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Treatment Action Group
HIV Prevention Research and Policy Coordinator for the Treatment Action Group, an HIV/AIDS advocacy organization and think-tank
PROFILE
Jeremiah Johnson
Guest
FROM Jeremiah Johnson
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The Fight over the Pill to Prevent HIV Truvada is a daily medication recognized by the World Health Organization, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other health agencies as greatly reducing the risk of contracting the HIV virus. But one AIDS organization warns of a “public health disaster in the making.” This week, the Los Angeles-based AIDS Healthcare Foundation will be taking out advertisements asking, “What if you’re wrong about PrEP?” That’s another name for a type of drug called Truvada.
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What happens when America retreats from the world? Is President Trump taking his "America First" agenda to extremes, withdrawing the country from the international stage on trade and climate change, distancing America from its traditional allies across the Atlantic and even threatening to physically isolate the country through the building of a wall along its southern border? León Krauze guest hosts.
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Will the Senate write a healthcare bill in secret? While Democrats and Republicans argue White House relations with Russia, another question is being decided behind closed doors: who gets help buying health insurance and who doesn't? We hear how the pros and cons are being shrouded in secrecy.
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Is the threat from Russia missing from the Russia meddling probe? There's much being made about the Trump administration's possible ties with Russia. But the bottom line is Russia's effort to influence American democracy. Do the President and his aides care enough to take action before voters go back to the polls?
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Terrorism and tweets, hate speech and murder Just days before an election, Britain is coping with a rash of deadly terrorism, and Prime Minister Theresa May is on the defensive. And again today, President Trump has tweeted criticism of the Mayor of London. Later, a double murder in Portland, Oregon has revealed the ugly past of a supposedly “progressive” city. One immediate question: is “hate speech” protected by the First Amendment?