HIV NEWS

Our communities are our most important asset when combating HIV. This blog is a tool you and others can use to keep up to date with all the local and state news and critical legislative changes that affect our community.
National HIV Testing Day
LT. GOVERNOR AND STATE SURGEON GENERAL ON NATIONAL HIV TESTING DAY
Tallahassee, Fla. — Today, Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez, joined by State Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, held a press conference at Tampa General Hospital in honor of National HIV Testing Day (NHTD). This...
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3 Dose Hepatitis B Vaccine
THREE-DOSE HEPATITIS B VACCINE REGIMEN PROTECTS PEOPLE WITH HIV
A three-dose course of the hepatitis B vaccine HEPLISAV-B fully protected adults living with HIV who had never been vaccinated against or infected with the hepatitis B virus (HBV), according to study...
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FL GOV. DESANTIS PUSHING FOR A ‘ROBUST PROGRAM’ TO REDUCE HIV AND AIDS
Following a report that his predecessor’s administration turned down $70 million in federal money to fight HIV and AIDS, Gov. Ron DeSantis said Wednesday that he has already met with federal officials...
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INFORMATION FROM CDC’S DIVISION OF HIV/AIDS PREVENTION
Dear Colleague: March 20, 2020 Dear Colleagues: Information from CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention March 20, 2020 Dear Colleague, Today, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released Frequently Asked Questions...
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CORONAVIRUS INFORMATION FOR RYAN WHITE HIV/AIDS PROGRAM RECIPIENTS AND PARTNERS
Coronavirus Information for Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Recipients and Partners By: Laura Cheever, MD, ScM, Associate Administrator for the HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human...
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Latest HIV/Public Health News

Dear Colleague: CDC Releases New HIV Surveillance Reports
CDC's Division of HIV Prevention released three new HIV surveillance reports.
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2021 HIV Mortality Slides
The 2021 HIV Mortality Slide Set outlines trends in mortality in the United States, focusing on deaths attributed to HIV disease. Among persons with HIV disease as the underlying cause of death in 202…
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HIV Infection, Stage 3 (AIDS) – 2021
This slide set describes rates, percentages, and trends in the number (including cumulative data) of stage 3 (AIDS) classifications and persons living with diagnosed HIV infection ever classified as s…
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Core Indicators for Monitoring the Ending the HIV Epidemic Initiative, National HIV Surveillance System Data Reported through December 2022 and PrEP Data Reported through September 2022
The HIV surveillance data tables provide National the latest available data on the six indicators used for monitoring progress in the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. initiative.
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Monitoring Selected National HIV Prevention and Care Objectives, 2021
This report complements the HIV Surveillance Report and presents the results of focused analyses of National HIV Surveillance System (NHSS) data to measure progress toward achieving national HIV preve…
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Estimated HIV Incidence and Prevalence in the United States, 2017-2021
This HIV Surveillance Supplemental Report provides estimates of HIV incidence, prevalence, and knowledge of HIV status in the United States and Puerto Rico for years 2017 through 2017.
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Diagnoses of HIV infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2021
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) collects, analyzes, and disseminates surveillance data on HIV infection; these data are one of the nation's primary sources of information on…
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2021 Partner Services Annual Report
This report summarizes the 2021 client-level partner services data from 54 of the 60 CDC-funded state and local health departments in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
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HIV Testing at CDC-Funded Sites: United States, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, 2021
This report describes the demographics of persons tested, newly diagnosed with HIV, and linked to HIV medical care in the United States, Puerto Rico, and U.S. Virgin Islands in 2021. These data are us…
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PS18-1802 Monitoring and Evaluation Report, 2021
The report highlights findings related to testing, linkage to care, interview for partner services, prevention services, and PrEP, by demographics, state prevalence, and population groups.
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Join Us in Sharing and Promoting Together TakeMeHome (TTMH)
Learn more about Together TakeMeHome (TTMH), a project with the goal of distributing up to 1 million free HIV self-tests over the next five years.
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Vital Signs: Progress Toward Eliminating HIV as a Global Public Health Threat Through Scale-Up of Antiretroviral Therapy and Health System Strengthening Supported by the U.S. President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief – Worldwide, 2004-2022
By 2022, approximately 20 million persons with HIV infection in 54 countries received PEPFAR-supported ART (62% CDC-supported); this number represents an increase of 300-fold from 66,6550 in 2004. Dur…
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Public Health Response to Clusters of Rapid HIV Transmission Among Hispanic or Latino Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men – Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, 2021-2022
In 2021, molecular HIV analysis in Georgia identified clusters of rapid HIV transmission among Hispanic or Latino (Hispanic) gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) in metropolitan At…
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Social Determinants of Health among Adults with Diagnosed HIV Infection in the United States and Puerto Rico, 2020
This report examines census tract-level social determinants of health (SDOH) among adults with diagnosed HIV infection in 2020 in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Data are pre…
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Notice of Funding Opportunity PS23-001: Increasing PrEP Use Among Black Cisgender Women in the United States (HerPrEP)
The purpose of this NOFO is to support an implementation research study to evaluate strategies to increase HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) use among Black/African American (Black) cisgender women…
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