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Resource to Help in Addressing HIV Among Latino Gay Men

A new report [pdf] from the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) provides insights on the HIV/AIDS crisis among Latino gay men in the United States. Designed to assist and inform effective Federal, state and local public...

Published Mon, May 23 2011 2:09 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Communities of Color, LGBTQ Health, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, HIV Policy & Programs

What games are you playing?

Co-authored by Jeremy Vanderlan, AIDS.gov Technical Deputy Games present opportunities to use technology to address public health problems by building on the emergent experience of gaming and the peer influence that social games present. To further our...

Published Tue, May 24 2011 9:19 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, Virtual Worlds, Video Games

FDA Approves Second New Treatment for Hepatitis C

On May 23, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the approval of telaprevir for the treatment of chronic viral hepatitis C. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chronic viral hepatitis C affects 3.2 million...

Published Wed, May 25 2011 6:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, LGBTQ Health, FDA, People Living With HIV, HIV Policy & Programs, Hepatitis

HIV/AIDS Faith Evening Webinar – May 26th at 5:00 p.m.

The HHS Partnership Center and White House Office for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships are hosting an evening HIV/AIDS webcast, live from the White House this Thursday at 5:00 p.m. This event provides an opportunity for your congregation or community...

Published Wed, May 25 2011 10:44 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs, Faith community

The AETC Network Responds to the National HIV/AIDS Strategy

The AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC ) are working in a number of ways to support the goals set out in the President’s National HIV/AIDS Strategy. The AETC Program, administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV...

Published Wed, May 25 2011 2:00 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Ryan White Program, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, HRSA, HIV Policy & Programs

My Visit to Swaziland: The Country with the World’s Highest HIV Prevalence Rate

Last week, I wrote about my attendance at the PEPFAR annual meeting in South Africa, the country that has more people living with HIV (over 5 million) than any other country in the world. After this meeting, I visited the neighboring country of Swaziland...

Published Thu, May 26 2011 5:28 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs, Global

Open for Questions: 30 Years of AIDS

On Wednesday June 1, 2011 at 3 p.m. EDT, Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin, Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy Jeffrey Crowley and Director of the Division of AIDS at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases...

Published Tue, May 31 2011 8:51 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs

Reaching Youth Online through HIV-Positive Youth Peer Educators

The East Bay AIDS Center (EBAC) in Oakland, California serves approximately 1,500 East Bay residents living with HIV or AIDS. The Downtown Youth Clinic (DYC), part of EBAC, offers free and confidential services to HIV-positive youth between the ages of...

Published Tue, May 31 2011 12:27 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, Youth

Natural Disasters and People Living with HIV and AIDS

As if the tornadoes that recently devastated several communities including Joplin, Missouri, and Tuscaloosa, Alabama and the flooding along the Mississippi River weren’t enough, June 1 marked the start of hurricane season. These are all stark reminders...

Published Tue, May 31 2011 4:54 PM by AIDS.gov blog

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

Emory Launches New Tool to Visualize HIV Epidemic in the US

Today, the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University launched AIDSVu, an interactive online map that, 30 years into the epidemic, provides a detailed view of the number of people living with an HIV diagnosis in the United States by state and...

Published Wed, Jun 01 2011 7:14 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Web/Tech, Mashups

The State and Future of HIV/AIDS Webinar

On June 5, many in the HIV/AIDS community and beyond will stop to recognize the 30 years of AIDS, remember the first report of the cases of AIDS and look at where we have come in our response to the HIV epidemic. In commemoration, on June 15 at 3pm ET...

Published Wed, Jun 01 2011 2:11 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Ryan White Program, Web Conferences, CDC, Affordable Care Act, HIV Policy & Programs

What You Missed: Open for Questions 30 Years of AIDS

Yesterday, Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin, Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy Jeffrey Crowley and Director of the Division of AIDS at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Dr. Carl Dieffenbach came...

Published Thu, Jun 02 2011 11:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: NIAID, NIH, HIV Policy & Programs

Reaching a New Generation of Americans: Re-energizing our Focus after 30 Years of AIDS

Thirty years ago, on June 5, 1981, CDC published the first report of cases of what is now known as acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). The article in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) reported on Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia in...

Published Thu, Jun 02 2011 12:03 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: CDC, HIV Policy & Programs

Housing — Our Response to HIV

June 5th, 2011 will mark 30 years since the first reports of persons infected with HIV. Today, even with the incredible strides in medication, care and understanding, much remains to be done. From our special vantage at HUD, housing that is decent safe...

Published Thu, Jun 02 2011 3:06 PM by AIDS.gov blog

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

On 30th Year of HIV/AIDS, Obama Administration Recommits to Fighting Pandemic

As we approach 30 years since the first reported cases of AIDS in the United States on Sunday, June 5, I’m excited to share with you the message that the White House released this afternoon on 30 years of AIDS. You can read the press statement below...

Published Fri, Jun 03 2011 4:42 PM by AIDS.gov blog