Improve How Your Mask Protects You
2-16-2021Cross-posted from Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCorrect and consistent mask use is a critical step everyone can take to prevent getting and spreadin…
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How to Wear Masks
10-29-2020Cross-posted from Centers for Disease Control and PreventionMasks are an additional step to help slow the spread of COVID-19 when combined with every day preven…
Beyond Baby Boomers: Hepatitis C Now Heavily Impacting Multiple Generations
4-14-2020Cross-posted from NCHHSTP NewsroomData emphasize importance of new CDC hepatitis C screening recommendations for all adultsNew data show that chronic hepatitis …
Learn More About CDC’s Latest Funding Opportunity to End the HIV Epidemic
1-28-2020CDC announces a new funding opportunity as part of Ending the Epidemic: A Plan for America.
Chronic Conditions and Wildfire Smoke
11-1-2019People with any chronic condition should take the following steps to protect themselves from wildfire smoke.
South African Study Provides Compelling New Evidence on Role of Person-to Person Transmission in Drug-Resistant TB Epidemics
1-18-2017CDC/Emory/NIH study published in The New England Journal of Medicine adds to growing body of evidence that extensively drug-resistant TB is fueled more by direc…
Syringe Services Programs: Effective for HIV Prevention
12-5-2016Summary: According to the latest CDC Vital Signs, only 1 in 4 people who inject drugs (PWID) in 22 US cities reported getting all their needles from sterile sou…
New findings from CDC survey suggest too few schools teach prevention of HIV, STDs, pregnancy
12-9-2015In most of the United States, fewer than half of high schools and only a fifth of middle schools teach all of the 16 topics recommended by the Centers for Disea…
New CDC Efforts Offer Individuals Vital Information to Reduce Personal HIV Risk
12-7-2015The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) today unveiled two awareness and education efforts designed to reduce new HIV infections by helping people …
HIV diagnoses decline almost 20 percent, but progress is uneven
12-6-2015ATLANTA – Annual HIV diagnoses in the United States fell by 19 percent from 2005 to 2014, driven by dramatic and continuing declines over the decade among sev…