Medford Rep. Carl Sciortino Co-sponsors Third Annual Mass State House World Aids Day Event

The annual HIV/AIDS awareness event was sponsored by the offices of state Reps. Gloria Fox, of Boston, Sarah Peake, of Provincetown and Carl Sciortino, of Medford, along with the Massachusetts Executive Office of Health and Human Services, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, the Massachusetts Legislatures LGBT Caucus, Black & Latino Legislative Caucus and Caucus of Women Legislators, in addition to local AIDS prevention and treatment service providers. Sciortino, DMedford, spoke on behalf of the House of Representatives and the LGBT Caucus. At the State House World AIDS Day event, we recognize that there have been important advancements over the past decade in preventing and treating HIV/AIDS in Massachusetts that have reduced the number of persons infected with the virus each year, said Sciortino. However, we also acknowledge that the epidemic is not over. Stigma continues to exist against those living with the virus, which includes women and girls. You will find the original content at this website http://www.wickedlocal.com/medford/news/x1467738308/Medford-Rep-Carl-Sciortino-co-sponsors-Third-Annual-Mass-State-House-World-AIDS-Day-event
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