News 2017
The Tools for a "Good Offense" To Prevent HIV among Women and Girls
Hazel D. Dean, ScD, DrPH (Hon), FACE, Deputy Director, National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, March 10, was sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Women's Health. The theme for 2017 was The Best Defense Is a Good Offense and asked every woman to take action to protect themselves and others from HIV.
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Baby Boomers Get an 'F' for Hep C Testing
Despite recommendations, too few American baby boomers are tested for hepatitis C, a new study reveals.
In 2013, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) advised all Americans born between 1945 and 1965 to get a one-time test for hepatitis C virus.
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Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office reported that more than 14 million Americans would lose their health insurance within one year and 24 million by 2026, if the current version of the Republican's American Health Care Act gets passed.
Topical PrEP Gel Can't Withstand Vaginal Flora; Oral PrEP Does
Nichole Klatt, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, in both the Department of Pharmaceutics and in Pathobiology, presents research on the effect of gardnerella on Tenofovir
Diverse communities of microbes in the vagina may have a role in a woman's vulnerability to HIV; however, they don't keep oral PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, pills from doing their job. These reassuring findings were presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), the world's largest HIV research meeting, in February 2017, where the vagina and its numerous microbial inhabitants were a hot topic.
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AAHU Fellow Krystle Kirkland-Mobley: 'Trust the Process!'
AAHU Fellow Krystle Kirkland Mobley
One in a series about recent graduates of the African American HIV University (AAHU). Kirkland-Mobley was this year's salutatorian.
What made you get involved in HIV/AIDS?
I started volunteering and doing a lot of community service in college and through my sorority. My first actual position was with Switchboard of Miami, a community-based organization where we educated college freshmen on HIV/AIDS, STDs and substance abuse.
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