The CDC recommends PrEP for people who are at high risk of contracting HIV: those with a sexual partner who is HIV-positive, those who have had a bacterial sexually transmitted infection (STI ...

In 2021, the U.S. had about 32,100 total new HIV infections, about 12% less than the 36,500 total cases in 2017. That year, teens and young adults ages 13 to 24 had about 6,100 new cases, down ...

Thousands of adults age 50-plus are diagnosed with HIV every year, but an expanding menu of medications can help prevent ...

HIV cases have been on the decline in recent years, largely driven by fewer cases among young people, a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found. Estimated yearly ...

The CDC study on the HIV clusters and the response is among 97 presentations featured this week at an Atlanta conference with EIS — better known as CDC’s “disease detectives” — who ...

Former CDC officials warn that proposed fiscal 2026 budget cuts would slash funding by 54%, threatening critical health ...

Meanwhile, 62% Black and 67% of Latino men with HIV were virally suppressed in 2019, compared with 74% of white men. Viral suppression is defined by the CDC as having less than 200 copies of HIV ...

Republicans in Congress back substantial cuts to the budget of the CDC, taking aim at one of former President Donald Trump's major health programs: a push to end the HIV epidemic in the U.S.

The CDC reports that there are approximately 1.2 million people living with HIV in the U.S. See all articles by Elsie Carson-Holt . See more: Health and Wellness , Life , HIV , HIV infections ...

The CDC says patients who ask for PrEP should be given it, even if they do not tell the doctor they are engaging in behaviors that put them at risk of catching HIV. Read more Avoid Omicron Two by ...

HIV infections in men decreased by an estimated 12 percent in 2022 compared to 2018, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), with the largest ...

Three women tested positive for HIV after receiving vampire facials from a New Mexico salon, marking the first CDC investigation to associate transmission of the disease with cosmetic injections.