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ADA.gov: National HIV Testing Day is June 27

June 27 is National HIV Testing Day, a day dedicated to encouraging people to get tested for HIV. An estimated 1.1 million people in the United States live with HIV, and approximately 18% do not know they have the virus. The Civil Rights Division of the...

Published Thu, Jun 27 2013 6:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Testing

New NHTD Video from the White House Office of National AIDS Policy

The AIDS.gov team thanks Dr. Grant Colfax, Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP), for working with us on a video message to promote HIV testing for National HIV Testing Day (NHTD). In the video, Dr. Colfax stresses the availability...

Published Thu, Jun 27 2013 7:48 AM by AIDS.gov blog

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

Take the Test and Take Control: National HIV Testing Day

Take control of your health and observe the nineteenth annual National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) by taking an HIV test. The 2013 NHTD theme, “Take the Test and Take Control,” promotes the importance of HIV testing in detecting, treating, and preventing human...

Published Thu, Jun 27 2013 2:00 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Testing, SAMHSA, HIV Policy & Programs

Advances in HIV Testing

Today is the 19th annual National HIV Testing Day (NHTD). HIV testing is the first critical step to ending the HIV epidemic in the United States, and testing and linkage to care continue to be the mainstay of our prevention efforts at the Center for Disease...

Published Thu, Jun 27 2013 1:27 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV/AIDS Awareness Days, Testing, CDC, HIV Policy & Programs

AIDSVu Maps Depict Impact of HIV in America

Yesterday, National HIV Testing Day, marked the third annual update to AIDSVu , an interactive online tool that maps the HIV epidemic across the United States. A project of the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, AIDSVu displays HIV prevalence...

Published Fri, Jun 28 2013 5:34 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: HIV Policy & Programs

FDA approves first genotyping test for patients with hepatitis C virus

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a test that identifies the genotypeof hepatitis C virus (HCV) that apatientis carrying. The Abbott RealTime HCV Genotype II, which can differentiate genotypes 1, 1a, 1b, 2, 3, 4, and 5,using a sample...

Published Fri, Jun 28 2013 2:26 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: FDA, HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis

FACT SHEET: Global Health Investments and Partnership in Africa

The United States is the world’s leading donor in global health. We are strongly committed to working with partner nations to reach our goal of an AIDS-free generation, to ending preventable child and maternal deaths, and to supporting countries as they...

Published Mon, Jul 01 2013 5:07 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Global, PEPFAR Updates

Highlights from the 7th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference Opening Session

June 30, 2013, was the opening plenary of the 7th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia. We asked Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, Director of the Division of AIDS at the National Institute...

Published Mon, Jul 01 2013 8:26 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Global

Dr. Carl Dieffenbach: 7th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference Highlights Value of Treatment Cascade – Day 2

Yesterday, July 1, was the first full day of the 7th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia—the world’s largest scientific conference on HIV/AIDS. This week, we’ve asked Dr. Carl Dieffenbach from NIH/NIAID...

Published Tue, Jul 02 2013 5:55 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: NIAID, Global, HIV Treatment Cascade

Updated New Media Toolkit Now Available on AIDS.gov

As a part of our technical assistance and training efforts with the HIV community, we provide resources on how to use new media. We recently updated the “New Media Tools” section of AIDS.gov. The section features overviews of various new media tools,...

Published Tue, Jul 02 2013 12:38 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, Social Networks, Blogs, Widgets, Twitter, Web Conferences, Podcasts, Mobile, Mashups, Photo Sharing, RSS Feeds, Wikis, Social Bookmarking

Dr. Carl Dieffenbach: 7th International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference Addresses Social Determinants of Health – Day 3

Yesterday, July 2, was the second full day of the 7th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia. This week, we’ve asked Dr. Carl Dieffenbach from NIH/NIAID to share daily highlights from this important scientific...

Published Wed, Jul 03 2013 7:01 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: NIAID, Conferences, Social Determinants of Health, Global

Dr. Carl Dieffenbach: IAS Conference Highlights HIV Treatment Advances – Day 4

Today was the final day of the 7th IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia. This week, we’ve asked Dr. Carl Dieffenbach from NIH/NIAID, to share daily dispatches from this important scientific conference...

Published Wed, Jul 03 2013 2:52 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, NIAID, Conferences, Treatment

Dr. Carl Dieffenbach: Key Developments in HIV Research from IAS 2013

Last week, Dr. Carl Dieffenbach from NIH/NIAID shared brief reports from the 7th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment, and Prevention (IAS 2013) with the AIDS.gov community via Skype. As Dr. Dieffenbach related, some key...

Published Mon, Jul 08 2013 9:22 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Research, NIAID, Conferences, NIH, Social Determinants of Health, Treatment, HIV Treatment Cascade

A Smarter, More Innovative Government for the American People

Editor’s note: Yesterday, President Obama and Vice President Biden met with Cabinet members and other senior officials to lay out a vision for building a better, smarter, faster government. The President highlighted innovations that are already...

Published Tue, Jul 09 2013 2:52 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media, Open Government

Secretary Sebelius Approves Plans to Standardize and Streamline Data Collection for HHS HIV Grantees

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently reached a significant milestone in our ongoing efforts to standardize and streamline data collection for recipients of federal HIV funds. On June 28, 2013, Secretary of Health and Human Kathleen...

Published Wed, Jul 10 2013 6:00 AM by AIDS.gov blog

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

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