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International AIDS Conference Day 4: Dr. Koh Speaks with PACHA members Helene Gayle and Phill Wilson

By Howard K. Koh, M.D., M.P.H, Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services It was a great pleasure to speak with two members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) at the International AIDS Conference...

Published Wed, Jul 21 2010 4:19 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Conferences, Policy, PACHA

Healthy People 2020: Interview with Penny Slade-Sawyer

by Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director The Healthy People Initiative provides a framework to identify the most significant preventable threats to health and establishes national goals to reduce them. We asked Rear Admiral Penny Slade-Sawyer from the Office...

Published Wed, Jul 07 2010 4:11 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, Healthy People

HHS Reallocates $25 Million to Extend Care to People on ADAP Waiting List

Guest post by Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN, Administrator, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Mary Wakefield, PhD, RN Improving access to care and treatment for people living with HIV is a top priority for President Obama and the U.S. Department...

Published Fri, Jul 09 2010 1:00 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, ADAP, People Living With HIV

HHS Releases Guidance for Syringe Services Programs

Dr. Howard Koh Guest post by Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health, Department of Health and Human Services The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is committed to working with grantees and partners to reduce the spread of... Read More...

Published Fri, Jul 09 2010 2:35 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy

International AIDS Conference Day 3: Dr. Koh speaks on HIV Travel Restrictions

by Howard K. Koh, M.D., M.P.H, Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services James Chau, UNAIDS Goodwill Ambassador, and Dr. Howard Koh, MD, MPH Today, I participated in a dialogue about nations lifting HIV-related travel...

Published Tue, Jul 20 2010 11:46 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Conferences, Policy, Travel

Dr. Anthony S. Fauci's Statement on the CAPRISA 004 Microbicide Study

Dr. Anthony Fauci On July 19, 2010, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, released a statement to acknowledge the results from the CAPRISA 004 Microbicide Study. To read...

Published Tue, Jul 20 2010 2:18 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, NIAID, NIH, HIV/AIDS Research

International AIDS Conference Day 3: Research Highlights

by Dr. Ron Valdiserri, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Dr. Ron Valdiserri Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, shared the latest...

Published Tue, Jul 20 2010 7:50 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, NIAID, HIV Vaccine, Conferences, NIH, HIV/AIDS Research

Expanding Access to Evidence-Based Services for Injection Drug Users

By R. Gil Kerlikowske and Jeffrey S. Crowley (Cross-posted from the ONDCP Of Substance Blog and ONAP Blog, originally posted on July 16, 2010) We have known from the very beginning of the HIV epidemic that sharing needles and other... Read More...

Published Mon, Jul 19 2010 11:12 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, Injection Drug Use

IAC 2010 Session: HIV/AIDS in the Information Age -- How Digital Media Can Fight the Epidemic

By Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director and Michelle Samplin-Salgado, AIDS.gov New Media Strategist IAC Session, "HIV/AIDS in the Information Age: How Digital Media Can Fight the Epidemic" Tonight, as part of the 2010 International AIDS Conference...

Published Tue, Jul 20 2010 8:03 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Conferences, New Media, Social Networks

International AIDS Conference 2010: Highlights & Key Scientific Outcomes From Andrew Fullem

Guest post by Andrew Fullem, MSPH, AIDS.gov Advisor and Director for JSI & World Education's Center for HIV and AIDS Andrew Fullem, MSPH, AIDS.gov Advisor and Director for JSI & World Education's Center for HIV and AIDS I’ve been fortunate...

Published Fri, Jul 30 2010 4:00 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, Conferences, Policy, Clinical Trials

http://ohap.typepad.com/test_blog/2010/07/pew-internet-american-life-project-leveraging-social-media-and-the-mobile-internet-in-health-messagi.html

by Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director Susannah Fox, Pew Internet & American Life Project Last week the Pew Internet & American Life Project published a report about mobile access . They found that more and more people are using their mobile... Read...

Published Mon, Jul 12 2010 6:46 PM by AIDS.gov blog

International AIDS Conference Day 2: Dr. Koh Speaks with Dr. Jack Stein on Drug Control Policy

By Howard K. Koh, M.D., M.P.H, Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Today is the second day of the International AIDS Conference in Vienna, Austria. I am honored to continue to represent the Department of... Read...

Published Mon, Jul 19 2010 2:36 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Conferences, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Injection Drug Use

Taking the National HIV/AIDS Strategy to Vienna

By Gregorio Millett (Cross-posted from the ONAP Blog, originally posted on July 20, 2010) Last week, we released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy - a comprehensive plan to fight HIV in the United States. On Sunday, June 18, 2010, The Office... Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 20 2010 1:20 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Conferences, Policy, National HIV/AIDS Strategy

Games for Health 2010

By Michelle Samplin-Salgado, AIDS.gov New Media Strategist We attended the Games for Health 2010 conference in Boston, Massachusetts to learn more about how video games and virtual worlds are being used to increase physical activity, train health care...

Published Tue, Jul 27 2010 1:23 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Conferences, New Media, Virtual Worlds, Video Games

NIH-Led Scientists Find Antibodies that Prevent Most HIV Strains from Infecting Human Cells

By Laura Sivitz Leifman, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH Scientists have discovered two potent human antibodies that can stop more than 90 percent of known global HIV strains from infecting human cells in the laboratory. The...

Published Fri, Jul 30 2010 11:36 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, NIAID, HIV Vaccine, HIV/AIDS Research

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