04-09-2013Tomorrow, April 10th, 2013, marks the first National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day(NYHAAD) a day to educate the public a...

04-02-2013Twitter turned 7 years old on March 21, 2013. According to the Twitter blog, there are more than 200 million active Twitter users...

03-19-2013Wednesday, March 20 is National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NNHAAD). While American Indians and Alaska Natives make up 1.7%...

03-14-2013According to Pew Research Hispanic Center s new report, Closing the Digital Divide: Latinos and Technology Adoption, the digital divide between Latinos...

03-05-2013National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) is on March 10th. The goal of this annual observance day is to encourag...

02-19-2013Pew Research Center s Internet & American Life Project is an increasingly valuable resource to our work at HIV.gov. Pew has...

02-12-2013Social media and mobile apps are great tools to help you connect to people. For example, you can connect to your former high scho...

02-06-2013On Thursday, February 7, 2013, our nation will again recognize National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD), Facebook, Pinteres...

02-05-2013Aisha Moore and Meico WhitlockIn January, more than 250 people convened at the 10th annual National African American MSM Leadersh...

01-29-2013Pinterest is a social media platform that demonstrates the power of photo sharing, helping users connect through similar interes...

01-22-2013New media allows us to connect and engage in a conversation. According to Pew Internet & American Life’s Health Online 2013 Report, “78% of thos…

01-18-2013In honor of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., thousands of people from across the country will take part in the National...

12-11-2012On December 1, 2012, agencies across the U.S. Government joined together to observe World AIDS Day. To demonstrate the theme of “Working Together for an A…

12-04-2012For the past five years, HIV.gov has hosted the Facing AIDS photo sharing initiative for World AIDS Day, December 1. We thank you...

11-30-2012We launched the Facing AIDS photo sharing initiative on World AIDS Day five years ago to give individuals worldwide an opportunity to reflect on their involveme…

11-20-2012Through the Facing AIDS photosharing initiative, you and your community can join the thousands of Americans who are helping reduc...

11-14-2012In late October, we joined more than 12,000 public health professionals at the American Public Health Association s (APHA) 2012...

10-23-2012We call upon the HIV Community to declare that new media and emerging technologies are critical to help us connect, create, li...

10-16-2012Editor s note: At HIV.gov we dedicate time each week to listening and learning from our colleagues in the social media world. We are always looking to improv...