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R.I.P. Humberto Cruz, HIV Advocate for Immigrants and People of Color

“Humberto truly understood the plight of people on the margins of society, of people who have the least access to health care.”

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New Rule at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Helps Lower Costs of Meds

Here’s when insurers must allow co-pay assistance from drug companies to count toward patient cost-sharing requirements.

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Bans Co-pay Accumulators

Here’s when insurers must allow co-pay assistance from drug companies to count toward patient cost-sharing requirements.

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Make Your Reservations for Dining Out for Life 2019

In many cities, restaurants help raise HIV funds with events this week—notably, on Thursday, April 25.

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MAC AIDS Fund Kicks Off Its 25th Year With Big Transformations

Now called the MAC Viva Glam Fund, the U.S. foundation honors 10 groups with $25,000 grants.

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Outbreak of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection Among Heterosexual Persons Who Are Living Homeless and Inject Drugs - Seattle, Washington, 2018

In 2018, disease investigation and molecular HIV surveillance in Seattle, Washington, identified 14 related HIV diagnoses among heterosexuals who were living homeless, most of whom injected drugs. From 2017 to mid-November 2018, the number of HIV diagnoses among heterosexuals in King County, Washington, who inject drugs increased 286%.

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National Transgender HIV Testing Day 2019

Transgender women—notably, those who are Black and Latina—experience disproportionately high rates of HIV.

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Reforms in Mexico Could Endanger Thousands Living With HIV

The country’s new administration is changing the way it buys medicines and funds clinics.

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Dear Colleague: CDC Observes Transgender HIV Testing Day

National Transgender HIV Testing Day is observed each year on April 18. This day is an opportunity to focus on HIV testing, prevention, and treatment among transgender people. It encourages local testing events and testing campaigns to increase HIV status awareness in transgender populations.

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Amazon’s Alexa Skills Kit Is a Health Care Game Changer

Alexa can now securely transmit and receive personalized medical information.

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Black AIDS Institute Names a New Deputy Director

Bruce Smail is a Black bisexual man living with HIV who has worked for HIV groups in the Virgin Islands and New York state.

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Fact Sheet: HIV and Transgender People

This web content contains information and statistical data about HIV among transgender people.

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Infographic: Diagnoses of HIV Infection in the United States and Dependent Areas, 2017

The annual HIV Surveillance Report provides an overview on the current epidemiology of HIV disease in the United States and dependent areas. CDC funds state and territorial health departments to collect surveillance data on persons diagnosed with HIV infection; all personal identifiers are removed from these data before being transmitted to CDC via a secure data network. Data are analyzed by CDC and then displayed by age, race, sex, transmission category, and jurisdiction (where appropriate). The report is published annually.

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Arizona Repeals “No Promo Homo” Law That Hindered HIV Education

The anti-LGBT law barred students from getting medically accurate information about safe sex.

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HIV Testing Basics—Presented in American Sign Language [VIDEO]

This mini-episode of “Kikis with Louie” ensures that more people have access to testing information.

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What Fuels the Spike in HIV Among Injection Drug Users in Glasgow?

Unlike outbreaks among drug users in the United States, this one isn’t linked to opioids or meth.

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Fact Sheet: HIV and Youth

This updated web content provides information and statistical data about HIV and youth, including a fact sheet that visually displays this information.