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As Prevention Strategy for Sexually Transmitted Infections Rolls Out, Experts Highlight both Promise and Knowledge Gaps - Blog
Recent One Year of Action: HHS’s Efforts to Flatten the Curve of the Syphilis Surge 12-27-2024Editor s note: On October 7, 2024, we shared this blog post on the efforts of the U.S. Department of Health an... - Blog
Stopping Syphilis: The Top 10 List for Moving Forward 11-26-2024The final webinar in the Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy s summer seminar series on syphilis... - Blog
CDC Releases 2023 STI Surveillance Report 11-13-2024Cross-posted from: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Dear Colleagues, [On November 5, 2024], CDC rele... - Blog
$4.8 Million Minority HIV/AIDS Fund Investment Supports CDC Awards for Doxy PEP Implementation and HIV/Syphilis Point-of-Care Testing 10-25-2024Dear Partners in Prevention, I am pleased to report that CDC has awarded funding to the University of Alabama B... - Blog
USCHA 2024 – Syndemic, EHE in the South, and Generative AI 09-27-2024Watch conversations from USCHA 2024 about the syndemic of syphilis, substance use, and HIV, the Ending the HIV Epidemic in the U.S. initiative, and the cautious… - Blog
Recent Research News Roundup: HIV and Other Infectious Diseases 09-18-2024NIH s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has recently shared news about mpox research, HIV risk among cisgender women, COVID in people with..… - Blog
HRSA HAB Releases New Doxy PEP and STI Program Letter 08-07-2024Cross-posted from: TargetHIV Dear Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program Recipients, In April 2023, the Health Resources... - Blog
Day 2 at AIDS 2024: NIH Research Updates, Inequities, U=U, and Doxy PrEP 07-23-2024Watch HIV.gov s conversations on the second day of the International AIDS Conference in Munich, Germany. - Blog
Register Today! “Considerations for Using & Implementing Syphilis Point of Care Tests” Webinar on July 31 07-19-2024Summary: The next event in Stopping Syphilis: The HHS Summer Seminar Series is on July 31, 12-1 pm EDT. Tune in to Considerations for Using & Imple... - Blog
Statement from Assistant Secretary for Health Levine on Point of Care Testing for Syphilis 06-12-2024Cross-posted from: HHS Newsroom Over the past decade, syphilis rates and case numbers in the U.S. have increase... - Blog
Dr. Mermin Discusses New Doxy PEP Guidelines for STI Prevention 06-06-2024Watch CDC s Dr. Mermin discuss guidelines for the first new STI prevention tool in decades. - Blog
An Emergency Department Screening Strategy Identifies Asymptomatic and Undiagnosed Syphilis 06-05-2024As syphilis rates continue to rise in the United States, emergency departments may be a way for people with limited healthcare access to get screening and treat… - Blog
CDC Publishes Doxy PEP Clinical Guidelines for Bacterial STI Prevention 06-04-2024Doxy PEP represents the first new STI prevention tool in decades, at a time when innovation in the nation s fight against STIs is desperately needed. - Blog
ICYMI: Research Roundup from CROI 2024 05-01-2024A quick roundup of key topics of HIV.gov’s coverage of the 2024 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections from HIV testing, treatment, and P… - Blog
Routine Emergency Department Screening Reduces Congenital Syphilis: CROI 2024 Highlight 04-24-2024While at the 2024 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) last month, HIV.gov discussed an innovative syphilis screening program that is.… - Blog
Syphilis Is a Public Health Priority 04-19-2024Cross-posted from: HHS Blog Summary: Syphilis is surging in the U.S. During STI Awareness Week, help spread the... - Blog
Spread the Word about the Link Between Syphilis and HIV 04-18-2024National STI Awareness Week is an opportunity to raise awareness of the importance of syphilis prevention, testi... - Blog
Doxy-PEP Research Roundup for STI Awareness Week 04-18-2024During this week s observance of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) Awareness Week, HIV.gov is sharing a ro... - Blog
Sexually Transmitted Infections—A Closer Look at NIAID Research 04-17-2024Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are caused by bacteria, viruses, or parasites. STIs have a devastating...