New Chapter of Black Treatment Advocates Network to Launch in Detroit

AAHU Fellow Quintin Stroud

Two 2016 African American HIV University graduates, Keith Hughes and Quintin Stroud, have come together to kick-start BTAN Detroit. Here we speak with Hughes about why a BTAN chapter is essential for this Midwestern city.

New Hepatitis C Treatments More Effective, Tolerable: FDA

Jeffrey S. Murray, M.D., MPH, is Deputy Director of the Division of Antiviral Products, U.S. Food and Drug Administration

Hepatitis C can be cured in about three months, allowing people with the viral disease to live longer, healthier lives, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says.

New HIV Diagnoses are on the Decline

HIV new diagnosis rate is down.

How do we know our national efforts to fight HIV are working? One of the best measures for answering this question is the annual number of new HIV diagnoses, which provides a proxy for new HIV infections when interpreted along with other data.

New HIV Diagnoses: Large Improvements In Some Groups Overshadow Results for People and Places Being Left Behind

HIV new diagnosis rate is down.

New HIV diagnoses are on the decline in the United States. Our previous blog in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) Indicator series showed that from 2010 to 2014 there was nearly a 7% decline in new diagnoses. Further, in 2014, we met the annual NHAS target for reducing new HIV diagnoses overall.

New Research Explores HIV Racial Disparities Among Black MSM

Steven M. Goodreau, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Washington

We've all seen the statistics showing that Black MSM are more likely to become HIV positive than White MSM. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in 2015 the rate of HIV diagnoses for Black men was nearly eight times the rate among White men.