Why does HIV Pose a Greater Threat to Women’s Hearts?
5-16-2018While men living with HIV are 1.5 times more likely to have a heart attack than HIV-negative men, that risk doubles when comparing women living with HIV to thei…
Women & Girls
Save the Date: National Women’s Health Week 2018
5-10-2018The 19th annual National Women's Health Week (NWHW) begins on Mother's Day, May 13, and continues through May 19, 2018. The U.S. Department of Health an…
Anti-HIV Drug Combination Does Not Increase Preterm Birth Risk, Study Suggests
5-1-2018A drug combination aimed at preventing transmission of HIV from a pregnant woman to her fetus likely does not increase the risk for preterm birth and early infa…
Viral Suppression among Transgender Women Is Improving, But Results Are Still Below the National Average
4-25-2018Recently we took a close look at the progress that has been made in the overall percentage of people diagnosed with HIV who have achieved viral suppression in t…
HIV Prevention Starts With Me (and You)
3-9-2018We have seen tremendous improvements in HIV treatment and prevention over the past few decades. While we want to celebrate this progress, we also need to discus…
NIH’s Dr. Gina Brown on Highlights of Research on Women & HIV from CROI 2018
3-9-2018As we prepare to observe National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) on March 10, we wanted to share this video of our recent conversation with NI…
CDC Releases Dear Colleague Letter Acknowledging National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
3-9-2018March 10 is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health. The…
International Women’s Day: Empowering Girls to Write Their Own AIDS-Free Future
3-8-2018Dana*, an 11-year-old living in Kenya with her widowed mother and four siblings, was 9 years old when a male neighbor lured her into his house with the promise …
Say It Digitally: HIV Prevention Starts with Me
3-7-2018To foster communication for the March 10th observance National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, (NWGHAAD). HIV.gov has rounded up a selection of digital …
More HIV Research Highlights from CROI 2018 (Videos)
3-7-2018Our coverage from the 2018 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston continued yesterday with three interviews with Federal HIV l…