This week on HIV.gov

FEDERAL RESPONSE BLOG POSTS Important Messaging from National HIV Testing Day June 27th was National HIV Testing Day, a day to encourage people to get tested for HIV, know their status, and get linked to care and treatment. Read on for details on national activity during this important awareness day... Reason Number 87 to Get an HIV Test >> CDC National HIV Testing Day Dear Colleague Letter >> Ryan White and HIV Testing Day 2018 >> Veterans #DoingItMyWay – Testing for HIV June 27th is National HIV Testing Day >> New AIDSVu Resources for National HIV Testing Day >> CDC Adds New HIV and Social Determinants of Health Indicators to NCHHSTP’s AtlasPlus The National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention's AtlasPlus has added 11 new indicators that increase access to information on HIV and, for the first time, social determinants of health. AtlasPlus gives you quick access to more than 15 years of CDC's surveillance data on HIV, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, and tuberculosis... LEARN MORE >>

DIGITAL TOOLS BLOG POSTS Learn About the Updated IT Accessibility Standards In January 2017, the U.S. Access Board published a final rule updating information technology accessibility requirements covered by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which includes IT that is developed, procured, maintained, or used by federal agencies. The Rehabilitation Act is a federal law which requires programs and activities funded by federal agencies to be accessible to people with disabilities, including federal employees and members of the public. Here's a recap of the changes... LEARN MORE >>

HIV/AIDS BASICS BLOG POSTS ICYMI: 37th Anniversary of the First Reported Cases of AIDS in the United States June 5 was an important anniversary in the history of HIV and AIDS in the United States. On this date in 1981 the CDC published a Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, describing cases of a rare lung infection in five young, previously healthy, gay men in Los Angeles. This edition of the MMWR marked the first official reporting on what would later become known as AIDS... LEARN MORE >>

UPCOMING EVENTS Register for a webinar that provides the basics of HIV and AIDS, looking at modes of HIV transmission, biomedical prevention techniques including PrEP, and what ART is and how it works in the body. AWARENESS DAYS National HIV Testing Day was this week, but getting tested for HIV is important year round. Help your audience find testing sites by adding the HIV.gov Locator to your website!