Meet Michael Lauro, a new HIV Education Specialist at CHC, Inc. and Oasis Wellness Center! – Can you tell us a bit about your educational background? I earned a B.A. from Fairfield University and a J.D. from the University of Santa Clara School of Law. I also spent a year in Rome courtesy of Loyola University of Chicago which was great fun! – What inspired you to enter your line of work? I believe I entered this line of work…
The following is an email to CHC Staff announcing the Integrated Care for Special Populations. It has been edited for the blog. As you know, CHC has long been a source of excellent care and caring for many particularly vulnerable popuations. Among them are our patients served in our HIV and Ryan White programs, our Hepatitis C treatment program, our Subaxone program, and our “Wherever You Are” Health Care for the Homeless Program. We think it is a logical next step…
This morning, I received an email from Dr. Marwan Haddad that he had sent to his co-workers at CHC yesterday and that our Chief Medical Officer forwarded to me. It captures beautifully both the importance of the battle against HIV and what makes CHC such a special place. Dear All, Tomorrow is World AIDS Day. It is a day to remember all those we have lost to this terrible disease, those we knew and those millions we did not know…
As the leaves continue to fall and the air gets increasingly crisper, college students across the country prepare for the second half of their fall semester. Inevitably, final papers and exams await these scholars in less a month’s time, and enjoying the changing of the seasons only adds to their busy schedules. With all of this being said, it is always impressive to see young adults putting aside a few hours here or there to volunteer for a worthy…
The following is a guest post from Kasey Harding-Wheeler, Director of HIV Services at CHC about National HIV Testing Day: If you walked down the streets of Middletown yesterday a few things probably caught your eye. The red balloons and sandwich board advertising National HIV Testing Day activities outside of our brand new Middletown building, the Oasis staff and volunteers decked out in red shirts passing out condom packets along Main Street, the posters asking, “Do you know your status?” and…
In 1995, the National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA) founded National HIV testing day on June 27th. Seventeen years later, this group continues to front this observance. The main goal of this day of awareness is to encourage people of all ages to “take the test, take control”. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the virus that can lead to acquired immune deficiency syndrome, know as AIDS. Too many people don’t know they have HIV. In the United States,…