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09.27.18

National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: Responding to the HIV Epidemic Among Black and Latino Gay and Bisexual Men

By Sean Bland

Today is National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. Not long ago, such a statement would have carried an immensely heavy and somber weight. But in 2018, the conversation around HIV/AIDS is more about prevention, treatment, and continuing care than it is about fear and death. HIV experts and policymakers have even begun to talk about […]

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09.07.18

Rising STD Rates and the Importance of Integrated STD and HIV Responses

By Sean Bland

Last week, the 2018 STD Prevention Conference took place in Washington, DC. This biennial conference was an opportunity for sexual health professionals, including program staff, scientists, clinicians, and others to come together to share state-of-the art updates and practical, clinically-focused research on disease prevention and control at time when sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) are on […]

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07.24.18

Affordable Medicines Now Conference: A Deeper Look at the Insulin 4 All Movement

By Sean Bland

Last month, the O’Neill Institute partnered with Public Citizen, a non-profit consumer rights advocacy group, to organize the Affordable Medicines Now conference at the Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C.  The conference was designed to build skills and knowledge in the affordable medicines community, including activists, patients, health professionals, and policy makers at the state, […]

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07.16.18

amfAR and the O’Neill Institute Host Briefing on Long-Acting HIV Treatment and Prevention

By Sean Bland

Today, amfAR and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law hosted a briefing at Georgetown Law in connection with the release of four new amfAR reports, “Long-Acting HIV Treatment and Prevention Are Coming: Preparing for Potential Game Changers.” Jeffrey S. Crowley and I wrote the reports for and in partnership with amfAR.   […]

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06.29.18

The Modernization of North Carolina’s HIV Criminal Laws and Its Consequences

By Sean Bland

On January 1, 2018, a new rule took effect in North Carolina that modernized the state’s HIV control measures. Although there is no specific HIV-related criminal statute in North Carolina, the North Carolina Commission for Public Health is authorized to adopt rules that prescribe control measures for communicable diseases and conditions, including control measures for […]

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06.08.18

Opportunities for Progress: FDA Approves PrEP for Adolescents at Risk for HIV

By Sean Bland

Last month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Truvada as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for adolescents at risk for HIV infection. FDA approval represents a critical step toward operationalizing PrEP for adolescents, especially young gay and bisexual men and LGBTQ youth of color, who stand to benefit from this effective HIV prevention tool. In 2016, […]

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05.01.18

Protecting Privacy and Confidentiality for People Living with HIV

By Sean Bland

The right to privacy and confidentiality for health information is deeply rooted in American history and tradition and in federal and state law. People living with HIV also have special concerns in keeping their health information private. These individuals have long faced harassment, discrimination, and stigma from society because of their HIV infection, and they […]

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04.19.18

NMAC Releases Blueprint for HIV Biomedical Prevention Part II

By Sean Bland

Over the past two years, the O’Neill Institute has been working in partnership with NMAC to examine the status of biomedical HIV prevention research and implementation in the United States. The focus of this work has been to explore how to bring the promise of biomedical HIV prevention to all communities highly impacted by HIV […]

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03.27.18

New O’Neill Institute Report on HIV Prevention Released in Advance of AIDSWatch

By Sean Bland

AIDSWatch 2018 is March 26 and 27. AIDSWatch is the nation’s largest annual constituent-based national HIV/AIDS advocacy event, bringing together hundreds of people living with HIV and their allies to meet with members of Congress and to educate them about the important issues at state for people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States. In […]

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03.02.18

Supporting College Students Living with HIV: A New Resource

By Sean Bland

Young people heading off to college face a multitude of unknowns: Am I ready? Will I find friends? How will I handle the course load? Incoming college students living with HIV are faced with additional, complex questions that can make the transition even more difficult: How and where can I access medical care? Who do […]

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