Research Update: NIH's Dr. Dieffenbach on CROI 2016 (Video)
2-26-2016As the 2016 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) came to a close in Boston on February 25, we spoke with Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, Direct…
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As many as 185,000 new HIV infections in the U.S. could be prevented by expanding testing, treatment, PrEP
2-25-2016Reaching the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) targets for HIV testing and treatment and expanding the use of daily Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) could preven…
Vaginal Ring & PrEP Updates from CROI with NIH’s Dr. Carl Dieffenbach (Video)
2-25-2016New scientific findings to inform HIV prevention efforts were among the key highlights shared at CROI yesterday, according to Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, Director of …
NIH-Funded Study Finds Critical Population Adheres to PrEP with Coordinated Care
2-24-2016New findings suggest that black men who have sex with men (BMSM) with access to a novel coordinated care program can adhere to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), …
NIH’s Dr. Carl Dieffenbach Shares Highlights from Start of CROI 2016 (Video)
2-24-2016After the first full day of sessions at the 2016 Conference on Retroviruses andOpportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston yesterday, February 23, we caught up wi…
NIH-Funded Study Finds Effect of PrEP on Bone Density is Reversible
2-23-2016The slight loss in bone mineral density associated with HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) antiretroviral use is reversible in young adult patients who stop ta…
Half of black gay men and a quarter of Latino gay men projected to be diagnosed within their lifetime
2-23-2016If current HIV diagnoses rates persist, about 1 in 2 black men who have sex with men (MSM) and 1 in 4 Latino MSM in the United States will be diagnosed with HIV…
Vaginal Ring Provides Partial Protection from HIV in Large Multinational Trial
2-22-2016A ring that continuously releases an experimental antiretroviral drug in the vagina safely provided a modest level of protection against HIV infection in women,…
Scientific Advances in HIV and HCV To Be Examined Next Week at CROI 2016
2-19-2016The 2016 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) takes place next week in Boston, and HIV.gov will be there. This annual scientific meet…
CROI 2015 Highlights: NIH’s Dr. Peter Kim Discusses Tuberculosis
3-13-2015https://youtu.be/74mqmSv9dxs
Tuberculosis (TB) was among the several infectious diseases in addition to HIV that were important topics of discussion during t…