News 2015
CDC Supports New WHO Early Release HIV Treatment and PrEP Guidelines
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia
CDC welcomes the recent announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) of new Early Release HIV Treatment and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) guidelines that will significantly increase the number of people eligible for life-saving anti-retroviral treatment (ART) and expand access to a powerful tool for preventing HIV among those at greatest risk.
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William Brawner: A Journey From Silence to Advocacy
HIV activist William Brawner
One in a series on the H& Health and Hip Hop Conference being sponsored by the Black AIDS Institute and the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene. The conference will be held Oct. 24, 2015, at Morgan State University in Baltimore. William Brawner is the keynote speaker.
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Talking to My Doctor about PrEP
HIV activist Matthew Murguia
Editor's Note: The promotional materials for National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day included information on PrEP. This post is a follow-up to one from 2014, giving one individual's personal perspective on PrEP. Here is an update to that conversation.
Transgender Discrimination Linked to Risky Health Behaviors
Trans discrimination leads to increased health risks
Prejudice may make smoking, alcohol abuse, drugs, suicide attempts more likely, study finds
Discrimination may trigger risky health behaviors by transgender Americans, a new study suggests.
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Newly Insured Treasure Medicaid, But Growing Pains Felt
Medicaid newly insured access services unavailable to them previously
SAN DIEGO — The Affordable Care Act unleashed a building boom of community health centers across the country. At a cost of $11 billion, more than 950 health centers have opened and thousands have expanded or modernized.
Read more: Newly Insured Treasure Medicaid, But Growing Pains Felt