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Most people who received an HIV diagnosis had already been sitting in a provider's office in the year before — and left without a test or a PrEP conversation. CDC's SHIELD study maps exactly where the healthcare system had contact and did nothing with it, and the fixes are specific enough to act on now.

Grindr's at-home STI testing kits address barriers to sexual health testing.

First year results of Together TakeMeHome HIV self-testing distribution program.

HIV self-tests increase diagnosis but lack linkage to care; community support systems needed.

Timeline of 2022 MPV outbreak: racial disparities in vaccination and treatment access persist.

HIV-MPV co-infection rates between 28-51% indicate need for targeted interventions and provider education.

Patients face multiple monkeypox barriers: disorganized state websites, limited vaccine access, reporting gaps.

2020 CDC HIV surveillance reveals COVID-19's impact on HIV prevention and testing with decreased diagnoses and increased deaths.

Pediatric hepatitis investigations lack typical viruses but show adenovirus and potential COVID-19 involvement.

STI and HCV rates rise despite reduced screening, reflecting chronic public health underfunding.

COVID-19 strains public health efforts addressing HIV outbreaks, diverting resources from the domestic epidemic.