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Risk Networks Recruiting Effective in Detecting Undiagnosed Patients with HIV

Identifying and interviewing risk networks of individuals who may be infected with HIV using the Transmission Reduction Intervention Project (TRIP) is an effective, low-cost and fe...

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Florida Begins Offering Free HIV Prevention

12345After years of rising HIV rates, Florida health officials are taking an unexpected step. They’re offering preventative medication for free.Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is b...

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Sexually transmitted disease? At my age?

For as long as humans have engaged in sex, there have been sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The term STD (which has replaced the older "venereal disease") generally refers to ...

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AIDS In America Is A Black Disease

My colleagues and I marched in the Kingdom Day Parade last month, and toward the end of the route, a group of 10-15 men and women began heckling us. “All Black people don’t have AI...

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USPSTF releases draft recommendation on syphilis screening in pregnant women

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has issued a draft recommendation affirming its 2009 decision that all women who are pregnant should be screened for syphilis.The “A” grade ...

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Protect Patients From a Surge in STDs

Hi. I'm Dr Gail Bolan, director of the Division of Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). I'm reaching out to healthcare p...

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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...