Evelyn Bailey Archives - Page 2 of 10

Shoulders To Stand On: HIV/AIDS Treatment – Where Are We Now in 2017?

October 17, 2017

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Dr. Keefer of the Victory Alliance seeks a vaccine for HIV. By Evelyn Bailey We have looked at past HIV/AIDS treatments, advances and societal issues. Improvements have been made, more are needed. Today the number of HIV positive cases is on the increa ...

Gay Pioneers: Tammy Baldwin

August 24, 2017

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From Shoulders To Stand On: Tammy Baldwin is the first openly gay U.S. Senator in history and the first woman elected to represent Wisconsin in the Senate. Tammy Baldwin, Jr. US Senator from Wisconsin, is identified by Out magazine as one of 55 gay peopl ...

Shoulders To Stand On: The Long Road To Wellness – Why No Vaccine – Cure Yet?

August 22, 2017

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By Evelyn Bailey In 2006, Robert Gallo wrote in A reflection on HIV/AIDS research after 25 years: For a successful vaccine, I believe we need neutralizing antibodies that are sustained (do not need rapid recall), and I think this is a reachable objective ...

Shoulders To Stand On: Treatment 1986 – 1995: Monotherapy to Combination Therapy

June 27, 2017

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By Evelyn Bailey Between 1986 and 1995, AZT, CD$, dextran sulfate, alpha-Interferon, ganciclovir, pentamidine, Imreg-I, Compound-Q, dideoxyinosene (DDI), Isoprinosine, to name a few, and drugs developed in foreign countries were used to treat HIV directl ...

Gay Alliance, STSO Program partner with RPL and ImageOut; receive NYS Humanities Vision Grant

June 19, 2017

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From the Shoulders to Stand On archives The Gay Alliance in partnership with the Rochester Public Library (RPL) and ImageOut has been received a $1,500 Vision Grant Award from the NYS Humanities to plan the Rainbow Dialogues an eighth initiative of the ...

Shoulders To Stand On: The Long Road To Wellness – Jesse Helms Roadblock

April 3, 2017

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By Evelyn Bailey In 1988, research was underway to find an AIDS vaccine. It soon became clear that even though money was beginning to flow through the pipeline for research, there would be no quick fix for this problem Government agencies, LGBT organiza ...

Alan Davidson passes; tributes from some who knew and loved him

March 6, 2017

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Alan Davidson. Photo: Jill Frier Alan Davidson, longtime LGBT community activist and a co-founder of AIDS Rochester, passed on Feb. 9 at age 80. Donations may be sent to GLAAD or the Jewish Senior Life Foundation in his memory. Below: Some tributes fro ...

Shoulders To Stand On: The Long Road To Wellness (cont’d)

March 3, 2017

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By Evelyn Bailey Last month we looked spread into the heterosexual community. It seems historically, that 1988 was a pivotal year on many fronts of the Road To Wellness. HIV-AIDS work culminated in 1988 in increased at AIDS curriculum in Monroe County, ...

Shoulders to Stand On: The Long Road to Wellness (Continued)

February 2, 2017

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By Evelyn Bailey The Road To Wellness has many twists and turns. For every two steps forward there seems to be one step back. Such is the history of many movements, progress and our own growth and development. Much is learned from our failures as well as ...

Shoulders To Stand On: The Long Road To Wellness (Part Two)

December 1, 2016

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By Evelyn Bailey Prior to the approval of AZT by the FDA, in 1986 NIAID (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease) established the Division of AIDS. The Division of AIDS (DAIDS) was formed to develop and implement the national research agenda ...