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HIV Increases Among Latino People in Connecticut
HIV specialists in Stamford, Connecticut, are noticing an increase in new HIV infections among Latino people compared with the city’s general population, The Stamford Advocate reports. While Latino people make up 22.3 percent of Stamford’s HIV/AIDS cases, they represent only 19.7 percent of its population.

Puerto Rico and 8 States Lose HIV Surveillance Funding
Puerto Rico and eight states in the continental United States will no longer receive federal funding for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) new HIV monitoring system, which found that that annual U.S. infection rate was 40 percent higher than previously estimated, The New York Times reports. The CDC is shifting the number of participating states from 34 to 25 based on a competitive application process.

Latin American Countries Launch Programs To Improve Health Care For Sexual Minorities
Several Latin American countries have launched new programs to improve health care for sexual minorities, including homosexuals and transsexuals, according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO).

Many Hispanics Shut Out of U.S. Health Care System
An estimated 25 percent of Hispanics in the United States don't have a regular health care provider to treat their medical needs.

Examining Medical Mistrust in HIV-Positive Latino People
Latino people represented 17 percent of new U.S. HIV infections in 2006. An upcoming study by Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center in North Carolina will determine whether a lack of trust in the health care system is contributing to a higher mortality rate among this group, the Winston-Salem Journal reports. The two-year study, funded by the Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR), begins in September.

U.S. Denying Asylum to Gay People From Latin America
As gay rights increase in Latin America, gay people face dwindling asylum grants from the United States, The Washington Post reports.

Nurses Ease Shortage of HIV/AIDS Doctors
Researchers at the XVII International AIDS Conference in Mexico City revealed that people living with HIV in the care of trained nurses faired just as well—if not better—than those treated by doctors, Reuters reports.

Homophobia Fuels HIV/AIDS in Mexico
Mexico, which is hosting the XVII International AIDS Conference, is having difficulty addressing HIV/AIDS transmission risks for men who have sex with men (MSM) due to social stigma there and throughout Latin America that force homosexual activity underground, The New York Times reports. While Mexico’s overall HIV prevalence in the general population is 0.3 percent, it approaches 15 percent among MSM.

Childcare Before Kindergarten May Promote Obesity
Participation in a childcare program appears to increase the likelihood that a child will be obese when he or she shows up for the first day of kindergarten, researchers report in the journal Pediatrics.

Examining Tijuana’s AIDS Epidemic
One in every 125 adults in Tijuana, Mexico, has HIV, a trend that rebukes Mexico’s nationally low infection rate, The Washington Post reports.