July 2014 - AIDS.gov Blog - The Network of Care

Black Voices: Independence from HIV

Last month, the White House Office of National AIDS Policy hosted the much-anticipated meeting on HIV in the Southern United States. Federal stakeholders, policy makers, national and regional advocates were in attendance to outline the current state of...

Published Thu, Jul 31 2014 3:38 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs, Black Gay & Bisexual Men

New Leaders of CDC’s HIV and TB Divisions Named

Two new Division Directors will begin their tenure at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP) on August 11. Eugene McCray, MD, is the new Director of NCHHSTP’s Division...

Published Thu, Jul 31 2014 11:04 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: CDC, HIV Policy & Programs

Stepping Up the Pace in America’s Response to AIDS

Given the global reach of the AIDS epidemic and the diversity of delegates who attended the 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014) in Melbourne, Australia (July 20-25), it’s not surprising that hundreds of topics were presented. Plenary sessions...

Published Thu, Jul 31 2014 6:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs, AIDS 2014

Faster, Easier Cures for Hepatitis C

Transformative advances in drug treatments approved by the Food and Drug Administration are giving the 3.2 million Americans with chronic hepatitis C a chance for a longer, healthier life without the virus. That’s welcome news for baby boomers—who make...

Published Wed, Jul 30 2014 10:27 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: FDA, HIV Policy & Programs, Women and Girls

Join World Hepatitis Day at the White House – July 30: A Call to Action for Public Health Leadership

Every year, on July 28th, we commemorate World Hepatitis Day and elevate the public health response to a disease that impacts more than 400 million people globally. It has been an honor to serve as Assistant Secretary of Health (ASH) at the US Department...

Published Wed, Jul 30 2014 6:21 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis

Medicare Protects You on World Hepatitis Day and Every Day

Did you know that hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver caused by a virus, affects millions of people worldwide, resulting in acute and chronic liver disease and killing close to 1.4 million people every year? Hepatitis is contagious. For example, the...

Published Tue, Jul 29 2014 2:07 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: CMS, HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis

Reflections on Social Media Communication: National Youth HIV & AIDS Youth Awareness Day 2014

Editor’s note: This is the first in an occasional series of reflective posts about social media use in support of messages for the national health observances. April 10, 2014 marked the second annual National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD...

Published Tue, Jul 29 2014 6:30 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Youth

Reflections on Social Media Communication: National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day 2014

Editor’s note: This is the first in an occasional series of reflective posts about social media use in support of messages for the national health observances. April 10, 2014 marked the second annual National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD...

Published Tue, Jul 29 2014 6:30 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Youth

NIH’s Dr. Carl Dieffenbach Shares Final Thoughts from AIDS 2014

As the 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014) drew to a close in Melbourne, Australia, we asked Dr. Carl Dieffenbach from NIH/NIAIDto provide a summary of conference highlights. Dr. Dieffenbach recognized the Malaysia Airlines tragedy, a loss...

Published Fri, Jul 25 2014 7:45 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, NIAID, NIH, PrEP, AIDS 2014

Conversations from AIDS 2014: Practitioner Bisola Ojikutu, M.D., MPH

At the 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014) in Melbourne, Australia, I had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Bisola O. Ojikutu, an infectious disease specialist at Massachusetts General Hospital and a Senior Advisor at JSI, and asked her to...

Published Fri, Jul 25 2014 6:40 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs, AIDS 2014

Join the White House World Hepatitis Day Event Live Broadcast on July 30

Every year, we commemorate World Hepatitis Day (WHD) and re-commit to addressing viral hepatitis, a disease that affects approximately 400 million people worldwide, killing an estimated 1.4 million people each year according to the World Health Organization...

Published Thu, Jul 24 2014 2:31 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis

New Study: 10.3 million gained health coverage during the Marketplace’s first annual open enrollment period

Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell announced today the release of a new study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, estimating that 10.3 million uninsured adults gained health care coverage following the first open enrollment...

Published Thu, Jul 24 2014 11:33 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Affordable Care Act, HIV Policy & Programs

NIH’s Dr. Gina Brown Reflects on HIV Among Women and Girls –Highlights from AIDS 2014

Addressing HIV/AIDS among women and girls was a key focus area of many sessions at the 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014) in Melbourne, Australia. Presenters covered such important topics as HIV prevention interventions for women and girls...

Published Thu, Jul 24 2014 9:34 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, NIH, Women and Girls, AIDS 2014

NIH’s Dr. Carl Dieffenbach Shares Highlights from Thursday at AIDS 2014

At the conclusion of Thursday’s sessions at the 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014) in Melbourne, Australia, we spoke again with Dr. Carl Dieffenbach from NIH/NIAID to hear his summary of conference highlights of the day. Dr. Dieffenbach observed...

Published Thu, Jul 24 2014 8:21 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, NIAID, NIH, PrEP, Treatment, AIDS 2014

President Obama Signs a New Executive Order to Protect LGBT Workers

“Many of you have worked for a long time to see this day coming.” Those were President Obama’s words to the audience in the East Room of the White House this morning, before he signed an Executive Order prohibiting federal contractors...

Published Wed, Jul 23 2014 11:37 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: LGBTQ Health, HIV Policy & Programs

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