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March 20th, 2020Dear Colleague: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about HIV and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about HIV and coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The new resource addresses concerns related to…

March 19th, 2020COVID-19: What people with HIV should know

Although the risk of serious illness from COVID-19 for people with HIV is not known, people with HIV may have concerns and questions related to their risk. This is an emerging, rapidly evolving situat…

March 18th, 2020Ending COVID-19 Isolation for Immunocompromised Persons

Healthcare providers and public health officials managing immunocompromised persons with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) under home isolation.

March 12th, 2020HIV Surveillance Data Tables (early release): Core indicators for monitoring the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative, data reported through December 2019

The included early release tables provide data for years 2017 and 2018 on the core indicators that will be used to monitor the EHE initiative. National-, state-, and county-level (EHE Phase I jurisdic…

March 9th, 2020National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

March 10 is National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD), a time when organizations and communities across the United States come together to offer support, encourage discussion, and teac…

February 28th, 2020HIV Surveillance Special Report Infographic: HIV Infection Risk, Prevention, and Testing Behaviors Among Persons Who Inject Drugs, National HIV Behavioral Surveillance, 2018

This infographic describes HIV infection risk, prevention, and testing behaviors among persons who inject drugs, National HIV Behavioral Surveillance, 2018.

February 28th, 2020HIV Surveillance Special Report: HIV Infection Risk, Prevention, and Testing Behaviors Among Persons Who Inject Drugs – National HIV Behavioral Surveillance Injection Drug Use, 23 U.S. Cities, 2018

This report summarizes findings from the fifth National HIV Behavioral Surveillance data collection among persons who inject drugs, which was conducted in 2018.

February 27th, 2020Expansion of HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis to 35 PEPFAR-Supported Early Program Adopters, October 2016-September 2018

During October 2016-September 2018, in 15 of 35 country or regional programs supported by the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, the increase in PrEP coverage among the general popu…

February 5th, 2020Dear Colleague: CDC Observes National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

NBHAAD is a day to increase awareness about HIV among African Americans and encourage people to get involved in prevention efforts, get tested, get treatment if they have HIV, and use prevention tools…

February 4th, 2020Fact Sheet: HIV and African American Gay and Bisexual Men

This updated web content provides information and statistical data about HIV and African American gay and bisexual men, including a fact sheet that visually displays this information.

January 30th, 2020MMWR: HIV Testing Outcomes Among Blacks or African Americans – 50 Local U.S. Jurisdictions Accounting for the Majority of New HIV Diagnoses and Seven States with Disproportionate Occurrences of HIV in Rural Areas, 2017

In 2017, blacks accounted for >40% of those tested and new diagnoses in EHE jurisdictions. Compared with whites, more blacks in EHE jurisdictions received a new diagnosis or were identified as a pe…

January 30th, 2020Fact Sheet: HIV and African Americans

This updated web content provides information and statistical data about HIV and African Americans, including a fact sheet that visually displays this information.

January 27th, 2020Funding Opportunity Announcement PS20-2010: Integrated HIV Programs for Health Departments to Support Ending the HIV Epidemic in the United States

This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) supports the development and implementation of programs tailored to ending the HIV epidemic in America. Recent scientific advances in HIV prevention and treat…

January 16th, 2020MMWR: HIV Partner Service Delivery Among Transgender Women – United States, 2013-2017

An overall estimate of prevalence of infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) was 18.8% among transgender women based on a meta-analysis of studies in the United States conducted during 2006-…

January 9th, 2020MMWR: Neural Tube Defects in Pregnancies Among Women With Diagnosed HIV Infection – 15 Jurisdictions, 2013-2017

Linking of data from birth defects and HIV/AIDS surveillance programs in 15 jurisdictions was done for the first time. The NTD prevalence in HIV-exposed pregnancies during 2013-2017 was estimated to b…

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