AIDS campaign featuring Hitler stirs controversy in Germany

The Ryan White Care Act sunsets Wednesday. Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are working to extend the measure, which helps fund HIV-AIDS treatment for low-income people.  Health care advocates are confident the funding will be renewed, but some are concerned that the current levels of funding aren´t enough.

According to the Iowa Independent, eight states that receive federal funding – including Iowa, Kentucky, Indiana and Arkansas – all have waiting lists for low-income people in need of HIV-AIDS medicine.

Globally, some 5 million people lack AIDS medicine, according to data released today by the United Nations.  However, UNAIDS said the number of people receiving HIV-AIDS treatment has reached 4 million, a tenfold increase over the past five years.