Highlights from Day 2 of the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI)

As many as 185,000 new HIV infections in the U.S. could be  prevented by expanding testing, treatment, PrEP

February 25, 2016 :: CDC NCHHSTP Newsroom

Reaching the National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS) targets for HIV testing and treatment and expanding the use of daily Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) could prevent an estimated 185,000 new HIV infections in the United States by 2020 – a 70 percent reduction in new infections, according to researchers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). [READ MORE]

Vaginal Ring & PrEP Updates from CROI with NIH’s  Dr. Carl Dieffenbach (Video)

February 25, 2016 :: AIDS.gov Blog

New scientific findings to inform HIV prevention efforts were among the key highlights shared at CROI yesterday, according to Dr. Carl Dieffenbach, Director of the Division of AIDS at NIH’s National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). After another day full of presentations on the latest in HIV science at the 2016 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) in Boston on February 24, we had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Dieffenbach to get his take on findings that may be of particular interest to AIDS.gov followers. [READ MORE]