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.

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.

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.

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.