Number of Floridians on AIDs-drug waiting list drugs drops dramatically

The Florida Department of Health announced Thursday that its AIDS Drug Assistance Program waiting list has dropped to a little more than 800 individuals.The AIDS Drug Assistance Program, a nationwide payer of last resort for people who cannot afford their HIV/AIDS medications, has been in a funding crisis More… since 2010, which

More is known on South Florida criminal HIV transmission case

A Broward Sheriff’s Office arrest report indicates that Daniel Hay Lewis, arrested on Monday for shoplifting and charged with the criminal transmission of HIV, physically resisted being placed in a sheriff’s car and attempted to bite a deputy. #
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According to the report, Lewis is charged with HIV transmission because

Elton John urges Gov. Scott to protect Florida’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program

Singer Elton John yesterday sent a letter to Gov. Rick Scott urging him to protect the AIDS Drug Assistance Program, which helps low-income HIV/AIDS patients receive vital medications. #

According to the South Florida Sun-Sentinel: #

John, founder of the Elton John AIDS Foundation, wrote to Scott Tuesday More…

Mercury, sulfates poisoning the Everglades

More…The use of sulfate in agricultural areas near the Florida Everglades is creating an enormous mercury problem — with seemingly no end in sight.
The Florida Everglades are often thought of as the state’s wildest and most untamed area, well-protected and far from the grind of urban civilization, a lush wetland

Florida AIDS Advocacy Network reducing AIDS Drug Assistance Program eligibility makes no fiscal sense

The proposed reductions to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program are a bad idea, and make no fiscal sense, says Jesse Fry, co-chair of the Florida HIV/AIDS Advocacy Network. #

Fry, who testified in Tallahassee this Monday at the first of a series of public forums hosted by the state’s More…

GLBT Democratic Caucus head slams Florida for alleged mismanagement of AIDS funds

Responding to a federal report obtained by The Florida Independent that alleges that Florida has mismanaged funds for a program meant to supply HIV/AIDS medications to low-income citizens, Michael Rajner — legislative director of the Florida GLBT Democratic Caucus More… — says the state has downplayed how neglect has played an important part

Federal report: Florida mismanaged HIV/AIDS money

More…A January 2011 federal report provided to The Florida Independent on the condition of anonymity alleges that federal audits and site visits show that Florida’s Bureau of HIV/AIDS failed to use “available resources in the best interest of people living with HIV and AIDS” while administering its AIDS Drug Assistance Program,

With possible eligibility cuts, funding shortages, Florida’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program remains in crisis

On Monday, the Florida Department of Health will hold the first of several public debates to decide whether to reduce eligibility to Florida’s AIDS Drug Assistance Program (aka ADAP) from 400 percent of the federal poverty level to 200 percent. #

In other words: A person who earns $30,000 a More…