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Weekly Buzz: Boy Scouts Reconfirm Ban on Gays, FDA approves HIV prevention pill and Michelle Obama launches anti-obesity campaign

Posted on July 20, 2012 in News

Photograph courtesy of CNN.

Every Friday we round up the week’s most compelling stories about social justice, human rights, public health, and public relations.

  • Boy Scouts Reconfirm Ban on Gays [ABC News]
     
  • South Africans celebrate Nelson Mandela's 94th birthday by participating in good deeds nationwide [CNN]
     
  • FDA approves Truvada, the first pill to help prevent HIV [USA Today]
     
  • New voter ID laws could impact millions and drive down turnout among minorities, the poor and elderly [Reuters]
     
  • Gay, bisexual black men at high risk for HIV, according to a new report by the Black AIDS Institute [CNN]
     
  • Tennessee Mosque Fights To Open Before Ramadan [NPR]
     
  • In social media news: Facebook Satisfaction Tanks With Users, Falling Below Twitter, Pinterest, Google+ [Huffington Post]
     
  • 12 killed, 38 hurt in Colorado theater showing the new Batman movie [CNN]
     
  • Michelle Obama comes to Philadelphia to launch anti-obesity initiative [The Philadelphia Inquirer]
     
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