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2019 Timeline of Media Reports on New Developments in HIV and STI Health


2019 Timeline of Reports on New Developments in HIV and STI Health



1.       10 January : Comments on U=U by NIH Director
https://www.nih.gov/news-events/news-releases/science-clear-hiv-undetectable-equals-untransmittable

2.       9 May Trump Administration secures historic donation of billions of dollars in HIV prevention drugs
https://www.hhs.gov/about/news/2019/05/09/trump-administration-secures-historic-donation-of-billions-of-dollars-in-hiv-prevention-drugs.html

3.       26 June: Congressional Committee on Oversight and Reform begins investing where Trump administration made a deal with Gilead
http://cdn.videos.rollcall.com/author/2019/06/2019-06-26.EEC-AOC-Khanna-Pressley-to-ODay-Gilead-re-PrEP.pdf

4.       26 September: LGBT Life Center reports record high increases in STI and HIV rates
https://www.wavy.com/10-on-your-side/lgbt-life-center-reports-increase-in-sti-and-hiv-rates-urges-people-to-get-tested/

5.       3 October FDA approves Descovy
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-approves-second-drug-prevent-hiv-infection-part-ongoing-efforts-end-hiv-epidemic

6.       7 October: California rolls out free PrEP and PEP to all citizens without a prescription
https://www.advocate.com/health/2019/10/07/california-makes-prep-and-pep-available-without-prescription

7.       8 October: News13 report highest incidences of STIs
https://www.wthr.com/article/3-sexually-transmitted-diseases-hit-new-highs-again-us-1


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