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CDC cancels grant that funded free home test kits for HIV

Federal funding for a program that used dating apps to connect people with free HIV home tests – identifying nearly 7,000 new cases since its start in 2022 – has been canceled. The Together Take Me ...
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New HIV cases continue to decline, CDC finds

New HIV infections in the U.S. continue to fall, with the greatest declines seen among gay and bisexual men, young people, and people living in the South, according to a set of HIV surveillance ...
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HIV self-testing is easy, effective — and underutilized

Assoumou is an infectious diseases physician-scientist at Boston Medical Center. Miller is a research data associate within Dr. Assoumou’s I-CARE (Infectious Complications Assessment and Research) lab ...
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CDC reversal restores funding for Atlanta-based HIV home testing program

Funding for an Atlanta-based program that has provided nearly 1 million free HIV home testing kits nationwide has been restored, allowing it to continue for another year. Together Take Me Home, based ...
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Here’s the Georgia HIV prevention work at risk from looming CDC funding cuts

Public health, explained: Sign up to receive Healthbeat’s free Atlanta newsletter here. Potential cuts to HIV work at the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have local and ...