News 2016
Half of Black Gay Men and a Quarter of Latino Gay Men Projected to Be Diagnosed within Their Lifetime
Lifetime risk of HIV diagnosis in Black and Latino gay men tends to be highest in southeastern states
If current HIV diagnoses rates persist, about 1 in 2 black men who have sex with men (MSM) and 1 in 4 Latino MSM in the United States will be diagnosed with HIV during their lifetime, according to a new analysis by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study, presented last week at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston, provides the first-ever comprehensive national estimates of the lifetime risk of an HIV diagnosis for several key populations at risk and in every state.
New CDC study: 185,000 HIV infections could be prevented in U.S. by 2020
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta details the effect of expanded HIV testing and PrEP according to four different scenarios.
Reaching the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) targets for HIV testing and treatment and expanding the use of daily pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) could prevent an estimated 185,000 new HIV infections in the United States by 2020 – a 70 percent reduction in new infections, according to researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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Vaginal Ring Provides Partial Protection from HIV in Large Multinational Trial
Vaginal ring, a device that has shown to reduce risk of HIV infection
A ring that continuously releases an experimental antiretroviral drug in the vagina safely provided a modest level of protection against HIV infection in women, a large clinical trial in four sub-Saharan African countries has found. The ring reduced the risk of HIV infection by 27 percent in the study population overall and by 61 percent among women ages 25 years and older, who used the ring most consistently.
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Tax Filing And Health Coverage: What's The Connection?
Income tax season
Were you enrolled in a Marketplace health plan last year? If you received a premium tax credit when you signed up for coverage, you will need to file a 2015 federal tax return to make sure you got the right amount of financial assistance. If you didn't get a tax credit, you may still be eligible, but you will need to file taxes to find out.
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Black Lives Matter Partners With Reproductive Justice Groups to Fight for Black Women
A woman chants through a megaphone during a protest action through the Central West End of St. Louis, Missouri, on August 20, 2015
Every activist worth her hand-lettered sign knows that it takes collaboration to create change, and February 9 marked a linking of arms between the leaders of organizations that seek to center the rights of Black women.
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