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In a recent article, Rewire.News discusses the challenges people face in paying for services that protect sexual health, such as STD...
Sep 18, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
People all across this country—regardless of their political beliefs or geographic location—overwhelmingly support sex education. But,...
At the US Conference on AIDS, the Prevention Access Campaign (PAC) announced the launch of +series (Positive Series), an innovative...
Sep 17, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) announced the launch of the newly rebranded and...
Sep 12, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Sep 10, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
As the 2018 United States Conference on AIDS gets underway, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors released an...
Sep 06, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
Recently, at the STD Prevention Conference, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shared preliminary data indicating...
Sep 05, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
As part of the official conference press briefing at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National STD...
Aug 28, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
The number of reported cases of congenital syphilis (CS) has increased every year since 2012, and from 2012 to 2016, the rate has...
Aug 14, 2018 | Kim Rodgers
In a recent article, Rewire.News discusses the challenges people face in paying for services that protect sexual health, such as STD screenings and birth control. In particular, the article focuses on how young people, people with low income, people of color, and those who are uninsured or underinsured are too often forced to decline care as a […]
People all across this country—regardless of their political beliefs or geographic location—overwhelmingly support sex education. But, due to a small but vocal group of folks who organize with the sole purpose of opposing sex education, this basic human right continues to be denied to young people in communities everywhere. The key to overcoming this kind […]
At the US Conference on AIDS, the Prevention Access Campaign (PAC) announced the launch of +series (Positive Series), an innovative and customizable social marketing campaign for US HIV/AIDS organizations to raise awareness about undetectable equals untransmittable (U=U) and encourage people living with HIV to remain engaged in care and on treatment. A person living with HIV who […]
The Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) announced the launch of the newly rebranded and redesigned TargetHIV website, formerly known as the Technical Assistance, Guidance, Education, and Training (TARGET) Center. Thanks to your feedback, the TargetHIV website now features a modernized design and user interface, streamlined navigation, and updated technology...
As the 2018 United States Conference on AIDS gets underway, the National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors released an updated policy statement to reaffirm the conclusive scientific evidence that people living with HIV who are on antiretroviral therapy (ART) and are virologically suppressed do not sexually transmit HIV. With the release of this […]
Recently, at the STD Prevention Conference, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shared preliminary data indicating that in the past five years, gonorrhea diagnoses have increased by 67 percent—and emerging antibiotic resistance to azithromycin is on the rise. The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO), with support from the Centers for […]
As part of the official conference press briefing at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) National STD Prevention Conference, CDC presented preliminary data showing five-year trends in sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) that included preliminary data for 2017. The analysis found that the nearly 2.3 million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis reported to...
The number of reported cases of congenital syphilis (CS) has increased every year since 2012, and from 2012 to 2016, the rate has increased 87%. In response, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has intensified its efforts to address this concerning trend. For example, CDC recommends syphilis screening for all women at the first […]
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