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NIH’s Dr. Carl Dieffenbach Shares Highlights from CROI 2014 – March 5

At the conclusion of sessions yesterday, March 5, at the 2014 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston, NIH’s Dr. Carl Dieffenbach sat down with Dr. Ron Valdiserri to discuss some of the day’s scientific highlights. In...

Published Thu, Mar 06 2014 8:37 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, NIAID, NIH

Take Action: National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

Today is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day — a day for action! What are you going to do? Top 10 Ways You Can Take Action Against HIV/AIDS Get tested. Many women and girls who are HIV-positive don’t know they have the disease. The only way...

Published Mon, Mar 10 2014 11:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, HIV Policy & Programs

Open Enrollment Ends in 6 Days, Lots of Help Available

HIV community members and those seeking coverage — remember that there are multiple ways for people to get help finding coverage in the final 6 days of the Affordable Care Act’s first Open Enrollment period, which ends next Monday, March 31, 2014. More...

Published Tue, Mar 25 2014 9:08 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Affordable Care Act, HIV Policy & Programs

Health Affairs Press Briefing: The ACA and Vulnerable Americans Living with HIV/AIDS

On March 11, the health policy journal Health Affairs hosted a briefing at the National Press Club to highlight its March 2014 edition entitled, “The ACA and Vulnerable Americans: HIV/AIDS; Jails .” The volume features a number of economic...

Published Wed, Mar 26 2014 1:34 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Affordable Care Act, HIV Policy & Programs

Conversations from CROI 2014: CDC’s Dr. Jonathan Mermin

While at the 2014 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) [external_link] this week, I was pleased to sit down with Dr. Jonathan Mermin, Director of CDC’s Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP). Given...

Published Wed, Mar 05 2014 2:05 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, LGBTQ Health, CDC, HIV Continuum of Care

New Toolkit Helps Healthcare Providers Integrate Sexual Health into Patient-Centered Care

Sexual health is an essential part of every individual’s overall health and well-being, and primary health care professionals should ask about a patient’s sexual history as part of their comprehensive health history during primary care visits. But in...

Published Fri, Mar 14 2014 7:11 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: LGBTQ Health, HRSA, HIV Policy & Programs

On World TB Day, Faster Progress Needed Against HIV & TB

From the start of the AIDS pandemic, HIV and tuberculosis (TB) have operated in lethal collaboration. Indeed TB, the millennia-old scourge, remains the single biggest killer of people living with HIV/AIDS, claiming the lives of more than 800 people every...

Published Mon, Mar 24 2014 2:17 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Global, PEPFAR Updates

Conversations from CROI 2014: Dr. Douglas Dieterich on Important Advances in Hepatitis C

At the 2014 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) , Dr. Ron Valdiserri sat down for an in-depth conversation with Dr. Doug Deiterich of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, who made several presentations...

Published Thu, Mar 13 2014 6:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, Viral Hepatitis

Scientific Advances in HIV and Viral Hepatitis To Be Examined This Week at CROI

The 21st Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) takes place this week in Boston. This annual scientific meeting of the world’s leading researchers working to understand, prevent, and treat HIV/AIDS and related infectious diseases...

Published Mon, Mar 03 2014 3:34 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, Conferences, Research Agenda

President Obama to Participate in a Town Hall on Latinos and the Affordable Care Act

Editor’s Note: Tune in to whitehouse.gov/latinotownhall on Thursday, March 6 at 11:30 am ET to watch the town hall live. This Thursday, March 6, at 11:30 am ET, President Obama will participate in a historic town hall on Latinos and the Affordable...

Published Wed, Mar 05 2014 12:07 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Affordable Care Act, HIV Policy & Programs

NIH Seeks Input on HIV Cure Research Priorities

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is asking the scientific community to weigh in on what should be the highest priority research areas related to understanding HIV persistence and investigating strategies for eradicating or controlling remaining...

Published Tue, Mar 04 2014 1:15 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, NIAID, NIH

Addressing Violence Against Women and Children Is Critical to Achieving an AIDS-Free Generation and the Millennium Development Goals

During this week’s 58th session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women , the global community will come together to reflect on key achievements and challenges in advancing progress toward the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)...

Published Fri, Mar 21 2014 6:05 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Global, PEPFAR Updates

Using Twitter to Amplify Reach of the “We Are Empowered” Watch Party with Alicia Keys

Co-Authored by: Stephanie Green, Program Officer, Health Communication & Media Partnerships Program, Kaiser Family Foundation, and Robbyn Kistler, consultant. On January 19, Grammy Award-winning artist Alicia Keys joined with Greater Than AIDS to...

Published Tue, Mar 11 2014 1:52 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, Twitter, Women and Girls

Organizations Work to Reduce HIV/AIDS among African American Women and Latinas

One of the key goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy is to reduce HIV-related health disparities, including those experienced by African American and Latina women who are disproportionately affected at all stages of HIV infection compared to women of...

Published Wed, Mar 19 2014 6:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Communities of Color, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, CDC, HIV Policy & Programs, Women and Girls

NIH’s Dr. Carl Dieffenbach Shares Highlights from CROI 2014 – March 4

Yesterday, March 4, was the first full day of the 2014 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston. Over 4,000 HIV/AIDS research leaders from 85 countries are gathered at the annual scientific meeting discussing their work...

Published Wed, Mar 05 2014 12:53 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, People Living With HIV, HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis, HIV Continuum of Care

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