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• Project Runway Alum Spreads HIV Message in S.F.
  Jack Mackenroth will kick off the 2009 Living Positive by Design West Coast tour at the largest Academy Awards party held outside of L.A.
• Second Try at Rowing the Atlantic
  Victor Mooney launches his second attempt to row across the ocean to raise HIV awareness.
• HIVers Don’t Benefit From Interleukin-2
  The cancer treatment designed to create immune system cells is ineffective in HIV-positive adults, according to two new studies.
• Illinois May Repeal Names Reporting for Kids
  An Illinois house committee approved a measure that would repeal a state requirement that health departments report the names of children with HIV to the principals of their schools.
• Connecticut AIDS Services Face Serious Cuts
  Budget-cutting measures result in funding cuts of $2.7 million for AIDS programs over the next two years.
• GeoVax Begins Phase II HIV Vaccine Trial
  The first volunteers in the Phase IIa study received their injections of the experimental prime-boost HIV vaccine candidate this week.
• Can You Take Steps to Prevent Memory Loss?
  A new study suggests that mental “exercise” can help ward off memory loss as one ages.
• India’s AIDS Fight Hits a Roadblock
  Stigma keeps many pregnant women from seeking HIV testing, which could help those who are infected take steps to prevent transmitting the virus to their babies.
• Rise in Thai AIDS Cases Prompts Action
  Community-based organizations begin new outreach program for female and male sex workers, key demographic groups hit hard by the disease in Thailand.
• Brazil Will Hand Out 59 Million Condoms
  The government will distribute the condoms during the weeklong Carnival celebrations to encourage revelers to practice safer sex.
• Forum Urges Asia to Decriminalize Homosexuality
  Laws against homosexuality hurt the fight against AIDS in Asian nations where HIV prevalence rates among men who have sex with men are high and rising.
• U.K. HIVers Don’t Screen for Cervical Cancer
  Many women in Northern Ireland fail to seek regular Pap tests for the disease, which is an AIDS-defining illness for those infected with HIV.