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The Language Access Health Project offers translation and interpretation services in all languages to service providers and their non-English and limited English speaking clients who are living with H... Details >
Also available in: Spanish
Connects to information on AIDS and HIV infection, including prevention, definitions; symptoms, and transmission.... Details >
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This brochure discusses the health risks to persons who perform CPR on people who may have infectious diseases -- specifically Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) -- and what the American Heart... Details >
Browse this site for access to adult HIV clinical trials organizations and other related resources. The Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group plays a major role in setting standards of care for HIV infect... Details >
Commercial Entity--Follow the Resource URL for More Information
The purpose of this exercise is to increase your awareness of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), enable you to describe what AIDS is, how it is contracted, and list its symptoms; describe vari... Details >
Business Responds to AIDS and Labor Responds to AIDS Programs, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Links to online resources (articles, news & reports), treatment facilities and agencies related to alternative therapy treatment and HIV/AIDS.... Details >
Educational Institution--Follow the Resource URL for More Information
AIDS.gov provides comprehensive government-wide information on HIV and AIDS for the general public, Federal agencies, state staff/public health departments, Federal grantees, medical institutions, res... Details >
This page features monthly podcasts with government officials on topics impacting the lives of people living with HIV/AIDS.... Details >
Also available in: Spanish
The AIDSinfo Drug Database provides fact sheets on HIV/AIDS related drugs. The fact sheets describe the drug's use, pharmacology, side effects, and other information. The database includes approved an... Details >
Also available in: Spanish
Use this glossary to find definitions for words commonly used to describe HIV, its pathogenesis, its associated treatments, and the medical management of related conditions. ... Details >
Also available in: Spanish
Clinical trials are research studies designed to answer specific questions about the safety and/or effectiveness of drugs, vaccines, other therapies, or new ways of using existing treatments. This pag... Details >
Also available in: Spanish
Information on preventive and therapeutic HIV/AIDS vaccine research is found in this section. Preventive vaccines are for HIV-negative individuals; they are to prevent HIV infection. Therapeutic vacci... Details >
This fact sheet provides general information about AIDS-related lymphoma, a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the lymph system of patients who have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (... Details >
American Indians and Alaska Natives represent a unique population within the US, not only because of their oppression suffered in the development of this country but also because... Details >
This program offers up-to-date information about the impact of HIV and AIDS in African American communities. It provides culturally specific activity options, and emphasizes encouraging HIV prevention... Details >
HIV/AIDS information, resources and services that target the Hispanic population. This site is intended for use by community leaders, parents, employers, health professionals and the general public.... Details >
HIV/AIDS has been reported in virtually every racial and ethnic population, every age group, and every socioeconomic group in every state and most large cities in the US. HIV/AIDS remains a significan... Details >
Links to federal and non-federal resources and web sites that provide information about occupational and workplace health issues and programs. BRTA/LRTA program is devoted to helping large and small b... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
This consumer health education booklet underscores the importance of condom use for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). The booklet presents basic facts about STDs, condom quality ... Details >
Office of Special Health Issues, U.S. Food and Drug Administration
Racial and ethnic populations have been disproportionately affected by both the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States. ... Details >
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced approval of Atripla Tablets, a fixed-dose combination of three widely-used antiretroviral drugs, in a single tablet taken once a day, alone or in combi... Details >
This site presents the services provided by the Children With AIDS Project of America, who they are and what they do. ... Details >
Despite a growing belief that AIDS is no longer a lethal disease, African Americans are still dying from AIDS-related illnesses every year. Heterosexual sex is by far the most common route of HIV tran... Details >
Also available in: Chinese-Simplified Chinese-Traditional
AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. It is caused by a virus called Human Immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The AIDS virus, HIV, attacks and kills certain white blood cells, thus gradually... Details >
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This brief fact sheet describes how HIV and AIDS affects minority women.... Details >
Answers questions about HIV and AIDS. Questions include what HIV is, what AIDS is, how long it takes for HIV to cause AIDS, how common HIV and AIDS are, and more. ... Details >
These resources include links to fact sheets about HIV as it pertains specifically to Asian and Pacific Islanders.... Details >
Asian and Pacific Islander HIV Capacity Building Assistance Program
AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) was first reported in the United States in 1981 and has since become a major worldwide epidemic. AIDS is caused by HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). People ... Details >
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Comprehensive information on key HIV and AIDS topic areas. A compilation of news, articles, opinion pieces, documents, abstracts, bibliographies, contacts and links.... Details >
Educational Institution--Follow the Resource URL for More Information
Also available in: Spanish
A growing number of older people now have HIV/AIDS. This is because doctors are finding HIV more often than ever before in older people, and because improved treatments are helping people with the dis... Details >
Presents statistics on the effect of HIV/AIDS in the African-American community. Also discusses risk factors and barriers to prevention and innovative prevention programs funded by the CDC.... Details >
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
HIV/AIDS is a growing problem among American Indians and Alaska Natives. Even though the number of HIV and AIDS diagnoses for American Indians and Alaska Natives represents less than 1% of the total n... Details >
In recent years, the number of AIDS diagnoses among Asians and Pacific Islanders has increased steadily. Although Asians and Pacific Islanders account for approximately 1% of the total number of HIV/A... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Today, women account for more than one quarter of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses. ... Details >
Also available in: Spanish
A list of brochures for professionals and consumers available online form the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention -- most may be viewed in both PDF and HTML formats.... Details >
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Also available in: Spanish
A list of consumer health information fact sheets available online from the National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention -- most may be viewed in both PDF and HTML formats.... Details >
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
General questions, HIV testing, transmission and prevention, hoaxes and rumors--these are some of the FAQs linked from this page.... Details >
Centers for Disease Control, National Prevention Information Network
The National Indian Women's Health Resource Center administers the HIV/AIDS Health Promotion and Education Cooperation Agreement Project that is funded by the Office of Minority Health. The goal of th... Details >
The HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report contains tabular and graphic information about U.S. AIDS and HIV case reports, including data by state, metropolitan statistical area, mode of exposure to HIV, sex, ra... Details >
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Also available in: Chinese-Simplified Chinese-Traditional Vietnamese
This document describes the treatment and benefits of taking anti-retroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS.... Details >
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This page provides online access to fact sheets developed to address HIV/AIDS in the workplace. Fact sheets cover basic facts about HIV and the law as well as HIV and its transmission.... Details >
Business Responds to AIDS and Labor Responds to AIDS Programs, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The term men who have sex with men (MSM) refers to all men who have sex with other men, regardless of how they identify themselves (gay, bisexual, or heterosexual). AIDS has been diagnosed for more th... Details >
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Also available in: Spanish
This booklet is for people who are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The information in this document will help patients and their loved ones understand more about HIV.... Details >
National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Also available in: Spanish
This site provides resources on HIV testing including a national database of HIV testing sites and answers to many questions about this topic.... Details >
Centers for Disease Control, National Prevention Information Network
This page provides Native American with AIDS links and resources.... Details >
Links to American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native American organizations offering HIV and AIDS information.... Details >
A general overview of neurological complications of AIDS that includes a description of the disorder, treatment, prognosis and research information. Suggested reading for more in-depth information and... Details >
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health
Links to several HIV/AIDS databases and other related resources. Includes AIDS publications, MEDLARS online databases and documentation, clinical trials information and links to internet resources out... Details >
Discrimination. Stigma. Confidentiality. Education. Productivity. HIV/AIDS in the workplace raises all of these issues. Managers and labor leaders can use this assessment tool to determine whether the... Details >
Business Responds to AIDS and Labor Responds to AIDS Programs, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that about 40,000 people become infected with HIV every year, with more than half of them occurring among people under the age of 25. Afri... Details >
Get descriptions of more than 19,000 organizations that provide resources and services related to HIV/AIDS, STDs, and TB. Services include case management, counseling and testing, prevention, educatio... Details >
Centers for Disease Control, National Prevention Information Network
People with HIV/AIDS may qualify for disability benefits from the Social Security Administration under two programs: the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) program for people who paid Social ... Details >
API represent the fastest growing ethnic community in the U.S. At approximately 10 million people, currently API comprise 13% of the non-white U.S. population. ... Details >
This brochures provides facts and dispels myths about HIV/AIDS. Causes of AIDS and HIV transmission are reviewed, with a focus on adolescents.... Details >
SAMHSA's National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
HIV is often rendered invisible within AI/AN communities that are facing many other severe and more visible health and social problems such as alcoholism, diabetes and unemployment. As a result, there... Details >
Educational Institution--Follow the Resource URL for More Information
This site provides current news, announcements and directives related to HIV/AIDS drugs and therapies.... Details >
Office of Special Health Issues, U.S. Food and Drug Administration