NCHHSTP Newsroom Archive
2009
- January 13, 2009 – Release: Annual CDC Report Finds High Burden of Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Especially among Women and Racial Minorities
- January 6, 2009 – Release: CDC Study: Failures to Follow Infection Practices Have Placed More than 60,000 Patients at Risk for Hepatitis B and C
2008
- December 9, 2008 – Fact sheet: HIV Transmission Rates in the United States, 1977–2006, Dramatic Declines Indicate Success in HIV Prevention Nationwide
Related Materials
Press Release: HIV Transmission Rate Declines in U.S. (Issued by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)
- November 24, 2008 – Statement: World AIDS Day, December 1, 2008
- October 15, 2008 – Statement: National Latino AIDS Awareness Day "United We Can: HIV/AIDS Stops Here"
- 15 de Octubre, 2008 – Mensaje: Día Nacional para la Concientización del Sida en los Latinos "Unidos podemos detener ahora el VIH/SIDA"
- October 1, 2008 – Fact sheet: New Estimates of U.S. HIV Prevalence, 2006
Study: HIV Prevalence Estimates -- United States, 2006 MMWR, October 1, 2008, 57 (39)
Press Summary: HIV Prevalence Estimates -- United States, 2006
- September 18, 2008 – Release: CDC Expands Testing Recommendations for Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection, New Guidance Also Issued on Patient Management for Those Infected
Related Materials
Guidelines: Recommendations for Identification and Public Health Management of Persons with Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection, MMWR Recommendations and Reports, September 19, 2008 / Vol. 57 / No. RR–8
- September 11, 2008 – Fact Sheet: MMWR Analysis Provides New Details on HIV Incidence in U.S. Populations
Related Materials
Press Summary: Estimated HIV Incidence Among Specific Populations in the United States, 2006
Study: Detailed Estimates from a New HIV Incidence Surveillance System — United States, 2006. MMWR, September 12, 2008, 57 (36).
- August 3, 2008 – Release: New Technology Reveals Higher Number of New HIV Infections in the United States than Previously Known
Related Materials
Fact Sheet: Estimates of New HIV Infections in the United States - HTML - June 27, 2008 – Statement: National HIV Testing Day by Dr. Kevin Fenton
- May 20, 2008 – Release: First-line Oral Gonorrhea Treatment Available Again in United States
- March 12, 2008 – Release – New Data Reveal 7th Consecutive Syphilis Increase in the U.S. and Opportunities to Improve STD Screening and Prevention for Gay and Bisexual Men
Summaries of Highlighted Research
- March 11, 2008 – Nationally Representative CDC Study Finds 1 in 4 Teenage Girls Has a Sexually Transmitted Disease
Summaries of Highlighted Research - March 10, 2008 – Release: 2008 National STD Prevention Conference Draws Nation’s Public Health Leaders Together to Confront Sexually Transmitted Diseases