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Observing National HIV Testing Day

A statement by Assistant Secretary for Health Howard K. Koh, MD, MPH Today, as we recognize National HIV Testing Day (NHTD), it is important to note that nearly 1 in 6 Americans who have HIV do not know they are infected. If you are between the ages of...

Published Fri, Jun 27 2014 8:26 AM by AIDS.gov blog

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

National HIV Testing Day, June 27, 2014

Transmission of HIV continues at an unacceptably high rate, and drug use plays an important role—both through exposure to infected body fluids among injection drug users and through the lowered inhibition and risky sexual behaviors that all forms of drug...

Published Fri, Jun 27 2014 10:56 AM by AIDS.gov blog

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

CDC Encourages African-American Women to #TakeChargeAndTest for #NHTD

In honor of National HIV Testing Day (NHTD), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released an expanded suite of materials for Take Charge. Take the Test ™. This national HIV testing campaign is for African-American women between the...

Published Fri, Jun 27 2014 11:30 AM by AIDS.gov blog

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

HHS announces auto-enrollment plans for current Marketplace consumers for 2015

Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) expects to announce its plans for helping existing Marketplace consumers get auto-enrolled for next year. These plans would give existing consumers a simple way to remain in the same plan next...

Published Mon, Jun 30 2014 4:24 PM by AIDS.gov blog

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

HRSA Launches New Resource and TA Center Initiative to Improve HIV Services for Black MSM

To align with the goals of both the National HIV/AIDS Strategy and the 2013 White House HIV Care Continuum Executive Order, the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) launches today a HIV prevention and care resource...

Published Tue, Jul 01 2014 12:15 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Communities of Color, Ryan White Program, HRSA, HIV Policy & Programs, HIV Continuum of Care

Lessons Learned from the AIDS.gov New Media Coordinator

When I joined the AIDS.gov team in June 2010, there was no National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States. We had a MySpace account. And there was no Instagram. Things sure have changed a little in the past four years! In my role as New Media Coordinator...

Published Tue, Jul 01 2014 2:08 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: New Media

A new pilot helps battle hepatitis C with health IT and telemedicine

Health IT and telemedicine are important tools to help early diagnosis and treatment of a growing problem in the U.S. – hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched a new pilot program to help use telemedicine...

Published Tue, Jul 01 2014 1:18 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Health Information Technology, CDC, HIV Policy & Programs, Viral Hepatitis

Do You Qualify for Coverage during the Special Enrollment Period?

Still have questions about what qualifies you for a Special Enrollment Period to get coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace? In this new video Mayra Alvarez of The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) discusses the life events that...

Published Thu, Jul 03 2014 11:06 AM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Affordable Care Act, HIV Policy & Programs

National Summit on Hepatitis C Brings Treatment and Cure into Focus

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of the discovery of the Hepatitis C Virus (HCV), the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) hosted two events. On June 17 and 18, 2014, the CDC hosted a Public Health Grand Rounds on “The 25th Anniversary of the Discovery...

Published Mon, Jul 07 2014 3:11 PM by AIDS.gov blog

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

What’s A Twitter Chat? Let’s Chat for HIV/AIDS

Twitter chats, also called “tweetchats”, have increasingly become a way to discuss key topics and exchange knowledge and resources among experts and community members . Twitter chats can be excellent opportunities to network with those in your field,...

Published Tue, Jul 08 2014 12:58 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Strategy/Planning, New Media, Social Networks, Youth, Twitter

HHS awards $83.4 million to train new primary care providers

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell today announced $83.4 million in Affordable Care Act funding to support primary care residency programs in 60 Teaching Health Centers across the nation. The funding will help train more...

Published Thu, Jul 10 2014 9:38 AM by AIDS.gov blog

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

“Mississippi Baby” Now Has Detectable HIV, Researchers Find

The child known as the “Mississippi baby”—an infant seemingly cured of HIV that was reported as a case study of a prolonged remission of HIV infection in The New England Journal of Medicine last fall—now has detectable levels of HIV after more than two...

Published Thu, Jul 10 2014 12:44 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: NIAID, NIH, HIV Policy & Programs

HHS announces the availability of $100 million in Affordable Care Act funding to expand access to primary care through new community health centers

HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell announced today the availability of $100 million from the Affordable Care Act to support an estimated 150 new health center sites across the country in 2015. New health center sites will increase access to comprehensive...

Published Thu, Jul 10 2014 3:42 PM by AIDS.gov blog

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

Interview with Dr. Anthony Fauci on “Mississippi Baby”

In an important announcement yesterday, Thursday, July 10, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) reported that the child known as the “Mississippi Baby”—an infant seemingly cured of HIV after treatment had been initiated within hours of birth—now has...

Published Fri, Jul 11 2014 1:31 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: NIAID, NIH, HIV Policy & Programs

Webinar Highlights: Improving Health Outcomes for Black MSM Along the HIV Care Continuum

The HHS Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy (OHAIDP) recently hosted a webinar to foster continued dialogue among diverse stakeholders about challenges, opportunities, and emerging promising practices related to addressing the disparate HIV...

Published Fri, Jul 11 2014 2:48 PM by AIDS.gov blog

Filed under: Communities of Color, National HIV/AIDS Strategy, People Living With HIV, HIV Policy & Programs, Treatment, HIV Continuum of Care, Black Gay & Bisexual Men

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