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FDA Advisory Committees to Examine a Number of HIV Issues in May

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has three important advisory committee meetings scheduled in May that may impact HIV prevention, detection, and treatment. On May 10, 2012, FDA’s Antiviral Advisory Committee will discuss expanding the...

Published Wed, Apr 18 2012 12:26 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, FDA, Testing, PrEP, HIV Policy & Programs, Treatment

Open Data in Action: What is an API?

In the past, information or data sharing typically required a fee or specific agreements. For example, if you wanted to get content from a news article, you had to buy a newspaper. Technology has changed how we share information: it has removed barriers...

Published Tue, Apr 03 2012 2:56 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, Widgets, Mashups

Announcing the Locator API

We’re pleased to announce a more flexible way to access the information found in our HIV/AIDS Service Provider Locator tool (a location-based search tool that allows you to search for testing services, housing providers, health centers and other...

Published Tue, Apr 10 2012 7:01 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, Widgets, Mashups

Apps and Social Media to Show You Care

Social media and mobile apps are great tools to help you connect to people. For example, you can connect to your former high school sweetheart on Facebook, share photos with your family on Instagram, send an eCard to your partner, or Tweet about the great...

Published Tue, Feb 12 2013 3:50 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, Social Networks, Blogs, Mobile, Photo Sharing, eCards

Health 2.0: Digital Technology in Clinical Care

On Friday, March 22, 2013, the New York State Department of Health AIDS Institute, the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, and the New York Academy of Sciences, will present a one-day conference Health 2.0: Digital Technology in Clinical Care to discuss emerging...

Published Mon, Feb 25 2013 2:44 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Conferences, New Media

Highlights from The Liver Meeting

Every fall, hepatitis and liver disease experts gather to share the latest viral hepatitis research and treatment updates at the Liver MeetingTM . I had the opportunity to attend this year’s meeting, held last month in Boston. The meeting was particularly...

Published Mon, Dec 10 2012 10:14 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis

U.S. Conference on AIDS – Highlights from Day 1

The annual U.S. Conference on AIDS (USCA) opened on Sunday, September 30, 2012. Among the highlights were two plenary sessions engaging the audience of over 2,000 in exploring important topics related to aligning efforts to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic....

Published Mon, Oct 01 2012 3:16 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Communities of Color, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, Affordable Care Act, SAMHSA, HIV Policy & Programs, Women and Girls

Announcing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy

By Jeffrey Crowley, Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy (Cross-posted from the Office of National AIDS Policy Blog) Today, I am pleased to announce the release of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (PDF 1.2 MB) for the United States.... Read More...

Published Tue, Jul 13 2010 11:24 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, National HIV/AIDS Strategy

HHS Plans National HIV/AIDS Strategy Implementation

By Dr. Ron Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services HHS National HIV/AIDS Strategy Implementation Group meeting Yesterday the Department of Health and Human Services...

Published Thu, Aug 19 2010 3:09 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Policy, National HIV/AIDS Strategy

2010 CDC Health Communication, Marketing, and Media Conference Highlights

By Michelle Samplin-Salgado, AIDS.gov New Media Strategist Last week in Atlanta I joined nearly 1,000 health communicators at CDC’s 4th Annual National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media. The theme of this year’s conference was Read...

Published Tue, Aug 24 2010 12:26 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Conferences, Strategy/Planning, New Media

President Obama's Open Government Directive: Transparency, Participation, Collaboration

By Miguel Gomez In my post last week, I mentioned President Obama’s Open Government Initiative, focused on making a “transparent, participatory, and collaborative” government. You may also have heard about some of the steps already made towards greater...

Published Tue, Jan 12 2010 12:53 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, Open Government

ONAP Announces Federal Interagency Members Developing National HIV/AIDS Strategy

By Gregorio Millett, Senior Policy Advisor in the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (Cross-posted from the Office of National AIDS Policy Blog) Office of National AIDS Policy Director Jeffrey Crowley speaks at a community discussion in Houston...

Published Mon, Feb 22 2010 11:44 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: National AIDS Strategy

Using the Internet to Provide HIV-Prevention Messages to Men Who Have Sex with Men

By Miguel Gomez, AIDS.gov Director On Wednesday, March 24, I had the pleasure of taking part in a day-long meeting about using the Internet to provide effective HIV-prevention messages to men who have sex with men (MSM). The meeting was... Read More....

Published Tue, Apr 06 2010 2:47 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, LGBTQ Health

Putting TLC+ to the Test

By Carl W. Dieffenbach, Ph.D., Director of NIAID Division of AIDS Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, PhD If we routinely test everyone for HIV and treat those who are infected, could we bring an end to the HIV/AIDS epidemic? The test and... Read More...

Published Thu, Mar 25 2010 2:14 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, NIAID, NIH

NIAID to Host Public Meeting on Future HIV/AIDS Research Networks

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the NIH will host a public meeting on Tuesday, October 26, 2010, in Arlington, Va., to examine the future of the Institute’s HIV/AIDS clinical trial networks. Currently, NIAID...

Published Thu, Sep 16 2010 4:22 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, NIAID, Research Agenda

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