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The opioid epidemic has increased the number of people who inject drugs in the US, and thereby substantially increased the risk of...
Apr 03, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
FEATURED BLOGS ‘Nothing About Us, Without Us’: Advancing Health through a Youth-Driven Lens Written by Cameron Estrada...
Apr 02, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Washington Post has reported that a super-resistant strain of gonorrhea has been confirmed in the United Kingdom following...
Mar 30, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Kaiser Family Foundation has published an issue brief highlighting five key things to know about the intersection of the nation’s...
Mar 29, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and Medscape introduced a new FREE...
Mar 28, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention released a...
Mar 26, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) and the HIV Medical Association (HIVMA) released three documents highlighting and...
Mar 23, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Last year, the Southern HIV/AIDS Strategy Initiative (SASI) and the Southern AIDS Coalition (SAC) produced several fact sheets related...
The below information was cross-posted from a press release from the O’Neill Institute. As HIV/AIDS advocacy groups prepare to...
Mar 22, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The opioid epidemic has increased the number of people who inject drugs in the US, and thereby substantially increased the risk of transmission of blood-borne viruses, including HIV, hepatitis C virus, and hepatitis B virus through use of shared equipment. Advanced planning can facilitate an effective coordinated response for communities faced with the possibility of […]
FEATURED BLOGS ‘Nothing About Us, Without Us’: Advancing Health through a Youth-Driven Lens Written by Cameron Estrada School-Based Health Centers (SBHCs) have been a safe haven and a reliable resource for me throughout middle and high school. Now as a college student, I still advocate for youth health and leadership with the School Based Health […]
The Washington Post has reported that a super-resistant strain of gonorrhea has been confirmed in the United Kingdom following warnings from global public health officials that the common sexually transmitted disease is becoming more difficult to treat. Read more…
The Kaiser Family Foundation has published an issue brief highlighting five key things to know about the intersection of the nation’s HIV and opioid epidemics. The brief includes background information along with a series of charts depicting data on the issue. View now.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report and Medscape introduced a new FREE continuing education (CE) activity that describes recommendations regarding prevention of hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection in the United States, based on updated guidance from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). This activity is intended for...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention released a supplemental HIV surveillance report on “Estimated HIV Incidence and Prevalence in the United States, 2010–2015.” The annual HIV Surveillance Report provides an overview on the current epidemiology of HIV disease in the United States and dependent...
The Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) and the HIV Medical Association (HIVMA) released three documents highlighting and recommending policy changes to advance solutions to the infectious diseases consequences of the opioid epidemic.The national opioid crisis is fueling a rise in infectious diseases including HIV, viral hepatitis and bacterial infections such as infective endocarditis...
Last year, the Southern HIV/AIDS Strategy Initiative (SASI) and the Southern AIDS Coalition (SAC) produced several fact sheets related to access to health care in the Deep South. The fact sheets highlight the impact of the Affordable Care Act in each Deep South State, as well as the high risk pools and lessons learned in each Deep South […]
The below information was cross-posted from a press release from the O’Neill Institute. As HIV/AIDS advocacy groups prepare to gather for AIDSWatch, the nation’s largest annual constituent-based national HIV/AIDS advocacy event, policy experts from the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown Law have issued a new report outlining the impact federal […]
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