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07-10-2015Next week, the 2015 White House Conference on Aging puts a spotlight on healthy aging. Held each decade since the 1960s, the conf...
Ronald Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, and Director, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
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Appreciating Dr. Jack Whitescarver’s Many Contributions to HIV/AIDS Research 06-29-2015At the end of this month, we bid a fond farewell to a colleague who has played a key role in leading Federal research efforts in... - Blog
Conversation with CDC’s Dr. Jono Mermin at the 2015 Summit on HCV & HIV 06-19-2015Dr. Ronald ValdiserriRecently, I had the opportunity to speak with my colleague Dr. Jonathan Mermin, Director of CDC s National... - Blog
Conversation with CDC’s Dr. John Ward at the 2015 Summit on HCV & HIV 06-17-2015Last week, I had the opportunity to speak with my colleague Dr. John Ward, Director of CDC s Division of Viral Hepatitis, durin... - Blog
Meeting Report Now Available: Hepatitis C among African Americans 05-29-2015Dr. Ronald ValdiserriAfrican Americans are among the populations prioritized by the Action Plan for the Prevention, Care, and Tr... - Blog
Increasing Hepatitis B Awareness and Testing Among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders 05-20-2015An estimated 1 in 12 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) are infected with hepatitis B virus (HBV); however, two-thi... - Blog
FDA Invites Comments on Proposal to Revise Lifetime Deferral on Blood Donation by Gay Men 05-18-2015In a Federal Register notice published Friday, May 15, 2015, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is inviting public comments o... - Blog
Help Raise Awareness on Hepatitis Testing Day – May 19th 05-15-2015Dr. Ronald ValdiserriNext Tuesday, May 19, is the fourth annual national Hepatitis Testing Day. The observance was established in... - Blog
ONAP Concludes Series of Community Forums on Updating National HIV/AIDS Strategy 05-13-2015Dr. Ronald ValdiserriOver the past month, the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) hosted a series of listening ses... - Blog
HIV Care Continuum Video Updated 04-15-2015Among the most popular videos on HIV.gov’s YouTube channel recently updated the video to reflect new data from CDC on the stages of the continuum and help… - Blog
Medicare Announces Coverage for Annual HIV Test 04-15-2015The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) announced this week that it has expanded coverage to include one, annual vol... - Blog
$60M Investment Supports Community Collaboratives to Strengthen HIV Prevention and Care for Gay Men of Color 04-01-2015A new funding opportunity announcement (FOA) issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week invests ove... - Blog
Advancing Awareness and Action Against Hepatitis C among African Americans 03-25-2015A recent forum convened by HHS focused on strengthening the response to hepatitis C in African American communities, gathering re... - Blog
NIH Funding Opportunity for Drug Abuse Prevention Research Holds Potential for Addressing Viral Hepatitis 03-13-2015The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of NIH, has released a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for research that... - Blog
Call for Abstracts: 2015 National Summit on HCV and HIV Diagnosis, Prevention, and Access to Care 02-11-2015The 2015 National Summit on HCV and HIV Diagnosis, Prevention, and Access to Care is seeking abstract submissions. Scheduled f... - Blog
Medicare Proposes Coverage for Annual HIV Test, Invites Public Comment 02-04-2015Dr. Ronald ValdiserriThe Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has proposed expanding coverage for HIV screening for M... - Blog
Report of 2013 Progress on Viral Hepatitis Action Plan 01-30-2015This week, we release the third annual report of progress made in implementing the Action Plan for the Prevention, Care, and Tre... - Blog
Ongoing Efforts to Reduce Reporting Burden for HHS HIV Grantees 01-15-2015To help achieve a more coordinated response to HIV in the U.S., the National HIV/AIDS Strategy contains the following recommendat... - Blog
Access to Hepatitis C Therapy Listening Session with Community Stakeholders 01-12-2015Last month, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) convened a listening session on the important issue of access to cu... - Blog
2014 Viral Hepatitis Year-in-Review and Looking to 2015 12-31-20142014 has been a year of both opportunities and challenges in the fight against viral hepatitis. In May, the World Health Assembly...