The new agency at the center of health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s agenda is hitting its first hurdle: Congress.

The US Department of Health and Human Services is reinstating more than 450 employees at the US Centers for Disease Control ...

The proposed budget for the Department of Health and Human Services slashes CDC and NIH funding in favor of the new ...

The current administration has pulled millions in HIV-related grants and cut staffing positions essential to research and ...

Despite comprising about 32% of Georgia's population, Black people accounted for approximately 71% of new HIV diagnoses in 2021. (Getty Images) ...

But for many clinicians who specialize in women's health, losing the team responsible for the CDC's contraception guidelines was a devastating blow to women's health. " I just remember feeling ...

Almost half (48%) of HIV patients sometimes feel unheard by their healthcare providers, which highlights a need for increased disease awareness, according to the early results of a new ViiV Healthcare ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Kern County Public Director Brynn Carrigan says local HIV rates are up significantly. In 2023, the most recent year for which confirmed local HIV numbers are available, ...

On top of these existing burdens, HIV remains a significant public health challenge. The country is home to an estimated 610 000 people living with HIV, with over half a million currently on ...

The CDC, too, has stepped up its outreach to African American women, said Franciso Ruiz, team leader for national partnerships in the division of HIV/AIDS prevention. Its Pact to Act Against AIDS ...

The change, which was already being studied by experts who advise the CDC on its vaccine recommendations, will more closely align the United States with guidelines in the UK, Canada and Australia.

This initiative coincided with a 12 percent decline in new HIV infections nationally from 2018 to 2022. The CDC stated that preventive measures such as “increases in preexposure prophylaxis ...