SAN FRANCISCO -- On Wednesday, President Obama appointed San Francisco HIV prevention specialist Dr. Grant Colfax to direct the Office of National AID...
Without important changes in the way our country addresses HIV/AIDS, in five years the annual rate of 56,000 new infections is more likely to grow than to decline.
This week, HIV/AIDS advocacy organizations around the country are encouraging the public to "Get Yourself Tested," a campaign that culminates on Sunday, June 27, National HIV Testing Day.
This May, President Obama's Office of National AIDS Policy held a meeting to discuss how to tackle the U.S. epidemic. What made this meeting different from past iterations was the diverse group of people in attendance.
Globally, many are acting as though HIV and AIDS are no longer the threat they were 25 years ago when the HIV virus was first discovered. However, in fact they remain an unparalleled global health threat.