In the Know: Social Media for Public Health—Facebook & Image Sharing
4-19-2013 Melissa Beaupierre“In the Know: Facebook and Image Sharing for Public Health” is a live webcast exploring how image-based social media channels--including …
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HIV Prevention Resource Allocation Modeling Pilot (HIV RAMP)
4-10-2013The U.S. National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) calls on national, state and local programs to focus efforts in communities where HIV is concentrated and to target r…
CDC Expands Let’s Stop HIV Together Campaign™, Launches Spanish Version
4-3-2013This month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expanded the national HIV awareness and anti-stigma campaign, Let’s Stop HIV Together™, inc…
Addressing the Needs of Individuals Coinfected with HIV and TB
3-22-2013This weekend, we observe World Tuberculosis (TB) Day (Sunday, March 24), a day to remember that the global burden of TB remains enormous, particularly among peo…
Conversations from CROI 2013: CDC’s Dr. Jonathan Mermin
3-21-2013During the 2013 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Atlanta earlier this month, I had the opportunity to sit down with Dr. Jonatha…
Conversations from CROI 2013: CDC’s Dr. John Ward
3-11-2013Viral hepatitis was among the topics receiving significant attention at the 2013 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Atlanta this …
HIV Among MSM Examined at CROI
3-8-2013Dr. Ronald ValdiserriThe ongoing disproportionate burden of HIV/AIDS borne by gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States as we…
Daily-use HIV Prevention Approaches Didn't Work for African Women in the VOICE Study
3-5-2013According to findings of a major HIV prevention trial presented Monday, March 4, 2013 at the 20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI…
CDC Director Frieden Opens CROI
3-4-2013 Dr. Tom Frieden, Director of the CDC (CROI) in Atlanta, Georgia on Sunday, March 3, 2013. In welcoming the more than 4,000 conference participants from 91 coun…
Addressing Hepatitis C Disparities in the African American Community
2-28-2013
As we celebrate Black History Month, here at HHS we are also reminded of troubling hepatitis C disparities that persist in the African American community.
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