SFAF.org Podcast #40 - HIV and the election: a legislative update with Ernest Hopkins

In this episode, Ernest Hopkins, the Foundation's Director of Federal Affairs, gives an update on the progress of current HIV-related legislation in Washington. With the elections less than two months away, Ernest gives an outline of the key HIV policy differences between the Republican and Democratic party platforms and an update on the progress of the federal needle exchange bill.

SFAF.org Podcast #39 - Magnet finds acute HIV infection with RNA testing

In this episode, Tim Ryan, a registered nurse and the clinical services manager at Magnet, the Foundation's gay men's sexual health clinic, talks about what Magnet's doing differently to encourage sexual health in San Francisco's gay male community and why RNA testing for HIV may reduce HIV infection rates with early diagnosis of acute HIV infection. Recent studies suggest that acute HIV infection may be responsible for up to 50% of new HIV infections in San Francisco.