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Wednesday is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day #NBHAAD

The 2018 theme is “Stay the Course, the Fight is Not Over!". The focus of NBHAAD is to get Blacks educated about the basics of HIV and AIDS in their local communities....

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Scientists Zero in on Better Saliva-Based HIV Test

MONDAY, Jan. 29, 2018 (HealthDay News) -- An experimental saliva-based HIV test shows promise, researchers report.The new test may be able to detect early evidence of HIV antibodie...

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This STD Is Surprisingly Common And Becoming Resistant To Antibiotics - But You've Probably Never Heard Of It

There’s a stealthy, increasingly common, and aggressively-resilient sexually transmitted disease (STD) that's lurking around, yet there's a strong chance you have never heard its n...

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SAVE THE DATE! 2018 STD Prevention Conference

It’s hard to believe how much timehas passed since the last STD Prevention Conference was held in Atlanta inSeptember of 2016. Every other year colleagueorganizations proudly p...

New Report: Black Americans still struggle to access PrEP, a medication that could lower HIV rates in the community.

The CDC also noted that according to estimates, “94% of White people who could benefit from PrEP have been prescribed it, but only 13% of Black and 24% of Hispanic/Latino people wh...

Missed Opportunities for Preventing Congenital Syphilis — United States, 2022

Congenital syphilis cases in the United States increased 755% during 2012–2021. Syphilis during pregnancy can lead to stillbirth, miscarriage, infant death, and maternal and infant...

Updated Version of the STI Treatment Guidelines App is Now Available!

There is an updated version of the CDC STI Treatment Guidelines app that is now available in GooglePlay and Apple’s App Store.If you have the app installed on your phone, please go...

Understanding the Impact of Mpox on Sexual Health Clinical Services: A National Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Survey – United States, 2022

During the 2022 mpox outbreak, most cases were associated with sexual contact and many people with mpox sought care from sexual health clinics and programs. The National Network of...

Guidelines for the Use of Doxycycline Post-Exposure Prophylaxis for Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Prevention; Request for Comment and Informational Presentation

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announces the opening of a docket to obtain comment on proposed guidelines...

NEW: Online Classes with CE!

Recognizing the challenges faced by healthcare providers in attending face-to-face training, the NNPTC offers free online learning and distance learning options. ...

Health Equity Considerations for Doxycycline as STIPEP

Gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (GBMSM) and transgender people experience higher rates of STIs than other populations, and the disparities are even larger for GB...

HHS Releases First-Ever STI Federal Implementation Plan

The new plan outlines federal actions to reduce the burden of sexually transmitted infections in the United States through 2025.The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HH...