Comprehensive Reforms and Resources Needed to Address the Dual Opioid and ID Epidemic

The National Academy of Medicine report released Thursday, Opportunities to Improve Opioid Use Disorder and Infectious Disease Services: Integrating Responses to a Dual Epidemic,

Preparing for Long-Acting Antiretroviral Treatment

Information to help clinics and clinicians prepare for delivery system, staffing and administrative changes that may be needed for providing access to long-acting ARV treatment.

Congress Approves Critical Resources for Public Health, Ending the HIV Epidemic

The bill provides $241 million in new funding for the administration’s Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative.

House Drug Pricing Bill Serves Patients, Public Health

H.R. 3, the Elijah E. Cummings Lower Drug Costs Now Act passed by the House of Representatives today introduces critically needed and significant steps to reduce costs and improve access to life-saving therapies

This World AIDS Day Finds Us at a Crossroads

This World AIDS Day marks a promising and unprecedented point in a quest begun nearly four decades ago to end the global public health threat of HIV through science and solidarity.

Take Action to Maintain LGBTQ Protections in HHS Programs

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is proposing to remove non-discriminations protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity that the Obama Administration implemented through regulation in 2016. Urge HHS to withdrawal the proposed rule by Dec. 19th.

Journal Articles Explore Fatal Consequences of Immigrant Detention Policies, Conditions

Clinical Infectious Diseases articles examine child deaths at U.S. immigrant detention centers.

New STD Data Represent Urgent Call for Action

The continued steep increase in incidence of sexually transmitted diseases reported by the CDC Tuesday, is a cause for deep concern about dangerous gaps in our public health infrastructure.

HIVMA Names Judith Feinberg, MD, FIDSA as Chair of its Board of Directors

HIVMA is pleased to announce the election of five members to its Board of Directors and to name Judith Feinberg, MD, FIDSA as its new Chair.

HIVMA Recognizes Excellence in HIV Education, Research With 2019 Awards

Recognizing preeminent contributions to the field of HIV medicine in clinical education and research, HIVMA will present its 2019 Awards for Excellence to Dr. Carlos del Rio, FIDSA, and Dr. Andrea L. Ciaranello, MPH, FIDSA, at IDWeek 2019 events in Washington, DC.

Senate Subcommittees Takes Important Step Toward Ending HIV While Resources to Address Concurrent Epidemics, Housing Remain Critical, but Unaddressed

The Senate Labor, Health and Human Services and Related Programs Appropriations subcommittee’s allocations of funding for the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative in its proposed budget for 2020 represent a significant step toward an ambitious, critical, and achievable goal.

HIV, Infectious Diseases Provider Organizations Call for In-patient Antiretroviral Stewardship

IDSA, HIVMA and the American Academy of HIV Medicine call for antiretroviral treatment stewardship in hospital settings to support appropriate use of the drugs, in a paper published in Clinical Infectious Diseases.