10 Things to Know About HIV Suppression

Viral Suppression Stages

Development of antiretroviral drugs to treat HIV has turned what was once an almost always fatal infection into a manageable chronic condition. Daily antiretroviral therapy can reduce the amount of HIV in the blood to levels that are undetectable with standard tests. Staying on treatment is crucial to keep the virus suppressed.

2017 USCA Social Media Fellows Compete in Social Media Content-Producing Contest

Jourdan Barnes, Community Engagement Specialist, Louisiana Office of Public Health and STD/HIV Program, David Armstead, HIV Program Monitor, Louisiana Office of Public Health and STD/HIV Program, Johnny Guaylupo, Assistant Director, Youth and Prevention Services, Housing Works, Inc., New York City

Jourdan Barnes, a community-engagement specialist at the Louisiana Office of Public Health and STD/HIV Program, wrote a personal essay that won first place in the content-creation contest cellowship, which took place Sept. 5-10, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

3 Reasons the Black AIDS Institute Launched The #30DaysOfHIV Digital Marketing Campaign

Louis "Kengi" Carr, a participant in the "In The Life"

Social media presents an opportunity to fight the HIV crisis in Black America by generating national conversations that dispel misinformation, fight racism and mobilize Black communities. That is why for one month leading up to today, National HIV Testing Day (NHTD), the Black AIDS Institute launched #30DaysOfHIV.

30 days of Giving: Three ways to give to the Black AIDS Institute

30 Days of Giving. Three Ways to Give

2017 has been a year of tremendous uncertainty in HIV. From the never-ending attacks on the Affordable Care Act, to potential decreases the allocation of funds to the CDC, HRSA and other HIV/AIDS funding sources, the promise of ending the AIDS epidemic seems further away today than it did a year ago. The Black AIDS Institute and other organizations are attempting to resists the attempts to roll back the clock.

36 Years Later: The Opportunity To End AIDS As We Know It

The challenge of controlling the HIV pandemic worldwide

Thirty-six years ago today, if someone had told me that we would be on threshold of controlling the HIV/AIDS pandemic without a vaccine or a cure, I would not have believed it. But today we can realize that potential.