News 2015
Remembering the Lessons of HIV/AIDS
Ronald Valdiserri, M.D., M.P.H., Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases, and Director, Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
As some readers of this blog may already know, at the end of THIS month I will retire from the federal government after 27 years of service. I don't plan to leave the field of public health; I'm just changing it up with a move to join the faculty of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
In This Issue
This week we continue to talk about PrEP. As I've said over and over, we have the tools to end the HIV/AIDS epidemic. But even though more people are taking PrEP, not enough people are taking the regimen that we can bring the epidemic to an end. And importantly, and we can't end the epidemic if health care providers don't know what's in our biomedical toolkit and recent research suggests that many of them don't know about PrEP. Our friends at the National Library of Medicine as well as at AIDS.gov report on the nation's progress.
More Could Benefit from HIV Prevention Pill Truvada
PrEP is one of a number of HIV prevention strategies for sexually active gay and bisexual men
Too few Americans who are at risk for HIV infection are taking Truvada -- a daily pill that could protect them against the virus that causes AIDS, federal health officials report.
Read more: More Could Benefit from HIV Prevention Pill Truvada
Jussie and Jurnee Smollett on World AIDS Day: 'You Can't Pick and Choose When Black Lives Matter'
Journee and Jussie Smollett talk HIV and why Black lives matter
On Worlds AIDS Day, the actors and activists discuss the importance of advocating for the lives of Black people in all arenas.
PrEP: A Powerful Prevention Tool
Estimated percentage indications for Preexposure Prophylaxis to prevent HIV acquisition
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has released its 2015 HIV Vital Signs focusing on preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP). This Vital Signs includes two Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWR), one from CDC and one from New York State Department of Health: