Time is ticking. You and your loved ones only have until March 31st to apply for health insurance. Don’t delay. Under the Affordable Care Act (or ACA), the Health Insurance Marketplace ensures that no application for health insurance is rejected due to preexisting...
Do You Have Diabetes? – National Diabetes Alert Day
March 25 is National Diabetes Alert Day. It is an annual one-day, wake-up call to inform the American public about the seriousness of diabetes, particularly when diabetes is left undiagnosed or untreated and to encourage everyone to take the Diabetes Risk Test....
A Video Review of Native American HIV/AIDS Issues
March 20 is National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NNHAAD). NNHAAD is a national effort to raise awareness about how HIV/AIDS affects American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) and Native Hawaiian people and to promote testing. An Overview HIV infection affects AI/AN in...
Women and HIV/AIDS: What about Older Adults, Women of Color, and Cancer?
March 10, 2014 is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD). NWGHAAD is a nationwide effort to help women and girls take action to protect themselves and their partners from HIV – through prevention, testing and treatment. The HIV epidemic is rapidly...
Aging in America 2014: Health Reform Advocacy and Engagement in Communities of Color and LGBT Communities
Will you be joining the 3,000 engaged aging professionals and experts March 11-15, 2014 in Sunny San Diego for the ASA Aging in America 2014 conference? Interested in exploring best practices and learning about successful advocacy and engagement tactics to better...
LGBT People: Our Longing for Home, Our Right to Housing
There are mornings when the hour-long commute to work feels Odyssean. Today is one of those mornings. February has unfurled a litany of winter storms that have left New York City awash in slush and my Facebook feed soaked in bemoaning. As I trudge through Brooklyn and...