Office of the Surgeon General

4-22-2020Cross-posted from U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesAs healthcare providers, we swear an oath at medical school graduation that guides us through our …

8-8-2018Spanning the 37 years since the first case reports of AIDS in the U.S., Public Health Reports has covered a variety of HIV-related content. Topics have inc…

4-5-2018Cross-posted from ASH Media OfficeUrges more individuals to carry life-saving medicationToday, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams, M.D., M.P.H., urged more Am…

12-4-2017World AIDS Day is always a busy time for the HIV.gov blog—so busy that it can be easy to miss important posts you want to read! For your convenience, we have …

12-1-2017World AIDS Day is December 1, 2017. Please watch and share this new message from VADM Jerome Adams, M.D., M.P.H., the U.S. Surgeon General:For more resources fo…

11-17-2017I’ve devoted a substantial part of my career to our national response to HIV and AIDS, and I am grateful that in my current role I am able to continue to …

3-15-2017The National Rx Drug Abuse & Heroin Summit will take place on April 17-20, 2017, in Atlanta, Georgia. (The conference is often referred to as the Hal Roger…

6-25-2015National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) is June 27, 2015. Please watch and share this new message on HIV testing from Dr. Vivek Murthy, the U.S. Surgeon General: We …

5-6-2014 As we begin the observance of Hepatitis Awareness Month. In publication since 1878, the peer-reviewed Public Health Reports is the official journal of the U.S…

2-27-2013 Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett KoopThe public health world, especially those of us who work in the HIV/AIDS arena, mourn the passing of former Surgeon …