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NIH Statement on World AIDS Day 2011

AIDS.gov — 1 Dec 2011 12:30:00 EST

This year, we commemorate World AIDS Day during the 30th year since the first reported cases of AIDS, a milestone that has led many to reflect on how far we have come since those dark days when HIV infection was almost always fatal. Remarkably, three decades of scientific progress in HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment have brought us to a time when we can begin to imagine an AIDS-free generation.

New Look and Feel for Redesigned AIDSinfo and infoSIDA Web Sites

AIDS.gov — 29 Nov 2011 12:30:00 EST

In keeping with this year's theme-Leading with Science, Uniting for Action-AIDSinfo is pleased to release the redesigned AIDSinfo and infoSIDA Web sites. These sister sites offer health care providers, researchers, people affected by HIV/AIDS, and others joined in the fight against HIV/AIDS science-based, federally approved information on HIV treatment and research, including medical practice guidelines and treatment and prevention research studies.

SAMHSA awards approximately $1.3 million to help communities offer expanded HIV testing, counseling, and referral for care

AIDS.gov — 17 Oct 2011 12:30:00 EST

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is announcing that it is awarding approximately $1.3 million in one year federal grants, funded through the Department of Health and Human Services Minority AIDS Initiative (MAI) Secretariat Emergency Fund, to expand the capacity of current SAMHSA MAI grantees to provide rapid HIV testing, counseling and referral to care.

NIH modifies 'VOICE' HIV prevention study in women

AIDS.gov — 28 Sep 2011 11:00:00 EST

An independent data and safety monitoring board (DSMB) recommended that the Vaginal and Oral Interventions to Control the Epidemic (VOICE) study discontinue evaluating tenofovir tablets because the study will be unable to show a difference in effect between tenofovir tablets and placebo tablets. The DSMB found no safety concerns with oral tenofovir, which is currently used to treat HIV, or with the other products that will continue to be investigated as the VOICE study proceeds.

SAMHSA announces $42.6 million in new grants for HIV/AIDS programs

AIDS.gov — 27 Sep 2011 11:00:00 EST

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is announcing $42.6 million in new grants to provide behavioral health services in communities most impacted by HIV/AIDS. Funding will be used to develop and expand networks of primary care, HIV/AIDS and behavioral health service providers serving racial and ethnic minorities with or at high risk for HIV/AIDS.

CDC awards $55M for YMSM of color

AIDS.gov — 27 Sep 2011 12:00:00 EST

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today awarded $55 million over five years to 34 community-based organizations (CBOs) to expand HIV prevention services for young gay and bisexual men of color, transgender youth of color, and their partners. The awards expand upon a previous program to reach these populations with an increase of $10 million to fund a larger number of community organizations. The average award for each organization is approximately $300,000 per year.

HRSA awards $1.80B for HIV/AIDS activities

AIDS.gov — 26 Sep 2011 12:00:00 EST

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) today announced the release of more than $1.89 billion to ensure that people living with HIV/AIDS continue to have access to life-saving health care and medications. The grants are funded through the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program, which helps more than half a million individuals each year obtain clinical care, treatment and social support services.

Statement by Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

AIDS.gov — 26 Jul 2011 11:00:00 EST

Today, I join my fellow Americans in celebrating the anniversary of the passage of a great civil rights achievement, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). As we look back at the progress we’ve made in the last 21 years, we must also look forward and recommit ourselves to achieving the law's goals of ensuring "equality of opportunity, full participation, independent living, and economic self-sufficiency" for all Americans with disabilities.

Keeping Our Partnerships Alive: HUD and Faith-Based Community Organizations' Response to HIV/AIDS

AIDS.gov — 26 Jul 2011 11:00:00 EST

Register for this August 3 program sponsored by HUD Center for Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships, Office of HIV/AIDS Housing & Baltimore Office.

Statement by the President on National HIV Testing Day

AIDS.gov — 27 Jun 2011 11:00:00 EST

Statement by the President on National HIV Testing Day National HIV Testing Day reminds each of us to do our part in fighting HIV/AIDS and get tested. It has been thirty years since we witnessed the emergence of HIV, an illness from which roughly 600,000 Americans have died and with which more than one million Americans live.

HRSA Bureau of Primary Health Care Program Assistance Letter (PAL) 2011-06, HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment in Health Centers

AIDS.gov — 24 Jun 2011 11:00:00 EST

This PAL outlines BPHC expectations on increased integration of HIV/AIDS services across the Health Center Program and gives information/resources on treatment and care of people living with HIV/AIDS.

Coverage and Service Design Opportunities for Individuals Living with HIV

AIDS.gov — 8 Jun 2011 16:00:00 EST

In June 2011, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released a State Medicaid Director letter providing guidance to inform States of opportunities to provide Medicaid coverage to individuals living with HIV in support of President Obama's National HIV/AIDS Strategy.

NIH Statement by Dr. Fauci and Dr. Whitescarver: The 30th Anniversary of the First Reported Cases of AIDS

AIDS.gov — 2 Jun 2011 12:30:00 EST

On June 5, 1981, an article concerning five previously healthy, young gay men in Los Angeles diagnosed with Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, an infection that usually appears only in individuals with substantial immune system damage, appeared in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, a publication of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CDC Dr Frieden's Statement: Commemorating 30 Years of HIV/AIDS

AIDS.gov — 2 Jun 2011 12:30:00 EST

This week marks 30 years since the first report of a mysterious and deadly new syndrome that would come to be known as AIDS was published in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). At the time, no one could have predicted the enormous toll the disease would take—claiming the lives of more than 500,000 Americans and many millions worldwide. Today we remember those we have lost, and honor them by recommitting ourselves to the fight against this deadly yet preventable disease.

Secretary Clinton's Remarks: International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

AIDS.gov — 17 May 2011 12:30:00 EST

As we mark the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia this May 17, let us resolve to redouble our efforts to break the cycle of fear and violence, we must work together to improve education and support those who stand up against laws that criminalize love and promote hate.

2011 HIV Vaccine Awareness Day Press Statement by Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, NIAID, NIH

AIDS.gov — 16 May 2011 20:30:00 EST

Thirty years since the first report of the disease we now know as AIDS, scientists supported by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, continue advancing toward our goal of a vaccine to prevent HIV infection. I am optimistic that we will succeed.

SAMHSA accepting applications for $40.25 million for HIV/AIDS programs

AIDS.gov — 10 May 2011 16:30:00 EST

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is accepting grant applications, from eligible state and local health departments, for up to $40.25 million for the Minority AIDS Initiative-Targeted Capacity Expansion (MAI-TCE) grant program.

TB & HIV: Deadly Duo

AIDS.gov — 17 Mar 2011 12:30:00 EST

This March 24th CDC webcast seeks to dispel myths and misconceptions about TB and HIV, discuss actions needed to reduce the spread and burden of TB, and advance our efforts in preventing deaths from TB/HIV.

Statement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Regarding National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, February 7, 2011

AIDS.gov — 04 Feb 2011 16:30:00 EST

Since the beginning of the epidemic, African Americans have been deeply affected by HIV. Black men who have sex with men and black women are particularly at risk. According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, blacks make up just 14-percent of the total U.S. population yet represent almost half of those living with HIV and about half of those with AIDS who die each year.

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NIH Statement on World AIDS Day 2011

New Look and Feel for Redesigned AIDSinfo and infoSIDA Web Sites

SAMHSA awards approximately $1.3 million to help communities offer expanded HIV testing, counseling, and referral for care

NIH modifies 'VOICE' HIV prevention study in women

SAMHSA announces $42.6 million in new grants for HIV/AIDS programs

CDC awards $55M for YMSM of color

HRSA awards $1.80B for HIV/AIDS activities

Statement by Secretary Kathleen Sebelius on the Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

Keeping Our Partnerships Alive: HUD and Faith-Based Community Organizations' Response to HIV/AIDS

Statement by the President on National HIV Testing Day

HRSA Bureau of Primary Health Care Program Assistance Letter (PAL) 2011-06, HIV/AIDS Care and Treatment in Health Centers

Coverage and Service Design Opportunities for Individuals Living with HIV

NIH Statement by Dr. Fauci and Dr. Whitescarver: The 30th Anniversary of the First Reported Cases of AIDS

CDC Dr Frieden's Statement: Commemorating 30 Years of HIV/AIDS

Secretary Clinton's Remarks: International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

2011 HIV Vaccine Awareness Day Press Statement by Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, NIAID, NIH

SAMHSA accepting applications for $40.25 million for HIV/AIDS programs

TB & HIV: Deadly Duo

Statement by HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius Regarding National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, February 7, 2011