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HIV News from the CDC

Fact Sheet: HIV/AIDS Surveillance
Through its national HIV/AIDS surveillance system, CDC can monitor many aspects of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, including HIV/AIDS and AIDS diagnoses, deaths among persons with AIDS, people living with HIV/AIDS or AIDS, and beginning in 2008, the number of new HIV infections.

MMWR: Trends in HIV/AIDS Diagnoses Among Men Who Have Sex with Men --- 33 States, 2001--2006
In 2008, CDC conducted an analysis of trends in diagnoses of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the 33 states* that have had confidential, name-based HIV case reporting since at least 2001. This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which indicated that the number of HIV/AIDS diagnoses among MSM overall during 2001--2006 increased 8.6% (estimated annual percentage change [EAPC] = 1.5). During 2001--2006, an estimated 214,379 persons had HIV/AIDS diagnosed in the 33 states.

MMWR: False-Positive Oral Fluid Rapid HIV Tests--New York City, 2005-2008
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) operates 10 sexually transmitted disease (STD) walk-in clinics offering various free services, including confidential or anonymous testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

MMWR: Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance
Problem: Priority health-risk behaviors, which are behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among youth and adults, often are established during childhood and adolescence, extend into adulthood, are interrelated, and are preventable.

Updated Slide Set: HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Urban and Nonurban Areas
Surveillance slide set of HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Urban and Nonurban Areas
 
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Preventing Chronic Disease News from the CDC
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