10 Mar 2010 14:30:00 EST New updates of information and resources from AIDS.gov, the gateway to all Federal domestic HIV/AIDS information on prevention, testing, treatment, research programs, polices, and resources. http://www.aids.gov Health en-us http://www.aids.gov/images/rss_news.jpg http://www.aids.gov March 10th marks National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a nationwide observance coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Office on Women's Health. More than 200 events will take place across the country to encourage discussion and educate women and girls about the importance of getting tested. 10 Mar 2010 13:00:00 EST http://www.hhs.gov/ophs/news/20100310.html AIDS.gov Health HIV can avoid the effects of antiretroviral therapy by hiding in long-living bone marrow cells, reawakening later to continue the cycle of infection, scientists reported on Sunday. The virus is dormant in bone marrow cells, forming a reservoir of infection resistant to highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and the immune response, wrote Dr. Kathleen Collins, of the University of Michigan, and colleagues. 07 Mar 2010 13:00:00 EST http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/display/NewsDisplay.asp?NewsNbr=54898 AIDS.gov Health The meeting provided an update on the framework for the NHAS and provided an opportunity for participants to meet the Federal HIV/AIDS Interagency Working Group. This group is made up of representatives from agencies working on HIV/AIDS across the Federal government, including White House offices, and is responsible for developing the NHAS. 03 Mar 2010 14:30:00 EST http://www.aids.gov/national-hiv-aids-strategy/ AIDS.gov Health As we commemorate the fifth annual National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, we are reminded that in the United States, women and teenage girls accounted for more than a quarter of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2007 and more than 93,900 cumulative deaths from AIDS. Black women in this country suffer disproportionately from the HIV/AIDS epidemic, as they acquire new HIV infections at nearly 15 times the rate of white women. Worldwide, half of the estimated 33.4 million people living with HIV in 2008 were female, and HIV was the leading cause of disease and death for women of childbearing age. 2 Mar 2010 14:30:00 EST http://www.nih.gov/news/health/mar2010/niaid-02.htm AIDS.gov Health Atlanta, Georgia, March 8-11. STDs pose a threat to the health and well-being of millions of Americans every year. 02 Mar 2010 14:30:00 EST http://www.cdc.gov/stdconference/ AIDS.gov Health This plan articulates a vision and overarching goals and strategies to guide and enhance NCHHSTP's programs to prevent HIV/AIDS, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis (TB) infections. The strategic plan recognizes the dynamic interplay of factors that continue to drive epidemics of HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STDs and TB at home and abroad. 01 Mar 2010 14:30:00 EST http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/publications AIDS.gov Health The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing clinical trial data about a potentially serious effect on the heart from the use of Invirase (saquinavir) in combination with Norvir (ritonavir). The data suggest that together the two drugs may affect the electrical activity of the heart. 23 Feb 2010 14:30:00 EST http://www.fda.gov/Drugs/DrugSafety/PostmarketDrugSafetyInformationforPatientsandProviders/ucm201221.htm AIDS.gov Health WASHINGTON, DC - Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis today announced a total of nearly $1 billion in Recovery Act awards to help health care providers advance the adoption and meaningful use of health information technology (IT) and train workers for the health care jobs of the future. The awards will help make health IT available to over 100,000 hospitals and primary care physicians by 2014 and train thousands of people for careers in health care and information technology. This Recovery Act investment will help grow the emerging health IT industry which is expected to support tens of thousands of jobs ranging from nurses and pharmacy techs to IT technicians and trainers. 12 Feb 2010 14:30:00 EST http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2010pres/02/20100212a.html AIDS.gov Health National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day reminds us of the continuing and devastating impact of HIV in black communities, and of the nearly quarter of a million African-Americans with AIDS who have lost their lives since the beginning of the epidemic. 5 Feb 2010 14:30:00 EST http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/Newsroom/NBHAAD2010.html AIDS.gov Health African-Americans continue to bear the largest and most disproportionate burden of HIV/AIDS of all racial and ethnic groups in the United States. While black men and women made up 13 percent of the U.S. population in 2007, they accounted for more than half of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses that year and nearly half of all Americans living with HIV/AIDS. For black women ages 35 to 44, HIV was the third leading cause of death in 2006. In our nation's capital, whose HIV/AIDS epidemic is among the worst in the United States, 6.5 percent of black men are living with the virus—a percentage higher than that of any other racial, ethnic or gender group in the city, and higher than in many countries in Africa. 1 Feb 2010 11:30:00 EST http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2010/BAAID10.htm AIDS.gov Health Over the past two decades, HIV resistance to antiretrovirals (ARVs) has risen to high levels in the wealthier countries of the world able to afford widespread treatment. 22 Jan 2010 11:30:00 EST http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/ListServ/PreviewPage.aspx?pageID=297 AIDS.gov Health Supports health insurance reform by expanding patient-centered health research to give patients and physicians the best available information on what treatments will work the best for them; supporting investments in health information technology; expanding prevention and wellness activities; and launching payment reform demonstration programs in Medicare. 01 Feb 2010 17:30:00 EST http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/fy11/pdf/budget/health.pdf AIDS.gov Health African-Americans continue to bear the largest and most disproportionate burden of HIV/AIDS of all racial and ethnic groups in the United States. 01 Feb 2010 17:30:00 EST http://www.nih.gov/news/health/feb2010/niaid-01.htm AIDS.gov Health National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) announced the start of a new large, multinational clinical trial called the PROMISE ("Promoting Maternal-Infant Survival Everywhere") study. The trial will help determine how best to reduce the risk of HIV transmission from infected pregnant women to their babies during pregnancy and breastfeeding while preserving the health of these children and their mothers. 21 Jan 2010 11:30:00 EST http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2010/PROMISE.htm AIDS.gov Health Officials from the National Institutes of Health and the city of Washington, D.C. today announced the new D.C. Partnership for HIV/AIDS Progress, a collaborative research initiative between NIH and the D.C. Department of Health designed to decrease the rate of new HIV infections in the city, improve the health of district residents living with HIV infection, and strengthen the city's response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The partnership is being co-led by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of NIH, and the D.C. Department of Health. 12 Jan 2010 11:30:00 EST http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/news/newsreleases/2010/DCHIVpartnership.htm AIDS.gov Health To test the efficacy of two smoking cessation interventions in an HIV-positive sample from eight immunology clinics in the Northeast, the researchers designed a randomized controlled trial, providing standard care (SC) treatment plus nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) versus more intensive motivationally enhanced (ME) treatment plus NRT. 11 Jan 2010 11:30:00 EST http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/News/NewsList.asp#54545 AIDS.gov Health HIV-positive adults are being recruited for a clinical trial on the effects of the H1N1 virus and the vaccine against it. 07 Jan 2010 11:30:00 EST http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/News/NewsList.asp#54549 AIDS.gov Health Medicare has extended coverage to include HIV testing, a move that advocates say may boost testing among the program's beneficiaries and potentially other groups. 04 Jan 2010 11:30:00 EST http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/News/NewsList.asp#54542 AIDS.gov Health More information about the National AIDS Strategy is available at the White House Office of National AIDS Policy website. For more information on HIV/AIDS in the United States please visit http://aids.gov/ 5 Jan 2010 11:30:00 EST http://www.aids.gov/community-discussions/ AIDS.gov Health As of January 4, 2010, infection with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is no longer a ground of inadmissibility. If you have an HIV infection, you are no longer inadmissible to the United States starting Jan. 4, 2010 4 Jan 2010 11:30:00 EST http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2009/E9-26337.htm AIDS.gov Health The National Plan for Action, which captures the status of health disparities in our country and proposes 20 strategies for their elimination, is a thoughtful and thorough collaborative effort of representatives from community, faith-based and non-profit organizations, academic institutions, foundations and Federal, State and local agencies. 4 Jan 2010 11:30:00 EST http://www.minorityhealth.hhs.gov/npa/templates/browse.aspx?lvl=1&lvlID=31 AIDS.gov Health A 21-year ban on federal funding for needle-exchange programs (NEPs) came to an end with the signing of an appropriations bill on Wednesday. 22 Dec 2009 16:30:00 EST http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/display/NewsDisplay.asp?NewsNbr=54480 AIDS.gov Health The death rates of children with HIV have decreased ninefold since doctors started prescribing cocktails of antiretroviral drugs in the mid-1990s, concludes a large-scale study of the long-term outcomes of children and adolescents with HIV in the United States. In spite of this improvement, however, young people with HIV continue to die at 30 times the rate of youth of similar age who do not have HIV, found researchers from the National Institutes of Health and other institutions. 19 Dec 2009 11:30:00 EST http://www.nih.gov/news/health/dec2009/nichd-18.htm AIDS.gov Health On December 18th, Dr. David Blumenthal, the National Coordinator for Health IT, announced the availability of $60 million in Recovery Act funds to support the development of the Strategic Health IT Advanced Research Projects (SHARP) program. Funding will support four research projects designed to find solutions for health IT adoption challenges. 18 Dec 2009 16:30:00 EST http://healthit.hhs.gov/portal/server.pt AIDS.gov Health An investigational vaginal gel that had demonstrated in earlier testing some potential for inhibiting male-to-female sexual transmission of HIV was ineffective when tested in a larger clinical trial, according to findings announced by the Microbicides Development Programme (MDP), a not-for-profit partnership of 16 African and European research institutions. 18 Dec 2009 16:30:00 EST http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/ListServ/PreviewPage.aspx?pageID=291 AIDS.gov Health This document is intended to help health departments funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) improve the quality of their HIV counseling, testing, and referral (CTR) data. In addition to providing definitions of the principles, models, and concepts relevant to improving the quality of CTR data, the document describes recommended quality assurance (QA) practices and provides sample tools and templates to facilitate the implementation of QA systems and procedures for processing CTR data. 16 Dec 2009 13:30:00 EST http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/testing/resources/guidelines/qas/index.htm AIDS.gov Health This white paper Adobe PDF file provides NCHHSTP’s strategic vision and policy for PCSI, defines a framework for conceptualizing PCSI, outlines key measures to monitor and evaluate progress, and explains the role of internal and external stakeholders to help accomplish relevant goals. 16 Dec 2009 13:30:00 EST http://www.cdc.gov/nchhstp/programintegration/docs/207181-C_NCHHSTP_PCSI%20WhitePaper-508c.pdf AIDS.gov Health The current review discusses issues around screening to prevent anal cancer. 16 Dec 2009 13:30:00 EST http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/display/NewsDisplay.asp?NewsNbr=54448 AIDS.gov Health amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, invites you to a Congressional briefing on Friday, December 11, 2009. 8 Dec 2009 13:30:00 EST http://www.aids.gov/h1n1/ AIDS.gov Health More information about the National AIDS Strategy is available at the White House Office of National AIDS Policy website. For more information on HIV/AIDS in the United States please visit http://aids.gov/ 8 Dec 2009 13:30:00 EST http://www.aids.gov/community-discussions/ AIDS.gov Health On Friday, December 4, 2009, the next National HIV/AIDS Community Discussion will be held in New York City. These Discussions, hosted by the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP), offer the public a chance to provide input as the White House works to fulfill the President’s pledge to develop a National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS). 4 Dec 2009 13:30:00 EST http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/eop/onap/events/newyork AIDS.gov Health More information about the National AIDS Strategy is available at the White House Office of National AIDS Policy website. For more information on HIV/AIDS in the United States please visit http://aids.gov/ 1 Dec 2009 13:30:00 EST http://www.aids.gov/community-discussions/ AIDS.gov Health I was very pleased to join Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius, the President’s Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett, ONAP Director Jeffrey Crowley, and Dr. Elly Katabira, President-elect of the International AIDS Society at the White House today for an event on the eve of World AIDS Day 2009. World AIDS Day is an occasion to reflect on how far we have come in the fight against this epidemic, but also to remind ourselves of the important work we have yet to do in preventing and treating HIV. 30 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2009/11/30/gearing-2012-international-aids-conference AIDS.gov Health Our Nation joins the world in celebrating the extraordinary advancements we have made in the battle against HIV and AIDS, and remembering those we have lost. Over the past three decades, brave men and women have fought devastating discrimination, stigma, doubt, and violence as they stood in the face of this deadly disease. Many of them would not be here today, but for the dedication of other persons living with HIV, their loved ones and families, community advocates, and members of the medical profession. On World AIDS Day, we rededicate ourselves to developing a national AIDS strategy that will establish the priorities necessary to combat this devastating epidemic at home, and to renewing our leadership role and commitments abroad. 25 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/presidential-proclamation-world-aids-day AIDS.gov Health More information about the National AIDS Strategy is available at the White House Office of National AIDS Policy website. For more information on HIV/AIDS in the United States please visit http://aids.gov/ 9 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST http://www.aids.gov/community-discussions/ AIDS.gov Health The President talks about the legacy of Ryan White as he reauthorizes the landmark bill named in his honor that helps provide medical treatment to more than half a million Americans living with HIV/AIDS. 30 Oct 2009 13:30:00 EST http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SSVJns3grI AIDS.gov Health HIV infection is no longer an automatic reason for denying organ transplantation to patients who are otherwise candidates for the surgery. Since 1989, more than 500 transplants have been performed in patients known to have HIV, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing, the Richmond, Va.-based organization that manages the country's transplant system. 21 Oct 2009 13:30:00 EST http://www.cdcnpin.org/scripts/display/NewsDisplay.asp?NewsNbr=54109 AIDS.gov Health HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced plans to establish the nation's first national resource center to assist communities across the country in their efforts to provide services and supports for older lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals. 21 Oct 2009 13:30:00 EST http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/10/20091021a.html AIDS.gov Health The Administration strongly supports Senate passage of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009. The Ryan White program provides critical health care and related services to uninsured and underinsured people living with HIV/AIDS. This legislation authorizes appropriations for the program for the next four years. 19 Oct 2009 13:30:00 EST http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/assets/sap_111/saps1793s_20091019.pdf AIDS.gov Health "United We Can Stop HIV and Prevent AIDS. Unidos Podemos Detener el VIH y Prevenir el SIDA." That is the message for the seventh annual National Latino AIDS Awareness Day, which our nation observes today, October 15. This day is an opportunity for us to honor the dedicated family members, neighbors, coworkers, spiritual and community leaders, people living with HIV and AIDS, educators, health care workers, and advocates who want to stop the spread of HIV and to link people living with HIV to treatment and care. We must all work together to tackle the disproportionate impact of HIV and AIDS on Latino communities in the U.S. 15 Oct 2009 13:30:00 EST http://www.hhs.gov/ophs/news/20091015.html AIDS.gov Health The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) today announced the award of 5 new grants totaling up to $8.2 million for up to the next five years to community-based organizations providing integrated substance abuse and HIV/AIDS prevention services to at-risk, traditionally underserved populations. 14 Oct 2009 13:30:00 EST http://www.samhsa.gov/newsroom/advisories/0910133600.aspx AIDS.gov Health