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A new CDC analysis suggests that men who have sex with men (MSM) are at elevated risk for extragenital STDs (e.g. chlamydia or...
Apr 12, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
Observed each April, STD Awareness Month serves to raise awareness about what sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STDs/STIs)...
Apr 03, 2019 | Rebekah Horowitz
The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) has released the 2019 National HIV Prevention Inventory (NHPI)...
Feb 21, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a special Public Health Reports Supplement on the multi-year Care and...
Feb 20, 2019 | Kim Rodgers
On December 19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention named Carolyn Wester, MD, MPH as the permanent Director of the Division...
Dec 20, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Each year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) releases the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), which...
Nov 26, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published the 2017 HIV Surveillance Report, which presents data on numbers and...
Nov 19, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) new HIV Surveillance Supplemental Report titled Monitoring Selected National...
Jul 02, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention’s (NCHHSTP) AtlasPlus has added 11 new indicators that...
Jun 18, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
A new CDC analysis suggests that men who have sex with men (MSM) are at elevated risk for extragenital STDs (e.g. chlamydia or gonorrhea in the throat or rectum), which can be difficult to treat, lead to drug resistance, and increase the risk of HIV infection. Researchers used CDC’s National HIV Behavioral Surveillance data to […]
Observed each April, STD Awareness Month serves to raise awareness about what sexually transmitted diseases/infections (STDs/STIs) are, how they impact our lives, and why it’s important to prevent, test for, and treat them. As such, NACCHO leverages this observance annually to bring attention to STDs/STIs and mobilize health departments to strengthen their prevention, testing, and treatment...
The National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors (NASTAD) has released the 2019 National HIV Prevention Inventory (NHPI) Survey Report. The NHPI presents a comprehensive depiction of the current state of HIV prevention throughout the United States. The report is NASTAD’s third NHPI. In 2009, NASTAD and the Kaiser Family Foundation instituted the first iteration of the […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a special Public Health Reports Supplement on the multi-year Care and Prevention in the United States (CAPUS) Demonstration Project. This project highlights strategies for reducing HIV- and AIDS-related morbidity and mortality among racial and ethnic minorities living in the United States. Led by CDC and funded […]
On December 19, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention named Carolyn Wester, MD, MPH as the permanent Director of the Division of Viral Hepatitis (DVH). Dr. Wester, who has been the Medical Director for HIV, STDs, and Viral Hepatitis at the Tennessee Department of Health (TDH) since 2008, will begin serving on January 22, 2019. The below […]
Each year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) releases the National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), which provides the most recent surveillance data on health behaviors and experiences among high school students across the country. The report data covers a range of topics, including sexual behavior, high-risk substance use, violence victimization, and mental health and...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published the 2017 HIV Surveillance Report, which presents data on numbers and rates of diagnoses of HIV infection that occurred through December 31, 2017. All data were reported to CDC through June 2018. This year’s report has been expanded to include four additional tables that provide six years […]
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) new HIV Surveillance Supplemental Report titled Monitoring Selected National HIV Prevention and Care Objectives by Using HIV Surveillance Data—United States and 6 Dependent Areas, 2016 is now available online with an accompany slide set. This year, the Monitoring Report includes care-related data from an additional 2 jurisdictions […]
The National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention’s (NCHHSTP) AtlasPlus has added 11 new indicators that increase access to information on HIV and, for the first time, social determinants of health. AtlasPlus gives you quick access to more than 15 years of CDC’s surveillance data on HIV, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), […]
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