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    <updated>2009-06-24T21:18:34Z</updated>
    <subtitle>Peter Staley, Founder &amp; Advisory Editor, AIDSmeds.com</subtitle>
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    <title>Our Health-Care Debate Is Making Me Sick</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/peter//1.2081</id>

    <published>2009-06-24T21:18:44Z</published>
    <updated>2009-06-24T21:18:34Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[So now we're hearing that the public option plan is in serious trouble, and that Rahm Emanuel is telling Congress behind closed doors that they can compromise it away.&nbsp; What I find so sad about all this is that even...]]></summary>
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        <name>Peter Staley</name>
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        <![CDATA[So now we're hearing that the public option plan is in serious trouble, and that Rahm Emanuel is telling Congress behind closed doors that they can compromise it away.&nbsp; What I find so sad about all this is that even...]]>
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    <title>Table Scraps from Obama</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/peter//1.2068</id>

    <published>2009-06-17T16:09:31Z</published>
    <updated>2009-06-17T16:37:16Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[A memo.&nbsp; Just a memo.&nbsp; No executive order.&nbsp; No health insurance.&nbsp; No retirement benefits.&nbsp; Just what are we getting here?&nbsp; (And by we, I mean only those gays and lesbians who work for the federal government as civilians -- the...]]></summary>
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        <name>Peter Staley</name>
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        <![CDATA[A memo.&nbsp; Just a memo.&nbsp; No executive order.&nbsp; No health insurance.&nbsp; No retirement benefits.&nbsp; Just what are we getting here?&nbsp; (And by we, I mean only those gays and lesbians who work for the federal government as civilians -- the...]]>
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    <title>Poop, Pee, and Love</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/peter//1.2044</id>

    <published>2009-06-03T13:37:41Z</published>
    <updated>2009-06-03T13:37:19Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[That's my excuse for not posting here lately.&nbsp; The bf and I and the two cats have got a new addition to our family...&nbsp; a puppy!She's a lovable yellow English Labrador Retriever.&nbsp; Her name is Stella......]]></summary>
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        <name>Peter Staley</name>
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        <![CDATA[That's my excuse for not posting here lately.&nbsp; The bf and I and the two cats have got a new addition to our family...&nbsp; a puppy!She's a lovable yellow English Labrador Retriever.&nbsp; Her name is Stella......]]>
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    <title>Obama&apos;s Silence on AIDS</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/peter//1.1926</id>

    <published>2009-05-05T17:30:16Z</published>
    <updated>2009-05-17T13:34:58Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[Last week, our nation's largest AIDS organization, the Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation, launched a cable TV and Internet ad challenging President Obama's silence on AIDS during his first 100 days in office (watch it below).&nbsp; I've had my disagreements...]]></summary>
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        <name>Peter Staley</name>
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        <![CDATA[Last week, our nation's largest AIDS organization, the Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation, launched a cable TV and Internet ad challenging President Obama's silence on AIDS during his first 100 days in office (watch it below).&nbsp; I've had my disagreements...]]>
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<entry>
    <title>Having Some Fun With Rupert</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/peter//1.1904</id>

    <published>2009-04-21T15:48:40Z</published>
    <updated>2009-04-21T15:49:24Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA[This happened almost two weeks ago, but I'm having blogger's block, so this will have to do.&nbsp; Does having my pic on The Daily Beast's home page mean I've arrived?&nbsp; Judging from the comments left, I'd say no.&nbsp; [Is there...]]></summary>
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        <name>Peter Staley</name>
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        <![CDATA[This happened almost two weeks ago, but I'm having blogger's block, so this will have to do.&nbsp; Does having my pic on The Daily Beast's home page mean I've arrived?&nbsp; Judging from the comments left, I'd say no.&nbsp; [Is there...]]>
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    <title>Is AIDS This Boring?</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/peter//1.1873</id>

    <published>2009-04-08T18:16:52Z</published>
    <updated>2009-05-17T13:35:53Z</updated>

    <summary><![CDATA["Obama Administration Announces New Campaign to Refocus National Attention on the HIV Crisis in the United States." That's the headline from yesterday's CDC press release announcing a five year, $45 million HIV prevention campaign called Act Against AIDS.&nbsp; Phase one...]]></summary>
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        <name>Peter Staley</name>
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        <![CDATA["Obama Administration Announces New Campaign to Refocus National Attention on the HIV Crisis in the United States." That's the headline from yesterday's CDC press release announcing a five year, $45 million HIV prevention campaign called Act Against AIDS.&nbsp; Phase one...]]>
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    <title>The Pope&apos;s AIDS Spokesman</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/peter//1.1860</id>

    <published>2009-04-07T17:04:27Z</published>
    <updated>2009-04-08T14:02:25Z</updated>

    <summary>A must watch (hat tip Andrew Sullivan), especially for the &quot;vagina full of AIDS&quot;......</summary>
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        A must watch (hat tip Andrew Sullivan), especially for the &quot;vagina full of AIDS&quot;......
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    <title>Barebacking CD4 Cells</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/peter//1.1794</id>

    <published>2009-03-31T14:32:03Z</published>
    <updated>2009-04-01T11:45:23Z</updated>

    <summary>Some interesting new research indicates that direct CD4 cell to CD4 cell contact might be a leading method by which HIV infects these immune system cells.Scientists have known for years that CD4 cells can be directly infected by free-floating HIV...</summary>
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        <name>Peter Staley</name>
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        Some interesting new research indicates that direct CD4 cell to CD4 cell contact might be a leading method by which HIV infects these immune system cells.Scientists have known for years that CD4 cells can be directly infected by free-floating HIV...
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    <title>The POZ Army</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/peter//1.1782</id>

    <published>2009-03-23T19:24:16Z</published>
    <updated>2009-03-23T19:24:31Z</updated>

    <summary>I must admit, I&apos;ve become deeply cynical about people with AIDS. I hate that I feel this way. The community I&apos;ve always felt a part of - Americans living with HIV - has, in my mind, become impotent. Stigma seems...</summary>
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        <name>Peter Staley</name>
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        I must admit, I&apos;ve become deeply cynical about people with AIDS. I hate that I feel this way. The community I&apos;ve always felt a part of - Americans living with HIV - has, in my mind, become impotent. Stigma seems...
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    <title>AIDS Research Gets Huge Stimulus</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/peter//1.1720</id>

    <published>2009-02-25T19:46:39Z</published>
    <updated>2009-03-02T23:32:50Z</updated>

    <summary>Tucked away in the massive stimulus package signed by President Obama last week is the largest budget increase in the NIH&apos;s history. Thanks to Senator Arlen Specter, the budget of the National Institutes of Health will go from $29 billion...</summary>
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        <name>Peter Staley</name>
        <uri>http://blogs.aidsmeds.com</uri>
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        Tucked away in the massive stimulus package signed by President Obama last week is the largest budget increase in the NIH&apos;s history. Thanks to Senator Arlen Specter, the budget of the National Institutes of Health will go from $29 billion...
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    <title>Is Crystal Uncool?</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/peter//1.1713</id>

    <published>2009-02-19T14:03:34Z</published>
    <updated>2009-02-19T14:47:38Z</updated>

    <summary> So asks EDGE Boston in an online article this week: Is Crystal Uncool? Gay Men’s Love Affair With Tina May Be O-Vah by Scott Stiffler EDGE Contributor Tuesday Feb 17, 2009 Stiffler asks the following questions: But how much...</summary>
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        <name>Peter Staley</name>
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         So asks EDGE Boston in an online article this week: Is Crystal Uncool? Gay Men’s Love Affair With Tina May Be O-Vah by Scott Stiffler EDGE Contributor Tuesday Feb 17, 2009 Stiffler asks the following questions: But how much...
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    <title>Gilead Plans To Squash Norvir</title>
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    <published>2009-02-10T20:34:44Z</published>
    <updated>2009-02-10T20:34:29Z</updated>

    <summary>As I mentioned last month, Gilead has an experimental pharmacokinetic (PK) enhancer in development that does the same thing as Norvir, Abbott&apos;s overpriced &quot;booster&quot; which most of us take to increase the blood levels of our protease inhibitors. We first...</summary>
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        <name>Peter Staley</name>
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        As I mentioned last month, Gilead has an experimental pharmacokinetic (PK) enhancer in development that does the same thing as Norvir, Abbott&apos;s overpriced &quot;booster&quot; which most of us take to increase the blood levels of our protease inhibitors. We first...
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    <title>Rachel Maddow Pays Tribute to Marty</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/peter//1.1692</id>

    <published>2009-02-09T13:59:46Z</published>
    <updated>2009-02-09T13:59:31Z</updated>

    <summary>I&apos;ve been meaning to post this since it ran on MSNBC on January 30th. It&apos;s not every day that a leading television journalist pays tribute to an AIDS treatment activist, so it was wonderful hearing Rachel Maddow spend two and...</summary>
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        I&apos;ve been meaning to post this since it ran on MSNBC on January 30th. It&apos;s not every day that a leading television journalist pays tribute to an AIDS treatment activist, so it was wonderful hearing Rachel Maddow spend two and...
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    <title>A Proactive CDC – Just a Pipe Dream?</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/peter//1.1677</id>

    <published>2009-02-02T17:46:22Z</published>
    <updated>2009-02-02T17:51:50Z</updated>

    <summary>The history of AIDS activism in the U.S. has been a mix of great success and great failure. Activism forced presidents and congress to dramatically increase AIDS research funding, resulting in the life-saving treatments we have today. But when it...</summary>
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        The history of AIDS activism in the U.S. has been a mix of great success and great failure. Activism forced presidents and congress to dramatically increase AIDS research funding, resulting in the life-saving treatments we have today. But when it...
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    <title>One Small Step To Help AIDS Activists</title>
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    <id>tag:blogs.poz.com,2009:/peter//1.1669</id>

    <published>2009-01-29T13:20:06Z</published>
    <updated>2009-01-29T16:00:37Z</updated>

    <summary> I&apos;m very psyched about what POZ and AIDSmeds have been up to over the past year, building partnerships with AIDS advocacy groups. For instance, we&apos;re working closely now with NAPWA, the National Association for People with AIDS. With our...</summary>
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         I&apos;m very psyched about what POZ and AIDSmeds have been up to over the past year, building partnerships with AIDS advocacy groups. For instance, we&apos;re working closely now with NAPWA, the National Association for People with AIDS. With our...
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