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NIH Leadership at the XIX International AIDS Conference 17 Jul 2012 | 05:30 pm
The hosting of the XIX International AIDS Conference in our nation’s capital, Washington, DC, is a tremendous opportunity to reflect on how AIDS has affected the United States, and how the United Stat...
What Africa Teaches Us: PEPFAR’s Transformation of the U.S. Domestic HIV Response 17 Jul 2012 | 06:00 am
From July 22-27, people from around the world will converge on Washington, DC for the 2012 International AIDS Conference. The conference will return to the U.S. for the first time in more than 20 year...
FDA approves first drug for reducing the risk of sexually acquired HIV infection 17 Jul 2012 | 03:40 am
Today (July 16, 2012), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Truvada (emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate), the first drug approved to reduce the risk of HIV infection in uninfected i...
Let’s Stop HIV Together 17 Jul 2012 | 12:32 am
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched today a new national HIV awareness campaign, Let’s Stop HIV Together. The nati...
Engaging with Communities of Color Using New Media 14 Jul 2012 | 01:42 am
Racial and ethnic minorities have been disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS since the beginning of the epidemic and, according to CDC data, represent the majority of new AIDS diagnoses, new HIV inf...
Second Anniversary of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy 13 Jul 2012 | 09:53 pm
Two years ago today, President Obama released the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS), the nation’s first-ever comprehensive coordinated HIV/AIDS plan for responding to the domestic epidemic, which arti...
AIDS2012 Conference, July 22-27 — Washington DC or Anywhere 13 Jul 2012 | 12:46 am
By John S. James AIDS2012, the XIX International AIDS Conference, happens this month, July 22-27, 2012, at the Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC. More than 20,000 people are expected to ...
AIDS 2012: Listening, Learning and Working Together to Help Turn the Tide 12 Jul 2012 | 10:00 pm
This week, many in the HIV community are finalizing plans for participation in AIDS 2012 — be it in person, via webcast, or via social media. I feel honored to join my federal colleagues to prepare fo...
Researching HIV in WikiLeaks Cables 12 Jul 2012 | 12:22 pm
By John S. James All 251,287 WikiLeaks "Cablegate" cables have now been released (apparently by opponents of Assange). They are searchable, and 'HIV' is mentioned in 1534 of them. While 107 cables ar...
Podcast Available for AIDS-Free Generation Webinar 12 Jul 2012 | 03:45 am
On June 26, 2012, in recognition of National HIV Testing Day (NHTD), AIDS.gov convened the “HIV Testing for an AIDS-Free Generation” webinar. Approximately 2,000 federal stakeholders, grantees and fed...
