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Don’t miss the Dec 15 deadline for Jan 1 coverage!

Time is running out! You only have until December 15, 2016 to sign up for or update your current Marketplace health insurance plan, so it’ll take effect January 1, 2017. 3 reasons to sign up now Don’t miss a day of being covered. Enrolling by December...

Published Thu, Dec 15 2016 7:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

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

Back To The Future?

I’m always a bit of a basket case when World AIDS Day comes around each year. The day, which usually stretches into a week’s worth of events for me, stirs up a complex set of emotions in me. The memories of what it was like being diagnosed with HIV on...

Published Thu, Dec 15 2016 2:50 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Awareness Days, People Living With HIV, PrEP, HIV Policy & Programs, Treatment, prevention, World AIDS Day

Extended opportunity for Jan 1 coverage: Sign up by December 19

Because of extraordinary demand at HealthCare.gov and our Marketplace Call Center, we’re extending the deadline to sign up for January 1 coverage until 11:59 p.m. PST on December 19. Hundreds of thousands have already selected plans over the last few...

Published Fri, Dec 16 2016 8:38 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

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

HRSA Funds New Hepatitis C and HIV Coinfection Initiative

Summary: HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau has awarded a new initiative to improve hepatitis C virus (HCV) services among HIV/HCV coinfected people of color, funded under the FY 2016 Secretary’s Minority AIDS Initiative Fund. HRSA’s HIV/AIDS Bureau has awarded a...

Published Mon, Dec 19 2016 1:20 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: HRSA, HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis, Treatment, Hepatitis C, SMAIF, PLWHA

Does the Twitterverse Know About Your Event?

Twitter is one of the ways you can share information about HIV awareness days like National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, health fairs and other special events. To help you plan for 2017, we’ve put together a checklist of ways to promote your upcoming...

Published Tue, Dec 20 2016 10:12 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Conferences, Strategy/Planning, New Media, Twitter, Social Media, Social Media Policies

250 Sites Participated In Listening Session With The Transgender Community

The HHS Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy (OHAIDP) recently convened a community listening session to hear about the ways that the Secretary’s Minority AIDS Initiative Fund (SMAIF) might help to further improve HIV prevention and care for...

Published Wed, Dec 21 2016 6:14 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Communities of Color, LGBTQ Health, HIV Policy & Programs, Women and Girls, Transgender, SMAIF, LGBT

With Gratitude and Thanks

Summary: ONAP reflects on our work and the end of the Obama Administration. As the Obama Administration comes to a close, I wanted to share a few reflections on the work of the Office of National AIDS Policy. I am tremendously proud of the progress we...

Published Wed, Dec 21 2016 1:47 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

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

AIDSinfo Adds Investigational Therapeutic HIV Vaccine Information to Website

“What is PRO-140?” “In what phase of study is injectable cabotegravir?” “How do latency-reversing agents work?” Answers to all of these questions can be found in the AIDSinfo Drug Database. The database is a federal resource that includes information...

Published Mon, Dec 26 2016 5:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: NIH, HIV Policy & Programs, Mobile, Treatment, Vaccine

Digital Media Blogs: Best of 2016!

Editor’s Note: The AIDS.gov weekly digital media blog shares how we observe and use digital tools to amplify HIV messages. As we wrap up 2016, here are the five blogs that were most popular with you, our reader. Go Social for World AIDS Day Using...

Published Tue, Dec 27 2016 11:07 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: New Media, Social Media

Southern Forum Addresses HIV among Gay and Bisexual Men of Color

HIV continues to take a heavy toll in the southern United States. Southern states represent 33 percent of the U.S. population, but accounted for an estimated 44 percent of people living with an HIV diagnosis and 50 percent of new HIV diagnoses in 2014...

Published Wed, Dec 28 2016 12:10 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Communities of Color, HIV Policy & Programs, Black Gay & Bisexual Men, SMAIF, African Americans, Gay & Bisexual Men

Connecting with Twitter influencers to build your community

How can you can gain access to a wider network and build your community on Twitter? By creating relationships with relevant people and organizations in the HIV/AIDS community that already have large Twitter followings! In doing so, not only do you increase...

Published Tue, Jan 03 2017 11:10 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: New Media, Social Networks, Twitter, Virtual Worlds, Social Media, Strategy & Planning

ICMYI: World AIDS Day and Toward 2017

As the AIDS.gov team reflects on 2016 and looks forward to 2017, today we recap our World AIDS Day 2016 posts. From the White House The White House published a blog post marking both domestic and global successes in the response to HIV, and recognizing...

Published Tue, Jan 03 2017 12:49 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

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

Seizing Opportunities in Viral Hepatitis Can Save Lives

Summary: Dr. Richard Wolitski describes federal opportunities for addressing viral hepatitis. Early this month, I had the pleasure of speaking to Viral Hepatitis Prevention Coordinators from state health departments across the nation, sharing highlights...

Published Wed, Jan 04 2017 7:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: People Living With HIV, HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis, Hepatitis C, Viral Hep Action Plan, SSP, IDU, PLWHA

Prevention Studies Set the Stage for Progress in 2016

It is fitting that in the year that we marked the 35th anniversary of the first recognition of what would come to be known as HIV, we’ve taken major steps toward revolutionizing how we could prevent this disease. In 2016 we began four important clinical...

Published Mon, Jan 09 2017 2:33 PM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: Research, NIAID, HIV Vaccine, NIH, Clinical Trials, prevention, Vaccine

Digital Storytelling for Change

Digital storytelling can be an important outreach tool to promote attention to health and wellness for people who may be at increased risk for acquiring HIV. We believe digital storytelling, like AIDS.gov’s Positive Spin series, can create awareness,...

Published Tue, Jan 10 2017 6:00 AM by blog.aids.gov — HIV Policy & Programs. Research. New Media.

Filed under: New Media, Video Sharing, People Living With HIV, Women and Girls, HIV Continuum of Care, Black Gay & Bisexual Men, HIV care continuum, Social Media, OMH, PLWHA, Personal Stories

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