April 2016 - AIDS.gov Blog - The Network of Care

Tools to Help Consumers Understand How to Use Their New Health Care Coverage

Health insurance can be a bit confusing at first for individuals who are new to health care coverage. However, there are many excellent resources to help consumers understand how to make the most of it. From Coverage to Care (C2C) is an initiative developed...

Published Thu, Apr 28 2016 8:14 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Affordable Care Act, HIV Policy & Programs, ACA

PACHA Remembers Former Member Rev. Vanessa Sharp

The members of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) mourn the loss of Rev. Vanessa Sharp, whose four-year term on PACHA concluded last September. Vanessa died on April 7 in Atlanta. At Rev. Sharp’s memorial service recently, PACHA member...

Published Wed, Apr 27 2016 7:58 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: PACHA, HIV Policy & Programs

Biomarker Tracks Accelerated HIV-Associated Aging

Infection Adds Five Years on Average to Biological Age By measuring a molecular signature of aging, researchers have found that HIV infection accelerates aging, adding an average of five years to someone’s biological age. The more rapid aging is occurring...

Published Wed, Apr 27 2016 7:29 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Research, NIH, People Living With HIV, Aging and HIV

Twitter Polls: Same Channel, New Engagement

AIDS.gov is always exploring how social media can amplify our engagement . Our unofficial motto is LETS (Learn, Explore, Try, Share) DO THIS! When Twitter Polls were launched in October 2015, we started watching some brands use them. Before we tried a...

Published Tue, Apr 26 2016 9:19 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

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

Read All About It: Routine Screening for HIV Infection

Public Health Reports (PHR) is the official journal of the U.S. Public Health Service. The January/February 2016 issue offers 16 scholarly articles about “Implementing Routine HIV Screening in Clinical Settings.” This reading list presents data from HIV...

Published Mon, Apr 25 2016 6:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Research, Testing

Syringe Services Programs: Requesting a Determination of Need in Consultation with CDC – Webinar.

People who inject drugs (PWID) are at risk for Hepatitis B virus (HBV), Hepatitis C virus (HCV), and HIV infection through the sharing of needles and drug-preparation equipment. The risk of getting and transmitting HIV, viral hepatitis, and other blood...

Published Sun, Apr 24 2016 1:15 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Injection Drug Use, CDC, HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis, prevention, Webinars, SSP, IDU

Online Learning Opportunities: Webinars Highlight ACA and Those at Risk for and Living with HIV

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has brought access to quality, affordable health care for millions of Americans. Now is a great time to learn more about how the law affects those at risk for and living with HIV, and how to engage and enroll individuals...

Published Thu, Apr 21 2016 6:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Affordable Care Act, HIV Policy & Programs

Listicle: Meet the 5 Men that are putting a “Positive Spin” on HIV

Thanks to advances in HIV treatment, people living with HIV who are diagnosed early, linked to care, prescribed antiretroviral therapy (ART), and stay adherent to their medication are able to live healthy lives and reduce the risk of spreading the virus...

Published Wed, Apr 20 2016 12:01 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: New Media, Communities of Color, LGBTQ Health, Youth, Video Sharing, People Living With HIV, HIV Continuum of Care, Black Gay & Bisexual Men

STD Awareness Month: CDC Encourages Everyone to Talk, Test, and Treat

A special note to the public from Dr. Gail Bolan, Director, Division of STD Prevention, CDC, this STD Awareness Month. April is STD Awareness Month, which gives us the opportunity to talk about sexual health in an inclusive way that speaks to individuals...

Published Wed, Apr 20 2016 8:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: CDC, HIV Policy & Programs, STDs

The White House’s Amy Lansky Discusses What Drives Her Commitment to HIV Work

Last month, Dr. Amy Lansky assumed leadership of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy, where she had been serving as a senior advisor for more than a year. She recently talked with us about how she came to work in HIV, what keeps her passionate...

Published Wed, Apr 20 2016 6:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: National HIV/AIDS Strategy, HIV Policy & Programs, ONAP

Why We Launched A Snapchat Account and How We’ll Measure Success

Yesterday, we shared our Snapchat account with the public. After weeks of testing the tool to iron out kinks and determine how we’d make content accessible, we were excited to go public when the official government-friendly terms of service were signed...

Published Tue, Apr 19 2016 6:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Strategy/Planning, New Media, Social Networks, Youth, Snapchat

National Transgender HIV Testing Day – Chandi Moore CDC Blog & Twitter Chat Today at 3:00 PM (EST)

Editor’s Note: From CDC’s Doing It – an HIV testing and prevention campaign. It’s Our Time – The Transgender Community and HIV/AIDS By: Chandi Moore, Health Education Associate at Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles On a recent episode of ‘I...

Published Mon, Apr 18 2016 10:57 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Communities of Color, LGBTQ Health, People Living With HIV, CDC, HIV Policy & Programs, Women and Girls, Transgender

Engaging Faith-Based Groups to Address Viral Hepatitis—Archived Webinar Materials Now Available!

Hepatitis B and C affect as many as 2.2 million and 5.3 million people, respectively, from all walks of life and across the United States. To be successful, our national response to viral hepatitis requires that all parts of society participate, including...

Published Fri, Apr 15 2016 10:43 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis, Viral Hep Action Plan

2016 National Ryan White Conference Deadlines Approaching

The April 29 deadline for submitting abstracts for a workshop or poster at the 2016 National Ryan White Conference on HIV Care and Treatment is quickly approaching. The conference will take place August 23-26 in Washington, DC. Visit RyanWhite2016.org...

Published Fri, Apr 15 2016 6:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Ryan White Program, HRSA, HIV Policy & Programs

IHS Holds Teleconference Call to Address LGBT2S Health Issues

WHAT: The Indian Health Service will hold a public teleconference call to seek broad input on efforts to advance and promote the health needs of the American Indian and Alaska Native ***, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Two-Spirit communities. This is...

Published Thu, Apr 14 2016 12:53 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: LGBTQ Health, HIV Policy & Programs

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