HIV Prevention Efforts for Hispanics/Latinos must improve
11-14-2016Hispanics/Latinos are disproportionately affected by HIV. In 2014, 23% of all new HIV diagnoses in the United States were among Hispanics/Latinos, who represent…
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The CDC’s Gay Dance Video about HIV is Fabulous
10-24-2016The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has taken the unprecedented step of producing a music video to educate gay men about the many HIV preventio…
REALLY: Get Tested
10-11-2016Editor's Note:
Today is the 28th annual National Coming Out Day—a time to celebrate the LGBTQ community. Being out can have important benefits for …
Research Shows Promising Trends in HIV Testing and Earlier Diagnosis among Gay and Bisexual Men—But Many Living with HIV Still Have Unmet Needs
9-27-2016In the years we have been writing about National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, there has often been good news tempered by bad news. This year is no di…
5 Inspiring Stories, 1 message: Get tested, live healthy
6-28-2016Editor's Note: For National HIV Testing Day, 5 people shared with us inspiring stories of living healthy - with HIV or by managing their HIV risk. Each of their…
For National HIV Testing Day, CDC Launches Serostatus Matters, a New Continuing Medical Education Opportunity to Encourage Primary Care Providers to Test their Patients for HIV
6-27-2016Over 1 million people in the United States are living with HIV and 1 in 8 – approximately 156,300 people – do not know they have it. HIV testing is …
Reflections on National Transgender HIV Testing Day
6-27-2016
The inaugural National Transgender HIV Testing Day (NTHTD) on April 18 marked a milestone for members of the trans community, who face high HIV impact. Almo…
National HIV Testing Day Efforts Increase HIV Testing but Testing Opportunities Still Missed During Most Health Care Visits
6-27-2016
Today is National HIV Testing Day (NHTD), a day to raise awareness of the importance of HIV testing and to create events that make it easy to obtain an …
REALLY: Get Tested
6-27-2016I’ve seen firsthand the impact that HIV testing can have on people’s lives. My first involvement in HIV was as a volunteer HIV pretest and posttest …
National HIV Testing Day: Deondre’s story
6-27-2016
Tests tend to make a lot of us very nervous. Though we may study and prepare, there always seems to be some sort of anxiety or nervousness that comes wi…