May 2011 - AIDS.gov Blog - The Network of Care

The AETC Network Responds to the National HIV/AIDS Strategy

The AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC ) are working in a number of ways to support the goals set out in the President’s National HIV/AIDS Strategy. The AETC Program, administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV...

Published Wed, May 25 2011 2:00 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Ryan White Program, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, HRSA, HIV Policy & Programs

FDA Approves Second New Treatment for Hepatitis C

On May 23, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval of telaprevir for the treatment of chronic viral hepatitis C. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chronic viral hepatitis C affects 3.2 million...

Published Wed, May 25 2011 6:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, LGBTQ Health, FDA, People Living With HIV, HIV Policy & Programs, Hepatitis

National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

“Saving face can’t make you safe. Talk about HIV – for me, for you, for everyone.” That’s the motto for National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day on May 19. According to the Banyan Tree Project, which sponsors this Awareness Day...

Published Thu, May 19 2011 6:59 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Communities of Color

HHS Region VIII Agencies Convene to Discuss National HIV/AIDS Strategy Implementation

By CAPT Zachary Taylor, M.D., M.S., Regional Health Administrator – Region VIII, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services With efforts to implement the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) unfolding across the country, we thought it would be valuable...

Published Mon, May 02 2011 9:58 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Strategy in Action

Growing and Adapting: A New AIDS.gov Blog Structure

Today, we are proud to announce a new structure for our blog – one that encompasses the changes and growth we’ve experienced since we launched the blog over three years ago. Some of the new features include: Featured blog posts: With the increased...

Published Tue, May 10 2011 6:17 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, Blogs

View HHS Release of the Viral Hepatitis Action Plan

In a blog post on May 12, we reported on the HHS’s release of the Action Plan for the Prevention, Care & Treatment of Viral Hepatitis (Action Plan) (PDF 672KB) at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. If you missed the event, we encourage you...

Published Thu, May 19 2011 12:00 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: LGBTQ Health, HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis

Research Update: Treating HIV-infected People with Antiretrovirals Protects Partners from Infection: CDC Statement

Yesterday, we blogged that NIH released findings from an important large-scale clinical study that found that men and women living with HIV who took oral antiretroviral medicines when their immune systems were relatively healthy, were able to reduce the...

Published Fri, May 13 2011 8:55 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, NIAID, NIH, Clinical Trials

Podcast on the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP)

By Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director We recently spoke with Deborah Parham Hopson, Associate Administrator for the HIV/AIDS Bureau at the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, to receive an update...

Published Mon, May 02 2011 10:46 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, ADAP

National Women's Health Week

By Jennie Anderson, AIDS.gov Communications Director Yesterday was not only Mother's Day, but it also was the start of the 12th annual National Women's Health Week (NWHW). According to Nancy C. Lee, MD, Director of the Office on Women's Health...

Published Mon, May 09 2011 11:32 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, Awareness Days

Learning From Our Global HIV/AIDS Programs

By Jeffrey S. Crowley, M.P.H., Director, Office of National AIDS Policy (Cross-posted from the Office of National AIDS Policy Blog) Last week, I was in Johannesburg, South Africa, where I attended the annual meeting of the President’s Emergency Plan for...

Published Mon, May 09 2011 4:26 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, PEPFAR

It is a Civil Right to Live Free from Discrimination on the Basis of HIV/AIDS Status

By David W. Knight, Trial Attorney, Disability Rights Section, Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice When the Attorney General, Eric H. Holder, Jr., signed the Justice Department’s operational plan (PDF 354 KB) for implementing the National...

Published Wed, May 04 2011 1:27 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, People Living With HIV, Department of Justice

Upcoming Event: NIH’s Dr. Fauci’s Talk “Thirty Years of HIV/AIDS: A Personal Journey”

June 5, 2011 will mark 30 years since the first cases of AIDS were reported in the U.S. On Tuesday, May 31, at 2pm ET, Dr. Anothy Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) at the National Institutes of Health...

Published Mon, May 23 2011 9:25 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: NIAID, HIV Policy & Programs

HIV/AIDS Faith Evening Webinar – May 26th at 5:00 p.m.

The HHS Partnership Center and White House Office for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships are hosting an evening HIV/AIDS webcast, live from the White House this Thursday at 5:00 p.m. This event provides an opportunity for your congregation or community...

Published Wed, May 25 2011 10:44 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs, Faith community

Open for Questions: 30 Years of AIDS

On Wednesday June 1, 2011 at 3 p.m. EDT, Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin, Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy Jeffrey Crowley and Director of the Division of AIDS at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases...

Published Tue, May 31 2011 8:51 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs

The Impact of HIV-Hepatitis Co-Infection

May is Hepatitis Awareness Month, an observance intended to remind us of the high, under-recognized hepatitis-associated disease burden in this country and of the often neglected opportunities for prevention and care. An estimated 3.5-5.3 million Americans...

Published Thu, May 19 2011 1:30 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis

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