Jonathan Mermin, M.D., M.P.H., RADM and Assistant Surgeon General, USPHS, Director, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
04-18-2022Cross-posted from Centers for Disease Control and PreventionDear Colleagues:We are pleased to share a new quick reference document, CDC recommendations for…
06-25-2021Cross-post from National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STDs, and TB Prevention Dear Colleague, June 27 is National HIV Testing Day (NHTD), a day to…
12-21-2020Cross-posted from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention[From December 18, 2020]Dear Colleague,Today, CDC released Syringe Services Programs: A Technical…
11-30-2020Cross-posted from Centers for Disease Control and PreventionNovember 30, 2020Dear Colleague,December 1 is World AIDS Day, a day to unite in the global response…
09-30-2020Today my colleague and friend, Eugene McCray, M.D., Director, Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP), National Center for HIV, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB…
09-25-2020Cross-posted from Centers for Disease Control and PreventionSeptember 25, 2020Dear Colleague:September 27 is National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a time…
04-28-2020Cross-posted from Centers for Disease Control and PreventionApril 28, 2020Dear Colleague,There are more than 160,000 people with undiagnosed HIV in the United…
03-23-2020Cross-posted from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention[from March 20, 2020]Dear Colleague,Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
10-16-2019Cross-posted from Centers for Disease Control and PreventionDear Colleague:October 15 is National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD), sponsored by the Latino…
09-27-2019Cross-posted from Centers for Disease Control and PreventionSeptember 27 is National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a day that reminds us of the continuing…
07-05-2019The Journal of Infectious Diseases (JID) and the US Centers for Disease Control (CDC) are inviting submissions for a thematic supplement on injection drug use …
06-26-2019The nation is experiencing a crisis at the intersection of opioids and infectious diseases. Large increases in drug use across the country have resulted not…
09-27-2018September 26, 2018, Cross-posted from CDCDear Colleague,Tomorrow is National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. This year's theme, The Conversation About HIV Is…
06-26-2018Cross-posted from CDCDear Colleague,June 26, 2018Tomorrow is National HIV Testing Day, a day to encourage all adults and adolescents to know their HIV status…
12-21-2015Congress has given states and local communities, under limited circumstances, the opportunity to use federal funds to support certain components of syringe…
11-25-2015Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released its 2015 HIV Vital Signs focusing on preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP). This Vital Signs…
11-05-2015Young adults face the highest rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) in the United States. Here are the eye-opening facts:Young adults aged 15 to 24…
10-07-2015Editorial Note: "See data differently. See it better!" You may have seen this tweet from Dr. Mermin about the NCHHSTP Atlas. Here is a blog with more…
07-14-2015Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) continue to threaten the health and well-being of millions of Americans. Last month, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control…
04-09-2015Dear Colleague,April 10th is National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day (NYHAAD). It is the first awareness day to recognize the impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic…