to Prevent HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/federal-task-force-urges-doctors-recommend-prep-prevent-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/federal-task-force-urges-doctors-recommend-prep-prevent-hiv</id>
    <updated>2018-11-23T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“This is definitely fantastic news and validates everything science has been saying.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/61000_Hand-PrEP.jpg_5a27e1e9-71f8-4229-9439-883c983c9c58.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Human Rights Watch: Trans Women in South Florida Lack HIV Care]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/human-rights-watch-trans-women-south-florida-lack-hiv-care"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/human-rights-watch-trans-women-south-florida-lack-hiv-care</id>
    <updated>2018-11-21T11:59:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The report notes that governments will “never get to zero on HIV until they reach the trans community.” [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/60987_living-at-risk-hrw-trans-florida-1.jpg_6c7dc717-4faf-4a70-92f0-561a264b8b70.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[California Wildfires Destroy Camp for Teens Living With HIV [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/california-wildfires-destroy-camp-teens-living-hiv-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/california-wildfires-destroy-camp-teens-living-hiv-video</id>
    <updated>2018-11-20T12:21:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[For 24 years, Camp Hollywood HEART, part of One Heartland, offered creative arts programs to the kids.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/60860_neil-willenson-camp-heartland-wtmj4-2018.png_e19fee3f-6b6e-4c15-9a6e-2a01e56c57bb.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Ex-Inmate Settles Lawsuit Alleging Harsher Punishment Based on His HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/exinmate-settles-lawsuit-alleging-harsher-punishment-based-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/exinmate-settles-lawsuit-alleging-harsher-punishment-based-hiv</id>
    <updated>2018-11-19T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Michigan Department of Corrections will update its policies to reflect a modern understanding of HIV transmission risk.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/60629_john-dorn-lambda-legal-michigan-case.jpg_41fe6823-89c8-4e44-965e-784792cd625a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[LED Art Trucks to Light Up NYC on World AIDS Day]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/led-art-trucks-light-nyc-world-aids-day"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/led-art-trucks-light-nyc-world-aids-day</id>
    <updated>2018-11-16T08:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Jenny Holzer’s “#LightTheFight” marks the launch of the NYC AIDS Memorial’s arts and education program.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/60588_AIDS-Memorial-9-of-298.jpg_a1866d39-925e-4de5-9fd8-ea10b5eee409.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Open Enrollment for ACA Health Insurance Ends December 15]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/open-enrollment-aca-health-insurance-ends-december-15"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/open-enrollment-aca-health-insurance-ends-december-15</id>
    <updated>2018-11-15T13:18:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Don’t delay! But be aware of these changes to the 2019 Affordable Care Act marketplace.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/60586_stethoscope-calendar-iStock-123909773.jpg_069cbc0b-3206-457c-ac04-391238944633.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[These (RED) Condoms Fight HIV in More Ways Than One [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/red-condoms-fight-hiv-ways-one-videos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/red-condoms-fight-hiv-ways-one-videos</id>
    <updated>2018-11-14T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Javier Muñoz, Thandie Newton and Zara Larsson want the world to #GAF. Durex (RED) condoms raise AIDS funds.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/60495_durex-red-zara-larsson-2018.png_c666507e-94c8-4146-8563-d2987bd90112.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[CEO of Nashville CARES to Retire After 25 Years at the AIDS Group]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/ceo-nashville-cares-retire-25-years-aids-group"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/ceo-nashville-cares-retire-25-years-aids-group</id>
    <updated>2018-11-13T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A search committee is looking for a successor to Joe Interrante, who’s also an HIV long-term survivor.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/60430_Joe-interrante-nashville-cares2018.png_fbdac2f0-4c64-4234-84e1-8b30adab33dd.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Good Kind of Viral]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/good-kind-viral"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/good-kind-viral</id>
    <updated>2018-11-12T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[When your HIV social media post reaches the masses<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/60030_Planet-social-media-b2.jpg_b5ad5525-297b-44f8-b98d-972cc1e8c720.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[An Oral History of AIDS and Art]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/oral-history-aids-art"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/oral-history-aids-art</id>
    <updated>2018-11-12T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Listen to (or read) 40 in-depth interviews with artists who created work during the early epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/60610_P12-18-058.jpg_9e3c8835-5d2e-4b4c-a113-cb126079ecb3.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[On the Pill and on TV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/pill-tv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/pill-tv</id>
    <updated>2018-11-12T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Truvada drugmaker Gilead Sciences promotes HIV prevention and PrEP.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/59984_P12-18-051.jpg_750b4ea6-b450-482e-a48f-34c1ddf4db66.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Unique Voices in HIV-Themed Memoirs, Art Books and More]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/unique-voices-books"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/unique-voices-books</id>
    <updated>2018-11-12T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Rentboys, artists, doctors and historians—all have something valuable to say about HIV in our latest roundup of books.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/60013_P12-18-066.jpg_8be9604d-4587-438d-a6cb-087395d8701a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[You’ve Heard That PrEP Can Prevent HIV, but So Can PEP]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/heard-prep-can-prevent-hiv-can-pep"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/heard-prep-can-prevent-hiv-can-pep</id>
    <updated>2018-11-12T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new campaign and program aim to boost awareness of and access to post-exposure prophylaxis.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/60332_peptalk-nyc-website-screengrab1-2108.png_7fc16e7f-c097-4875-b515-8b5f5ffb221a.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What If Federal Law Defines Sex so That Transgender People Don’t Exist?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/federal-law-defines-sex-transgender-people-exist"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/federal-law-defines-sex-transgender-people-exist</id>
    <updated>2018-11-09T13:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Over 35 groups—including HIV doctors—warn Trump administration leaders about the negative health care consequences of such a plan.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/60305_White-House-ts-164566891.jpg_964f969b-370c-4f41-867a-d1832d184043.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Much of HIV Charitable Giving Goes to Local Nonprofits?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/much-hiv-charitable-giving-goes-local-nonprofits"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/much-hiv-charitable-giving-goes-local-nonprofits</id>
    <updated>2018-11-08T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A related report explores better ways to fund community-based responses to HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/60109_P10-18-005.jpg_5d93f9db-6594-4165-b823-7b728c33740f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Bono Thanks Congress for Ignoring Trump…by Not Cutting AIDS Funds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/bono-thanks-congress-ignoring-trumpby-cutting-aids-funds"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/bono-thanks-congress-ignoring-trumpby-cutting-aids-funds</id>
    <updated>2018-11-07T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Also: The rock star is prepping for the (RED) Auction at Art Basel, with works by Jeff Koons, Marilyn Minter, Ai Weiwei and more.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/59943_Bono-shutterstock-197745206.jpg_609ad113-92af-4cd2-b2b2-c7a75bea2d59.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Tom Hanks Reflects on 25th Anniversary of AIDS Film “Philadelphia” [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/tom-hanks-reflects-25th-anniversary-aids-film-philadelphia-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/tom-hanks-reflects-25th-anniversary-aids-film-philadelphia-video</id>
    <updated>2018-11-06T13:34:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In the short film “The Last Mile,” the cast looks at the progress we’ve made against the epidemic—and the efforts that continue.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/59871_last-mile-tom-hanks-coca-cola-red-2018.png_9a6d9a78-995e-41b7-843e-75052190d024.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Stories Behind the Portraits in “the AIDS activist project” [SLIDESHOW]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/stories-behind-portraits-aids-activist-project-hiv-slideshow"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/stories-behind-portraits-aids-activist-project-hiv-slideshow</id>
    <updated>2018-11-05T16:03:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Photographer and ACT UP member Bill Bytsura guides us through his decades-in-the-making book.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/60062_aids-activist-project-combo-image.png_e645b93a-6a4c-4ee0-a9ca-36eec1d13dfa.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Behind the Tearful HIV Reveal on “How to Get Away with Murder”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/behind-tearful-hiv-reveal-get-away-murder"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/behind-tearful-hiv-reveal-get-away-murder</id>
    <updated>2018-11-05T12:41:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“It’s terrifying. It’s like coming out again,” actor Conrad Ricamora tells GLAAD.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/59742_how-to-get-away-with-murder-2018.png_8a920aa2-e923-42ea-8cfa-a1531b0c3368.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Empire” Plot Adds HIV, PrEP and Two Black Men in Love]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/empire-plot-adds-hiv-prep-two-black-men-love"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/empire-plot-adds-hiv-prep-two-black-men-love</id>
    <updated>2018-11-02T13:07:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[But how will Cookie deal with her son’s HIV-positive lover?<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/59639_jussie-smollett-twitter-aidshealthcare.png_a7ffa789-95d6-4642-881a-981e398c6af6.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[104,000 New HIV Cases in Russia as Rates Also Rise in Eastern Europe]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/104000-new-hiv-cases-russia-rates-also-rise-eastern-europe"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/104000-new-hiv-cases-russia-rates-also-rise-eastern-europe</id>
    <updated>2018-11-01T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“I keep thinking, this is sub-Saharan Africa happening all over again.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/59525_Russia-iStock-187944990.jpg_15450d24-a36e-420d-84c7-9377c92a0587.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A New LGBT-Friendly SPOT to Get Tested for HIV in Atlanta]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-lgbtfriendly-spot-get-tested-hiv-atlanta"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-lgbtfriendly-spot-get-tested-hiv-atlanta</id>
    <updated>2018-10-31T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Located at the Rush Center, the SPOT builds upon the knowledge of people living with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/59438_SPOT-atlanta-opening.jpg_311b3840-5799-4d1f-b942-503832f6973c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Doctor Who Treated People With HIV Was Among Those Slain at Synagogue]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/doctor-treated-people-hiv-among-slain-synagogue"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/doctor-treated-people-hiv-among-slain-synagogue</id>
    <updated>2018-10-30T11:06:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Before there was effective treatment for HIV, he was known in the community for keeping us alive the longest.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/59256_doc-heart-hands-is-000019410114.jpg_c32f2765-5ffd-45fa-9740-7a71104517ed.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Sister Friends Get PrEP’d and Talk Candidly About Love and Sex [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/sister-friends-get-prepd-talk-candidly-love-sex-videos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/sister-friends-get-prepd-talk-candidly-love-sex-videos</id>
    <updated>2018-10-29T13:24:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The LA videos star women of color and promote HIV prevention. Watch all three here!<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/59218_sister-friends-los-angeles-prep-1-2018.png_c34f75ec-859e-4f1e-8f0c-996d1b136c6d.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$2.16M Grant to Tailor HIV Prevention PrEP for Women of Color [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/216m-grant-tailor-hiv-prevention-prep-women-color-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/216m-grant-tailor-hiv-prevention-prep-women-color-video</id>
    <updated>2018-10-26T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The study hopes to understand why Black women, who are at higher risk for HIV, are not likely to take PrEP.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/59081_natalie-leblanc-university-of-rochester-nursing2018.png_be85c387-ab80-4118-acb9-68fffa272532.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Activists Interrupt the Premiere of “Bohemian Rhapsody” [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-activists-interrupt-premiere-bohemian-rhapsody-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-activists-interrupt-premiere-bohemian-rhapsody-video</id>
    <updated>2018-10-25T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[ACT UP London connects PrEP, stigma and HIV-positive immigrants to the rock biopic about Queen and Freddie Mercury.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/59263_bohemian-rhapsody-official-trailer.jpg_2d69676e-07cd-48a0-96ed-b384879b405d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Film “1985” Offers a Refreshing Take on a Familiar Topic]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-film-1985-offers-refreshing-take-familiar-topic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-film-1985-offers-refreshing-take-familiar-topic</id>
    <updated>2018-10-24T13:52:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Long-term survivors are grateful to have a film like this around,” director Yen Tan tells POZ. “They often feel forgotten.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/59075_P06-18-072.jpg_0396f1cc-a2c3-4544-ad70-c7d8aa74c271.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Law Project of Pennsylvania Celebrates 30 Years [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-law-project-pennsylvania-celebrates-30-years-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-law-project-pennsylvania-celebrates-30-years-video</id>
    <updated>2018-10-24T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[What has changed in three decades? “We’re now helping people live healthy lives, plan for their futures.”<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/59021_aids-law-project-pennsylvania-ronda-goldfein-2018.png_0603e21a-269b-4216-a111-f4efac6867f5.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[27 Percent of HIV Docs Don’t Know Whether Their State Expanded Medicaid]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/27-percent-hiv-docs-know-whether-state-expanded-medicaid"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/27-percent-hiv-docs-know-whether-state-expanded-medicaid</id>
    <updated>2018-10-23T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A national survey gauges HIV care providers’ views about the Affordable Care Act.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/58945_kathleen-mcmanus-md-university-of-virginia-2018.jpg_fdbcf6b1-f9c3-41a1-b573-4ff25b6eee1f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$4.4M in Grants to Boost HIV Training Among Care Providers in the Midwest]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/44m-grants-boost-hiv-training-among-care-providers-midwest"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/44m-grants-boost-hiv-training-among-care-providers-midwest</id>
    <updated>2018-10-22T11:17:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The federal funding has been awarded to the Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center in Chicago.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/58919_ricardo-rivero-university-illiinois-chicago2018.jpg_b8cd1d73-375b-4779-b1ba-59f0be284003.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What Role Does Lymph Node Scarring Play in the Body’s Fight Against HIV?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/role-lymph-node-scarring-play-bodys-fight-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/role-lymph-node-scarring-play-bodys-fight-hiv</id>
    <updated>2018-10-19T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A Campbell Foundation grant funds HIV-related research into lymph node fibrosis.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/58828_netanya-utay-uthealth-texas-campbell-grant-2018.jpeg_17cf316f-617a-49e5-9867-0315ffe87735.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[CDC Encourages Health Care Providers to “Prescribe HIV Prevention”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/cdc-encourages-health-care-providers-prescribe-hiv-prevention"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/cdc-encourages-health-care-providers-prescribe-hiv-prevention</id>
    <updated>2018-10-18T15:33:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The federal initiative aims to help clinicians and their patients understand and access PrEP and PEP.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/58808_prescribe-hiv-prevention-cdc-act-against-aids-2018poster.jpg_cb23a54c-24f9-4dc3-86f0-570621c411bd.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Aetna to Pay $365K Penalty in New Jersey for Revealing Private HIV Data]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aetna-pay-365k-penalty-new-jersey-revealing-private-hiv-data"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aetna-pay-365k-penalty-new-jersey-revealing-private-hiv-data</id>
    <updated>2018-10-17T15:12:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This is in addition to the $17 million settlement the insurer reached with nearly 12,000 customers nationwide.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/58741_aetna-hiv-envelope.jpg_c8a13a92-4125-4e7d-9874-fe0682e38c29.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[In 1995, a Nike Ad Highlighted an HIV-Positive Runner [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/1995-nike-ad-highlighted-hiv-positive-runner-ric-munoz"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/1995-nike-ad-highlighted-hiv-positive-runner-ric-munoz</id>
    <updated>2018-10-16T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Ric Muñoz starred in the 30-second “Just Do It” commercial. 23 years later, he’s back in the spotlight.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/58643_nike-ric-munoz-hiv-1995-youtube.png_027a2ee5-6c80-42c1-9eb3-a7aee6e60668.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Latinx HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2018]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-latinx-hivaids-awareness-day-2018"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-latinx-hivaids-awareness-day-2018</id>
    <updated>2018-10-15T08:41:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Highlighting four tools to end HIV<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/58617_instagram-post-nlaad-2018-people-1080x1080.jpg_ed8ac62d-8044-45ef-86d4-dc729a69e780.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National AIDS Memorial Grove to Get an “Artists Portal”—and a Giant Chime!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-aids-memorial-grove-get-artists-portaland-giant-chime"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-aids-memorial-grove-get-artists-portaland-giant-chime</id>
    <updated>2018-10-12T16:06:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The addition arrives thanks to the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, which is celebrating its 40th birthday. [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/58559_sf-gay-mens-chorus-arts-portal-aids-memorial-grove1.jpg_9ef309a7-25c6-4a16-bd69-0b6e1fa9d811.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[12 Key Points From a Global Meeting to Combat HIV Crime Laws]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/12-key-points-global-meeting-combat-hiv-crime-laws"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/12-key-points-global-meeting-combat-hiv-crime-laws</id>
    <updated>2018-10-12T12:40:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Over 150 advocates attended “Beyond Blame 2018.” Read the results—and watch the entire meeting here. [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/58510_beyond-blame-2018-meeting.png_544af86f-d166-43e9-a0ba-131661d3eba0.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[GMHC’s Gala Raises Over $600K for Its HIV Services [SLIDESHOW]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/gmhcs-gala-raises-600k-hiv-services-slideshow"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/gmhcs-gala-raises-600k-hiv-services-slideshow</id>
    <updated>2018-10-11T16:09:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[At the awards podium were Julianne Moore, Michael Douglas, Javier Muñoz, Corey Johnson, POZ’s Oriol Gutierrez and more.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/58483_javier-munoz-corey-johnston-gmhc2018.jpg_0e8da779-2c92-4d8a-8f6a-40b4d7727c7e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[In the ’80s, He Was an AIDS Activist, Today He’s a MacArthur “Genius”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/80s-aids-activist-today-macarthur-genius"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/80s-aids-activist-today-macarthur-genius</id>
    <updated>2018-10-10T16:53:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Gregg Gonsalves explain how his work affects public health, human rights and health inequities. [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/58450_gregg-Gonsalves-macarthur-fellow-2018-horizontal.jpg_5d546aae-244f-4e89-934e-a23fbbc3a1a2.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Did California’s Governor Nix the Nation’s First Safe Injection Site?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/californias-governor-nix-nations-first-safe-injection-site"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/californias-governor-nix-nations-first-safe-injection-site</id>
    <updated>2018-10-09T16:41:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[He said it would enable drug use, but Jeff Sessions also influenced the veto.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/58378_handcuffs-iStock-504104838.jpg_cfd70387-1bfd-4ab0-94fa-7dff457bac19.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Are HIV Rates Four Times Higher in Detroit Than in Michigan?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-rates-four-times-higher-detroit-michigan"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-rates-four-times-higher-detroit-michigan</id>
    <updated>2018-10-08T15:58:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Unlike the uptick seen in some other cities, this one isn’t fueled by opioids.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/58339_gay-black-men-iStock-675071870.jpg_8a98465e-90d2-4af9-9b62-98cb54313c66.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Even With STIs, Undetectable Still Equals Untransmittable]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/even-stis-undetectable-still-equals-untransmittable-says-study"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/even-stis-undetectable-still-equals-untransmittable-says-study</id>
    <updated>2018-10-05T14:11:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[But gay men living with untreated HIV did see higher viral loads if they also had a sexually transmitted infection, says a new study.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/58241_undetectable-is-96282387.jpg_15e79511-9553-4279-8780-484499320471.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet the Cochairs for the AIDS 2020 International Conference]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meet-cochairs-aids-2020-international-conference"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meet-cochairs-aids-2020-international-conference</id>
    <updated>2018-10-04T15:16:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Two of them represent the host cities: San Francisco and Oakland. The third is an international scientist.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/58229_aids2020-cochairs.png_7fd22dbd-ee6f-45d1-b65b-7d9efeb2b68a.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Share These Cool “U=U” Graphics and Videos!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/share-uu-message-cool-hiv-graphics-videos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/share-uu-message-cool-hiv-graphics-videos</id>
    <updated>2018-10-03T11:26:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Customize the art in this “+series” (Positive Series) campaign and let the world know that undetectable HIV equals untransmittable HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/58150_positive-series-dees-story2018.png_feeddb82-b8dd-4613-a4f8-045dcc0edf82.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[China Sees Nearly 100,000 New HIV Cases Since 2017]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/china-sees-nearly-100000-new-hiv-cases-since-2017"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/china-sees-nearly-100000-new-hiv-cases-since-2017</id>
    <updated>2018-10-02T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Most transmissions in the 14 percent surge occurred via sex.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/58046_china-flag-is-000002682937-Large.jpg_f2d5db3f-0ed1-4ac7-848e-7e3f1b20c34f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Resource Center Merges With Saint Louis Effort for AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-resource-center-merges-saint-louis-effort-aids"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-resource-center-merges-saint-louis-effort-aids</id>
    <updated>2018-09-28T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Only half the people with HIV in St. Louis are regularly engaged in care. This merger aims to change that.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/57822_aids-resource-center-wisconsin-merger-st-louis-2018.png_0e6d1c2f-2f3f-40d6-9c90-d6d708beb9d8.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2018]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-gay-mens-hivaids-awareness-day-2018"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-gay-mens-hivaids-awareness-day-2018</id>
    <updated>2018-09-27T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The conversation about HIV is changing. Here’s how.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/57714_NGMHAAD-2018-poster-11x17-english.jpg_47b00232-7d62-4c0c-98d9-9dcf90f5fd97.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Guess What’s in a “Mean Girls” Picnic Basket]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/guess-mean-girls-picnic-basket"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/guess-mean-girls-picnic-basket</id>
    <updated>2018-09-26T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Find out in these pics from DIFFA’s Broadway-themed Picnic by Design HIV/AIDS fundraiser.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/57650_mean-girls-picnic-by-design-2018.jpeg_177dd782-19fb-4362-b5ad-be7413fe4771.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Buddies HIV Support Group Marks 33 Years by Hosting a Wellness Fair]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/buddies-hiv-support-group-marks-33-years-hosting-wellness-fair"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/buddies-hiv-support-group-marks-33-years-hosting-wellness-fair</id>
    <updated>2018-09-25T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The New Jersey event illustrates how the epidemic and the group’s mission have evolved. [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/57576_Hands-Heart-TS-170556477.jpg_b835807e-ea2c-4a7c-a23a-63d2864afaac.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Dangerous Complacency”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/dangerous-complacency-whitney-protest"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/dangerous-complacency-whitney-protest</id>
    <updated>2018-09-24T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Why ACT UP protested two AIDS-themed art exhibits at the Whitney<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/57048_P10-18-040.jpg_3c8f389a-8697-4bc2-a9ed-2d1a6f6238af.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Seaside Remembering]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/seaside-remembering-aids-memorial"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/seaside-remembering-aids-memorial</id>
    <updated>2018-09-24T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Provincetown’s AIDS memorial “stops one ocean moment in time.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/57044_P10-18-038.jpg_27c72045-f272-43c6-ba36-195566d5d4d0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Role of a Lifetime]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/role-lifetime-charles-sanchez"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/role-lifetime-charles-sanchez</id>
    <updated>2018-09-24T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Charles Sanchez’s HIV journey inspired his hit web series, "Merce."<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/57259_Charles-Sanchez-2.jpg_717152a3-9111-4b13-a559-947a7569936f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A “Milestone” in HIV Criminalization]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/milestone-hiv-criminalization"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/milestone-hiv-criminalization</id>
    <updated>2018-09-24T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Global experts agree: Science does not back HIV crime laws.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/57055_P10-18-044.jpg_7b710ad1-a04c-4bdc-a360-ad574855ffca.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[10s Across the Board!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/10s-across-board-latex-ball"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/10s-across-board-latex-ball</id>
    <updated>2018-09-24T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Pose and the Latex Ball serve HIV realness.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/57069_P10-18-049.jpg_acc47c2b-76c8-49e6-996d-d99139aefe4b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Britain’s High Court Rules Against Patent Extension on HIV Med Truvada]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/britains-high-court-rules-patent-extension-hiv-med-truvada"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/britains-high-court-rules-patent-extension-hiv-med-truvada</id>
    <updated>2018-09-24T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This could lead to generic (and 90% cheaper) PrEP.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/57365_truvada-horizontal.jpg_1b94824a-a129-4d70-8284-01fac10e06f1.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Millions of HIV and Cancer Funds Diverted to Detain Immigrant Children]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/millions-hiv-cancer-funds-diverted-detain-immigrant-children"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/millions-hiv-cancer-funds-diverted-detain-immigrant-children</id>
    <updated>2018-09-20T17:44:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Up to $266 million to be moved from a number of health programs. Here’s how you can help stop it.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/57387_immigrant-fence-iStock-885662980.jpg_b6c109d0-86c7-497e-9439-8d90b5e525aa.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[San Francisco Sees Record Low Number of New HIV Cases]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/san-francisco-sees-record-low-number-new-hiv-cases"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/san-francisco-sees-record-low-number-new-hiv-cases</id>
    <updated>2018-09-20T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[But 2017 rates remained higher among African Americans and homeless people, according to a health department report.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/57150_down-graph-is-31699708.jpg_a12b1df0-b481-49ba-9ca7-b009b3e1ca0c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Court Case Hoping to End Pentagon’s HIV Discharges Will Move Forward]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/court-case-hoping-end-pentagons-hiv-discharges-will-move-forward"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/court-case-hoping-end-pentagons-hiv-discharges-will-move-forward</id>
    <updated>2018-09-19T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Trump administration had asked that the lawsuit be dismissed.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/57059_nick-harrison-sergeant-lambda-legal.png_d1ee9ef5-3e0c-43dc-8b42-dd2d149d46a4.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day 2018]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-hivaids-aging-awareness-day-2018"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-hivaids-aging-awareness-day-2018</id>
    <updated>2018-09-18T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[About 45 percent of Americans diagnosed with HIV are 50 or older.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/56926_nhaad-2018-aging-poster-.jpg_b56d95bf-c827-4dc2-b894-9eebf7207e53.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Cluster Reported in Northern West Virginia [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-cluster-reported-northern-west-virginia-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-cluster-reported-northern-west-virginia-video</id>
    <updated>2018-09-17T13:16:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Officials have not linked these cases to a single factor.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/56935_hiv-test-iStock-72338583-LARGE.jpg_fab8a00c-7f5b-4d8a-b06f-b2c018069cef.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Kavanaugh Defended a Company Accused of Abusing Inmates Who Have HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/kavanaugh-defended-company-accused-abusing-inmates-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/kavanaugh-defended-company-accused-abusing-inmates-hiv</id>
    <updated>2018-09-14T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The 1990s case “says a lot about his value system and what we can expect of him” on the Supreme Court.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/56750_brett-kavanaugh-2018-white-house.jpg_656a9326-8b8a-4248-9ec0-56f159bd3aa2.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[17.5M People Received HIV Meds Last Year Thanks to The Global Fund]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/175m-people-received-hiv-meds-last-year-thanks-global-fund"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/175m-people-received-hiv-meds-last-year-thanks-global-fund</id>
    <updated>2018-09-13T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[And efforts to fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria have saved 27 million lives since 2002.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/56691_global-fund-2018resultsreport-report-en-1.jpg_dcf7bd83-3dd2-4b98-8d9e-c2ea6c504327.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[This State Just Held Its First-Ever HIV Walk [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/state-just-held-firstever-hiv-walk-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/state-just-held-firstever-hiv-walk-video</id>
    <updated>2018-09-12T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The event aimed to fight stigma and clear up misperceptions.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/56541_north-dakota-hiv-walk-1-2018.png_28270afe-9781-45c4-962a-d82bc8338c3c.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Latinx Leaders Address the Community’s HIV Crisis]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-latinx-leaders-address-communitys-hiv-crisis"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-latinx-leaders-address-communitys-hiv-crisis</id>
    <updated>2018-09-11T11:34:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[They’re concerned about a “dramatic increase” in HIV rates among gay, bisexual and transgender Latinx.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/56469_hiv-crisis-meeting-atlanta-1.jpg_eb1f3779-ecb5-4804-ac92-bcfbbe564d4b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Justice for Sanjay” Is the Latest Rallying Cry in HIV Crime Cases]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/justice-sanjay-latest-rallying-cry-hiv-crime-cases"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/justice-sanjay-latest-rallying-cry-hiv-crime-cases</id>
    <updated>2018-09-10T16:18:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This Arkansas man’s HIV was undetectable during a consensual hookup, so why is he facing 30 years in prison?<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/56446_sanjay-johnson.jpg_8ef20ffa-1255-4ea2-9f86-81ba3eaca562.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[10 Activist Quotes That Ignited the USCA Crowd]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/10-activist-quotes-inspired-usca-crowd"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/10-activist-quotes-inspired-usca-crowd</id>
    <updated>2018-09-07T13:05:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Inspiration from the U.S. Conference on AIDS, for the hearts and minds of advocates everywhere<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/56349_david-hogg-at-avitapharmacy-twitter.jpg_de0abcf5-66fd-4d50-93a1-e40099e8468d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Recent HIV Cluster in Seattle Has Health Officials Concerned]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/recent-hiv-cluster-seattle-health-officials-concerned"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/recent-hiv-cluster-seattle-health-officials-concerned</id>
    <updated>2018-09-06T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The cases were among heterosexuals who used drugs, suggesting the local epidemic is spreading to different populations.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/56226_Seattle-iStock-507294292.jpg_a5c51fbe-9910-401d-9e29-cb4ad068593e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HUD Renews Nearly $24M in Grants for HIV/AIDS Housing Programs]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hud-renews-nearly-24m-grants-hivaids-housing-programs"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hud-renews-nearly-24m-grants-hivaids-housing-programs</id>
    <updated>2018-09-05T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[These 22 local programs receive the funding through HOPWA.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/56039_housing-iStock-000087518897.jpg_f5644c76-ec6e-46a9-ba48-79c4c2440ab7.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Tiny Device Aims to Put At-Home HIV Testing on Millions of Fingertips]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/tiny-device-aims-put-athome-hiv-testing-millions-fingertips"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/tiny-device-aims-put-athome-hiv-testing-millions-fingertips</id>
    <updated>2018-09-04T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The inexpensive kit, called Catch, was designed with developing countries in mind.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/55999_catch-hiv-test-hans-ramzan.jpg_2b120e71-5866-4b02-aa53-f2bbb892dc01.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Prince Harry Sings at “Hamilton” to Raise HIV Funds [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/prince-harry-sings-hamilton-raise-hiv-funds-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/prince-harry-sings-hamilton-raise-hiv-funds-video</id>
    <updated>2018-08-30T17:26:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Yes, the royal couple met King George III. Show creator Lin-Manuel Miranda was also in the London house.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/56028_prince-harry-hamilton-instagram-kensington-palace-2018.png_e8de3027-c0b0-451f-9b55-61cdee022ee8.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Of Course, Larry Kramer Believes AIDS Is Worse Now Than Ever]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/course-larry-kramer-believes-aids-worse-now-ever"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/course-larry-kramer-believes-aids-worse-now-ever</id>
    <updated>2018-08-30T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The iconic AIDS activist sounded off in a STAT interview—and shared how he’s spending his declining years.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/55967_032317GMHCGala29MATT.jpg_cbf89f11-b446-4bd4-a9d2-1db351770455.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[This Lesbian Couple Treated People With AIDS in the 1980s [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/lesbian-couple-treated-people-aids-1980s-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lesbian-couple-treated-people-aids-1980s-video</id>
    <updated>2018-08-29T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In all of Utah, they were the only source of medical care. The Logo documentary “Quiet Heroes” tells their story.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/55943_Quiet-heroes-kristen-ries-maggie-snyder-2018.png_80f9b9ca-a6ae-418c-8c3e-b1f9964f1c03.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Looking at a 2009 HIV Vaccine Trial to Develop a Future Vaccine]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/looking-2009-hiv-vaccine-trial-develop-future-vaccine"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/looking-2009-hiv-vaccine-trial-develop-future-vaccine</id>
    <updated>2018-08-28T15:01:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Campbell Foundation’s latest grant funds research into the RV144 trial in Thailand, which showed 31 percent protection against HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/55899_lab-iStock-84335839.jpg_eff22423-0494-4587-b4ef-7564e8bf830d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Summer Camp for Kids Affected by HIV to Close After This Year]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/summer-camp-kids-affected-hiv-close-year"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/summer-camp-kids-affected-hiv-close-year</id>
    <updated>2018-08-27T11:05:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The reason is simple: Few children are born with the virus.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/55767_iStock-592683446.jpg_a2b2509e-4d3d-4a5c-962f-b2cc7e774cf3.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Faith HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2018 [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-faith-hivaids-awareness-day-2018-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-faith-hivaids-awareness-day-2018-video</id>
    <updated>2018-08-24T11:33:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The second annual event takes place Sunday, August 26.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/55608_national-faith-hiv-aids-awareness-day2018.png_1ab0d13e-d443-4293-be16-b52f5985f803.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Broadway Belter Reveals His HIV Status in an Inspiring Instagram Post]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/broadway-belter-reveals-hiv-status-inspiring-instagram-post"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/broadway-belter-reveals-hiv-status-inspiring-instagram-post</id>
    <updated>2018-08-23T15:28:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“I, Hernando Umana, am a proud gay man LIVING with HIV. F--k that feels good to say.”<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/55572_hernando-umana-2018-instagram.png_c47b51d5-0d13-46c7-91f1-ebe06998e7a8.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Director of HIV Grant Program on Leave After Accusations of Bullying]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/director-hiv-grant-program-leave-accusations-bullying"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/director-hiv-grant-program-leave-accusations-bullying</id>
    <updated>2018-08-22T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Most employees have left the Nashville Ryan White program, which is now under investigation.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/55496_Kentucky-Tennesse-iStock-000011581329-Large.jpg_6425b8bf-69f8-4940-b577-7e081421c220.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Fabled LGBT Vacation Spot Provincetown Unveils Its AIDS Memorial]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/fabled-lgbt-vacation-spot-provincetown-unveils-aids-memorial"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/fabled-lgbt-vacation-spot-provincetown-unveils-aids-memorial</id>
    <updated>2018-08-21T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Created by Lauren Ewing, the horizontal monument in the Massachusetts resort town “stops one ocean moment in time.” [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/55401_provincetown-aids-memorial-closeup-2018.jpg_fa426dad-75eb-47d7-83bd-b8256c7131de.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why the Price of HIV Viral Load Testing Globally Is Plummeting]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/price-hiv-viral-load-testing-globally-plummeting"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/price-hiv-viral-load-testing-globally-plummeting</id>
    <updated>2018-08-20T14:26:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The tests are needed to determine whether a person’s HIV meds are working.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/55387_red-ribbon-globe-iStock-10509810-LARGE.jpg_18d17f6b-2b1c-4b5c-b1df-b402d37fbc83.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[You Don’t Have to Visit a Doctor to Get PrEP, Thanks to Nurx]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/visit-doctor-get-prep-thanks-nurx"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/visit-doctor-get-prep-thanks-nurx</id>
    <updated>2018-08-17T11:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Known for its birth-control delivery service, the startup also offers the HIV prevention pill.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/55307_Truvada-Blk-Hand-Top.jpg_ef2e23c5-5aa3-49cf-b125-59ac1ac6473b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$120K in HIV Grants Goes to 13 Groups in Oklahoma]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/120k-hiv-grants-goes-13-groups-oklahoma"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/120k-hiv-grants-goes-13-groups-oklahoma</id>
    <updated>2018-08-16T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Thanks to the Red Tie Night gala [VIDEOS]<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/55208_Oklahoma-iStock-000010961577-Large.jpg_f7b41662-e525-45c1-b8bd-38e96a6378d0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Guess Which Famous Activists Will Kick Off the U.S. Conference on AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/guess-famous-activists-will-kick-us-conference-aids"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/guess-famous-activists-will-kick-us-conference-aids</id>
    <updated>2018-08-15T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[They’ll discuss racism, gun violence, health equity and HIV September 6 at #2018USCA.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/55173_Orlando-iStock-910999760.jpg_4f32b0f9-8e00-44b7-a0f6-c9c622d3d9b2.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Podcast Series Tells Unique Stories of “Fast-Track Cities” Fighting HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/podcast-series-tells-unique-stories-fasttrack-cities-fighting-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/podcast-series-tells-unique-stories-fasttrack-cities-fighting-hiv</id>
    <updated>2018-08-14T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Listen to personal tales from the global urban AIDS response, including reports from five U.S. cities.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/55132_fast-track-cities-logo-graphic.png_cdcc7b18-841f-4a6d-b11a-67e98b3c78dc.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Prevention Justice Alliance (HIV PJA) Ends Its Services]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-prevention-justice-alliance-hiv-pja-ends-services"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-prevention-justice-alliance-hiv-pja-ends-services</id>
    <updated>2018-08-13T13:09:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The national HIV network focused on economic, racial and social justice, notably HIV criminalization.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/55087_HIV-PJA-white.jpg_f5f6378c-4084-4987-83f2-cc88710026a3.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Message for HIV Long-Term Survivors: Stay in Touch]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/stay-touch"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/stay-touch</id>
    <updated>2018-08-13T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[New groups help long-term survivors connect via workshops, social outings and spaghetti dinners!<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/54690_P07-18-060.jpg_b6e36def-bf60-418a-aa67-a50186aab648.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Keeping HIV History Alive]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/keeping-hiv-history-alive"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/keeping-hiv-history-alive</id>
    <updated>2018-08-13T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[You don’t have to be a long-term survivor to enjoy these reads.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/54698_P07-18-062-1.jpg_e8780307-f396-4cb6-b351-faa13618feda.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Art of Fighting HIV Criminalization]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/art-fighting-hiv-criminalization"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/art-fighting-hiv-criminalization</id>
    <updated>2018-08-13T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[At a gallery, in print and during a Pride march<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/54702_P07-18-054.jpg_ea1e2666-b931-462f-80d7-01245e3af9e5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Let’s Stop HIV Stigma]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/stop-hiv-stigma"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/stop-hiv-stigma</id>
    <updated>2018-08-13T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A CDC campaign returns with new faces and a timeless message.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/54709_P07-18-052.jpg_12648195-605d-46cf-a802-95ab8daf5702.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Let’s Talk About PrEP, Baby.” [MUSIC VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/talk-prep-baby-music-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/talk-prep-baby-music-video</id>
    <updated>2018-08-10T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Salt-N-Pepa track gets an HIV prevention twist, thanks to Howard Brown Health.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/54972_lets-talk-about-prep-psa1-2018.png_9b647109-7cd8-4a35-aca7-9caae25e9a6f.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet the Very First Deputy Director at Positive Women’s Network–USA]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meet-first-deputy-director-positive-womens-networkusa-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meet-first-deputy-director-positive-womens-networkusa-hiv</id>
    <updated>2018-08-08T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Venita Ray will help develop PWN-USA’s strategy, direction and goals.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/54799_venita-ray-pwn-usa-2018.png_50cfe0d4-5a07-4884-ba5c-bf0479eb6102.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$75K Grant to Develop a Test That Detects HIV Drug Resistance]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/75k-grant-develop-test-detects-hiv-drug-resistance"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/75k-grant-develop-test-detects-hiv-drug-resistance</id>
    <updated>2018-07-30T07:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The goal is an inexpensive point-of-care test that quickly determines an individual’s best treatment options.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/53931_research-TS-153192262.jpg_1f9d5530-3204-4d54-b58f-d92174c57441.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s How We Can Get Universal Access to PrEP]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/universal-access-prep-hiv-prevention"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/universal-access-prep-hiv-prevention</id>
    <updated>2018-07-25T13:48:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[U.S. activists unveil a national action plan to #BreakThePatent. It points out that taxpayers funded the research behind Truvada as PrEP.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/53981_PrEP-iStock-000084917537-Full.jpg_cac02205-b2a5-4b02-8db7-2c742f73f56f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[4 “Essential” Ideas for Lowering Out-of-Pocket Prescription Costs]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/4-essential-ideas-lowering-outofpocket-prescription-costs"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/4-essential-ideas-lowering-outofpocket-prescription-costs</id>
    <updated>2018-07-19T13:33:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Health coalition warns the federal government: People with chronic or serious conditions face growing costs at the pharmacy.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/53705_money-pill-bottle-iStock-518893801.jpg_f82ef07a-e755-42ef-9dd7-9ac639f4cef9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Housing Works to Merge With Bailey House]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/housing-works-merge-bailey-house"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/housing-works-merge-bailey-house</id>
    <updated>2018-07-12T18:31:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Both groups can expand their efforts to offer housing, health care and related services to marginalized New Yorkers.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/53321_housing-iStock-000028419026.jpg_5a16e588-e741-402f-a371-5ecc33dba462.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Trump Agency Is Using Federal HIV Funds to Separate Immigrant Families]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/trump-agency-using-federal-hiv-funds-separate-immigrant-families"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/trump-agency-using-federal-hiv-funds-separate-immigrant-families</id>
    <updated>2018-07-11T13:44:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Advocacy group AIDS United is working to confirm that current Ryan White HIV funding is not affected by the Trump policy.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/53261_hand-fence-TS-99922947.jpg_79f33656-55fa-406d-8299-4dacb084b1ea.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Actress Sheryl Lee Ralph Honored for Her AIDS Activism]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/actress-sheryl-lee-ralph-honored-aids-activism"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/actress-sheryl-lee-ralph-honored-aids-activism</id>
    <updated>2018-07-10T11:50:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The original “Dreamgirl” and Moesha’s stepmom remains a “fabulous AIDS diva!”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/53176_Sheryl-Lee-Ralph-shutterstock-758930707.jpg_f4f6e798-bdfa-4471-82b2-d5f67f8e4139.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Where Did NYC Bury Those Lost to AIDS in the ’80s and ’90s?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/nyc-bury-lost-aids-80s-90s"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/nyc-bury-lost-aids-80s-90s</id>
    <updated>2018-07-09T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An important part of HIV history lies in the mass graves of Hart Island.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/53078_angel-yellow-flowers-iStock-655307328.jpg_d2885b65-76a1-49b3-809c-45210dcc7cd3.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[2 Lawsuits in Ohio Over CVS Mailings That Revealed HIV Info]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/2-lawsuits-ohio-cvs-mailings-revealed-hiv-info"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/2-lawsuits-ohio-cvs-mailings-revealed-hiv-info</id>
    <updated>2018-07-06T11:08:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In a third case, an ADAP client is suing the state for forcing him to get meds through the CVS pharmacy.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/53064_mail-iStock-482633197.jpg_962e5a12-d582-4643-a43d-ec7ba176a27b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Insurers Cover PrEP, So Why Can’t More People Access the HIV Prevention?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/insurers-cover-prep-people-access-hiv-prevention"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/insurers-cover-prep-people-access-hiv-prevention</id>
    <updated>2018-07-05T15:07:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Among other issues: Out-of-pocket costs are increasingly passed on to consumers.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/53047_Truvada-Blk-Fingertips-Rt.jpg_c6a130b8-5f76-4cd6-8924-565f316e2509.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[As Indonesia Attacks Its LGBT Population, HIV Rates Soar]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/indonesia-attacks-lgbt-population-hiv-rates-soar"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/indonesia-attacks-lgbt-population-hiv-rates-soar</id>
    <updated>2018-07-03T11:19:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“LGBT people’s access to condoms, to counseling and to HIV education is disappearing.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/52964_Asia-iStock-544968710.jpg_6ea035de-ffda-486c-85f9-ad64b8216f31.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[LGBT Detroit Expands HIV Programming to Reach Black Men]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/lgbt-detroit-expands-hiv-programming-reach-black-men"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lgbt-detroit-expands-hiv-programming-reach-black-men</id>
    <updated>2018-07-02T14:24:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A grant from The Jewish Fund helps launch the Brother 2 Brother initiative.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/52902_gay-black-men-iStock-596794458.jpg_41404fbd-a635-41fa-98fe-b25aac3c44a2.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“I’m on the Pill” PrEP Ads Begin Airing on National TV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/pill-prep-ads-begin-airing-national-tv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/pill-prep-ads-begin-airing-national-tv</id>
    <updated>2018-06-29T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Gilead Sciences, the maker of Truvada as PrEP, launched the campaign to raise awareness of the HIV prevention method.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/52830_im-on-the-pill-prep-gilead2.jpg_82b6f664-ea1d-4e0f-bab9-997817e74d92.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National HIV Testing Day 2018]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-hiv-testing-day-2018"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-hiv-testing-day-2018</id>
    <updated>2018-06-27T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Doing It My Way” highlights the many different reasons to get tested for HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/52707_NHTD-2018-instagram-english.png_7c10329a-47aa-47c6-abb9-624cc5e53ae6.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[These Powerful Photos and Stories Portray HIV and LGBT Stigma]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/powerful-photos-stories-portray-hiv-lgbt-stigma"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/powerful-photos-stories-portray-hiv-lgbt-stigma</id>
    <updated>2018-06-26T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Photographer Robin Hammond’s work gets highlighted by rock icon Elton John in The New York Times.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/52646_where-love-is-illegal-twitter-nytimes-elton-john-robin-hamond.png_fd4130fd-717d-4600-be14-2c2b02dcbddd.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Sex and the City” Spoof Promotes Safer-Sex Choices [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/sex-city-spoof-promotes-safersex-choices-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/sex-city-spoof-promotes-safersex-choices-video</id>
    <updated>2018-06-25T11:10:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Awareness and the City” also highlights the AIDS Memorial, the Big Apple and XL condoms!<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/52530_impulse-nyc-awareness-and-the-city-1.png_271be572-c67d-4b52-9838-fdf73bf413c3.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Are You #ACApositive?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/acapositive"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/acapositive</id>
    <updated>2018-06-25T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The fight to protect trans health care from discrimination<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/52253_ACA-positive-Octavia.png_8e41c714-e377-4bb2-879a-22e425142919.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Unwritten]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/unwritten"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/unwritten</id>
    <updated>2018-06-25T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Record your HIV story with a free 30-day journal.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/52255_P07-18-053.jpg_3ff966e6-cff8-4e2b-9f9e-6a01dc24665a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Summer Reads]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/summer-reads"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/summer-reads</id>
    <updated>2018-06-25T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Whether you're sunning on the beach or snuggling in bed, these books will shine through the whole season.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/52251_Heroes-P07-18-040.jpg_a244a44d-b9a4-4eab-8b13-87bf247dd31c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New Leadership at Project Inform as Executive Director Steps Down]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-leadership-project-inform-executive-director-steps-hiv-hepatitis"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-leadership-project-inform-executive-director-steps-hiv-hepatitis</id>
    <updated>2018-06-22T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The group focuses on treatment, research, policy and education around HIV and hepatitis C.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/52440_dana-van-gorder-david-evans-project-inform-2018.jpg_75a554cf-a4c7-49f8-9a11-0c627b271642.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Docs Allegedly Failed to Test a Man for HIV; Now a Jury Has Awarded Him $18.4M]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/docs-allegedly-failed-test-man-hiv-now-jury-awarded-184m"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/docs-allegedly-failed-test-man-hiv-now-jury-awarded-184m</id>
    <updated>2018-06-21T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Sean Stentiford’s HIV wasn’t diagnosed until it had progressed to AIDS and caused brain damage.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/52408_hiv-positive-iStock-74191413-LARGE.jpg_a39b5724-e036-4465-9e0e-18e912c3c843.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[International AIDS Society Appoints Its First HIV-Positive Leader]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/international-aids-society-appoints-first-hivpositive-leader"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/international-aids-society-appoints-first-hivpositive-leader</id>
    <updated>2018-06-20T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[IAS heads international AIDS conferences. Next up: Amsterdam in July and San Francisco in 2020.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/52208_kevin-osborne-ias-ex-dir-june2018.jpeg_c6a26784-9518-4319-978e-1c270cc28290.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[No One Mentions HIV as “Angels” Wins Three Tonys [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/award-goes-these-hiv-themed-works-tonys-lambda-literary"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/award-goes-these-hiv-themed-works-tonys-lambda-literary</id>
    <updated>2018-06-13T09:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Elsewhere, the Lambda Literary Awards honors HIV-themed works and iconic author Edmund White.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/51675_tony-awards-2-18-angels-in-america.png_22cfd00c-66a7-40e2-951c-7008bb8e4c6e.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Lawsuit Seeks to End Obamacare Protections for Preexisting Health Conditions]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/lawsuit-seeks-end-obamacare-protection-preexisting-health-conditions"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lawsuit-seeks-end-obamacare-protection-preexisting-health-conditions</id>
    <updated>2018-06-12T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Legal experts claim the attack is “absurd.” But the Trump administration supports it.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/51593_gavel-stetho-ts-451038227.jpg_23fc122d-278a-4e42-875e-66ab127b5e54.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How to Deal With Conflicts About Ex-Lovers, HIV, Trump and More]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/deal-personal-conflict-hiv-gay-trump"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/deal-personal-conflict-hiv-gay-trump</id>
    <updated>2018-06-11T14:54:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A provocative interview with author Sarah Schulman also reveals the most pressing issues facing gay people and the HIV community.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/51574_P06-18-040.jpg_3358b127-a522-41f1-ae7b-a92bd5350018.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Attention Gay and Bisexual Black Guys: Be “PrEP’d AF” Against HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/attention-gay-bisexual-black-guys-prepd-af-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/attention-gay-bisexual-black-guys-prepd-af-hiv</id>
    <updated>2018-06-06T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The latest HIV prevention campaign from the Los Angeles LGBT Center stars gay music artist and model Milan Christopher.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/51258_PrEPd-AF-Milan-Christopher.jpg_2924ec0d-a508-4bc0-bedb-3a778fcea63e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Long-Term Survivors Awareness Day 2018]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-longterm-survivors-awareness-day-2018"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-longterm-survivors-awareness-day-2018</id>
    <updated>2018-06-05T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[#ItIsStillNotOver. Plus: These survivors have a message for you! [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/51095_hiv-long-term-survivors-day-2018.png_4987b49e-5b34-4e63-b22b-b1012734f799.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Message to Anyone With HIV: “You Are Never Alone”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/message-anyone-hiv-never-alone"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/message-anyone-hiv-never-alone</id>
    <updated>2018-06-04T15:40:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: Five trends that will transform health care in the next 20 years.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/51119_hiv-the-long-view-never-alone.png_d1ee2568-22ac-472b-bc53-01e01894e0e5.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Are Early Members of ACT UP Adjusting Today?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/early-members-act-adjusting-today"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/early-members-act-adjusting-today</id>
    <updated>2018-06-04T10:57:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new study assesses the long-term impact of AIDS activism, including trauma, loss, posttraumatic growth and a belief in change.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/51085_ACT-UP-P12-17-017.jpg_c9a52f54-7e9d-4f5d-8664-dce55993e87d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[You Can Watch This Year’s HIV Is Not a Crime Training Academy]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/can-watch-years-hiv-crime-training-academy"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/can-watch-years-hiv-crime-training-academy</id>
    <updated>2018-06-01T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The program takes place June 3 through 6 in Indianapolis, but the main sessions will be streamed live on Facebook.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/50905_hiv-not-crime-3-program-2018.png_af49e5e9-da46-48f8-a639-e7d95f498cfb.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Sergeant With HIV Sues Defense Department Over “Archaic” Policies]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/sergeant-hiv-sues-defense-department-archaic-policies"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/sergeant-hiv-sues-defense-department-archaic-policies</id>
    <updated>2018-05-31T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[He’s not allowed to serve as an officer, and he can’t be deployed. Under Trump’s new policy, that could get him discharged.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/50870_military-iStock-858692044.jpg_97343fa9-e283-4eba-b1ea-ab1884d4f599.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[This New Podcast Explores Living a Long Life With HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/podcast-explores-living-long-life-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/podcast-explores-living-long-life-hiv</id>
    <updated>2018-05-30T11:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[It’s just one episode of “HIV Matters,” a (free!) podcast series from the University of North Carolina’s Department of Medicine.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/50757_david-wohl-hiv-matters-podcast-unc.jpg_2e2dbbb2-df21-49ea-82b9-e883542c0172.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet the Artists Honored at the Visual AIDS Vanguard Awards 2018]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meet-artists-honored-visual-aids-vanguard-awards-2018"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meet-artists-honored-visual-aids-vanguard-awards-2018</id>
    <updated>2018-05-29T13:17:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The 13th annual VAVA Voom fundraiser also included performances by Nona Hendryx and Jackie Hoffman. [VIDEO and SLIDESHOW]<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/50656_IMG-8250.JPG_31c0fa3b-74c1-403d-9887-c87d1547e084.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Can the CEO of an HIV Nonprofit Earn “Finder’s Fees” for Donations?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/can-ceo-hiv-nonprofit-earn-finders-fees-donations"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/can-ceo-hiv-nonprofit-earn-finders-fees-donations</id>
    <updated>2018-05-25T12:16:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The issue has led to turmoil and resignations at Baton Rouge’s Open Health Clinic and HAART.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/50547_Louisiana-iStock-000048271984-Large.jpg_d910b2fb-9f57-4537-836e-8675f8fe3155.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Inspiring Story Behind the Pop-Up HIV Services of “One Tent Health”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/inspiring-story-behind-popup-hiv-services-one-tent-health"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/inspiring-story-behind-popup-hiv-services-one-tent-health</id>
    <updated>2018-05-24T15:28:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“We’re a group of young DC kids trying to do something good for the city.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/50457_Washington-iStock-000057140038.jpg_f5a80a21-01d4-4748-80e3-fe089f03f41e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Man Gets 9 Years for Selling Body Parts Infected With HIV and Hepatitis]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/man-gets-9-years-selling-body-parts-infected-hiv-hepatitis"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/man-gets-9-years-selling-body-parts-infected-hiv-hepatitis</id>
    <updated>2018-05-23T12:55:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[He supplied cadavers for medical training but was convicted of fraud and shipping hazardous materials.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/50161_gavel-iStock-453975745.jpg_a4807840-5ec1-4f2e-939d-d48661c03941.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[This New Policy on Co-Pays and Deductibles Will Limit Access to Meds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-policy-copays-deductibles-will-limit-access-meds"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-policy-copays-deductibles-will-limit-access-meds</id>
    <updated>2018-05-21T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[60 groups sign a letter to state insurance commissioners and attorneys general asking them to reverse the policy.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/49856_money-pills-is-000000407659Large.jpg_5114b442-a68b-497a-998c-dc8590c1852c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Asian &amp; Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2018]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-asian-pacific-islander-hivaids-awareness-day-2018"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-asian-pacific-islander-hivaids-awareness-day-2018</id>
    <updated>2018-05-18T14:15:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Love & Solidarity: Together PrEP, Testing and Treatment Can End HIV”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/49770_napihaad-2018poster.jpg_690f2958-2bff-4961-aedb-1b8fe754ddcb.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Does Trump Know the Difference Between HIV and HPV?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/trump-know-difference-hiv-hpv-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/trump-know-difference-hiv-hpv-video</id>
    <updated>2018-05-18T11:56:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Nope. According to this video of Bill Gates.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/49830_iStock-627855874-HPV-vaccine.jpg_4cae6206-b47f-4bee-ba0c-9c9383c95c8d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Vaccine Awareness Day 2018]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-vaccine-awareness-day-2018"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-vaccine-awareness-day-2018</id>
    <updated>2018-05-18T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Promising news on the prevention front<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/49768_injection-arm-is-000058951976.jpg_2ca9662a-96c3-41d8-8f03-74714957e2c1.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[PEPFAR Helps Over 14 Million People Access HIV Treatment]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/pepfar-helps-14-million-people-access-hiv-treatment"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/pepfar-helps-14-million-people-access-hiv-treatment</id>
    <updated>2018-05-17T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The U.S. program for global AIDS relief was launched 15 years ago this month. [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/49711_red-ribbon-globe-iStock-10509810-LARGE.jpg_9255a198-bcc8-473b-9843-ad7ab65a1c00.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Trump Laid Out His Ideas for Lowering Drug Prices. Now What?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/trump-laid-ideas-lowering-drug-prices-now"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/trump-laid-ideas-lowering-drug-prices-now</id>
    <updated>2018-05-16T11:29:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Stocks of drug companies are rising—and that’s not a good sign for consumers.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/49687_pills-money-iStock-514385888.jpg_d222872e-1f88-4d04-a34c-d1ce320703f0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Drag Star Courtney Act Takes U=U to the Global Stage [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/drag-star-courtney-act-takes-uu-hiv-global-stage-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/drag-star-courtney-act-takes-uu-hiv-global-stage-video</id>
    <updated>2018-05-15T14:01:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Did you know that someone living with HIV can have sex with HIV-negative people, without the risk of passing it on?”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/49654_courtney-act-new-zealand-aids-foundation.png_9734005c-b237-476d-a0f1-3c896b608929.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet the New Director of the CDC]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meet-new-director-cdc"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meet-new-director-cdc</id>
    <updated>2018-05-14T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Robert R. Redfield, MD, is a longtime HIV researcher. But he's also controversial.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/49105_P06-18-081.jpg_7d68fab6-8df0-4a17-8d92-0caa9f0fd639.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Aging, but Not So Gracefully]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aging-gracefully"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aging-gracefully</id>
    <updated>2018-05-14T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In After Louie, Alan Cumming is an older AIDS activist with issues.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/49108_P06-18-074.jpg_b72785e3-da6f-4a8b-8e76-d6a8b7248190.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Victor or Victim?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/victor-victim-john-manuel-andriote"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/victor-victim-john-manuel-andriote</id>
    <updated>2018-05-14T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[POZ deputy editor Trent Straube interviews John-Manuel Andriote about his latest book, "Stonewall Strong."<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/49136_P06-18-011.jpg_e3fadf75-5bdf-477f-8f1d-f3b595cc121d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Why Be Cruel?”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/cruel-sarah-schulman"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/cruel-sarah-schulman</id>
    <updated>2018-05-14T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS activist and author Sarah Schulman explores HIV criminalization in “Conflict Is Not Abuse.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/49304_P06-18-040.jpg_898e185a-0e0a-4cdc-ad26-e2f04bad49c3.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Move AIDS 2020 Out of the United States?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/move-aids-2020-united-states"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/move-aids-2020-united-states</id>
    <updated>2018-05-14T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Advocates want the conference relocated.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/49094_P06-18-075.jpg_801aa527-77f8-45ba-be07-c6c668c37496.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Love and Loss]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/love-loss"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/love-loss</id>
    <updated>2018-05-14T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A heart-wrenching POZ Stories installment<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/49097_P06-18-077.jpg_7b2268cb-b7a2-4511-abf4-09c9f65d1e69.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Threatens Indigenous People of Venezuela]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-threatens-indigenous-people-venezuela"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-threatens-indigenous-people-venezuela</id>
    <updated>2018-05-11T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“There is no medicine in the hospital. My people are dying.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/49428_Venezuela-iStock-530558013.jpg_107b7cc6-2b4e-48e4-a4b1-d4816cb944b3.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New Lawsuits Against Gilead Over Its HIV Med Tenofovir]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-lawsuits-gilead-hiv-med-tenofovir"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-lawsuits-gilead-hiv-med-tenofovir</id>
    <updated>2018-05-10T10:36:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Two men claim they developed bone and kidney problems after taking TDF. A related class action lawsuit has also been filed.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/49397_Atripla-in-fingers1.jpg_44728aa4-9c55-40f8-bf51-85e4cb67ba4d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS United Elects Three New Members to Board of Trustees]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-united-elects-three-new-members-board-trustees"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-united-elects-three-new-members-board-trustees</id>
    <updated>2018-05-09T14:13:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Cecilia Chung, June Gipson and David Holtgrave bring experience and diversity to the group’s board.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/49355_aids-united-chung-holtgrave-gipson-2018.png_cd54308e-d7a0-4344-8522-0472c17ac7f6.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Immersive Theater About HIV and Gay Black Men Returns to the Stage]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/immersive-theater-hiv-gay-black-men-returns-stage"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/immersive-theater-hiv-gay-black-men-returns-stage</id>
    <updated>2018-05-08T11:50:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“As Much As I Can” debuted in the South. This week, it opens in Harlem, New York.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/49235_as-much-as-i-can-nyc2.jpg_72208169-5381-4fe5-b9d0-fe5722a29374.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Viral Cousin of HIV Sees “Off-the-Charts” Prevalence in Australia]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/viral-cousin-hiv-sees-offthecharts-prevalence-australia"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/viral-cousin-hiv-sees-offthecharts-prevalence-australia</id>
    <updated>2018-05-07T14:31:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Like HIV, HTLV-1 can be transmitted through blood and sex. It weakens the immune system and can cause death.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/49201_world-is-75251799.jpg_cb8b644d-ac75-4eb8-bcd6-d59301c69326.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[#ACApositive Campaign Sounds the Alarm on Trans Health Care Issues]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/acapositive-campaign-sounds-alarm-trans-health-care-issues"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/acapositive-campaign-sounds-alarm-trans-health-care-issues</id>
    <updated>2018-05-03T13:51:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[It arrives as Trump promises to reverse an Obama-era rule that expanded health care access to transgender people.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/48949_ACA-positive-Octavia.png_e1dac85b-063f-4315-a8c9-2aa28ae930a6.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Seattle Plans to Build an AIDS Memorial Called The AMP]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/seattle-plans-build-aids-memorial-called-amp"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/seattle-plans-build-aids-memorial-called-amp</id>
    <updated>2018-05-02T12:46:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[And it’s searching for a lead design team right now!<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/48867_about-the-amp3-2.jpg_ecb635c4-5f65-41c3-bca0-9bdbe7a92881.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Play Revival “Angels in America” Nabs 11 Tony Nominations]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-play-revival-angels-america-nabs-11-tony-nominations"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-play-revival-angels-america-nabs-11-tony-nominations</id>
    <updated>2018-05-01T12:57:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: How Donald Trump is linked and likened to Roy Cohn, the HIV-positive homophobic lawyer in “Angels.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/48776_Angels-america-andrew-Boyle-MAC.jpg_dda8013f-fdc9-467e-b851-8a516c2faa06.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Mike Pence Has a “Dangerous” Record on HIV/AIDS Issues [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/mike-pence-dangerous-record-hivaids-issues-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/mike-pence-dangerous-record-hivaids-issues-video</id>
    <updated>2018-05-01T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Human Rights Campaign aims to expose the vice president’s alarming viewpoints, such as that condoms are “too modern” to fight STDs.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/48720_MikePence-1600x900-hrc.png_dffce07a-625b-4904-8d14-356d3465e9d0.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch Out for This Painful Side Effect of Smoking Weed]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-painful-side-effect-smoking-weed-marijuana-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-painful-side-effect-smoking-weed-marijuana-hiv</id>
    <updated>2018-04-30T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Warm showers can alleviate symptoms of cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, but the only cure is quitting marijuana.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/48251_nausea-woman-iStock-855686724.jpg_c52c4a89-7919-4eac-99f6-db7d134e33f9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s One Way Pharma Keeps Generic Meds Off the Market]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/one-way-pharma-keeps-generic-meds-market"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/one-way-pharma-keeps-generic-meds-market</id>
    <updated>2018-04-27T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The FDA commissioner wants drugmakers to “end the shenanigans.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/48234_bottle-pills-ts-185585906.jpg_24c72e61-7dd1-4b1f-9433-969c600ea4c8.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Seven Pilot Programs Launch to Fight HIV Stigma in the South]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/seven-pilot-programs-launch-fight-hiv-stigma-south"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/seven-pilot-programs-launch-fight-hiv-stigma-south</id>
    <updated>2018-04-26T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[These interventions are part of the Southern AIDS Coalition’s COMPASS partnerships.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/48218_international-conference-stigma-2016.jpg_f6e44260-c921-4b8b-ac97-a3a1a9469261.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[That New Law to Stop Online Sex Trafficking Is a Good Thing, Right?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-law-stop-online-sex-trafficking-good-thing-right"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-law-stop-online-sex-trafficking-good-thing-right</id>
    <updated>2018-04-25T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s how FOSTA-SESTA will endanger sex workers and increase HIV risk.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/48221_iStock-635765828.jpg_d26ee285-2e0f-49ce-a97d-1811f882a9e6.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[American Bar Association Adopts HIV-Related Resolution]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/american-bar-association-adopts-hivrelated-resolution"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/american-bar-association-adopts-hivrelated-resolution</id>
    <updated>2018-04-24T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Lawyers urge governments and stakeholders to work to reduce the nonmedical circumstances that drive the epidemic. Here’s what that means.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/48210_gavel-TS-179019578.jpg_4455189b-6a07-4bf8-805c-311fd197e870.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Another HIV Outbreak Related to the Opioid Crisis]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/another-hiv-outbreak-related-opioid-crisis"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/another-hiv-outbreak-related-opioid-crisis</id>
    <updated>2018-04-20T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[After the identification of 52 new HIV cases in a Massachusetts region, the state asks the CDC to help investigate.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/48148_massachusetts-iStock-530557983.jpg_80adeb59-26e3-4e61-b9ce-ed3fc886f153.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[In a First, the Southern AIDS Coalition Appoints a Deputy Director]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/first-southern-aids-coalition-appoints-deputy-director"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/first-southern-aids-coalition-appoints-deputy-director</id>
    <updated>2018-04-19T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Venita Ray will manage the group’s role in the $100 million COMPASS initiative.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/48128_Venita-Ray-P12-17-037.jpg_1424e9cf-4cd9-4258-9140-ae5f5128169c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[U.K. Man Gets Life in Prison for Deliberately Spreading HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/uk-man-gets-life-prison-deliberately-spreading-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/uk-man-gets-life-prison-deliberately-spreading-hiv</id>
    <updated>2018-04-18T12:17:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[He reportedly lied about his status and ripped his condoms to fool men he met on Grindr. Later, he would taunt them via texts.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/48212_gavel-iStock-000014652560-Double.jpg_d9c673d9-77be-46e8-8dec-4e67a1526dcf.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Transgender HIV Testing Day 2018]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-transgender-hiv-testing-day-2018"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-transgender-hiv-testing-day-2018</id>
    <updated>2018-04-18T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[About 1.4 million U.S. adults identify as transgender. Trans women, especially those of color, are at high risk of HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/48122_Prada-DoingIt-transgender-testing-NTHTD.jpg_326516f2-369b-4edc-bc64-c7775151ff22.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Is Curing Patients Good for Business? Asks Goldman Sachs Biotech Report]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/curing-patients-good-business-asks-goldman-sachs-biotech-report"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/curing-patients-good-business-asks-goldman-sachs-biotech-report</id>
    <updated>2018-04-17T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[For example: Hep C cures have meant fewer people to treat and fewer transmissions to potential patients.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/48058_money-pills-is-000000407659Large.jpg_644eb5da-12c4-46fa-aeff-1cb7afb8008b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Ted Allen Dishes About Dining Out For Life and a Certain “Queer Eye” Cutie]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/ted-allen-dishes-dining-life-certain-queer-eye-cutie"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/ted-allen-dishes-dining-life-certain-queer-eye-cutie</id>
    <updated>2018-04-16T18:27:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Dine out and fight AIDS on Thursday, April 26, when most cities partake in the restaurant-based fundraiser.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/48098_Ted-Allen-dining-out-for-life-by-dave-jackson.jpeg_df84cab0-43b1-4c1e-9f28-34137843d3c5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Conchita Wurst Reveals HIV Status After Receiving Blackmail Threats]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/conchita-wurst-reveals-hiv-status-receiving-blackmail-threats"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/conchita-wurst-reveals-hiv-status-receiving-blackmail-threats</id>
    <updated>2018-04-16T12:43:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“I will not give anyone the right to frighten me,” writes the gender-bending Eurovision winner in an Instagram post.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/48063_Conchita-Wurst-life-ball-2014.jpg_ff43205d-4b84-44e0-9a9d-10a53acbcc4a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[iPhone 8 Gets the RED Treatment and Raises HIV Funds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/iphone-8-gets-red-treatment-raises-hiv-funds"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/iphone-8-gets-red-treatment-raises-hiv-funds</id>
    <updated>2018-04-13T12:52:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Apple’s (Product) RED special editions have raised more than $160 million for The Global Fund.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/47983_iPhone8-iPhone8PLUS-PRODUCT-RED-front-back-041018.jpg_a500c65a-1073-43ad-91ca-02e99d8cef19.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[5 Ways Colleges and Universities Can Improve Their HIV Strategies]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/5-ways-colleges-universities-can-improve-hiv-strategies"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/5-ways-colleges-universities-can-improve-hiv-strategies</id>
    <updated>2018-04-12T16:26:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The HRC Foundation offers a (free!) “HIV 101” guide for students and educators.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/47937_HIV101-2018-1.jpg_413e1ce4-0936-4f2c-b1e4-b31d32151e8a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Youth HIV &amp; AIDS Awareness Day 2018]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-youth-hiv-aids-awareness-day-2018"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-youth-hiv-aids-awareness-day-2018</id>
    <updated>2018-04-10T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Only 23 percent of sexually active high school students have been tested for HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/47803_NYHAADCampaign-2016-1.jpg_6a1003c5-92ca-4df7-a8e8-35e22e450291.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Did People With HIV in Dallas See Delays in Treatment?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/people-hiv-dallas-see-delays-treatment"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/people-hiv-dallas-see-delays-treatment</id>
    <updated>2018-04-09T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“This is life or death. This is unacceptable.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/47751_Dallas--522580445.jpg_eca7eb45-4886-47cd-b195-6532a63c239b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet a Guy Who Got a New Liver From an HIV-Positive Donor [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meet-guy-got-new-liver-hivpositive-donor-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meet-guy-got-new-liver-hivpositive-donor-video</id>
    <updated>2018-04-06T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Stanley Boling had been living with HIV for over 30 years before undergoing the transplant at Duke Health.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/47712_stanley-boling-duke-university.png_708546ee-8b96-4ab4-ab0b-9ac18998da74.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Administrator of AIDS Drug Assistance Program Sued for Data Breach]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/administrator-aids-drug-assistance-program-sued-data-breach"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/administrator-aids-drug-assistance-program-sued-data-breach</id>
    <updated>2018-04-05T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The private medical data of 93 people had been downloaded from an online enrollment program.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/47677_California-iStock-000015292554-Large.jpg_898cc13c-ab16-41c2-a084-48a599b74f8b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Latest Effort to Discriminate Against People With Preexisting Conditions]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/latest-effort-discriminate-people-preexisting-conditions"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/latest-effort-discriminate-people-preexisting-conditions</id>
    <updated>2018-04-04T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new law in Iowa allows “health benefit plans” that don’t meet federal insurance requirements.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/47625_iowa-flag.jpg_635eab4b-404a-4182-8f72-aa5edb79265b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Lawsuit Claims CVS Mailings Revealed the HIV Status of 6,000 Clients]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/lawsuit-claims-cvs-mailings-revealed-hiv-status-6000-clients"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lawsuit-claims-cvs-mailings-revealed-hiv-status-6000-clients</id>
    <updated>2018-04-03T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The letters were sent to participants in Ohio’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/47606_mail-iStock-482633197.jpg_58b4460e-ee43-4062-bb7a-3e7c9c0bef44.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Grindr Shares Its Users’ HIV Info With Other Companies]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/grindr-shares-users-hiv-info-companies"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/grindr-shares-users-hiv-info-companies</id>
    <updated>2018-04-02T14:42:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The HIV data is linked with phone, email and GPS details, which means that users could be identified. And guess who owns Grindr?<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/47597_p185-grindr.jpg_dda9c64e-66e6-4fac-8480-289af1cc2272.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Guess Who Can Donate Their Kidneys Now!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/guess-can-donate-kidneys-now"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/guess-can-donate-kidneys-now</id>
    <updated>2018-04-02T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV-positive to HIV-positive transplants are now possible for people living with the virus.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/47333_kidneys-iStock-495702247.jpg_cd5f0d75-17f2-4466-b228-4c3694b1daf0.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Big Changes Abound At The Black AIDS Institute]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/big-changes-abound-black-aids-institute"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/big-changes-abound-black-aids-institute</id>
    <updated>2018-04-02T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Phill Wilson is retiring from his post as president and CEO.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/47350_P04-18-051.jpg_aff9bc77-2217-4e10-aea9-17af4d0bebc0.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Angels” Returns to America]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/angels-returns-america"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/angels-returns-america</id>
    <updated>2018-04-02T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Tony Kusher’s AIDS-theme masterwork is back on Broadway after 25 years.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/47327_angels-in-america-nathan-andrew-2018.png_b3818c3a-fbe7-4480-a786-5864d019820c.png" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The End of Kenneth Cole’s AmfAR Chairmanship]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/end-kenneth-coles-amfar-chairmanship"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/end-kenneth-coles-amfar-chairmanship</id>
    <updated>2018-04-02T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Cole is ousted as chairman after 14 years.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/47330_Kenneth-Cole-shutterstock-509581342.jpg_79afbe7b-960b-48d5-8b8c-86467e1ccab1.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hear Ye, Hear Ye! Here’s an HIV Podcast!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hear-ye-hear-ye-hiv-podcast-red-ribbon-revolution"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hear-ye-hear-ye-hiv-podcast-red-ribbon-revolution</id>
    <updated>2018-04-02T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Join the ”Red Ribbon Revolution” for an earful of love, support and knowledge.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/47365_P04-18-035.jpg_de347271-606f-4467-8a7a-1542a91e8f66.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Jail to Pay $27,500 to Inmate Who Was Isolated for Having HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/jail-pay-27500-inmate-isolated-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/jail-pay-27500-inmate-isolated-hiv</id>
    <updated>2018-04-02T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Segregation of detainees with HIV in jails or prisons is unlawful” under the Americans with Disabilities Act.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/47521_prison-cell-iStock-8991794.jpg_6fa50573-252f-4076-a026-17631491f179.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[In “After Louie,” Alan Cumming Is an Aging AIDS Activist With Issues]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/louie-alan-cumming-aging-aids-activist-issues"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/louie-alan-cumming-aging-aids-activist-issues</id>
    <updated>2018-03-30T15:28:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[And it’s not survivor’s guilt, explains ACT UP veteran turned film director Vincent Gagliostro.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/47502_after-louie-zachary-booth-alan-cumming.jpeg_f07e2db7-8f86-4d90-80bb-9d04793bc7db.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[12 Tweets That Tell Amazing AIDSWatch Tales]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/12-tweets-tell-amazing-tales-aidswatch-2018"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/12-tweets-tell-amazing-tales-aidswatch-2018</id>
    <updated>2018-03-29T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV advocates in DC, as captured in hashtags, pics and videos.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/47276_aidswatch-north-carolina-ncaidsaction-twitter.jpg_1125a846-3ca7-43af-ab8e-5f5983b4e159.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Grindr Can Now Remind Users to Get Tested for HIV Every 3 to 6 Months]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/grindr-can-now-remind-users-get-tested-hiv-every-3-6-months"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/grindr-can-now-remind-users-get-tested-hiv-every-3-6-months</id>
    <updated>2018-03-28T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[More than 107,000 gay and bi men in the United States have HIV and don’t know it.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/47227_p185-grindr.jpg_3949a358-3842-4870-9dce-195651c1e88a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDSWatch 2018 Honors 3 Lawmakers and 3 HIV Advocates]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aidswatch-2018-honors-3-lawmakers-3-hiv-advocates"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aidswatch-2018-honors-3-lawmakers-3-hiv-advocates</id>
    <updated>2018-03-27T12:52:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The six Leadership Awards are part of the annual HIV lobbying event in Washington, DC.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/47182_tom-duane-venita-ray-cecilia-chung-aidswatch2018-leadership-awards.png_6b1274b2-26a3-451f-9c22-fe76c7d669f4.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[ABC Reporter Tells the World He Has HIV in This Heartfelt Facebook Post]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/abc-reporter-tells-world-hiv-heartfelt-facebook-post"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/abc-reporter-tells-world-hiv-heartfelt-facebook-post</id>
    <updated>2018-03-27T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Here’s how the world responds to Karl Schmid.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/47157_karl-schmid-tv-reporter-facebook.jpg_c973d901-8f51-4cbd-96a9-05616fb88667.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Advocates Go to Washington for AIDSWatch 2018]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-advocates-go-washington-aidswatch-2018"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-advocates-go-washington-aidswatch-2018</id>
    <updated>2018-03-26T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Held March 26 and 27, the lobbying event celebrates its 25th anniversary.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/47071_aidswatch-etaf.jpeg_d6a14c54-ccae-4bd0-ad86-5c332075b273.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Do Federal Investments in HIV Prevention Make a Difference?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/federal-investments-hiv-prevention-make-difference"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/federal-investments-hiv-prevention-make-difference</id>
    <updated>2018-03-23T11:26:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A report from the O’Neill Institute looks at the numbers and assesses our prevention response. Just in time for AIDSWatch.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/47014_HIV-Prevention-in-the-US-March-2018-1.jpg_93d6ead9-7187-47df-bbe4-16a52a2e8f1b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Amid Criticism, HIV Researcher Robert Redfield Is Named Director of CDC]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/amid-criticism-hiv-researcher-robert-redfield-named-director-cdc"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/amid-criticism-hiv-researcher-robert-redfield-named-director-cdc</id>
    <updated>2018-03-22T14:47:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In the past, he was accused of misusing data, showing religious bias and discriminating against gay men and people with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/46997_robert-Redfield-compassionate-physician-u-of-maryland.jpg_b864d0c6-8c7c-4d0e-8266-3cfeadba4626.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[John Oliver’s Gay Bunny Book Raises Money to Fight AIDS [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/john-olivers-gay-bunny-book-raises-money-fight-aids-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/john-olivers-gay-bunny-book-raises-money-fight-aids-video</id>
    <updated>2018-03-21T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Buy the rabbit’s tale to support the cause—or just to annoy Mike Pence.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/46865_john-oliver-marlon-bundo-march2018.png_a1dbbd6d-a7d6-4361-8619-bbb96e6fdf23.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2018]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-native-hivaids-awareness-day-2018"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-native-hivaids-awareness-day-2018</id>
    <updated>2018-03-20T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The first day of spring is Tuesday, March 20. It’s also NNHAAD.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/46715_shana-cozad-bear-cdc-lets-stop-hiv-together.png_a9bc7f36-bf45-4182-bd11-bee1dc357ad4.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How to Engage the Media to Fight Unjust HIV Crime Laws]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/engage-media-fight-unjust-hiv-crime-laws"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/engage-media-fight-unjust-hiv-crime-laws</id>
    <updated>2018-03-19T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Download this new (and free!) resource from HIV Justice Worldwide.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/46691_Making-Media-Work-For-HIV-Justice-1.png_a7983853-f458-46bc-9069-de582f07d41a.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Chelsea Sexual Health Clinic Reopens in NYC]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/chelsea-sexual-health-clinic-reopens-nyc"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/chelsea-sexual-health-clinic-reopens-nyc</id>
    <updated>2018-03-16T17:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Expanded services at the remodeled facility are part of the mayor’s Ending the Epidemic plan.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/46750_chelsea-clinic-reopen-bassett-march2018.jpg_1f7ab1c2-2b4e-49ee-86a7-62e4fa8add62.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[U.S. Has Gone More Than a Year Without an AIDS Czar]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/us-gone-year-without-aids-hiv-czar"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/us-gone-year-without-aids-hiv-czar</id>
    <updated>2018-03-16T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Why it matters that Trump has not appointed a director of the Office of National AIDS Policy<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/46669_white-house.JPG_7b99768e-f611-4533-84fb-3de88cf60572.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Watch the Film Short That Became the New AIDS Movie “1985”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/watch-film-short-became-new-aids-movie-1985"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/watch-film-short-became-new-aids-movie-1985</id>
    <updated>2018-03-15T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Actress Virginia Madsen and director Yen Tan discuss the project at the SXSW festival [VIDEO].<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/46635_1984thefilm-instagram.png_e75fa788-ed6a-4bac-a32e-4992ab3d4e11.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Don’t Hold the AIDS 2020 Conference on U.S. Soil, Urge HIV Groups]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-groups-oppose-hosting-aids-2020-conference-us-soil"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-groups-oppose-hosting-aids-2020-conference-us-soil</id>
    <updated>2018-03-13T15:33:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The international conference is slated for San Francisco, but major U.S.-based HIV groups demand that it be relocated. Here’s why.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/46562_san-francisco-is-000002975971.jpg_d7f355a6-5462-4f60-b1d8-3e60f285408f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Leaders Included Among Powerful Women on “Wall of Justice”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-leaders-included-among-powerful-women-wall-justice"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-leaders-included-among-powerful-women-wall-justice</id>
    <updated>2018-03-13T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Rural Women’s Health Project honors Cecilia Chung and Tami Haught.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/46472_haught-tami.png_c09ae566-b567-4610-929c-7164fe23b826.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Peace Corps Volunteer Claims He Was Sent Home After Contracting HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/peace-corps-volunteer-claims-sent-home-contracting-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/peace-corps-volunteer-claims-sent-home-contracting-hiv</id>
    <updated>2018-03-12T06:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Another gay man says he was denied PrEP while serving for the Peace Corps in Ukraine, where HIV rates are high.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/46433_Asia-iStock-544968710.jpg_151dc2dc-63cf-43ba-a8bd-fe264dc2304d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: “Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli Gets Seven Years for Securities Fraud]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/pharma-bro-martin-shkreli-must-fork-736m"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/pharma-bro-martin-shkreli-must-fork-736m</id>
    <updated>2018-03-09T14:34:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[He also jacked up the price of an AIDS-related med 5,000 percent and offered $5K for a lock of Hillary Clinton’s hair.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/46226_p01-16-044.jpg_cb0d77ad-9436-4023-8dec-48a62fb3ae2e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV and Syphilis Cluster Reported in Milwaukee by Health Advocates]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-syphilis-cluster-reported-milwaukee-health-advocates"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-syphilis-cluster-reported-milwaukee-health-advocates</id>
    <updated>2018-03-08T11:07:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[At least 125 people are included, but the city health department has not yet notified the public.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/46344_Wisconsin-iStock-000066821731.jpg_38f1a68a-cf17-4357-b4d3-668eac990e82.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New Needle Exchanges Set to Open in Ohio and Northern Kentucky]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-needle-exchanges-set-open-ohio-northern-kentucky"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-needle-exchanges-set-open-ohio-northern-kentucky</id>
    <updated>2018-03-07T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The programs hope to counter a recent spike in HIV and hepatitis C cases linked to injection drug use.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/46256_Cincinnati-iStock-543046508.jpg_d9b9ed4b-706d-44e9-8064-aeeb0ba58a6f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Latino Immigrant With HIV Gets Reprieve From Deportation]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/latino-immigrant-hiv-gets-reprieve-deportation"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/latino-immigrant-hiv-gets-reprieve-deportation</id>
    <updated>2018-03-05T12:54:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[His native Venezuela lacks HIV meds.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/46162_ricardo-querales-instagram-rickforever8.png_87887045-a0af-480d-8f4a-840e46a06e73.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What’s Causing the “Alarming” Spike of HIV Cases in Ventura County?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/causing-alarming-spike-hiv-cases-ventura-county"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/causing-alarming-spike-hiv-cases-ventura-county</id>
    <updated>2018-03-02T15:36:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Leaders in the California community have their theories.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/46094_California-iStock-000052865186.jpg_b03a5f6f-e55a-4d55-be92-670dd3e24554.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Towards an HIV Cure” Initiative Has Two New Leaders]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/towards-hiv-cure-initiative-two-new-leaders"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/towards-hiv-cure-initiative-two-new-leaders</id>
    <updated>2018-03-01T14:40:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Sharon Lewin and Mark Dybul replace Jack Whitescarver and Françoise Barré-Sinoussi as cochairs of the advisory board.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/46059_cure-sign-dt-9245710.jpg_498c4f76-eef0-43c9-a323-b30ca2c6657e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Tiamat the Dragon Lady Promotes Body Modification and Fights HIV Stigma [VIDEOS]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/tiamat-dragon-lady-promotes-body-modification-fights-hiv-stigma"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/tiamat-dragon-lady-promotes-body-modification-fights-hiv-stigma</id>
    <updated>2018-02-28T15:47:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Her metamorphosis from gay banker to “trans-species reptilian” began after an HIV diagnosis in 1997.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/46018_tiamat-dragon-lady-wizard-of-odd-tv.png_e74e3e47-0dc9-4785-80f2-6ee8dd2026e9.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Repeat After Me: You Can’t Get HIV From Food!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/repeat-get-hiv-food"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/repeat-get-hiv-food</id>
    <updated>2018-02-27T14:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[That means Cadbury chocolates, bananas and Pepsi are not contaminated with the virus.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/45949_teeth-false-TS-87545224.jpg_206e14ba-111e-425e-bbc8-c99577f3d4d3.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How Does Trump’s Expanded “Global Gag Rule” Affect Global Health?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/trumps-expanded-global-gag-rule-affect-global-health-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/trumps-expanded-global-gag-rule-affect-global-health-hiv</id>
    <updated>2018-02-26T16:12:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Foreign groups, including AIDS organizations, can’t receive U.S. funds if they even discuss abortion. Here’s a review of that policy.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/45908_earth-glow-000054563768.jpg_6a8ddd7b-1736-4c6a-90b6-0ba5b2145686.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[As the Oscars Approach, So Do Star-Studded AIDS Fundraisers]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/oscars-approach-starstudded-hiv-aids-fundraisers"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/oscars-approach-starstudded-hiv-aids-fundraisers</id>
    <updated>2018-02-23T17:10:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Elton John hosts his annual viewing party, and The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation teams up with The Standard, Hollywood. [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/45834_elizabeth-taylor-oscars-humanitarian-award-1993.png_6120e573-c3a3-4d72-80f0-a7a509ecf26a.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Record Your HIV Story With a Free 30-Day Journal Kit]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/record-hiv-story-free-30day-journal-kit"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/record-hiv-story-free-30day-journal-kit</id>
    <updated>2018-02-22T14:51:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Journal Initiative preserves the experiences of people living with HIV. Here’s how you can participate.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/45775_Journal-initiative-Example2.jpg_552b3ba1-0c35-48d2-bed1-571aebd9979a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New HIV Mobile Outreach Van Hits the Road Less Traveled in Florida]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-hiv-mobile-outreach-van-hits-road-less-traveled-florida"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-hiv-mobile-outreach-van-hits-road-less-traveled-florida</id>
    <updated>2018-02-21T11:06:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[It’s fueled in part by two $25,000 grants.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/45679_green-light-go-is-000014738639.jpg_8860c920-346f-4476-8746-ad4ffdea0e85.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Condoms Don’t Feel Good, So Don’t Use Them, Says Philippines President]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/condoms-feel-good-use-says-philippines-president"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/condoms-feel-good-use-says-philippines-president</id>
    <updated>2018-02-20T14:06:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[It’s like trying to eat candy with the wrapper on, Duterte tells citizens facing a fast-growing HIV epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/45587_condom-ts-484102273.jpg_313343c1-58d6-4c5d-854f-3dbfd6d42b4d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What Do AIDS Groups Say About Trump’s 2019 Budget Proposal?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-groups-say-trumps-2019-budget-proposal"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-groups-say-trumps-2019-budget-proposal</id>
    <updated>2018-02-16T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Hint: It would slash HIV funds by over $100 million nationally and cause 300,000 deaths each year globally.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/45461_White-House-ts-164566891.jpg_644ff4a1-3213-4769-ade3-1dd5a47a0b9d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Are Gay Men on PrEP Denied Disability and Life Insurance?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/gay-men-prep-hiv-denied-life-disability-insurance"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/gay-men-prep-hiv-denied-life-disability-insurance</id>
    <updated>2018-02-15T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[And yet those who don’t take the HIV prevention med can qualify for the policies.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/45421_two-men-is-000005162961.jpg_699845ef-2b1e-4313-af07-806ccc0ca5ab.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Angels in America” Returns to Broadway 25 Years After Its Debut]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/angels-america-returns-broadway-25-years-debut"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/angels-america-returns-broadway-25-years-debut</id>
    <updated>2018-02-14T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: The publication of a sweeping oral history that recounts the AIDS-themed masterpiece.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/45357_angels-in-america-nathan-andrew-2018.png_b4946271-6246-4e58-8746-a31a694e9224.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“PrEP Supports” Aims to Engage More Black Men in HIV Prevention]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/prep-supports-aims-engage-black-men-hiv-prevention"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/prep-supports-aims-engage-black-men-hiv-prevention</id>
    <updated>2018-02-13T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The San Francisco campaign hopes to overcome racial disparities in HIV health.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/45259_2-san-francisco-PrEP-Campaign-black2018-5.jpg_42876028-7de9-407b-902d-e11c63fd8c5f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[So Adorbs]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/so-adorbs-cover-babies"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/so-adorbs-cover-babies</id>
    <updated>2018-02-12T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Checking in with our cover babies and their HIV-positive parents<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/44267_parents-childern.jpg_f84d2d50-5dd0-42bb-a65b-24adffdbd32c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[You’re Fired!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/youre-fired-pacha"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/youre-fired-pacha</id>
    <updated>2018-02-12T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[What’s going on with the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS?<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/44265_Business-man.jpg_6fbbd075-c4e1-4850-a680-4f1d9eb118f7.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Choose Your Own Adventure]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/choose-adventure"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/choose-adventure</id>
    <updated>2018-02-12T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Sign up and train (or volunteer) for an official AIDS bike ride. Below are just a few of your options for 2018.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/44936_aids-lifecycle-bike-2017.jpeg_c1bf4af8-c4d1-4e76-87d6-473751a9a90a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Uli’s Amazing Journey]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/ulis-amazing-journey-uli-schackmann"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/ulis-amazing-journey-uli-schackmann</id>
    <updated>2018-02-12T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[One woman—and her rescue dog, Jackson—bikes across the country to fight AIDS.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/44263_Uli-Schackmann-P03-18-040.jpg_2652afe6-3632-44ca-8096-02423d1b2583.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$11M Grant to Study Gene Editing to Wipe Out the Latent HIV Reservoir]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/11m-grant-study-gene-editing-wipe-latent-hiv-reservoir"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/11m-grant-study-gene-editing-wipe-latent-hiv-reservoir</id>
    <updated>2018-02-12T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Researchers will genetically engineer participants’ CD4 cells, disabling the attachment of the virus.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/45157_blood-cell-mix-iStock-500455355.jpg_cef85fb0-0700-4f50-8e2a-6cad51b73847.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[GMHC to Move to a New Midtown Manhattan Space]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/gmhc-move-new-midtown-manhattan-space"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/gmhc-move-new-midtown-manhattan-space</id>
    <updated>2018-02-09T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The future headquarters will be more central and accessible—and located in a less expensive neighborhood.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/45109_gmhc-Living-Room2018-1.jpg_7a5bf280-a0d6-4716-b109-59d751d93e4e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Aetna Wasn’t Responsible for HIV Privacy Breach, Says a New Lawsuit]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aetna-responsible-hiv-privacy-breach-says-new-lawsuit"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aetna-responsible-hiv-privacy-breach-says-new-lawsuit</id>
    <updated>2018-02-08T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The insurer asserts that claims administrator KCC botched the mailings when it sent envelopes revealing personal data.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/45027_aetna-hiv-envelope.jpg_4704d410-d7f0-4c91-b75b-68b428f9abf9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day 2018]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-black-hivaids-awareness-day-2018"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-black-hivaids-awareness-day-2018</id>
    <updated>2018-02-07T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This year’s theme is “Stay the Course, the Fight Is Not Over.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/44856_P01-18-035.jpg_cad1c88e-14b4-4f91-a6ab-e800bebef45d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Black AIDS Institute Leader Phill Wilson to Retire]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/black-aids-institute-leader-phill-wilson-retire"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/black-aids-institute-leader-phill-wilson-retire</id>
    <updated>2018-02-06T11:26:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The change is one of many to mark a new direction at the organization.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/44812_phill-wilson.jpg_78e5586d-c9c9-4cd4-93e6-59966ea16a1f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Immigrant With HIV to Be Deported to Venezuela, Which Lacks Meds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/immigrant-hiv-deported-venezuela-lacks-meds"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/immigrant-hiv-deported-venezuela-lacks-meds</id>
    <updated>2018-02-06T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“You are sending me to my death!”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/44779_ricardo-querales-instagram-rickforever8.png_1b44b623-26bf-407f-b1ff-25fca2048142.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[UPDATE: Publix Grocery Chain WILL Cover HIV Prevention PrEP for Its Workers]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/publix-grocery-chain-cover-hiv-prevention-prep-workers"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/publix-grocery-chain-cover-hiv-prevention-prep-workers</id>
    <updated>2018-02-05T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus, a lawsuit alleges that a Publix pharmacy manager disclosed a coworker’s HIV status as a way to embarrass him.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/44689_truvada-pill-and-bottle.white5.jpg_40f90a7a-54b6-419d-aa26-969d8ae0998e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Syringe Access Fund Gives $2.4M in Grants to Fight the Opioid Crisis]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/syringe-access-fund-gives-24m-grants-fight-opioid-crisis"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/syringe-access-fund-gives-24m-grants-fight-opioid-crisis</id>
    <updated>2018-02-02T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The 62 grantees help reduce HIV and hepatitis C cases stemming from injection drug use.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/44656_austin-tx-harm-reduction-coalition.jpg_1bd6ec54-35ec-4d48-82e3-356d47e9dcf0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Trailblazing HIV/AIDS Clinic in Alabama Celebrates 30 Years]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/trailblazing-hiv-aids-clinic-alabama-celebrates-30-years"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/trailblazing-hiv-aids-clinic-alabama-celebrates-30-years</id>
    <updated>2018-02-01T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The 1917 Clinic has treated more than 12,000 people.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/44630_1917Clinic-uab-alabama-team.jpg_9ab403c5-7843-43c0-add0-06f0e910e47d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New CDC Director Resigns Amid Criticism for Buying Tobacco Stock]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-cdc-director-resigns-amid-criticism-buying-tobacco-stock"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-cdc-director-resigns-amid-criticism-buying-tobacco-stock</id>
    <updated>2018-01-31T12:33:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Brenda Fitzgerald faced other questions about conflicts of interest. Anne Schuchat has been named the CDC’s acting director.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/44605_cdc-director-brenda-fitzgerald-at-tedx-talks.png_e38688a6-c571-43eb-b6a8-eaa86bca4542.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Three Corporate Giants to Form a Health Care Company for Their Workers]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/three-corporate-giants-form-health-care-company-workers"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/three-corporate-giants-form-health-care-company-workers</id>
    <updated>2018-01-31T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The announcement by Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase has already disrupted the stock market. Here’s why.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/44571_stethoscope-money-is-000032878734.jpg_0fd9f380-5a03-42e4-9248-21072e38ff95.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Gianni Versace Has HIV in a New TV Series. What’s the Real Story?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/gianni-versace-gets-treated-hiv-american-crime-story"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/gianni-versace-gets-treated-hiv-american-crime-story</id>
    <updated>2018-01-30T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The fashion icon and his family have never publicly disclosed he had the virus<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/44526_edgar-ramirez-as-gianni-versace-fx.png_133af567-1f29-4cd1-b0ac-18227e862e78.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New HIV Clinic Reaches Clients in Eastern Tennessee]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/new-hiv-clinic-reaches-clients-eastern-tennessee"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/new-hiv-clinic-reaches-clients-eastern-tennessee</id>
    <updated>2018-01-29T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Based in Knoxville, the Positively Living facility uses telehealth to see patients in other cities.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/44343_knoxville-iStock-478126053.jpg_114ff233-ee7c-4058-974b-c9fd5ba4d426.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Call Me by Your Name” Sequel Would Tackle AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/call-name-sequel-tackle-aids"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/call-name-sequel-tackle-aids</id>
    <updated>2018-01-26T16:54:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In fact, the film’s director envisions HIV as part of the very first scene in his proposed movie.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/44400_call-me-by-your-name-trailer-sony-pictures-classics.png_6e852c0c-2eae-4b45-981e-e3b8f66e4389.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Ex-Pharma Executive Alex Azar Is Confirmed as Health Secretary]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/expharma-executive-alex-azar-confirmed-health-secretary"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/expharma-executive-alex-azar-confirmed-health-secretary</id>
    <updated>2018-01-26T12:04:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[He’ll oversee the FDA, Medicare and Medicaid at a time when soaring drug prices remain a contentious political topic.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/44348_Alex-Azar-HHS-pic-WWSG-Photo.jpg_01648dd7-06ff-43ef-92b1-713baffc02a5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Aetna Fined by N.Y. State Over HIV Privacy Breach]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aetna-fined-ny-state-hiv-privacy-breach"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aetna-fined-ny-state-hiv-privacy-breach</id>
    <updated>2018-01-25T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The $1.15 million civil fine arrives after a $17.2 million settlement over the mailed envelopes.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/44194_aetna-hiv-envelope.jpg_1b3edc8d-ff1f-4480-a919-588d0a2c44c8.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Baton Rouge Joins &quot;Fast-Track Cities&quot; to End AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/baton-rouge-joins-fasttrack-cities-end-aids"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/baton-rouge-joins-fasttrack-cities-end-aids</id>
    <updated>2018-01-24T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[At an HIV summit, the mayor pledges to meet the “90-90-90” goals by 2020.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/44065_Louisiana-iStock-000048271984-Large.jpg_84af161a-f111-4bd0-84f5-3ff6b5f55a1b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Guess Who Can Now Donate Kidneys to People With HIV?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/people-living-hiv-can-donate-kidneys-people-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/people-living-hiv-can-donate-kidneys-people-hiv</id>
    <updated>2018-01-23T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Organ transplants between HIV-positive people have taken place since 2016—but until now, the donors were deceased.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/44002_kidneys-ts-186934751.jpg_b5a94ffd-e428-4bb7-a325-724fa15af2b8.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How an 85-Year-Old Man May Have Been Exposed to HIV [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/85yearold-man-may-exposed-hiv-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/85yearold-man-may-exposed-hiv-video</id>
    <updated>2018-01-22T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Later, his son accidentally pricked himself after checking his father’s blood sugar.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/43848_chris-devoyd-abc-news.png_f6d4c44b-636e-4fce-9ec6-45629a12446f.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Loathsome” Reason a Model Can Sue After Her Image Appeared in HIV Ads]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/loathsome-reason-model-can-sue-image-appeared-hiv-ads"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/loathsome-reason-model-can-sue-image-appeared-hiv-ads</id>
    <updated>2018-01-19T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An appeals court says the woman can sue for defamation. Here’s why.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/43739_columns-TS-78805368.jpg_21eb77d6-aee2-413b-8845-1757971877e3.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Aetna to Pay $17M Because It Mailed Envelopes Revealing HIV Info]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aetna-pay-17m-mailed-envelopes-revealing-hiv-info"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aetna-pay-17m-mailed-envelopes-revealing-hiv-info</id>
    <updated>2018-01-18T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Many of the 12,000 clients reported significant harm—including vandalism and the loss of a home.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/43742_aetna-hiv-envelope.jpg_636c865e-f4c6-4000-90be-df9d3e51094a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Justice Prevails for Deported HIV-Positive Gay Mexican! [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/justice-prevails-deported-hivpositive-gay-mexican-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/justice-prevails-deported-hivpositive-gay-mexican-video</id>
    <updated>2018-01-17T12:44:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[After U.S. court orders DHS to #BringBringasHome, he is reunited with his husband and daughter.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/43731_carlos-bringas-rodriquez-mike-young.png_ce938a6c-b12b-4a2e-a53f-8b51693dc99e.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Mathilde Krim, AIDS Hero and Researcher, Dies at 91]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/mathilde-krim-aids-hero-researcher-dies-91"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/mathilde-krim-aids-hero-researcher-dies-91</id>
    <updated>2018-01-16T12:50:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“The Mother of AIDS Advocacy” helped found amfAR and fought prejudice. [VIDEO]<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/43672_DR.-MATHILDE-KRIM-shutterstock-94208170.jpg_24ad7ed2-5def-4169-b76d-d350139d7453.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[This Racy HIV Ad Will Definitely Have You Thinking About Sex [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/racy-hiv-ad-will-definitely-thinking-sex-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/racy-hiv-ad-will-definitely-thinking-sex-video</id>
    <updated>2018-01-12T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[It’ll also make you aware of PrEP.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/43568_think-about-prep-dc-1.png_1dd8ec6e-b501-46e4-b102-8c311cca28f2.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Alarming Jump in HIV Cases Across Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/alarming-jump-hiv-cases-across-cincinnati-northern-kentucky"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/alarming-jump-hiv-cases-across-cincinnati-northern-kentucky</id>
    <updated>2018-01-11T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The surge stems from injection drug use.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/43539_Cincinannati-is-000003559198-Large.jpg_a99c857c-3625-4d44-8709-6915c8507585.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Boosting PrEP Awareness Among Minorities in Midwestern Cities]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/boosting-prep-awareness-among-minorities-midwestern-cities"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/boosting-prep-awareness-among-minorities-midwestern-cities</id>
    <updated>2018-01-10T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A $3.4 million grant funds research about the HIV prevention pill in Milwaukee and Cleveland.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/43476_Truvada-Blk-Fingertips-Lft.jpg_8e439d8d-8ded-42a5-be8d-55dd33f3281f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Anna Forbes Is the New Director of Public Policy at AAHIVM]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/anna-forbes-new-director-public-policy-aahivm"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/anna-forbes-new-director-public-policy-aahivm</id>
    <updated>2018-01-09T10:47:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The American Academy of HIV Medicine also hired Eryn Greaney as programs and policy manager.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/43434_nurse-red-ribbon-ts-178171636.jpg_d7cbb44b-d0c3-4bc5-b496-18a6994054f3.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Yes, Sir!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/yes-sir-rod-mccoy"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/yes-sir-rod-mccoy</id>
    <updated>2018-01-08T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[American Leatherman Rod McCoy takes his HIV advocacy “Beyond the Red Ribbon.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/43389_P01-18-055.jpg_f0b9b3eb-634c-40e5-a6f8-1f001593fb36.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Lone Star State Gets Two New Clinics]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/lone-star-state-gets-two-new-clinics"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lone-star-state-gets-two-new-clinics</id>
    <updated>2018-01-08T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Care Clinic and Kind Clinic will provide services to people living with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/43091_P01-18-056.jpg_0192a8dc-5dd9-416d-8d1b-648fa18a5256.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Hub of HIV Services Post–Hurricane Harvey]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hub-hiv-services-posthurricane-harvey"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hub-hiv-services-posthurricane-harvey</id>
    <updated>2018-01-08T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Clients are now returning to the Thomas Street Health Center.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/43095_P01-18-059.jpg_1b00fbaf-dc0c-42d7-b9fd-85e09bbf0afb.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Loud &amp; Proud]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/loud-proud-hiv-awareness-1"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/loud-proud-hiv-awareness-1</id>
    <updated>2018-01-08T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV awareness for young gay and bi men in Black and Latino communities<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/43102_Todrick-Hall-P12-17-046.jpg_f4e09746-d9fe-47b5-aad3-b3de82c3cced.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hit That Perfect Beat]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hit-perfect-beat-robin-campillo"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hit-perfect-beat-robin-campillo</id>
    <updated>2018-01-08T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[French director Robin Campillo takes us behind the scenes of his film BPM (Beats Per Minute), about ACT UP Paris.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/43216_P01-18-050.jpg_b7672e32-a58c-40e9-9479-db77ba5f89bb.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Film “BPM” Won’t Be Nominated for an Oscar]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-film-bmp-nominated-oscar"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-film-bmp-nominated-oscar</id>
    <updated>2018-01-08T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[If it’s any consolation, Angelina Jolie was also snubbed in the 2018 Foreign Language Oscar Shortlist.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/43311_120-BPM-Photo1.jpeg_6bb0c318-3e2c-476b-9f9c-9a3a5579887e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV and Hepatitis Tests Now Mandatory Before Arkansas Boxing Matches]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-hepatitis-tests-now-mandatory-arkansas-boxing-matches"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-hepatitis-tests-now-mandatory-arkansas-boxing-matches</id>
    <updated>2018-01-05T11:09:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[All other states already require such testing.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/43229_boxer-iStock-536509119.jpg_226db564-6551-496d-b191-93c770de804e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[NYC Gets Its First Openly HIV-Positive City Council Speaker]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/nyc-gets-first-openly-hivpositive-city-council-speaker"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/nyc-gets-first-openly-hivpositive-city-council-speaker</id>
    <updated>2018-01-04T06:30:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Corey Johnson has served as chair of the council’s health committee and worked on the Ending the AIDS Epidemic by 2020 strategy.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/43136_corey-johnson-1.jpg_bbbc9376-b4b6-434a-b8a6-5744a53e3191.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why the Bay State Worries About a Possible HIV Outbreak]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/massachusetts-worries-possible-hiv-outbreak"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/massachusetts-worries-possible-hiv-outbreak</id>
    <updated>2018-01-03T11:41:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[And what it’s doing to avoid a situation like rural Indiana, where more than 180 people got HIV within four months.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/43032_massachusetts-iStock-530557983.jpg_64fea140-e733-41c9-b2e2-2b5f0849c392.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Florida to Roll Out Free PrEP in 2018]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/florida-roll-free-prep-2018"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/florida-roll-free-prep-2018</id>
    <updated>2018-01-02T15:24:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[All 67 county health departments will offer the daily HIV prevention pill Truvada. Several already do.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/42965_iStock-516794016.jpg_25d53691-b167-4230-93b9-e14491006979.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Discussing “90 Days”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/discussing-90-days-film"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/discussing-90-days-film</id>
    <updated>2017-11-13T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Love is the message in this short film about HIV, disclosure and dating.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/39397_90DaysTheFilm-P12-17-041.jpg_4ea6c234-ed35-4e8c-b25b-1cdebb8d13d8.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Loud &amp; Proud]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/loud-proud-HIV-awareness"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/loud-proud-HIV-awareness</id>
    <updated>2017-11-13T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV awareness for young gay and bi men in Black and Latino communities<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/39404_Todrick-Hall-P12-17-046.jpg_6ea6fcd6-15bf-4a50-90e5-b506873fec12.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[CDC Backs “U=U” Science]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/cdc-backs-uu-science"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/cdc-backs-uu-science</id>
    <updated>2017-11-13T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[There's effectively no risk of transmission from an HIV-positive partner to an HIV-negative partner when the virus is fully suppressed.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/39348_UU.jpg_962f5394-a3f6-402d-a15d-68bdc0d07e0c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Modernizing HIV Crime Laws]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/modernizing-hiv-crime-laws"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/modernizing-hiv-crime-laws</id>
    <updated>2017-11-13T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[January 1, 2018, will mark a new dawn for HIV crime laws in California, thanks to a law signed by Governor Jerry Brown.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/39358_California-P12-17-054.jpg_61ba9bab-ca49-4c6e-9d28-87a63827fd90.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Weathering the Storms]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/weathering-storms-hurricane-relief"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/weathering-storms-hurricane-relief</id>
    <updated>2017-11-13T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV/AIDS groups offer emergency relief to hurricane-battered regions.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/39328_USCA-P12-17-050.jpg_34652b73-b8b5-4dd7-943f-6049c06a7aa5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A New Day With(out) Art [SLIDESHOW]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/a-new-day-without-art"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/a-new-day-without-art</id>
    <updated>2017-11-13T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Visual AIDS commissions seven videos of Black narratives within the epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/40537_Reina-Gossett-1.jpg_a7075c2b-e1f0-4a16-a16f-faa85a354742.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Puerto Rico Update]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/puerto-rico-update"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/puerto-rico-update</id>
    <updated>2017-11-13T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Our October cover story on Puerto Rico was published just days before Maria made landfall.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/39336_P12-17-051.jpg_45da6087-2039-4681-9fc0-fa5b52f59fe1.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why AIDS Film “BPM” Has So Many Love Scenes—and So Much Dancing]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-film-bpm-many-love-scenesand-much-dancing"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-film-bpm-many-love-scenesand-much-dancing</id>
    <updated>2017-10-27T12:06:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The director and stars also discuss how ACT UP Paris differed from U.S. activism and what young viewers find exciting about the movie.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/38818_120-BPM-Photo1.jpeg_0e23b4a6-86e0-40f9-a857-3046f74d6dbf.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Sex Tips From a Gay Man, Indeed!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/sex-tips-gay-man-indeed"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/sex-tips-gay-man-indeed</id>
    <updated>2017-10-12T18:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Inspired by an aunt lost to AIDS, TV star Jai Rodriguez promotes “Positively Fearless” HIV awareness among Latino gay and bi men.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/38035_jai-rodriguez-headshot.jpeg_0e443f68-3856-4354-b521-446f168c32b8.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Live Through This]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/live-through-this-clay-cane"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/live-through-this-clay-cane</id>
    <updated>2017-09-25T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[POZ deputy editor Trent Straube shares his observations about essays by author Clay Cane.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/36154_P10-17-016.jpg_df976cfb-09f5-4ef1-b0f7-938523b4b1e8.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Ghosts, Gods and Good Things]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/ghosts-gods-good-things"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/ghosts-gods-good-things</id>
    <updated>2017-09-25T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Autumn offers a stellar lineup of HIV-related reading. Find these suggested titles in the POZ Bookstore:<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/36105_Untitled-6.jpg_f56aade9-f270-4fb0-bcbc-1a45662413b5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Art and Everyday Activism]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/art-everyday-activism"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/art-everyday-activism</id>
    <updated>2017-09-25T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS at Home explores hidden stories of the epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/36091_P10-17-057.jpg_9d80620b-4db7-4357-a7a2-41c9548c954f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Clusters of HIV Cases]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/clusters-hiv-cases"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/clusters-hiv-cases</id>
    <updated>2017-09-25T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Young gay Latino men in Texas are testing positive for HIV in clusters.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/36078_Untitled-1.jpg_9a701c92-fc9c-44b6-be77-02427aa6b061.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Power of U=U]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/power-uu-hiv-campaign"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/power-uu-hiv-campaign</id>
    <updated>2017-09-25T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Support grows stronger for a statement on transmission risk when undetectable.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/35949_P10-17-044.jpg_9534ce5c-27fd-42b3-ba8b-cbd96635841e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Viral Loads and HIV Laws]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/viral-loads-hiv-laws"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/viral-loads-hiv-laws</id>
    <updated>2017-09-25T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Ten organizations released the “Consensus Statement on HIV ‘Treatment as Prevention’ in Criminal Law Reform.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/35953_P10-17-046.jpg_a7fc16ce-57d9-4973-bcf9-67ab31c25c8e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Not Forgotten]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/not-forgotten-older-latinos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/not-forgotten-older-latinos</id>
    <updated>2017-09-25T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new report highlights the lives and needs of older Latinos living with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/36069_P10-17-054.jpg_952c45f8-e0ee-4b11-8646-7967415bd92d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Discovering That Your Uncle, Who Died in 1987, Had AIDS, Not Cancer]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/discovering-uncle-died-1987-aids-hiv-cancer-penitent-heart"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/discovering-uncle-died-1987-aids-hiv-cancer-penitent-heart</id>
    <updated>2017-09-22T15:37:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In her film “Memories of a Penitent Heart,” Cecilia Aldarondo explores the secrets and generational rifts of her Latino family.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/36612_memories.png_47fd3737-1b0b-4ab3-a212-f8c1be34547a.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Moments of Stillness [SLIDESHOW]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/moments-stilness"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/moments-stilness</id>
    <updated>2017-09-13T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Stephen Barker’s portraits show early AIDS activists, minus all the anger<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/34515_ACT-UP-Portraits-P09-17-029.jpg_71416fdd-2af8-4691-ba22-9812bcc842c7.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Were Hundreds of Tributes Deleted From @the_aids_memorial?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hundreds-tributes-deleted-theaidsmemorial"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hundreds-tributes-deleted-theaidsmemorial</id>
    <updated>2017-09-06T17:30:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The beloved Instagram account is back online, and its founder wants “people to feel comfortable sending submissions.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/35610_the-aids-memorial-logo-instagram.png_12c5e0a2-9c87-456c-9ad2-c62516a6ad84.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Look What You Made Todrick Hall Do … for HIV Awareness! [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/look-made-todrick-hall-hiv-awareness"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/look-made-todrick-hall-hiv-awareness</id>
    <updated>2017-09-01T13:55:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[He conquered Broadway, YouTube and Oz. Now he’s helping “Positively Fearless” tackle HIV in the Black community.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/35487_todrick-hall-positively-fearless.jpg_425959e0-7ef7-4e06-89fb-d65e2a4f58ef.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Outreach in Alabama]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/outreach-alabama"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/outreach-alabama</id>
    <updated>2017-08-14T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[MAO turns 30.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/34589_MAO-P09-17-045.jpg_ca9acfb5-84c9-4de3-b396-abab73354ae9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Spilling the T]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/spilling-t"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/spilling-t</id>
    <updated>2017-08-14T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Advice via a transgender documentary<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/34411_more-than-t-TIAIRA-OCTAVIA.png_4980c9bd-5bc1-4d9d-8463-a313d6da8712.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Website Formerly Known as AIDS.gov]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/website-formerly-known-aidsgov"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/website-formerly-known-aidsgov</id>
    <updated>2017-08-14T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS.gov was recently rechristened to HIV.gov.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/34430_HIVdotgov-logo.jpg_2795ccea-75f8-43be-83e9-19a823553dc6.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Trump AIDS Advisers Quit]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/trump-aids-advisers-quit"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/trump-aids-advisers-quit</id>
    <updated>2017-08-14T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This summer, six members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS resigned because President Trump "simply does not care."<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/34441_white-house-iStock-519129292.jpg_4be3e9bb-36f0-4b4b-adab-798970d6a743.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Resists!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/HIV"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/HIV</id>
    <updated>2017-06-26T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Meet six activists living with the virus and fighting for your rights.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/68226_Tim-Murphy-P07-17-028.jpg_908eb937-284d-4372-89c5-92ea44c3fd5c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Revealing HIV Stats—and Torsos Too!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/revealing-hiv-statsand-torsos"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/revealing-hiv-statsand-torsos</id>
    <updated>2017-06-26T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The “#uncoverHIV” campaign reaches a U.S. region that the CDC rates as high risk for both HIV and hepatitis C.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/31640_uncoverHIV-P07-17-040.jpg_b2fd1363-bf76-4351-8ef0-fe4fb3bedf21.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[This Punk Rocker Just Got His HIV PhD]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/dexter-holland-punk-rocker-phd"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/dexter-holland-punk-rocker-phd</id>
    <updated>2017-06-26T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/31812_Dexter-Holland.jpg_29e8305d-e352-4299-86f7-0250d326d2c2.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Dancing to End HIV Stigma]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/dancing-to-end-hiv-stigma"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/dancing-to-end-hiv-stigma</id>
    <updated>2017-06-26T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A rally and dance party was held at the New York City AIDS Memorial to supported the “Undetectable = Untransmittable” campaign<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/31646_IMG-7377.JPG_abe9c754-ec9f-48f0-83c5-4f556c800a7f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Reducing Risk in Sin City]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/reducing-risk-in-sin-city"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/reducing-risk-in-sin-city</id>
    <updated>2017-06-26T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/31651_Syringe-dispensing-vending-machine-P07-17-059.jpg_59bef3df-413c-4232-915b-8fd34a1fc77d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Not a Tough Pill to Swallow]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/-not-a-tough-pill-to-swallow"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/-not-a-tough-pill-to-swallow</id>
    <updated>2017-06-26T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Before starting PrEP, Evan J. Peterson decided to date HIV-positive dudes.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/31653_PrEp.jpg_1170d3f4-0419-4b2b-9593-cbff79e0d710.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Ladies Who Love Their Life]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/ladies-who-love-their-life"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/ladies-who-love-their-life</id>
    <updated>2017-06-26T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A bilingual campaign encourages HIV awareness and prevention among women of color.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/31655_Love-Your-Life-.jpg_3a34c63f-3673-47ee-a7a5-30bc09bf5928.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Transgender Individuals From “More Than T” Discuss HIV and Hope [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/transgender-individuals-t-discuss-hiv-hope-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/transgender-individuals-t-discuss-hiv-hope-video</id>
    <updated>2017-06-23T16:23:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: What’s with all those transgender “bathroom bills”? Find out in this “Trans 102” video vignette!<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/32319_more-than-t-promo.png_6848cd81-8d29-45b6-82d8-7a51d2869422.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Scenes From Real Life]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/scenes-real-life"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/scenes-real-life</id>
    <updated>2017-05-15T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An immersive play for and about Black gay men in the South<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/29406_As-Much-As-I-Can-d.jpg_eaddadf2-5b2b-4b6c-b08f-74dca13bcedf.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Memoirs, Mythology and More]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/memoirs-mythology"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/memoirs-mythology</id>
    <updated>2017-05-15T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This time of year, the best reading is done by sunlight! Find these suggested books in the POZ Bookstore:<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/29412_Damaged-Goods-book.jpg_6161689e-7456-4fc5-9772-a31915c734a7.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Making HIV History and Housing [SLIDESHOW]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/making-history-housing"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/making-history-housing</id>
    <updated>2017-05-15T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HousingWorksHistory.com documents the story of “how AIDS activists became real estate developers.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/29726_Housing-Works-architectural-drawings-a.jpg_344151e0-3b3f-41fd-98ee-5ecc7ec568ae.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Detectable Mistakes in the Media]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/detectable-mistakes-media"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/detectable-mistakes-media</id>
    <updated>2017-04-03T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Accuracy Watchdog corrects erroneous reporting about HIV transmission risks.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/27432_news-iStock-4688569281.jpg_e721b881-4c24-423a-8cd7-a06bcd949c2d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Pivotal Trump Voters Linked to HIV and Hep C Risk]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/pivotal-trump-voters-linked-hiv-hep-c-risk"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/pivotal-trump-voters-linked-hiv-hep-c-risk</id>
    <updated>2017-04-03T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[They're mostly straight, white, rural and poor.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/27434_vote-Donald-button-iStock-4858807961.jpg_bb02830e-4fc6-43ac-ac89-4359b24e360f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Pants on Fire!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/pants-fire"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/pants-fire</id>
    <updated>2017-04-03T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Can you get HIV from eating bananas?<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/27436_bananas-with-hiv-fake-news.png_a7553e7f-a379-4b16-95d5-c25e75083512.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Kid Stays in the Picture]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/kid-stays-picture-danny-ordendorff"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/kid-stays-picture-danny-ordendorff</id>
    <updated>2017-04-03T11:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An HIV/AIDS art exhibit centers on youth.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/27430_P04-17-026.jpg_2372366f-74ab-46a0-b16d-5261b7fc1b8c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[#UncoverHIV Reveals Startling Statistics—and Some Torsos Too! [Slideshow]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/uncoverhiv-reveals-startling-statisticsand-torsos-slideshow"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/uncoverhiv-reveals-startling-statisticsand-torsos-slideshow</id>
    <updated>2017-03-29T14:58:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The campaign reaches African Americans in Kentucky, in a region the CDC rates as high risk for HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/27623_uncover-hiv-10.jpg_8133c4ee-21c3-484e-85a1-8a2cef8d6877.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Room of One’s Own]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/room-ones"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/room-ones</id>
    <updated>2017-02-13T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[What’s next for the New York City AIDS Memorial?<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/25026_NYC-AIDS-Memorial-P03-17-030.jpg_ebb17d3a-7450-44b5-a2b8-af090998ab9e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Moonlight Has an HIV Backstory]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/moonlight-hiv-backstory"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/moonlight-hiv-backstory</id>
    <updated>2017-02-13T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Moonlight tells the story of growing up black and struggling with one's sexual identity.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/25037_moonight-movie-ashton-sanders-A24.jpeg_8c05b7f0-b670-4e2a-b876-21a0ee3e4c3f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[POZ Stories: Latonya Baskerville]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poz-stories-latonya-baskerville"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poz-stories-latonya-baskerville</id>
    <updated>2017-02-13T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Latonya Baskerville shares her story<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/25035_Baskerville-P03-17-034.jpg_824ca77d-74b5-4c1d-b958-6bcfab606bca.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Gay Sex and the City: a Q&amp;A With Paul Victor]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/gay-sex-city-paul-victor"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/gay-sex-city-paul-victor</id>
    <updated>2017-02-13T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[After Paul Victor learned he had HIV, he created a sex-positive series called Mess. It’s now streaming on a screen near you.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/25040_Mess-P03-17-023.jpg_2a107dd7-92cb-4859-b4b2-ce8b96f6f6f9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Sneak Peeks and Special Guests on Season 2 of These HIV Web Series]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/sneak-peeks-special-guests"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/sneak-peeks-special-guests</id>
    <updated>2017-02-13T11:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[What’s next for “Merce” and “Unsure/Positive”?<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/25047_Unsure-Positive-P03-17-028.jpg_6540a9db-0326-4b65-b893-d6f1c58c9753.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Art in America That’s Youthful, Even Joyous [SLIDESHOW]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/aids-art-america-youthful-even-joyous-depaul-slideshow"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/aids-art-america-youthful-even-joyous-depaul-slideshow</id>
    <updated>2017-02-10T13:01:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Curator Danny Orendorff walks us through the HIV/AIDS exhibition “One day this kid will get larger.”<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/25447_DavidWojnarowicz.jpg_b6548797-bc4f-4612-8e8a-b070bc3c7995.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[“Still Standing” Spotlights Older Men of Color With HIV [VIDEO]]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/still-standing-spotlights-older-men-color-hiv-video"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/still-standing-spotlights-older-men-color-hiv-video</id>
    <updated>2017-02-02T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The campaign stars members of Brooklyn’s GRIOT Circle.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/25109_still-standing-uveiling-griot-circle.jpg_608cbda8-9a6d-437b-8cb5-2760803719d5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV-Positive Older Men of Color Tell It Like It Is, Sex and All]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hivpositive-older-men-color-tell-like-sex"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hivpositive-older-men-color-tell-like-sex</id>
    <updated>2017-02-02T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Three minority men share their life stories in GRIOT Circle’s “Still Standing” project, but you can read them right here!<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/25118_still-standing-Postcard-front.jpg_bc2c4f42-cbe8-46f4-a16e-e08aff855129.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[U.S. Endorses Harm Reduction]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/us-endorses-harm-reduction"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/us-endorses-harm-reduction</id>
    <updated>2017-01-09T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[U.S. surgeon general shows support for harm reduction efforts.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/23629_P01-17-052.jpg_f607bf05-5410-4004-9cd5-7e892cafca47.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[And Now a Few Words From Miss Universe….]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/now-words-miss-universe"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/now-words-miss-universe</id>
    <updated>2017-01-09T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Reigning Miss Universe takes to Instagram to address her critics.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/23631_P01-17-051.jpg_fe629a35-e878-44e8-bac9-4b1ea0e6960f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Stories of Courage From Homeless Women With AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/stories-courage-carol-marsh-miriams-house-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/stories-courage-carol-marsh-miriams-house-hiv</id>
    <updated>2017-01-09T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Carol D. Marsh ran a residence for homeless women with AIDS. Then she wrote a memoir about it.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/24118_P01-16-041.jpg_9724ffcc-3101-4a53-bd44-a06b8f54562b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[He Will Rock You]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/will-rock"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/will-rock</id>
    <updated>2017-01-09T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In a new Freddie Mercury biography, the Queen front man shares the spotlight with the AIDS epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/23618_P01-17-045.jpg_3ea0e45c-3403-409a-98b6-ca8d27b9bd47.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Freddie Mercury Bio Links the Rock Star to AIDS “Patient Zero”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/freddie-mercury-bio-links-rock-star-aids-patient-zero"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/freddie-mercury-bio-links-rock-star-aids-patient-zero</id>
    <updated>2016-11-22T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Somebody to Love” biographer also tells POZ about the hidden meaning of Queen’s megahit “Bohemian Rhapsody.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/22089_freddie-mercury-rio-de-janeiro-1985-richard-young.jpg_14bc25b7-0570-4bf4-8e56-e79d462ccc0e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[On the NYC Home Front]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/nyc-home-front-1"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/nyc-home-front-1</id>
    <updated>2016-11-14T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[GMHC now provides housing for clients.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/21259_housing-iStock-000028419026.jpg_81505ad5-5967-4588-a14f-e9a0ce89fe86.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Harry Potter and the Secret HIV Metaphor]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/harry-potter-secret-hiv-metaphor"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/harry-potter-secret-hiv-metaphor</id>
    <updated>2016-11-14T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/21261_harry-potter-remus-lupin-prisoner-azkaban.jpg_431a3099-4ba0-441f-8d5e-194fa725d06e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Women Speak Up! 2016]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/women-speak-2016-3"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/women-speak-2016-3</id>
    <updated>2016-11-14T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Women living with HIV are “Organizing for Power”—that was the theme of “Speak Up! 2016.”<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/21275_speak-up-complete-program-1.jpg_b648ba6b-fbc2-46f7-ad74-85ec21766c19.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[20 Years of Promoting Healthy Sexuality]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/20-years-promoting-healthy-sexuality"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/20-years-promoting-healthy-sexuality</id>
    <updated>2016-11-14T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[How can you thrive with HIV? Researchers at the Center for HIV Educational Studies & Training (CHEST) offer some insightful data.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/21298_CHEST-office.jpg_6f7f310f-5831-4a70-95ce-4f375962ccc1.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Snapshots From the South]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/snapshots-south"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/snapshots-south</id>
    <updated>2016-11-14T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The viral photo campaign IAMHIV hopes to end stigma, one portrait at a time.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/22038_antron.jpeg_72f0998b-c789-4090-b9b1-20c24c22e7d1.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hands Up for World AIDS Day!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/nyc-home-front"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/nyc-home-front</id>
    <updated>2016-11-14T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[GMHC now provides housing for clients.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/21273_hands.jpg_a252df82-8cdf-451a-b702-5df6801100d2.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[An HIV High Note: Falsettos Returns to Broadway]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-high-note-falsettos-returns-broadway"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-high-note-falsettos-returns-broadway</id>
    <updated>2016-11-14T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/21244_falsettos-poster.jpg_94b9e4a8-0923-4cba-b0a8-9a62a2c87516.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Writing History]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/writing-history"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/writing-history</id>
    <updated>2016-11-14T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[’Tis the season to curl up with a good book—or give one as a holiday present. A few suggestions:<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/21211_how-to-survive-plague-book-cover.jpeg_ffc124d0-b6ab-49cc-8791-5e00575af412.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Brotherly Love]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/brotherly-love"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/brotherly-love</id>
    <updated>2016-09-26T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Daniel D. Driffin speaks about HIV at the DNC.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/19483_Daniel-D.-Driffin-Untitled-2.jpg_89f45811-8c12-45eb-8b3e-a3aa38472b61.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet A Very, Very Long-Term Survivor]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meet-long-term-survivor"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meet-long-term-survivor</id>
    <updated>2016-09-26T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Elleder and his team reconstructed ancient viral genomes, dating the oldest lentiviruses to as long ago as 60 million years.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/19485_Lemur-.jpg_ceb27291-2ced-4fc8-8381-eb64697e5ebf.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Dating Apps &amp; the “Digital Quarantine”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/dating-apps-digital-quarantine"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/dating-apps-digital-quarantine</id>
    <updated>2016-09-26T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[POZ readers weigh in on the option of filtering by HIV status on the gay dating app Grindr.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/19493_iphone-hand-.jpg_61d9b715-008c-4dca-87d4-fc81c31fe734.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[POZ Stories: Billy Duckett]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poz-stories-billy-duckett"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poz-stories-billy-duckett</id>
    <updated>2016-09-26T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“To prevent HIV, we need more outreach,” Duckett says. “I would have never gotten sick had I gotten tested and treated.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/19495_Billy-Duckett-P10-16-046.jpg_2f4d8643-7ea0-40d3-a792-0590fce421cc.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[When Undetectable…]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/undetectable"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/undetectable</id>
    <updated>2016-09-26T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Spreading the word about the “negligible risk” of transmitting HIV<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/19497_Couple-P10-16-048.jpg_8a85c13d-263e-438a-b57a-a0a49784fcae.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Kenneth Cole’s Newest AIDS Act]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/kenneth-coles-newest-aids-act"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/kenneth-coles-newest-aids-act</id>
    <updated>2016-08-15T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Fashion designer Kenneth Cole is now an international goodwill ambassador for UNAIDS.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/17577_UN-AIDS-Kenneth-Cole.jpg_3f789bf7-9f4a-41bc-9d11-9a26f6eb50f0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[An Olympic Record in Condoms]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/olympic-record-condoms"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/olympic-record-condoms</id>
    <updated>2016-08-15T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[About 450,000 free condoms were supplied to athletes and staff at the Rio Olympics.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/17579_condoms-olympic-rings.jpg_f13ab963-e633-479c-abb9-10c308195c94.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AHF’s Tenofovir Lawsuit]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/ahfs-tenofovir-lawsuit"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/ahfs-tenofovir-lawsuit</id>
    <updated>2016-08-15T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The AIDS Healthcare Foundation alleges Gilead could have developed the safer version of tenofovir earlier.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/17575_Truvada-bottle.jpg_d05e9b78-6b8a-4fdf-98d0-33938a3fc4c7.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Mapping HIV Risk]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/mapping-hiv-risk"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/mapping-hiv-risk</id>
    <updated>2016-08-15T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The CDC lists 220 counties where injection drug users are at high risk of HIV and hep C.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/17573_states-TN-KY-WV.jpg_4eb56795-6809-4139-9f83-a5f531529ecb.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[POZ Stories: Tammy Bellish]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poz-stories-tammy-bellish"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poz-stories-tammy-bellish</id>
    <updated>2016-08-15T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[She just finished her master’s degree in social work, and she’s ready to keep going.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/17569_Tammy-Bellish.jpg_c2d1d960-fcfa-4bf4-a8f1-dbeacb0087e5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Stigma and the Orlando Tragedy]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-stigma-orlando-tragedy"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-stigma-orlando-tragedy</id>
    <updated>2016-08-15T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/17567_Miguel-univison.jpeg_34435e27-7a2b-4d30-97a7-c85979343c49.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[They Got the Beat!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/got-beat"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/got-beat</id>
    <updated>2016-08-15T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Social media stars shine the spotlight on HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/17563_HIV-Beats.jpg_6b1299ad-1a9e-43d0-b4ea-7017406023d3.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Sole Mates]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/sole-mates"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/sole-mates</id>
    <updated>2016-08-15T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[TOMS + the Keith Haring Foundation<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/17565_Toms-shoes-Keith-Haring.jpg_5ae43272-e75c-415e-aee2-8bd1660c5a0b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Does Undetectable Mean Uninfectious? The Challenge of Explaining HIV Study Results]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/undetectable-mean-uninfectious-challenge-explaining-hiv-study-results"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/undetectable-mean-uninfectious-challenge-explaining-hiv-study-results</id>
    <updated>2016-07-26T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The accompanying editorial and press release to recent PARTNER study findings spark concerns from the Prevention Access Campaign.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/17077_question-is-000032123378.jpg_c2f7e66f-4459-4810-b671-a752a28802e5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Be a Quitter]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/quitter"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/quitter</id>
    <updated>2016-06-24T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This free online program helps HIV-positive smokers kick the habit.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/14873_cigarette-hands-iStock-000055504534.jpg_2646db33-9680-4a70-b4c6-d63792628881.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Palm Springs HIV Profiles]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/palm-springs-hiv-profiles"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/palm-springs-hiv-profiles</id>
    <updated>2016-06-24T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The documentary Desert Migration spotlights 13 long-term survivors, all men, now living in Palm Springs, California.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/14875_Desert-Migration-P07-16-056.jpg_4372a330-63f5-471f-b50f-4c0efb0ea98d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Painting the Epidemic]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/painting-epidemic"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/painting-epidemic</id>
    <updated>2016-06-24T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The painter Hugh Steers died of AIDS-related illness at age 32 in 1995, a time when figurative painting like his was not in vogue.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/14877_Hugh-Steers-P07-16-057.jpg_c67ffa5b-7cc7-4a19-8b67-27f4a1c868e2.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Re-invention Tour]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/reinvention-tour"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/reinvention-tour</id>
    <updated>2016-06-24T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Two of Madonna’s Blond Ambition dancers are long-term survivors now shining the spotlight on HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/14920_Strike-a-Pose-P07-16-038.jpg_dd3dc0aa-4b0a-4ebe-8375-3107fceb95eb.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[SLIDESHOW: Meet the 13 Long-Term Survivors of “Desert Migration”]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/slideshow-meet-13-long-term-survivors-hiv-aids-desert-migration"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/slideshow-meet-13-long-term-survivors-hiv-aids-desert-migration</id>
    <updated>2016-06-24T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Plus: An interview with the documentary’s director, Daniel F. Cardone<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/15874_Desert-Migration-P07-16-056.jpg_2cda8822-da80-4b87-8035-b4643b8a1547.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Heroes Tour 2016]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/heroes-tour-2016"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/heroes-tour-2016</id>
    <updated>2016-06-24T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Doug Meyer makes sculptures of creative icons lost to AIDS.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/14865_Heroes-P07-16-051.jpg_70bcba82-a4e7-4ec5-a18a-8ce4481cdb18.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Impulse Control]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/impulse-control"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/impulse-control</id>
    <updated>2016-05-16T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Young gay men in Florida and across the globe get the urge to fight HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/13291_P06-16-037.jpg_6e8ed337-59e6-4859-ad56-46dab1bd327b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Positive on PrEP]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/positive-prep"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/positive-prep</id>
    <updated>2016-05-16T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Meet three guys who got HIV after starting Truvada as pre-exposure prophylaxis. How does this happen, and how are they doing today?<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/13428_Anthony-Basco-P06-16-023.jpg_77f1d16f-1d05-49bf-bbeb-6b043a39f721.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[America Addresses Its Opioid Addiction]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/america-addresses-opioid-addiction"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/america-addresses-opioid-addiction</id>
    <updated>2016-05-16T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Rising abuse of heroin and prescription opioids has led to outbreaks of HIV and hepatitis C.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/13298_P06-16-043.jpg_5de6c124-b1fd-4db0-a683-6983bde5e9a5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Surveying the Needs of Women With HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/surveying-needs-women-hiv"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/surveying-needs-women-hiv</id>
    <updated>2016-05-16T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A survey of 180 HIV-positive women spells out the challenges and needs of this population in the rapidly changing health care landscape.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/13296_P06-16-042.jpg_08f5a04c-e500-4678-839f-154f28da5e4c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Transgender Concerns in Health Care and Law]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/transgender-concerns-health-care-law"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/transgender-concerns-health-care-law</id>
    <updated>2016-05-16T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Positively Trans project at the Transgender Law Center launched an online poll to assess the experiences of trans people with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/13300_P06-16-047.jpg_75e80c44-f1a3-4e63-b6f0-884dd46126b6.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Breakfast of HIV Champions]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/breakfast-hiv-champions"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/breakfast-hiv-champions</id>
    <updated>2016-05-16T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Greg Louganis is honored on a box of Wheaties.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/13303_P06-16-048.jpg_3d21b8b0-b7a8-4fe8-8ddc-81cbffae95d0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[$330K in Southern Comfort]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/330k-southern-comfort"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/330k-southern-comfort</id>
    <updated>2016-05-16T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Hard-hearted legislators can’t stop the good-hearted Elton John AIDS Foundation and Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/13305_P06-16-044.jpg_9edc3c60-fc9c-445b-b960-f8a4b1f1834d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Mapping Out Early AIDS in the U.S.]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/mapping-early-aids-us"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/mapping-early-aids-us</id>
    <updated>2016-05-16T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A team of researchers looked at blood samples taken from gay and bisexual men in 1978 and 1979 to determine when HIV took hold in the U.S.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/13306_Africa-dt-l-29628606.jpg_23badeaa-f080-4aee-8ac1-62399fc92f7a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Spreading the Word on PrEP]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/spreading-word-prep"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/spreading-word-prep</id>
    <updated>2016-04-04T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A roundup of new promotions for pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP).<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/11263_Greater-Than-AIDS-P04-16-034.jpg_b347eabc-b42a-482c-a426-40afe4ab6274.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A (RED) Decade]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/red-decade"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/red-decade</id>
    <updated>2016-04-04T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This year marks the 10th anniversary of the (RED) organization, founded by rock star Bono and Bobby Shriver.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/11259_Product-Red-Beats-Solo2.jpg_73ada4e4-85e8-40df-9e8e-a3b48d7e81bf.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Liz Taylor’s Grand Legacy]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/liz-taylors-grand-legacy"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/liz-taylors-grand-legacy</id>
    <updated>2016-04-04T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In March, The Elizabeth Taylor AIDS Foundation presented the annual AIDSWatch in Washington, DC.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/11255_LizTaylor547568035LF002-Positive-Lea.jpg_e6bc3df6-6c48-4348-9688-fc32eca85e8d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HBO Looks at Mapplethorpe]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hbo-looks-mapplethorpe"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hbo-looks-mapplethorpe</id>
    <updated>2016-04-04T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This April, you can see the man behind the camera and the controversy when HBO airs Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/11253_Robert-Mapplethorpe-P04-16-029.jpg_a9cc3579-24a2-4c0b-a701-aeb9b3890e9a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[This Activist Wants to Take on Bill Maher]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/activist-wants-take-bill-maher"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/activist-wants-take-bill-maher</id>
    <updated>2016-04-04T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS activist Maria Mejia was so outraged by HBO’s Real Time With Bill Maher, she started a Change.org petition.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/11251_Maria-Mejia-P04-16-036.JPG_3b4b869f-2236-491d-af06-16dbd482153f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Online Injectors]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/online-injectors"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/online-injectors</id>
    <updated>2016-04-04T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A syringe exchange program with the CORNER Project in NYC meets today’s younger drug users where they hang out.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/11247_CORNER-needle-pickup.jpg_122a4121-b498-4418-b66e-c0387eb48d82.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet the Man Who Got HIV While on Daily PrEP]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meet-man-got-hiv-daily-prep"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meet-man-got-hiv-daily-prep</id>
    <updated>2016-03-03T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In this sexually frank POZ Q&A, he recounts events around his seroconversion and what he now thinks of Truvada’s ability to prevent HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/9324_one-crowd-is-000058225892.jpg_8b61987e-31e0-4bcd-ab32-51666cfabd67.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Testing for HIV: Everybody’s ‘Doing It’]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/testing-hiv-everybodys"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/testing-hiv-everybodys</id>
    <updated>2016-02-18T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[To promote HIV testing , the CDC’s Act Against AIDS initiative launched a campaign titled “Doing It.”<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/5492_P03-16-049.jpg_bae4aba5-9ef2-4ba7-b789-f92e5164494e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Improving Journalism]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/improving-journalism"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/improving-journalism</id>
    <updated>2016-02-18T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Media coverage of HIV looks to improve, thanks to a $130,000 grant from the CDC to NLGJA: The Association of LGBT Journalists.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/5498_P03-16-052.jpg_517c910c-8397-4733-a4b5-7c0aa29bf4c2.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Insurance, At Last]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/insurance-last"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/insurance-last</id>
    <updated>2016-02-18T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In a first for a major American insurer, Prudential Financial is offering individual life insurance policies.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/5494_P03-16-050.jpg_c404dd82-0f1c-4876-aadc-dd4af2976285.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Welcome to Strut!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/welcome-strut"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/welcome-strut</id>
    <updated>2016-02-18T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[San Francisco’s new one-stop shop for HIV, health and wellness at 470 Castro Street<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/5374_P03-16-042.jpg_421ae4b7-42bf-4774-90fd-7adf7c06df26.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Four-Legged Rx]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/fourlegged-rx"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/fourlegged-rx</id>
    <updated>2016-02-18T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An exhibit of ‘When Dogs Heal’ their HIV-positive owners<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/4704_P03-16-035.jpg_06c1b023-b1be-42a0-983f-599b43bcc458.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How to Sext Better]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/sext-better"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/sext-better</id>
    <updated>2016-02-18T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Durex started a #CondomEmoji campaign to convince the Unicode Consortium to add a condom to everyone’s emoji library.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/5500_P03-16-053.jpg_bf761dc4-bc40-4631-9e71-67cfa8cf974c.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Spring Reading]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/spring-reading"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/spring-reading</id>
    <updated>2016-02-18T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A roundup of books on HIV and addiction <br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/5364_P03-16-039.jpg_8812e978-d988-4094-a6ea-4779723436af.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Greed Is Not Good]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/shkreli-turing-pharmaceucticals-28201-6787"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/shkreli-turing-pharmaceucticals-28201-6787</id>
    <updated>2015-12-21T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Martin Shkreli, the CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, raised the price of an AIDS-related medicine from $13.50 to $750 for a single pill.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/5818_p01-16-044.jpg_d541c064-6870-45eb-a417-864bd8fc6f82.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Stars &amp; Stripes]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/tanner-white-28196-7635"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/tanner-white-28196-7635</id>
    <updated>2015-12-21T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Tanner White launched an organization called A Positive Tomorrow to educate about the virus and fight stigma.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/5880_p01-16-041.jpg_daa4370c-8b53-4f56-b7f0-52f56085dcdf.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Toast of the Town]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poz-100-event-28203-3685"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poz-100-event-28203-3685</id>
    <updated>2015-12-21T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Celebrating the POZ 100 long-term survivors<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/5819_p01-16-050.jpg_178bf0ab-1068-4ffc-872a-db42317aa1e2.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Art of Speaking Out]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/counter-narrative-project-28195-3390"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/counter-narrative-project-28195-3390</id>
    <updated>2015-12-21T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Charles Stephens, founder and executive director of Counter Narrative Project, on amplifying the voices of black gay men and how HIV fits.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/5879_p01-16-040.jpg_f3470d54-53ca-4aef-a696-1115701459ce.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Headliners]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/charlie-sheen-disclosure-28198-1911"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/charlie-sheen-disclosure-28198-1911</id>
    <updated>2015-12-21T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Actor Charlie Sheen acknowledged in a November Today interview that he is living with the virus.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/5814_Sheen-TV.jpg_f8ceb6b9-1ab6-4139-8a25-997da4a7f17d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Chloe Dzubilo's Body of Work]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/chloe-dzubilo-28199-3490"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/chloe-dzubilo-28199-3490</id>
    <updated>2015-12-21T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Transgender artist, HIV activist and POZ cover model Chloe Dzubilo died in 2011, five days after an art show she co-curated called closed.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/5816_POZ-Cover-August-2004_28c74633-bacf-4bfb-a503-406662430716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[If You've Got It, Florent It!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/florent-morellet-comedy-28200-9567"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/florent-morellet-comedy-28200-9567</id>
    <updated>2015-12-21T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Actor Alan Cumming is slated to play real-life restaurateur Florent Morellet in a Showtime comedy series set in 1980s New York.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/84212_p01-16-046.jpg_8d784853-6c3c-427a-bde8-b5fd356405d6.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Focusing On the Needs of Transgender People]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/transgender-needs-28008-1194"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/transgender-needs-28008-1194</id>
    <updated>2015-11-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Not to state the obvious, but the HIV-related needs of transgender people are not exactly the same as those of gay men or other men who have s...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA['Hey, Don't Forget About Us!']]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/long-term-survivor-declaration-28007-5876"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/long-term-survivor-declaration-28007-5876</id>
    <updated>2015-11-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Long-term survivors make a declaration.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/11840_megaphone-ts-450152869.jpg_34bec4d5-2194-46a2-9771-44982a2c906d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Music for the HIV Masses]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/shawn-decker-depeche-mode-28004-2932"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/shawn-decker-depeche-mode-28004-2932</id>
    <updated>2015-11-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[To celebrate his survival and to raise money for the MTV Staying Alive Foundation, Decker has recorded a Depeche Mode cover album.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Don't Miss a Beat]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/sean-dorsey-dance-28010-2415"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/sean-dorsey-dance-28010-2415</id>
    <updated>2015-11-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Sean Dorsey Dance gives voice—and much love—to a forgotten generation of AIDS survivors, including transgender people.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Sex Work Should Be Legal]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/legalizing-sex-work-28009-2307"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/legalizing-sex-work-28009-2307</id>
    <updated>2015-11-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Just days after Amnesty International called for the decriminalization of sex work, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security raided the New Yo...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA['I Still Remember']]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/blum-rios-photography-28003-1099"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/blum-rios-photography-28003-1099</id>
    <updated>2015-11-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A photography exhibit re-creates iconic moments many long-term survivors know.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/11846_Lester-Blum---A-Moment.jpg_8720d22f-d209-4c32-8002-8cc72870990d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Having Their Day in Court]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/custody-battle-27795-6539"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/custody-battle-27795-6539</id>
    <updated>2015-09-17T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Mom faced custody battle because her partner has HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Book on the ABCs of LGBT History Includes HIV/AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/ABCs-LGBT-history-27798-2227"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/ABCs-LGBT-history-27798-2227</id>
    <updated>2015-09-17T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Jerome Pohlen's book doesn't push the AIDS epidemic to the back of the LGBT class.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/26220_gay-lesbian-for-kids-book.jpg_3f3152bc-874d-42e4-97d3-3120510f255e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National HIV/AIDS Strategy Update]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/National-Strategy-update-27797-3334"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/National-Strategy-update-27797-3334</id>
    <updated>2015-09-17T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In the words of President Obama, the National HIV/AIDS Strategy “focuses on making sure that every American, no matter who you are..."<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How to Get Results in South Carolina]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/south-carolina-HIV-AIDS-Council-27796-4604"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/south-carolina-HIV-AIDS-Council-27796-4604</id>
    <updated>2015-09-17T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In July 1994, Bambi Gaddist launched what became the South Carolina HIV/AIDS Council (SCHAC) in the back of her Columbia home. <br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/41238_p207-mobile-testing.jpg_89eec916-f8ff-43d0-95fa-bd8062177d7b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Blood Works]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/blood-works-27794-9374"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/blood-works-27794-9374</id>
    <updated>2015-09-17T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[For these three projects, the personal is political—and empowering.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Older, Wiser, Ready for Their Close-Up]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/graying-of-AIDS-27629-3850"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/graying-of-AIDS-27629-3850</id>
    <updated>2015-08-11T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Documenting the Graying of AIDS<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/12309_hand-trapped-ts-83598832.jpg_0862550f-2f23-40a0-bccc-a7a7cfb6d229.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Buddies Are Back!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/gmhc-buddy-program-27610-2906"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/gmhc-buddy-program-27610-2906</id>
    <updated>2015-08-11T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[GMHC relaunches its historic support program&#8212;with unexpected twists.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Fury Road]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/indiana-hiv-campaign-27615-3068"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/indiana-hiv-campaign-27615-3068</id>
    <updated>2015-08-11T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[What happens when an HIV campaign in Indiana takes a very wrong turn?<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Radical Voice Worth Reading]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/doug-ireland-27614-3318"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/doug-ireland-27614-3318</id>
    <updated>2015-08-11T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Journalist Doug Ireland's career spanned the AIDS epidemic and the gay rights movement.&nbsp;<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Housing Missourians With HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/doorways-interfaith-residence-27613-9542"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/doorways-interfaith-residence-27613-9542</id>
    <updated>2015-08-11T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In St. Louis, the Doorways organization provides stable housing and health services for folks with HIV in the Show Me State.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Guts &amp; Glory]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/tom-glenn-27611-8212"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/tom-glenn-27611-8212</id>
    <updated>2015-08-11T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In the 1980s, Tom Glenn cared for gay men dying of AIDS. Today he writes about that in 'No-Accounts.'<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[POZ Stories: Andrew Pulsipher]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poz-stories-andrew-pulsipher-27612-5641"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poz-stories-andrew-pulsipher-27612-5641</id>
    <updated>2015-08-11T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[When Andrew Pulsipher announced his HIV-positive status on Facebook, he and his (HIV-negative) family became a viral sensation.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[These HIV Books Make a Big Summer Splash]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/summer-hiv-books-27468-5369"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/summer-hiv-books-27468-5369</id>
    <updated>2015-07-02T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Your beach reads can include celebrity sass, queer theory, raw sex and even Harold and Maude.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/4634_read-book-dt-9897524.jpg_8f951c5b-3316-40c0-bc31-a588945964c9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Rally for Medicare!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/robin-hood-tax-27413-7991"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/robin-hood-tax-27413-7991</id>
    <updated>2015-06-22T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Medicare&#8212;the federal health plan for Americans 65 and older&#8212;turns 50 on July 30, and folks who support the Robin Hood Tax (RHT) ar...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[POZ Stories: Venita Ray]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poz-stories-venita-ray-27411-7426"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poz-stories-venita-ray-27411-7426</id>
    <updated>2015-06-22T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Venita Ray is a woman who can move mountains—or at the very least, climb them. <br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Working to End AIDS in the South]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/southern-aids-coalition-27412-7056"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/southern-aids-coalition-27412-7056</id>
    <updated>2015-06-22T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Nic Carlisle became executive director of Southern AIDS Coalition this spring, but his dedication to the cause goes back several decades. <br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Raise Your Glass!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/AFC-GLWD-Project-Inform-27410-5106"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/AFC-GLWD-Project-Inform-27410-5106</id>
    <updated>2015-06-22T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[As three iconic HIV groups celebrate three decades, their leaders talk with POZ about past accomplishments and future goals.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Focusing on Nonprofit HIV Research]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/nonprofit-HIV-research-27409-7636"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/nonprofit-HIV-research-27409-7636</id>
    <updated>2015-06-22T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Florida's Campbell Foundation funds science and services.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet Merce!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/merce-27408-5384"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/merce-27408-5384</id>
    <updated>2015-06-22T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Charles Sanchez stars in a musical comedy web series about an HIV-positive guy looking for love.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Making Waves]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/summer-reading-list-27414-3483"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/summer-reading-list-27414-3483</id>
    <updated>2015-06-22T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Head to the beach this summer with an HIV-themed book.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Jersey Boys]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/positive-pedalers-27201-5572"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/positive-pedalers-27201-5572</id>
    <updated>2015-05-08T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Positive Pedalers cycle toward a 20-year milestone.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hoosiers &amp; HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/needle-exchange-27203-1919"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/needle-exchange-27203-1919</id>
    <updated>2015-05-08T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Why needle exchanges are needed in Indiana and Wisconsin<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Positive Spin]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/positive-spin-27198-9293"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/positive-spin-27198-9293</id>
    <updated>2015-05-08T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[&#8220;Everyone's story of living with HIV is unique.&#8221; That tagline appears before each video on &#8220;Positive Spin,&#8221; the new HI...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Three Cheers for a Cure!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/cheers-for-cure-27196-6057"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/cheers-for-cure-27196-6057</id>
    <updated>2015-05-08T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[We love to hear the word cure, and few organizations talk about it with as much zeal as amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/26226_amfAR-bw-white.jpg_797269ea-44cd-426c-831c-78ca648d6782.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[An LGBT Center's HIV TLC]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/lgbt-community-center-27197-1922"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lgbt-community-center-27197-1922</id>
    <updated>2015-05-08T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV services have always been a cornerstone of Manhattan's LGBT Community Center.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Looking at HIV's Prime-Time Players]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/prime-time-players-27195-3885"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/prime-time-players-27195-3885</id>
    <updated>2015-05-08T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Guess how many recurring characters on all of television are HIV positive.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[POZ Stories: Nancy Duncan]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poz-stories-nancy-duncan-27200-5238"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poz-stories-nancy-duncan-27200-5238</id>
    <updated>2015-05-08T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Nancy Duncan contracted the virus in 1985, from a boyfriend she knew had injected drugs in the past. <br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/31790_300x250-poz-stories.gif_8b044d9c-aace-424d-97b8-aedb45c9e911.gif" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[HIV Law Roundup]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/law-roundup-27202-3974"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/law-roundup-27202-3974</id>
    <updated>2015-05-08T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[When lawmakers in Rhode Island tried to pass a bill to criminalize the behaviors of people with HIV, advocates from the Positive Women's Netwo...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Behind the Lens]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/jean-carlomusto-27194-9420"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/jean-carlomusto-27194-9420</id>
    <updated>2015-05-08T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Jean Carlomusto on ACT UP lesbians, DIVA and her Larry Kramer documentary<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/26225_filmmaker-jean-carlomusto.jpg_9391e3fc-3f02-4761-b591-e42cdee90362.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Telling Their Stories]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/the-recollectors-27215-1562"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/the-recollectors-27215-1562</id>
    <updated>2015-05-08T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Children who lost parents to AIDS are finding community in a group called the Recollectors.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/106590_P06-15-047.jpg_5b239dde-f117-4e4b-85af-bb5916bbc2f0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Sounds of Silence]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/reagan-aids-27199-6791"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/reagan-aids-27199-6791</id>
    <updated>2015-05-08T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Why didn't Reagan address AIDS in a public speech until 1987?<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[How To Change the FDA Gay Blood Donor Policy]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/celibacy-challenge-27020-6278"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/celibacy-challenge-27020-6278</id>
    <updated>2015-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[GLAAD and GMHC enlisted actor Alan Cumming to get the word out about the FDA gay blood donor policy via a "Celibacy Challenge" campaign. <br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/67572_P04-15-060.jpg_6585bd3c-65e2-4cfd-8da6-165b33ad0fe5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Making History]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/heroes-Ed-Sparan-27037-9035"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/heroes-Ed-Sparan-27037-9035</id>
    <updated>2015-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[As director of operations at the World AIDS Museum and Educational Center, Ed Sparan gives tours of the facilities. <br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/67598_P04-15-001.jpg_0410bfd1-e98e-44d2-aa02-15af08bb6d5f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Art That Makes You Go Hmmm]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/art-aids-america-27036-9964"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/art-aids-america-27036-9964</id>
    <updated>2015-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An exclusive look at the upcoming 'Art AIDS America' traveling exhibition<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/67528_P04-15-031.jpg_8976d660-a239-4103-872f-765a9c1657d0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Larry Kramer's Big Day]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/larry-kramer-27019-4316"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/larry-kramer-27019-4316</id>
    <updated>2015-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Larry Kramer's making another comeback.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/26216_larry-kramer-the-american-people.jpeg_43721b7c-cb77-4ebc-8ea8-a6334c31d3ae.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Art of Making Love]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/design-condoms-27018-1734"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/design-condoms-27018-1734</id>
    <updated>2015-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Design your own condoms!<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/67570_P04-15-056.png_33a11019-5b80-457e-813e-49d29e02ae66.png" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Southern Serenity]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/project-lazarus-27017-6408"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/project-lazarus-27017-6408</id>
    <updated>2015-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Project Lazarus offers housing and wellness in New Orleans.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/67568_P04-15-054.jpg_91ad4418-ff78-43fa-89e7-f7252ef77d4f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Forever Keith Haring]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/keith-haring-25-27016-2501"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/keith-haring-25-27016-2501</id>
    <updated>2015-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Keith Haring's work remains of continued relevance and (we hope) it continues to bring enlightenment to all audiences.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/67566_P04-15-053.jpg_18fcce4e-2c27-465c-8d89-7f2107d3bb8f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Mommies Dearest]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/mommies-dearest-27013-2303"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/mommies-dearest-27013-2303</id>
    <updated>2015-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV-related memoirs explore the bond between gay sons and strong mothers.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/67537_P04-15-048.jpg_539b09a0-fca2-4cc0-aad6-9b62d77bc98b.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet the Red Flamboyant Warriors]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/red-flamboyant-27021-7182"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/red-flamboyant-27021-7182</id>
    <updated>2015-04-01T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Red Flamboyant is Don Nguyen's play about "female warriors in AIDS-stricken Vietnam."<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/67574_P04-15-059.jpg_4e6d2499-e784-403a-ab15-f7714f76d8a8.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Good Clean Fundraiser]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/shower-selfie-challenge-26800-8772"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/shower-selfie-challenge-26800-8772</id>
    <updated>2015-02-12T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV activist Jack Mackenroth decided to launch the Shower Selfie fundraising campaign.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[This Time, It's Personal]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hannelore-williams-26797-8270"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hannelore-williams-26797-8270</id>
    <updated>2015-02-12T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Hannelore Williams explores today's pandemic in her docu-series Dirty 30.&nbsp;<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[You Can Pick Up What at a Bathhouse?!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/bathhouse-HIV-testing-26798-9301"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/bathhouse-HIV-testing-26798-9301</id>
    <updated>2015-02-12T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A vending machine at the Flex Spas gay bathhouse in Los Angeles offers free at-home oral HIV testing kits.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Phoenix Rising]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/southwest-center-for-HIV-AIDS-26799-2598"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/southwest-center-for-HIV-AIDS-26799-2598</id>
    <updated>2015-02-12T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This year, Southwest Center for HIV/AIDS in Phoenix marks a major milestone: a quarter-century of service. But it has many other reasons to ce...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA['Tis Always the Season to Help]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/planting-peace-26801-7005"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/planting-peace-26801-7005</id>
    <updated>2015-02-12T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Video of a homophobic sermon by Arizona pastor Steven Anderson went viral right before World AIDS Day. <br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/7109_red-ribbon-finger-TS.jpg_7af95859-115a-428e-863d-54fc2b785992.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Cupid's Evel Plans]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/evel-dick-romance-26786-2967"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/evel-dick-romance-26786-2967</id>
    <updated>2015-02-11T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Sex, romance and 'Couples Therapy' with HIV-positive Evel Dick Donato, the biggest villain of 'Big Brother.'<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/4887_Cupid_94c7b639-7577-48fa-b80d-26f028be2cd9.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS and Ebola]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/AIDS-ebola-26632-5532"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/AIDS-ebola-26632-5532</id>
    <updated>2014-12-29T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[History repeats itself in this tale of two global epidemics.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/17981_ebola-ts-79997774.jpg_e89804ac-6a0a-4c97-b26e-7527c689e6db.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Say What? Laverne Cox Edition]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/say-what-jan-feb-2015-26633-9813"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/say-what-jan-feb-2015-26633-9813</id>
    <updated>2014-12-29T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[At the 2014 United States Conference on AIDS, Laverne Cox gave a speech that was simultaneously entertaining, informative and very intimate.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/18839_laverne-cox.jpg_b7665663-6189-4dd4-888d-414ff03984b6.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Gender Studies]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/iris-house-rates-26634-3003"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/iris-house-rates-26634-3003</id>
    <updated>2014-12-29T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Iris House clients see excellent viral suppression rates. Here's why.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Evel Dick's Most Unusual Diagnosis Story]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/evel-dick-diagnosis-26635-3203"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/evel-dick-diagnosis-26635-3203</id>
    <updated>2014-12-29T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[There's never a good time to learn you have HIV. But imagine getting the news while filming the reality show Big Brother. That's what happened...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Voices Carry]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/voices-carry-26395-7628"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/voices-carry-26395-7628</id>
    <updated>2014-11-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Youth with HIV record their stories so docs and other patients can listen and learn.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet Torsten, the Bareback Saint]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/andy-bell-bareback-saint-26396-7840"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/andy-bell-bareback-saint-26396-7840</id>
    <updated>2014-11-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[At this year's Edinburgh International Fringe Festival in Scotland, Andy Bell debuted a cabaret-style show titled Torsten, The Bareback Saint.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Road Less Traveled]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/home-for-holidays-26402-3786"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/home-for-holidays-26402-3786</id>
    <updated>2014-11-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Texas fundraisers help people with AIDS get home for the holidays.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[POZ Stories: Dominique Banks]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poz-stories-dominique-banks-26398-9714"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poz-stories-dominique-banks-26398-9714</id>
    <updated>2014-11-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[It's no surprise that Dominique Banks considers her greatest regret in life to be "dating the wrong men."<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Raise AIDS Funds While Surfing the Net!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/dot-HIV-26403-4685"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/dot-HIV-26403-4685</id>
    <updated>2014-11-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Internet just got a digital red ribbon and it'll raise money for HIV/AIDS programs across the globe.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS Memorial Grove's Changing Landscape]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-AIDS-memorial-grove-26400-7670"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-AIDS-memorial-grove-26400-7670</id>
    <updated>2014-11-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Created nearly 23 years ago in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, the National AIDS Memorial Grove is a living tribute to all those touched by...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[CAPing 30 Years of Service in Portland]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Cascade-AIDS-Project-26399-4434"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Cascade-AIDS-Project-26399-4434</id>
    <updated>2014-11-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[n 2015, Cascade AIDS Project (CAP) of Portland, Oregon, will mark a milestone:&nbsp;<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Tune In to WHIV Radio]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/WHIV-radio-26397-7445"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/WHIV-radio-26397-7445</id>
    <updated>2014-11-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Something's in the air in southern Louisiana--radio station WHIV 102.3 FM.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Conversation Starters]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/cdc-HIV-campaigns-26401-9890"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/cdc-HIV-campaigns-26401-9890</id>
    <updated>2014-11-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Two CDC campaigns aim to get folks talking about HIV and treatment.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Documenting a Son's Suicide]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/broken-heart-land-26208-7014"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/broken-heart-land-26208-7014</id>
    <updated>2014-09-23T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Do stigma and shame kill? That tragic idea is explored in the documentary Broken Heart Land.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Fighting Stigma]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/fighting-stigma-26204-6593"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/fighting-stigma-26204-6593</id>
    <updated>2014-09-23T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[With cameras rolling, William Brawner discloses his HIV status.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Fundraiser Formerly Known as AIDS Walk]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/walk-to-end-HIV-26205-1225"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/walk-to-end-HIV-26205-1225</id>
    <updated>2014-09-23T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[After 27 years, AIDS Walk Washington is now renamed The Walk to End HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[End Times Are Coming?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/ending-AIDS-NY-State-26206-1176"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/ending-AIDS-NY-State-26206-1176</id>
    <updated>2014-09-23T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Thirty years ago, New York was the epicenter of the AIDS crisis--today I am proud to announce that we are in a position to be the first state...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Now That's One Way to Disclose]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/morgan-molthrop-26207-9351"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/morgan-molthrop-26207-9351</id>
    <updated>2014-09-23T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Morgan Molthrop had "HIV Positive / Bipolar / Recovering Addict" tattooed on his chest as a way to disclose all three conditions.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[POZ Stories: Theresa Kenney]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/poz-stories-theresa-kenney-26211-5534"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/poz-stories-theresa-kenney-26211-5534</id>
    <updated>2014-09-23T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Today, Kenney marks a 10-year relationship with a man who is HIV negative, and she is the very proud grandmother of three.&nbsp;<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Take a Tip From This HIV-Positive Former Smoker]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/tips-from-former-smokers-26209-9170"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/tips-from-former-smokers-26209-9170</id>
    <updated>2014-09-23T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Smoking and HIV don't mix.&nbsp;<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[New Mexico Mysteries]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/southwest-care-center-26210-9423"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/southwest-care-center-26210-9423</id>
    <updated>2014-09-23T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Southwest CARE Center serves Santa Fe, Roswell and more.&nbsp;<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[BOOM!ing in the Bronx]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Boom-Health-25990-4955"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Boom-Health-25990-4955</id>
    <updated>2014-08-05T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Business isn't the only thing expanding after two HIV and harm reduction services join forces.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[POZ Stories: Kecia Johnson]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/kecia-johnson-25994-6373"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/kecia-johnson-25994-6373</id>
    <updated>2014-08-05T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Kecia Johnson clearly remembers the events leading up to her HIV diagnosis.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hip-hop, Hoops &amp; HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiphop-hoops-hiv-25993-3344"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiphop-hoops-hiv-25993-3344</id>
    <updated>2014-08-05T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[When Dakota Basinger got kicked out of a local basketball game because of his HIV, he made the news. That's only part of his story.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[NYPD Changes Condom Policy]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/nypd-condoms-25992-7610"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/nypd-condoms-25992-7610</id>
    <updated>2014-08-05T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The New York City Police Department announced it would no longer confiscate condoms as evidence in cases involving prostitution.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[CDC Starts Talking With Gay Men]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/cdc-prevention-campaign-25991-8235"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/cdc-prevention-campaign-25991-8235</id>
    <updated>2014-08-05T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Men who have sex with men (MSM) account for two-thirds of new HIV cases each year, despite comprising only 2 percent of the U.S. population.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Three Wins in Iowa Against HIV Criminalization]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/HIV-conference-Iowa-25989-8519"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/HIV-conference-Iowa-25989-8519</id>
    <updated>2014-08-05T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[More than 170 people representing 27 states attended the nation's first HIV Is Not a Crime conference, held this summer in Grinnell, Iowa.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/7426_hivisnotacrime.jpg_c8198cb7-8798-48d2-bc9f-ef73c3cd6bd5.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[One Fabulous Life (A Brief Bio)]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/sylvester-bio-25987-8994"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/sylvester-bio-25987-8994</id>
    <updated>2014-08-05T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[born Sylvester James Jr. in 1947 in Watts, Los Angelessang in gospel choirsjoined San Francisco psyc<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[One Virus, Two Memoirs, Endless Insights]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/AIDS-memoirs-25988-1071"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/AIDS-memoirs-25988-1071</id>
    <updated>2014-08-05T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Paige Rawl's riveting memoir, Positive, delivers the goods and much, much more. <br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Disco Realness]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/sylvester-musical-25986-6789"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/sylvester-musical-25986-6789</id>
    <updated>2014-08-05T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new musical channels the life of dance legend Sylvester.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Fighting Stigma by Telling Stories]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/parker-trewin-25803-9090"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/parker-trewin-25803-9090</id>
    <updated>2014-06-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The goal of the website 'My Status is NOT a Secret'&nbsp; is to reduce stigma by humanizing the HIV experience.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Lead by Example]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/carl-sciortino-25801-5960"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/carl-sciortino-25801-5960</id>
    <updated>2014-06-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Carl Sciortino helms AIDS Action of Massachusetts.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Mother Knows Best]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/julie-lewis-25802-8164"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/julie-lewis-25802-8164</id>
    <updated>2014-06-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Ryan Lewis's HIV-positive mom wants to build 30 health centers.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Numbers]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/the-numbers-25800-2730"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/the-numbers-25800-2730</id>
    <updated>2014-06-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In May, the always-in-fashion Joan Rivers helped prepare the 15 millionth meal for God's Love We Deliver<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The House That Frankie Built]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/frankie-knuckles-25799-7313"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/frankie-knuckles-25799-7313</id>
    <updated>2014-06-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The &#8220;Godfather of House Music&#8221; Frankie Knuckles died March 31 at age 59 of diabetes complications, but his legacy will live on bey...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Summer Schoolin']]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/undergraduate-research-25798-1904"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/undergraduate-research-25798-1904</id>
    <updated>2014-06-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[&#8220;Sharpies&#8221; and CFAR undergrads study AIDS research.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Finger-Pointing in Russia]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/fingerprinting-russia-25797-3626"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/fingerprinting-russia-25797-3626</id>
    <updated>2014-06-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Russian lawmakers do not have their fingers on the pulse of HIV prevention.&nbsp;<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Past and Present Tense]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/martin-duberman-25796-4778"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/martin-duberman-25796-4778</id>
    <updated>2014-06-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Historian Martin Duberman, author of Hold Tight Gently, explains why we should never forget AIDS pioneers Michael Callen and Essex Hemphill.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Positive Diagnosis]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/michael-saag-25740-7859"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/michael-saag-25740-7859</id>
    <updated>2014-06-09T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An AIDS physician explains what health care reform could learn from HIV history.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Say What? Egyptian Army Edition]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/say-what-june-2014-25579-3245"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/say-what-june-2014-25579-3245</id>
    <updated>2014-05-12T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Speaking at a press conference, Major General Ibrahim Abdel-Atti, head of the Cancer Treatment and Screening center, explained that he had a m...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Meet the New AIDS Poster Child]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/your-nostalgia-is-kililng-us-25574-1851"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/your-nostalgia-is-kililng-us-25574-1851</id>
    <updated>2014-05-12T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The imagery in the poster refers to the developing canon of both AIDS art and the history of AIDS activism&#8212;and to what gets left out of...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Law &amp; Order]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/HIV-criminalization-conference-25581-3246"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/HIV-criminalization-conference-25581-3246</id>
    <updated>2014-05-12T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Advocates from across the country are uniting to take a bite out of HIV criminalization laws.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Positive Leadership]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/douglas-brooks-ONAP-25582-7555"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/douglas-brooks-ONAP-25582-7555</id>
    <updated>2014-05-12T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The HIV community gave a collective cheer when President Obama announced that the new director of the White House Office of National AIDS Poli...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The State of Louisiana]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/state-of-louisiana-25577-9973"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/state-of-louisiana-25577-9973</id>
    <updated>2014-05-12T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[When low-income HIV-positive people in Louisiana tried to use their Ryan White funds to purchase health care, Blue Cross Blue Shield and two o...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Preppy Style]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/truvada-whore-25580-1599"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/truvada-whore-25580-1599</id>
    <updated>2014-05-12T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[HIV prevention gets a controversial fashion makeover.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[POZ Stories: Byanca Parker]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/byanca-parker-25575-7360"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/byanca-parker-25575-7360</id>
    <updated>2014-05-12T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[When Byanca Parker was told she was living with HIV, she reacted like most anyone would. "It was scary and confusing," she recalls.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What's the Diagnosis?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/michael-saag-25576-3428"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/michael-saag-25576-3428</id>
    <updated>2014-05-12T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS doc's memoir takes the pulse of our health care system.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Against All Odds: What Are Your Chances of Getting HIV in These Scenarios?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/HIV-risk-25382-5829"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/HIV-risk-25382-5829</id>
    <updated>2014-03-26T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Playing the HIV numbers game is less—and more—risky than you think.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/14025_P04-14p50-51-risk-feature.jpg_16ce9a12-5674-4665-9d64-04e20563942a.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Desires to Connect]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/richard-renaldi-25351-6443"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/richard-renaldi-25351-6443</id>
    <updated>2014-03-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Richard Renaldi photographs strangers who touch.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Redefining Sex at the CDC]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/redefine-sex-cdc-25360-6627"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/redefine-sex-cdc-25360-6627</id>
    <updated>2014-03-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Spurred by an open letter from advocates, the CDC agreed to no longer use the term 'unprotected sex' when it means 'sex without condoms.'<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Military HIV Milestone]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/military-hiv-25357-3175"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/military-hiv-25357-3175</id>
    <updated>2014-03-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The U.S congress is taking action to address HIV criminalization in the context of the military.&nbsp;<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Does Love Protect Against HIV?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/love-protect-hiv-25354-5775"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/love-protect-hiv-25354-5775</id>
    <updated>2014-03-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[As much as two-thirds of HIV transmissions take place in the context of relationships.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Porn's Disappearing Condom Trick!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/porn-trick-25352-3444"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/porn-trick-25352-3444</id>
    <updated>2014-03-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Falcon Studios has used digital technology to erase condoms from its gay film California Dreamin'.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Antigay Laws Raise HIV Concerns]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/antigay-laws-hiv-25353-2518"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/antigay-laws-hiv-25353-2518</id>
    <updated>2014-03-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A lineup of the latest international culprits<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Stigma Index Launches in United States]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/stigma-index-planet-25149-9783"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/stigma-index-planet-25149-9783</id>
    <updated>2014-02-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The U.S. People Living with HIV (PLHIV) Stigma Index will help quantify discrimination, prejudice and stigma faced by HIV-positive individuals...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Fight Club]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/fight-club-planet-25154-9145"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/fight-club-planet-25154-9145</id>
    <updated>2014-02-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A hard-hitting campaign aims to KO HIV ignorance among youth.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[About That $615,000 Banksy?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/banksy-housing-works-25152-1592"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/banksy-housing-works-25152-1592</id>
    <updated>2014-02-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The winning bid of the infamous Banksy painting found in a Housing Works thrift shop fell through.&nbsp;<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. Nelson Mandela]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/nelson-mandela-25153-1069"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/nelson-mandela-25153-1069</id>
    <updated>2014-02-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[South Africa's first black president, Nelson Mandela, died December 5 at age 95.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Say What? Greek Edition]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/greek-say-what-planet-25150-2620"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/greek-say-what-planet-25150-2620</id>
    <updated>2014-02-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In a report on health inequality in Europe, the World Health Organization erroneously reported that a significant number of Greeks were purpos...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[POZ Stories: Blane Oborny]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/blane-oborny-stories-25151-8032"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/blane-oborny-stories-25151-8032</id>
    <updated>2014-02-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Blane Oborny's HIV diagnosis set off a chain of life-changing decisions.&nbsp;<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Renewed Hope For Organ Transplants]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/organ-transplant-planet-25148-6303"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/organ-transplant-planet-25148-6303</id>
    <updated>2014-02-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[People with HIV and coexisting medical conditions have a higher need of organ transplants, but those who do receive transplants often thrive.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Wonder Women]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/wonder-women-planet-25155-5821"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/wonder-women-planet-25155-5821</id>
    <updated>2014-02-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Choose your own adventure in HIV education!<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Get Real: Focus on Female HIV Prevention]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/female-HIV-prevention-25156-1805"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/female-HIV-prevention-25156-1805</id>
    <updated>2014-02-10T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In its latest yearly report, Research &amp; Reality, AVAC focuses on prevention for women.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Like a Prayer]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/like-a-prayer-planet-25015-1736"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/like-a-prayer-planet-25015-1736</id>
    <updated>2014-01-08T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Soulful poems, psalms and affirmations for those living with HIV<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Out in the Open]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/out-in-open-25022-4046"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/out-in-open-25022-4046</id>
    <updated>2014-01-08T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An LA advocacy group gives visibility to black gay men and HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Poz Stories: Erin Gingrich]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/erin-gingrich-poz-planet-25017-6624"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/erin-gingrich-poz-planet-25017-6624</id>
    <updated>2014-01-08T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Former Miss Arizona finds herself in a new role as AIDS activist.&nbsp;<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Status Symbols]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-equal-poz-planet-25020-1698"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-equal-poz-planet-25020-1698</id>
    <updated>2014-01-08T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The ''HIV Equal'' testing campaign includes all.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/111394_hivequal-peterstaley.jpg_31437a20-f0ed-4908-a6c4-cb579b47a855.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Oh Baby, Baby!]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/salt-pepa-lifebeat-25025-5786"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/salt-pepa-lifebeat-25025-5786</id>
    <updated>2014-01-08T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Salt-N-Pepa snowboards help Lifebeat.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[More Gay Couples Can Test Together]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/gay-couples-testing-25016-3655"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/gay-couples-testing-25016-3655</id>
    <updated>2014-01-08T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[ A program that allows gay male couples to receive HIV counseling and testing together. <br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The AIDS Walk, with a Cane and Cameras]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/AIDSwalk-cane-camera-25021-3971"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/AIDSwalk-cane-camera-25021-3971</id>
    <updated>2014-01-08T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Joseph Kibler completes the 6.2 miles of AIDS Walk Los Angeles overcoming physical adversity.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Law of Desire]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/law-of-desire-24749-9384"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/law-of-desire-24749-9384</id>
    <updated>2013-11-11T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Adult film performers test HIV positive amid condom rules.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Rocky Road]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/tommy-morrison-24751-3286"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/tommy-morrison-24751-3286</id>
    <updated>2013-11-11T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P.: Boxing champ Tommy Morrison<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Do Some Men Want to Get AIDS?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/men-want-AIDS-24750-4420"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/men-want-AIDS-24750-4420</id>
    <updated>2013-11-11T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Yes. Out magazine and GMHC explain why.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Public Knowledge]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/public-knowledge-24752-2542"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/public-knowledge-24752-2542</id>
    <updated>2013-11-11T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Judge to FDA: Release some of the PrEP approval documents. <br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[First in the Fight]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/first-in-fight-24753-2395"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/first-in-fight-24753-2395</id>
    <updated>2013-11-11T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A New York exhibit remembers early activism.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Remembrance of Things Past]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/mothers-and-sons-24755-1315"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/mothers-and-sons-24755-1315</id>
    <updated>2013-11-11T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Terrence McNally and Tyne Daly return to Broadway with a new AIDS play called Mothers and Sons.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[That '80s Show]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/that-80s-show-pozplanet-24757-5087"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/that-80s-show-pozplanet-24757-5087</id>
    <updated>2013-11-11T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Three AIDS movies in today's headlines depict yesterday's epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/85559_p192-aids-movies.jpg_8221a3f0-a270-4ccf-a16d-41c8e3b34793.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Say What? Lee Daniels Edition]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/saywhat-december-2013-24758-8050"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/saywhat-december-2013-24758-8050</id>
    <updated>2013-11-11T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Lee Daniels perpetuates HIV stereotypes with a comment on Larry King Now.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Then There Were None]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/prison-segregation-ends-24553-7315"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/prison-segregation-ends-24553-7315</id>
    <updated>2013-09-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[South Carolina ends HIV segregation in prison.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Thank You, Sean Sasser]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/sean-sasser-24552-7735"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/sean-sasser-24552-7735</id>
    <updated>2013-09-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Partner of Real World star Pedro Zamora dies at 44.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Get Lucky]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/illinois-lottery-game-24550-6025"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/illinois-lottery-game-24550-6025</id>
    <updated>2013-09-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Illinois Lottery game funds state's HIV fight.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Friend Request]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/mr-friendly-24551-5125"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/mr-friendly-24551-5125</id>
    <updated>2013-09-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Meet the new face of HIV awareness.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Say What? Zombie Edition]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/SayWhat-zombies-24555-9986"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/SayWhat-zombies-24555-9986</id>
    <updated>2013-09-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA["Zombies, their uprising and our anticipated armed struggle against the undead horde is a metaphor for plague--specifically, AIDS."<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[On the March]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/pep-prep-update-24549-8773"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/pep-prep-update-24549-8773</id>
    <updated>2013-09-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Two prevention tactics—PEP and PrEP—see on-the-ground action.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Citizen Scientists]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/citizen-scientists-24336-7978"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/citizen-scientists-24336-7978</id>
    <updated>2013-08-06T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[With the Kinsey Reporter app, you can document each time you partake in some hanky-panky or witness someone else getting frisky in public.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Burden of Proof]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/burden-of-proof-24335-4030"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/burden-of-proof-24335-4030</id>
    <updated>2013-08-06T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[San Francisco's law enforcement agencies will no longer use possession of condoms as physical evidence when prosecuting sex workers<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Try the Power of Bareback and Body]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/power-of-bareback-24334-5043"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/power-of-bareback-24334-5043</id>
    <updated>2013-08-06T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[If you think you've been hearing the phrase bareback&#8212;slang for condomless anal sex&#8212;during TV commercial breaks, you're not going c...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Check Them Out]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/check-them-out-24333-6382"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/check-them-out-24333-6382</id>
    <updated>2013-08-06T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[These stories recount life in the presence of HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Say What—Dan Savage]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/SayWhat-Dan-Savage-24332-1422"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/SayWhat-Dan-Savage-24332-1422</id>
    <updated>2013-08-06T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Dan Savage, sex advice columnist and cofounder of the "It Gets Better" campaign, offers an opinion on PrEP and PEP.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Testing the Limits]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/testing-the-limits-24331-3932"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/testing-the-limits-24331-3932</id>
    <updated>2013-08-06T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A youth group gives HIV test results to teens in public.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/53635_street-abstract-is-000006175248-Full.jpg_c276608d-3c62-4dd9-8b35-19774f15a876.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[We the LGBTHIV...]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/we-the-lgbthiv-24330-3922"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/we-the-lgbthiv-24330-3922</id>
    <updated>2013-08-06T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Gay groups pledge to fight the virus.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Lost Worlds]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/lost-worlds-24329-1051"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/lost-worlds-24329-1051</id>
    <updated>2013-08-06T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Two gorgeous art books revisit a pre-AIDS Fire Island.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Making Headlines]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/patient-zero-24136-4561"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/patient-zero-24136-4561</id>
    <updated>2013-06-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Patient Zero” cooked up to sell 1987 AIDS book.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Say What?&amp;#8212;Alicia Keys]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Alicia-Keys-SayWhat-24133-6524"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Alicia-Keys-SayWhat-24133-6524</id>
    <updated>2013-06-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Grammy winner Alicia Keys explains why she's helping launch "Empowered," a campaign to change the way U.S. women think about HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[PACHA Covers Trans Issues]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/transgender-issues-24135-1720"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/transgender-issues-24135-1720</id>
    <updated>2013-06-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[As much as 69 percent of the U.S. transgender population is HIV positive, with transgender women and people of color bearing &#8220;an extreme...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hold Your Horses! Can Barebacking Be Safer Sex?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/barebacking-24149-7449"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/barebacking-24149-7449</id>
    <updated>2013-06-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Can barebacking be safer sex?<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Greetings from Ptown]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Cape-Cod-24134-6825"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Cape-Cod-24134-6825</id>
    <updated>2013-06-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Cape Cod's AIDS services group marks 30 years.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/41244_p189-asgcc.jpg_c74cc328-7c11-4a2b-aff3-b7b43e9a03e0.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Latest Developments]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/NYC-AIDS-Memorial-24126-3607"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/NYC-AIDS-Memorial-24126-3607</id>
    <updated>2013-06-24T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Greenwich Village to get an AIDS memorial.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Not Another Gay Sex Disease]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/meningitis-outbreak-24127-2595"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/meningitis-outbreak-24127-2595</id>
    <updated>2013-06-24T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Deadly meningitis outbreak strikes MSM in NYC and LA.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Future Lovers]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/reinvent-condoms-24128-7864"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/reinvent-condoms-24128-7864</id>
    <updated>2013-06-24T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A quest to reinvent the condom, perhaps with bacon flavor.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[On a Roll]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/On-a-Roll-24129-8267"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/On-a-Roll-24129-8267</id>
    <updated>2013-06-24T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[An Italian awareness campaign launches in the ladies' room.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Koch vs. Koop]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/koch-vs-koop-23855-3453"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/koch-vs-koop-23855-3453</id>
    <updated>2013-04-30T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Two legacies reveal opposite responses to the epidemic.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The New 'Normal']]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/normal-heart-hbo-23856-8036"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/normal-heart-hbo-23856-8036</id>
    <updated>2013-04-30T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Celebs sign up for an HBO movie of Larry Kramer's AIDS play.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Trailblazer]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Ross-Hayduk-Hero-23875-8761"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Ross-Hayduk-Hero-23875-8761</id>
    <updated>2013-04-30T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[When Ross Hayduk reached the summit of Mount Katahdin in Maine, he became the first HIV-positive man to hike 2,084 miles of the Appalachian Tr...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[In the Beginning]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/AIDS-New-York-23860-6514"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/AIDS-New-York-23860-6514</id>
    <updated>2013-04-30T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[New-York Historical Society looks at the epidemic's first five years.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[R.I.P. NAPWA]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/RIP-NAPWA-23861-5406"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/RIP-NAPWA-23861-5406</id>
    <updated>2013-04-30T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The AIDS group files for bankruptcy.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[National HIV Coming Out Day?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/national-coming-out-23858-7880"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/national-coming-out-23858-7880</id>
    <updated>2013-04-30T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Michael Kaplan, the CEO and president of AIDS United, proposed a National HIV Coming Out Day "to create a movement of people living with HIV t...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[To Be Continued]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/survive-plague-miniseries-23859-3311"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/survive-plague-miniseries-23859-3311</id>
    <updated>2013-04-30T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS documentary How to Survive a Plague might return as an ABC miniseries.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Beyond the Pale]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/john-grant-singer-23854-8961"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/john-grant-singer-23854-8961</id>
    <updated>2013-04-30T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[John Grant sings of HIV and Ernest Borgnine.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Fountain of Youth]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/chicago-center-prevention-23857-6958"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/chicago-center-prevention-23857-6958</id>
    <updated>2013-04-30T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Chicago's Center for Gender, Sexuality and HIV Prevention is movin' on up.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/41241_p188-garofalo.jpg_f07f7e54-6439-4293-a8ec-ff140e10c985.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Navigating Treatment as Prevention]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/TasP-HIV-prevention-23690-3236"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/TasP-HIV-prevention-23690-3236</id>
    <updated>2013-03-21T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[People with HIV who take antiretrovirals may lower their chance of spreading the virus by 96 percent. Or is it 26 (or even 100)? <br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Not Lost in Translation]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Borrego-POZ-Heroes-23691-9135"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Borrego-POZ-Heroes-23691-9135</id>
    <updated>2013-03-21T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Devarah "Dee" Borrego was diagnosed with HIV a few weeks after her 21st birthday. That was in 2005.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/122634_P04-13-006.jpg_1263e83f-9107-4693-9784-b0e7bd28b3e4.jpg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Coming Attractions]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Sundance-HIV-documentaries-23674-7154"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Sundance-HIV-documentaries-23674-7154</id>
    <updated>2013-03-20T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Four HIV-related documentaries made it to this year's Sundance Film Festival. Look for them on a big screen&#8212;or a small screen&#8212;near...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Bar None]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/HIV-positive-prisoners-23673-3563"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/HIV-positive-prisoners-23673-3563</id>
    <updated>2013-03-20T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A judge rules that Alabama prisons must stop segregating HIV-positive inmates. That leaves only one state with this practice on the books.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Talk of the Town]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Siouxland-AIDS-Coalition-23669-4728"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Siouxland-AIDS-Coalition-23669-4728</id>
    <updated>2013-03-20T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Rebooting Iowa's Siouxland AIDS Coalition.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/41246_Iowa-iStock-000010949005-Large.jpg_9e8ab470-356d-4dfe-a256-33e92ab0d965.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[My Bloody Valentine]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/EJAF-Ai-Weiwei-23668-1116"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/EJAF-Ai-Weiwei-23668-1116</id>
    <updated>2013-03-20T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This artsy, celeb-studded campaign tackles an icky HIV stigma.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Return to Sender]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Anthem-Blue-Cross-23666-9544"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Anthem-Blue-Cross-23666-9544</id>
    <updated>2013-03-20T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Anthem Blue Cross sued for requiring HIV clients to order meds through the mail.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Old-School Kicks]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Reebok-Keith-Haring-23667-5717"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Reebok-Keith-Haring-23667-5717</id>
    <updated>2013-03-20T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Reebok gives Keith Haring's artwork new soul.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Safe Sex 3.0]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Berkowitz-safe-sex-23672-4563"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Berkowitz-safe-sex-23672-4563</id>
    <updated>2013-03-20T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In May 1983, a groundbreaking booklet introduced a controversial idea to gay men: condoms.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Nashville Journey]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/jimbeau-qanda-23609-3328"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/jimbeau-qanda-23609-3328</id>
    <updated>2013-03-08T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Jimbeau Hinson's album Strong Medicine spans a life with HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Turn Up the Music]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/turn-music"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/turn-music</id>
    <updated>2013-02-21T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Chris Brown speaks up for the beautiful people at AIDS Project Los Angeles.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/6234_POZ-logo_0520e717-b9dc-421e-98b8-514ea9bc0e8f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Country Remedy]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/jimbeau-hinson-23507-7088"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/jimbeau-hinson-23507-7088</id>
    <updated>2013-02-21T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[This bisexual, HIV-positive Nashville singer offers the best medicine in town.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Tickled Pink]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/tickled-pink-23512-6323"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/tickled-pink-23512-6323</id>
    <updated>2013-02-21T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Nicki Minaj and MAC reunite.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Bookmarks]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/bookmarks-march2013-23506-6448"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/bookmarks-march2013-23506-6448</id>
    <updated>2013-02-21T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Vivid characters, stellar prose and big ideas make these books must-reads.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Native Talents]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/native-talents-23509-4038"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/native-talents-23509-4038</id>
    <updated>2013-02-21T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[South Dakota Urban Indian Health makes HIV a big part of its primary care offerings. <br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/41247_south-dakota-seal.jpg_0aaaa1ff-d515-4639-b725-8b6f122d8c52.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Promoting PrEP]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/promoting-prep-23508-8700"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/promoting-prep-23508-8700</id>
    <updated>2013-02-21T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Manhunt searches for the right pitch.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Bare Facts]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/bare-facts-23510-1626"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/bare-facts-23510-1626</id>
    <updated>2013-02-21T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The naked truth is that major cuts to federal AIDS budgets still loom.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[All Dolled Up]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/all-dolled-up-23511-6753"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/all-dolled-up-23511-6753</id>
    <updated>2013-02-21T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Barbie gives Liz her best fashion accessory. <br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Climb Every Mountain]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/alps-charity-calendar-23303-7589"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/alps-charity-calendar-23303-7589</id>
    <updated>2012-12-19T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The hills are alive with much more than the sound of music.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Storm Troopers]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/sandy-storm-relief-23298-1671"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/sandy-storm-relief-23298-1671</id>
    <updated>2012-12-19T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Recoveries and reflections after Hurricane Sandy<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Signs of the Times]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/AIDS-orgs-move-23301-3069"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/AIDS-orgs-move-23301-3069</id>
    <updated>2012-12-19T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Two AIDS groups in the South move into new, and more visible, homes.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[For Your Consideration...]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/AIDS-documentaries-23302-9290"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/AIDS-documentaries-23302-9290</id>
    <updated>2012-12-19T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA['Tis the season for cinematic spectacle and red-carpet awards. Don't overlook these recent documentaries about everyday heroes of the AIDS epi...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Say What—Fran Lebowitz]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/say-what-lebowitz-23299-1463"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/say-what-lebowitz-23299-1463</id>
    <updated>2012-12-19T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“After AIDS, I think that [gay] people were afraid of a kind of official response to AIDS, like they would be arrested…”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Oh No Canada]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/canadian-supreme-court-23300-9765"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/canadian-supreme-court-23300-9765</id>
    <updated>2012-12-19T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Supreme Court requires more HIV disclosure<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Heart to Heart]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/positive-couples-23314-2167"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/positive-couples-23314-2167</id>
    <updated>2012-12-19T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Three HIV-positive couples share their inspiring love stories.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/61531_P01-13-032.jpg_ff0bea9b-9547-4149-95be-3d2497ba8b3f.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Minister of HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Andrena-Ingram-Hero-23318-3099"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Andrena-Ingram-Hero-23318-3099</id>
    <updated>2012-12-19T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[When Andrena Ingram applied to attend seminary, a bishop asked her what gifts she brought to the church.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/49494_p185-andrena-ingram.jpg_e4b0f5d3-af1c-4b94-9dec-bec3c33193d2.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA['Tis Better to Give Wisely]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/charitable-donations-advice-23183-9341"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/charitable-donations-advice-23183-9341</id>
    <updated>2012-11-26T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Before you get into the
seasonal spirit and make a donation to your favorite AIDS group, heed some advice from Charity
Navigator, a nonprofi...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Home Alone]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/home-HIV-test-23127-2398"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/home-HIV-test-23127-2398</id>
    <updated>2012-11-13T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Over-the-counter HIV tests: helpful or harmful?<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Breaking Bad Cycles]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Ken-Harvin-Hero-23150-3915"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Ken-Harvin-Hero-23150-3915</id>
    <updated>2012-11-13T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In 2002, Ken Harvin was living in Summerton, South Carolina, helping develop statewide public charte<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[iPad Video Game to Teach HIV Prevention Skills]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/ipad-video-game-23131-8762"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/ipad-video-game-23131-8762</id>
    <updated>2012-11-13T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[What's new in Elm City?<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What's a Buyers' Club? Matthew Knows.]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/dallas-buyers-club-23130-2467"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/dallas-buyers-club-23130-2467</id>
    <updated>2012-11-13T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Matthew McConaughey has morphed from studly stripper to scary skinny to play real-life Texan Ron Woodroof, the rebellious figure who...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Back to School]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/sex-education-schools-23129-7824"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/sex-education-schools-23129-7824</id>
    <updated>2012-11-13T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A roundup of sexual education in the news.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Say What—Paris Hilton]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Paris-Hilton-Grindr-23128-8827"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Paris-Hilton-Grindr-23128-8827</id>
    <updated>2012-11-13T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[“Gay guys are the horniest people in the world. They’re disgusting. Dude, most of them probably have AIDS.”<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[A Very Big Kiki]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/A-Very-Big-Kiki-23125-4279"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/A-Very-Big-Kiki-23125-4279</id>
    <updated>2012-11-13T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Vogueing is still in fashion&#8212;and so is HIV prevention. Both shared the runway at the Gay Men's Health Crisis (GMHC) annual House of Late...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Russians Deploy 'Google Bombs']]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Russian-Google-bomb-23126-5778"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Russian-Google-bomb-23126-5778</id>
    <updated>2012-11-13T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[When the Russian Ministry of Health failed to procure HIV meds for its citizens, Alexandra Volgina “Google bombed” the ministry.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Latino Coalition Launches Action Agenda to Fight HIV/AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/latino-action-agenda-23075-2504"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/latino-action-agenda-23075-2504</id>
    <updated>2012-10-26T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[To address the U.S.
epidemic through the cultural viewpoint of Latinos, a coalition called the
National Latino AIDS Action Network (NLAAN) h...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Olympic Winner Tells the World He's Positive]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Olympics-Ji-Wallace-22974-8288"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Olympics-Ji-Wallace-22974-8288</id>
    <updated>2012-09-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The summer Olympics inspired awe among billions. For gay Australian Olympian Ji Wallace, they inspired a public disclosure that he has HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Infant Circumcision Grows to Global Debate]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/infant-circumcision-debate-22976-9686"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/infant-circumcision-debate-22976-9686</id>
    <updated>2012-09-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The health benefits of circumcising baby boys outweigh the risks, the American Academy of Pediatrics says in an updated policy statement.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Jamar Rogers's Voice Will Go On]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Jamar-Rogers-single-22973-5316"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Jamar-Rogers-single-22973-5316</id>
    <updated>2012-09-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[We haven't heard the last of Jamar Rogers, the HIV-positive former meth addict who captured America's hearts and ears on The Voice.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Pesky Email Spam Offers Clues for Eradicating HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Heckerman-spam-filter-22975-5305"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Heckerman-spam-filter-22975-5305</id>
    <updated>2012-09-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[David Heckerman, the guy who invented Microsoft's email spam filter, is now fighting another type of invader: HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Why Folks With HIV Can Be Excellent Transplant Recipients]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/John-Rankl-transplant-22977-4578"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/John-Rankl-transplant-22977-4578</id>
    <updated>2012-09-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Appearing on &#8232;a July episode of the ABC medical documentary series NY Med, John Rankl inspired and educated millions by sharing that he...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Show Must Go On]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/broadway-cares-22987-1229"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/broadway-cares-22987-1229</id>
    <updated>2012-09-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS supports nearly 400 HIV and family service programs nationwide, as well as AIDS research and advocacy.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/104192_68238-POZ-Cover-OctoberNovember-2012-0cfa5f7b-73a2-4fd9-9dbf-4ec5f1a59891.jpeg_a91d487e-95dc-4940-adfa-a46299aaf78e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Hip-Hop Soul]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Kathleen-Adams-Hero-22989-3678"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Kathleen-Adams-Hero-22989-3678</id>
    <updated>2012-09-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[When Kathleen Adams, a student at Fordham University in the Bronx, New York, surveyed the way women of color were portrayed in mainstream medi...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[What Do U.S. Women at Risk for HIV Think About PrEP?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-prep-women-22786-5229"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-prep-women-22786-5229</id>
    <updated>2012-08-06T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Most U.S. women at risk for HIV are unaware of PrEP—pre-exposure prophylaxis, which entails taking daily meds to prevent HIV—but they view...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Defining Domestic Violence Among Gay and Bisexual Men and the Link to HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-domestic-violence-22773-9470"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-domestic-violence-22773-9470</id>
    <updated>2012-08-01T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Gay and bisexual men who experienced domestic violence were twice as likely to not use condoms during their last sexual encounter, according t...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Turning the Tide of HIV for MSM, Sex Workers and Trans People]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-msm-transgender-22744-3756"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-msm-transgender-22744-3756</id>
    <updated>2012-07-26T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[There has been much optimistic talk this past year about turning the tide of HIV and creating an AIDS-free generation. For this to translate t...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[MSM Able to Use Home HIV Tests to Screen Sex Partners and Lower Risk]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-home-testing-22737-1327"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-home-testing-22737-1327</id>
    <updated>2012-07-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Men who have sex with men and are at “high, high risk” of HIV can successfully use in-home rapid HIV tests to screen their sexual partners...<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/53624_orasure-oraquik-package.jpeg_57ee486a-23a7-4f53-97ac-38425b05227d.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[‘Substantial Minority' of MSM Would Use Condoms Less When on PrEP]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-prep-condoms-22740-2334"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-prep-condoms-22740-2334</id>
    <updated>2012-07-25T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A “substantial minority” of men who have sex with men (MSM) anticipated that they would use condoms less if they were taking PrEP, or...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[PrEP Talk 101]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-prep-questions-22701-6459"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-prep-questions-22701-6459</id>
    <updated>2012-07-17T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A pill prevents getting HIV? Here's what you need to know about Truvada, the HIV med the FDA just approved as pre-exposure prophylaxis...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[CDC Set to Recommend One-Time Hep C Tests for All Baby Boomers]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hepatitis-testing-cdc-22427-8423"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hepatitis-testing-cdc-22427-8423</id>
    <updated>2012-05-21T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[All U.S. baby boomers should get a one-time test for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, according to draft guidelines released by CDC.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[PEPFAR Works: Hundreds of Thousands of African Lives Saved]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-pepfar-africa-22411-5804"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-pepfar-africa-22411-5804</id>
    <updated>2012-05-16T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) saved more than 740,000 African lives between 2004 and 2008, according to a new r...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Engineering CD8 Cells to Kill HIV in Tissues]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-cd8-ucla-22239-5278"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/hiv-cd8-ucla-22239-5278</id>
    <updated>2012-04-13T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Expanding on previous research providing proof-of-concept that human stem cells can be genetically engineered into HIV-fighting cells, researc...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[U.S. Attorney Requires Drug Tests for AIDS Protesters]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/DC-HIV-Marijuana-21944-2413"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/DC-HIV-Marijuana-21944-2413</id>
    <updated>2012-02-22T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Medical marijuana and HIV meds could put a defendant in jail. Sign a petition to end this policy.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[It Takes Two]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Testing-Together-HIV-21897-7896"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Testing-Together-HIV-21897-7896</id>
    <updated>2012-02-13T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Testing Together helps male couples learn their HIV status and strengthen their relationships.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[MSM Identity and HIV Risk]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Greg-Millett-HIV-21480-9131"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Greg-Millett-HIV-21480-9131</id>
    <updated>2011-11-16T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[New research uncovers mistaken assumptions fueling HIV rates among black and Latino men who have sex with men (MSM).<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Sex Toy Story]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Sex-Toys-HIV-20946-2793"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Sex-Toys-HIV-20946-2793</id>
    <updated>2011-08-04T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new survey reveals that HIV-positive men who have sex with men lead vibrant, and sometimes vibrating, sex lives.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Anal Dialogues]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Microbicides-Anal-HIV-20673-6286"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Microbicides-Anal-HIV-20673-6286</id>
    <updated>2011-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Rectal microbicides-topical gels, ointments and lubricants laced with drugs to block HIV-could help stop the spread of the virus. So why...<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/37506_enema-P03-16-001.jpg_9457faa2-1970-4dab-8c34-41bb97dd1229.jpeg" />]]></content>
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  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Porn, Patient Zeta and HIV]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Derrick-Burts-HIV-20686-5211"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Derrick-Burts-HIV-20686-5211</id>
    <updated>2011-06-24T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Adult film actor Derrick Burts tested HIV positive in October, bringing international attention to the topic of condoms in porn.<br><img src="https://cdn2.poz.com/82924_derrick-burts-promo.jpg_95fabd16-ffe0-472d-b8b6-b0e7c4f75277.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Born This Way]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Carl-Bean-HIV-20150-6208"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Carl-Bean-HIV-20150-6208</id>
    <updated>2011-03-29T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Archbishop Carl Bean is gaga about AIDS advocacy—and his rediscovered disco classic.<br><img src="https://cdn.poz.com/112901_i-was-born-this-way-9781416592839-hr.jpg_b94e1bc3-81b0-4eb9-aa7e-38516385e149.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Scared Safe?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Scared-Safe-HIV-20090-5168"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Scared-Safe-HIV-20090-5168</id>
    <updated>2011-03-28T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[NYC's New prevention campaign divides advocates. <br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Trans Risk]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Transgender-HIV-Risk-19842-7256"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Transgender-HIV-Risk-19842-7256</id>
    <updated>2011-02-03T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[1 in 4 black transgender people are HIV positive.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Prison Breaks]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Prison-Breaks-HIV-19655-8064"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Prison-Breaks-HIV-19655-8064</id>
    <updated>2010-12-28T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[New research looks at HIV behind bars. <br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/41257_prison-is-000009000057Medium.jpg_f830bd3b-aeeb-47db-b87f-bc4f2503a3bd.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[ADAP Update]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/ADAP-AIDS-Update-19157-8132"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/ADAP-AIDS-Update-19157-8132</id>
    <updated>2010-09-27T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Waiting lists may evaporate—for a few months—but the crisis ain't over.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Fear &amp; Loathing in Illinois]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/Illinois-Scare-HIV-18906-1492"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/Illinois-Scare-HIV-18906-1492</id>
    <updated>2010-08-10T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Do scare tactics in ad campaigns prevent HIV?<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Thou Shalt Fear AIDS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/ExGay-Fear-HIV-18927-6183"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/ExGay-Fear-HIV-18927-6183</id>
    <updated>2010-08-10T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Leaders of the ex-gay movement have long used the threat of HIV/AIDS to recruit people struggling with their sexuality. Likewise, parents...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[ADAP SOS]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/exclusive-adap-crisis-18672-2820"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/exclusive-adap-crisis-18672-2820</id>
    <updated>2010-06-30T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[In deep water—the crisis inside America's AIDS Drug Assistance Programs.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS In the Movies: A Brief Close-up]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/AIDS-Movies-JUNE2010-18369-4292"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/AIDS-Movies-JUNE2010-18369-4292</id>
    <updated>2010-05-06T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[AIDS may have been snubbed at this year's Academy Awards—even Mo'Nique failed to mention the virus as she accepted an Oscar for her role...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[ACT UP's Latest Act]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/act-up-return-hiv-17959-5198"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/act-up-return-hiv-17959-5198</id>
    <updated>2010-02-03T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[After almost 20 years, AIDS activist group ACT UP is making news again. But what are their targets in 2010, and who is joining their fight?<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Viewer Discretion]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/HIV-tv-media-17559-7977"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/HIV-tv-media-17559-7977</id>
    <updated>2009-12-01T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[TV's sexiest shows may be an untapped resource in the fight against AIDS.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Crimson Tide]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/harvard-HIV-art-17560-8901"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/harvard-HIV-art-17560-8901</id>
    <updated>2009-12-01T00:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Harvard University's ACT UP History Lesson<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Take Home Testing]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/home-test-hiv-17407-9003"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/home-test-hiv-17407-9003</id>
    <updated>2009-11-01T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Rapid at-home HIV testing is inching closer to reality. Is that a good thing?<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/53634_HIV-blood-test-iStock-78899141-LARGE.jpg_446aba24-d802-47d2-84aa-2efe930dfc93.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Condom Lockup]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/cvs-condoms-hiv-17267-1496"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/cvs-condoms-hiv-17267-1496</id>
    <updated>2009-10-01T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Condoms can prevent HIV, a virus that disproportionately affects African Americans.<br><img src="https://cdn3.poz.com/73099_iStock-183027678.jpg_03f174dd-5567-48e7-b1a3-cff36da0a48e.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Serving Tea]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/sweet-tea-johnson-hiv-17206-7323"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/sweet-tea-johnson-hiv-17206-7323</id>
    <updated>2009-09-02T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[E. Patrick Johnson, PhD, discusses Sweet Tea and what he observed about the AIDS epidemic through their stories.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Tea Time]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/black-gay-south-hiv-17065-9295"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/black-gay-south-hiv-17065-9295</id>
    <updated>2009-09-01T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Southern black gay men recount their life histories&#8212;including HIV.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Tell It Like It Is]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/sisters-indulgence-hiv-webex-17087-3060"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/sisters-indulgence-hiv-webex-17087-3060</id>
    <updated>2009-08-12T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[With their new series of collectible Play Fair! cards, the Los Angeles Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence continue a tradition of providing safe-...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Good Habits]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/sisters-perpetual-indulgence-hiv-16797-5685"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/sisters-perpetual-indulgence-hiv-16797-5685</id>
    <updated>2009-07-01T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence has been blessing us for three decades.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[The Low Down on the Down Low]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/down-low-study-hiv-16864-4450"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/down-low-study-hiv-16864-4450</id>
    <updated>2009-06-30T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[A new study debunks the myth that men on the DL are responsible for the rising HIV rates among black women. Lead researcher Lisa Bond, PhD, ta...<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Shining Light]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/annie-lennox-hiv-16601-5728"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/annie-lennox-hiv-16601-5728</id>
    <updated>2009-06-01T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Annie Lennox gives voice to those fighting the virus.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title type="html"><![CDATA[Annie Lennox's Shining Light: The Extended Remix]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://www.poz.com/article/annie-lennox-extended-hiv-16641-6288"></link>
    <id>https://www.poz.com/article/annie-lennox-extended-hiv-16641-6288</id>
    <updated>2009-05-18T00:00:00-04:00</updated>
    <author>
      <name><![CDATA[Trent Straube]]></name>
    </author>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Singer and HIV/AIDS advocate Annie Lennox spoke with POZ for our June 2009 issue. Here is the complete interview.<br><img src="https://cdn1.poz.com/9_poz-logo-1000x1000.jpg_580250ea-51ca-49ec-a03a-a71ac8406716.jpeg" />]]></content>
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