Since the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 1996, the annual death rate from HIV/AIDS has dropped in the United States by over two-thirds. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that approximately 1.2 million Americans are living with HIV.
Today, on World AIDS Day, amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, and Treatment Action Group (TAG) called for a deliberate and expedited research agenda designed to begin to end the AIDS epidemic in the United States. Both organizations noted that in order to achieve this goal, Congress must end sequestration and work to ensure the full implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
167 Organizations and 513 Individuals Signed on to Letter to Secretary Sebelius on the Allowance of Co-pay Assistance in the ACA Health Plans
November 2013 By Karyn Kaplan and Tracy Swan The purpose of this manual is to provide information for you and your community. This information can be used to advocate for access to prevention and diagnosis of, and care and treatment…
The science of discovery comes with ethical challenges in human clinical trials By Richard Jefferys Over the past several years, there has been a welcome invigoration of the research effort to cure HIV infection. The mainstream media has picked up…
By Tim Horn Though the number of new HIV infections in the United States is down from its peak in the 1980s, incidence has refused to budge below its decade-long average: roughly 50,000 American residents are infected with the virus…
ACT UP/NY demands Department of Health accountability at the epicenter of the U.S. epidemic and commits to reinvigorate the national prevention agenda By Jim Eigo and James Krellenstein, ACT UP/NY The authors, James Krellenstein (left) and Jim Eigo, at an…
A coalition of community groups push to end AIDS at the epicenter of the U.S. epidemic Beginning in January 2013, a coalition of New York HIV/AIDS leaders came together to begin a series of discussions to reenvision the state’s HIV/AIDS…
Getting more HIV-positive people linked to and retained in care requires innovation and research By Tim Horn Viral-load suppression remains the holy grail of HIV care. Its associations with AIDS-free survival and a profound reduction in transmission risk are well…
President Obama orders multiagency cooperation to achieve National HIV/AIDS Strategy goals, but without required funding commitment By Scott Morgan If the United States is to effectively move toward the 2015 goals outlined in the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) through the…