Around ASF Blog Volume 1 / Entry 22 August 30, 2012 Hello friends, Well, once again I’ve been on hiatus from writing my weekly blog for several weeks. It got quite busy for me around ASF and this is unfortunately one of the things that had to be put on the back burner. So, let’s [...]Read more

Around ASF Blog Volume 1 / Entry 21 August 2, 2012 Hello friends, Last week, Executive Director Philip Yaeger and I visited with Jeff Trujillo, the Managing Producer of The Pulse Media and the new Pulse Channel on YouTube. We met Jeff in Anaheim where his mobile studio was located for the day. We got [...]Read more

Around ASF Blog Volume 1 / Entry 20 July 26, 2012 Hello friends, As you may know, the 19th International AIDS Conference (IAC) is currently being held in Washington, D.C. I thought I would highlight some of the interesting news coming out of the conference this week. Timothy Ray Brown, the “Berlin Patient” I talked [...]Read more

Around ASF Blog Volume 1 / Entry 18 July 19, 2012 Hello friends, Those doing research in the HIV field never used to talk about, or even think about using, the word “cure” in conjunction with their work. For the last 30 years, it was considered something unattainable, non-pursuable and therefore unmentionable. But in a [...]Read more

Around ASF Blog Volume 1 / Entry 18 July 12, 2012 Hello friends, Hopefully all of you have heard of the AIDS Memorial Quilt. A description from The NAMES Project Foundation website states, “Today, The AIDS Memorial Quilt is an epic, 54-ton tapestry that includes more than 48,000 panels dedicated to more than 94,000 individuals. [...]Read more

Around ASF Blog Volume 1 / Entry 17 July 5, 2012 Hello friends, The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first over-the-counter, rapid HIV test to be sold for in-home, consumer use. The OraQuick testing kit, developed by OraSure, is exactly like the kits we use for our free, rapid HIV testing at [...]Read more

Around ASF Blog Volume 1 / Entry 16 June 28, 2012 Hello friends, Let me start this blog by saying once again that the views expressed herein do not necessarily reflect the views of ASF, its board of directors, staff, clients, volunteers, etc. They are strictly my own and based on information I have obtained [...]Read more

Around ASF Blog Volume 1 / Entry 15 June 21, 2012 Hello friends, It’s been over a month since my last blog posting. I hope no one missed me. That’s not true. I hope lots of people missed reading this blog. It’s fun to hope. The last month has been very busy for me at [...]Read more

Around ASF Blog Volume 1 / Entry 14 May 17, 2012 Hello friends, Well, it’s happened again. Since the beginning of April, as part of our messaging for AIDS Walk Orange County, we have been calling this period in the agency’s history “The Beginning of the End of AIDS in Orange County.” We are refocusing [...]Read more

Around ASF Blog Volume 1 / Entry 13 May 2, 2012 Hello friends, We’ve all heard the iconic message that precedes an irritating buzz/beep on our televisions and radios. “This is a test. This is only a test.” The beep/buzz sounds for about as long as you think you can stand it and then it [...]Read more