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10-25-2024Cross-posted from: CDC Newsroom [On October 23, 2024], CDC Director Mandy Cohen endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP)…
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CDC Recommends Second Dose of 2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccine for People 65 Years and Older and for People Who Are Moderately or Severely Immunocompromised - Blog
SARS-CoV-2 Rapidly Evolves in People with Advanced HIV 09-11-2024Cross-posted from: NIAID Now NIAID Researchers Uncover How SARS-CoV-2 Variants May Emerge in People with Weakened Immune Systems A NIAID study revealed how… - Blog
A Long COVID Definition: A Chronic, Systemic Disease State with Profound Consequences 06-21-2024Cross-posted from: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine The lack of a clear and consistent definition for Long COVID presents challenges… - Blog
Free COVID-19 Tests Available: Visit COVIDTests.gov 09-25-2023Updated on October 8, 2024: U.S. households can once again order up to four free at-home COVID-19 tests at COVIDTests.gov. The tests will detect current COVID… - Blog
CDC Recommends Updated COVID-19 Vaccine for Fall/Winter Virus Season 09-13-2023Cross-posted from: CDC Newsroom CDC recommends everyone 6 months and older get an updated COVID-19 vaccine to protect against the potentially serious outcomes… - Blog
How You Can Help Fight Long COVID 06-01-2023Cross-posted from NIH COVID-19 Research NIH launched the Researching COVID to Enhance Recovery (RECOVER) Initiative in early 2021 to identify risk factors and… - Blog
Major Update to the COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines 12-06-2022The COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel (the Panel) has published a major update to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Treatment Guidelines. Among other… - Blog
Major Update to the COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines 08-10-2022The COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel (the Panel) has published a major update to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Treatment Guidelines.Key changes in… - Blog
Get Vaccinated Even If You Had COVID-19 03-21-2022Information cross-posted from CDC.gov You should get a COVID-19 vaccine even if you already had COVID-19. No currently available test can reliably determine if… - Blog
Update to COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines: Changes Affecting People with HIV 02-08-2022The COVID-19 Treatment Guidelines Panel (the Panel) has published a revised version of the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) Treatment Guidelines.The Panel… - Blog
CDC Publishes Study on COVID-19 Vaccination Among People with HIV 02-04-2022The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has released a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) article highlighting COVID-19 vaccination… - Blog
Spread the Word about Vaccine Boosters 12-16-2021The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services has released new resources – posters, flyers, videos, and talking points – to help promote the importance of… - Blog
Stay Connected. Stay Healthy: Greater Than AIDS/Walgreens Partnership Meets Community HIV Needs During COVID-19 11-23-2021National partnership pivots to help bridge the gap in HIV testing services during the pandemicJust ahead of the 25th anniversary of National HIV Testing Day in… - Blog
Early Data Suggest Pfizer Pill May Prevent Severe COVID-19 11-18-2021Cross-posted from NIH Director's BlogOver the course of this pandemic, significant progress has been made in treating COVID-19 and helping to save lives. That… - Blog
CDC Statement on ACIP Booster Recommendations 09-24-2021Cross-Posted from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Today, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on… - Blog
COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Trials: One HIV Advocate’s Experience as a Study Volunteer 09-14-2021Many in the HIV community continue to work tirelessly to respond to the COVID-19 public health crisis, including by stepping forward to participate in vaccine… - Blog
COVID-19 Updates: Reducing Isolation Among Seniors with HIV and Call for Papers 07-01-2021An article in the July/August 2021 issue of Public Health Reports (PHR) examines the role of COVID-19 in exacerbating the social isolation and trauma already… - Blog
HHS Launches Hotline to Improve Access to COVID-19 Vaccines for People with Disabilities 06-22-2021Cross-posted from Administration for Community Living[On June 8, 2021], the U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) announced the launch of a first-of-its-kind… - Blog
HRSA Releases Annual Report Highlighting Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program COVID-19 Data 06-15-2021The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) recently released the first report on COVID-19 related activities by Ryan White… - Blog
CDC Updates Information on COVID-19 and People with Substance Use Disorder: Highlights Value of Vaccination 05-21-2021Cross-posted from the Addiction Policy Forum Blog Health officials have released an update that individuals with substance use disorders (SUD) are at a…