Monthly Archives: June 2011

HIV Testing Project Discovers 18,000 New Cases

Posted on June 24, 2011 by

This is in today’s CDC Prevention News – UNITED STATES:   ”HIV Testing Project Discovers 18,000 New Cases” Washington Post     (06.24.11):: David Brown A CDC initiative to expand HIV testing and link those infected to care resulted in more than 18,000 … Continue reading →

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Annual HIV Testing for MSM May Not Be Enough

Posted on June 21, 2011 by

From: http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6021a3.htm Published: June 02, 2011  “Although men who have sex with men (MSM) comprise an estimated 2% of the overall U.S. population aged ≥13 years (1), 59% of persons with diagnoses of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in the … Continue reading →

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Short Message Service Reminder Intervention Doubles Sexually Transmitted Infection/HIV Retesting Rates Among Men Who Have Sex with Men

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

Sexually Transmitted Infections Vol. 87: P. 229-231    (04..11):: C. Bourne; V. Knight; R. Guy; H. Wand; H. Lu; A. McNulty In the current study, researchers evaluated the effect of a short message service (SMS) reminder system on STI retesting rates … Continue reading →

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For Gay Men, Serious Relationships Still Harbor Risks for HIV

Posted on June 16, 2011 by

Tue Jun 7, 11:48 pm ET TUESDAY, June 7 (HealthDay News) — Being in a serious relationship is not enough to protect young gay men from infection with HIV, new research suggests. In fact, a study by researchers at Northwestern … Continue reading →

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