An infectious diseases physician and pediatrician with experience in both U.S. and global HIV responses will lead the Division of Global HIV/AIDS at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. She will assume the post opened when Dr. Deborah Birx left in early April to head the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. […]
HIV
While plan will target 48 “hot spots” with services, and people at high risks with PrEP, will it change policies that fuel HIV? More details are […]
Tuberculosis
With the release of a “pre-final text” of updated guidelines for treatment of multidrug- and rifampicin-resistant tuberculosis, the World Health Organization made official substantial changes to […]
Research & Development
A trial to test the safety of, and immune response prompted by, the latest candidate for a vaccine to protect against Zika virus infection has begun […]
Policy
Drawing on previously published findings and on-the-ground interviews, a report from Planned Parenthood details damage to global health gains, including in closed programs, weakened civil society, […]