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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

Community Representatives Share Thoughts with 12 Cities Project Steering Committee

Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services’ 12 Cities Project Steering Committee met with several community representatives (PDF, 35KB) to discuss the project and explore opportunities to encourage stronger cross-agency collaboration at the...

Published Wed, May 11 2011 8:30 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: National HIV/AIDS Strategy, 12 Cities Project

Evolutions in the Minority AIDS Initiative Secretary’s Fund

As we continue to work within and outside of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to pursue the goals of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS), we are assessing HIV-focused programs and resource allocations to make sure that they are aligned...

Published Thu, May 12 2011 8:01 AM by AIDS.gov blog

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

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

Today the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), released findings from a large-scale clinical study. This study found that men and women living with HIV who took oral antiretroviral...

Published Thu, May 12 2011 9:36 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, NIAID

HHS Announces New Action Plan to Prevent, Care, and Treat Viral Hepatitis

Today, May 12, 2011, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released Combating the Silent Epidemic: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Action Plan for the Prevention, Care and Treatment of Viral Hepatitis (read the full “Action...

Published Thu, May 12 2011 10:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: 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

International Day Against Homophobia

May 17 marks the 8th International Day Against Homophobia . As a gay man, this day allows me to reflect on the effect of homophobia and the way it intersects with HIV/AIDS. I want to remember that the impact of homophobia can lead to HIV risk-taking behaviors...

Published Fri, May 13 2011 8:45 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: LGBTQ Health, HIV Policy & Programs

HIV Vaccine Awareness Day, 2011

Co-authored by Margaret (Peggy) Johnston, Ph.D., Senior Scientific Consultant, NIAID HIV Vaccine Awareness Day provides an opportunity to acknowledge the more than 35,000 individuals who have volunteered for preventive HIV vaccine trials over the past...

Published Tue, May 17 2011 12:05 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: NIAID, HIV Vaccine, HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Clinical Trials

What’s a QR code?

You may have seen them around. On billboards. In magazines. On your cereal box. You may have wondered what you are supposed to do when you see one of these jumbled images. What do they mean? And how might we use them in our response to HIV? “QR” (or Read...

Published Tue, May 17 2011 2:36 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, Mobile

An Update on the Global Fund Board Meeting

Late last week in Geneva, Martin Dinham, a former Director General in the United Kingdom’s Department for International Development, and Dr. Mphu Ramatlapeng, Health Minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho, were elected Chair and Vice-Chair of the Board...

Published Wed, May 18 2011 1:18 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Ambassador Eric Goosby, Global, PEPFAR Updates

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

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

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

HUD Announces $9.1 million in HOPWA Funding

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced the availability of $9.1 million in funding through its Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA) program to meet the housing needs of low-income people living with HIV...

Published Fri, May 20 2011 3:01 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Housing, People Living With HIV, HIV Policy & Programs

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

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