News Archive

MAY-01-12  Medscape has released a new Continuing Medical Education/Continuing Educaiton (CME/CE) activity entitled "Overcoming Obstacles to HIV Care Referral and Payment," which focuses on strategies to overcome barriers to HIV care, including linkage to care, access to funds, and patient incentives.   The activity is part of the TREAT Initiative, an ongoing collaboration between the HIV Forum and Medscape.  Read more.

MAY-01-12  May is Hepatitis Awareness Month.  An estimated 3.5–5.3 million Americans are living with chronic (lifelong) hepatitis B or hepatitis C virus infection. Most of them do not know that they are infected, placing them at greater risk for severe, even fatal, complications from the disease and increasing the likelihood that they will spread the virus to others.  Read more.  

APR-24-12 NBGMAC hosted a webinar on April 24, 2012 from 2-4 PM (EST) entitled "HIV/AIDS Research Update for Young Black MSM."  Read more.  

MAR-26-12  At the recent 19th CROI meeting, Dr. Ron Valdiserri spoke with Dr. Jonathan Mermin about some of the significant findings from the conference including advances related to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and the growing discussions of an AIDS-free generation.  Read more.

MAR-28-12  Join the CSIS Global Health Policy Center to look at the history of the International AIDS Conference on March 28th from 11:45am-1:30pm EST.  Read more.  

MAR-21-12  A new analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation examines state Medicaid coverage of routine HIV screening and finds that currently, about half of states cover routine screening under their Medicaid programs.  Read more.

MAY-10-12  FDA is announcing an upcoming meeting of its Antiviral Drugs Advisory Committee on May 10, 2012, from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The committee will discuss an efficacy supplement for TRUVADA (emtricitabine/tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) Tablet, submitted by Gilead Sciences, Inc.  Read more.

MAR-14-12  Today, President Obama announced the appointment of one of the nation’s leading public health policy experts as the Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP). Grant Colfax, MD, Director of the HIV Prevention Section in the San Francisco Department of Public Health will coordinate the continuing efforts of the government to reduce the number of HIV infections across the United States.  Read more.

MAR-14-12  VIDEO: At the 19th CROI meeting last week, Dr. Ron Valdiserri spoke with Dr. Michael Horberg about the paper Dr. Horberg presented at CROI on the impact of missed office visits on HIV outcomes and mortality.  Click here to read more.  

FEB-24-12  The Fenway Institute recently published a review of PrEP implementation issues, titled Pre-exposure prophyalxis for HIV prevention: Moving toward implementation.  Click here to read more.