Adolescenceâ€" beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20sâ€" is a
critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop …

Background Most sexually active people will be infected with a sexually transmitted infection
(STI) at some point in their lives. The number of STIs in the United States was previously …

1. BACKGROUND In 2008, WHO established a Working Group on HIV Incidence Assays to
look into the issues and challenges involved in assay-based estimation of HIV incidence (ie …

Highlights•With no available cure, treatment of HIV infection requires life-long therapy.•A
combination of three drugs is the current standard for chronic HIV therapy.•Multiple single …

HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States (NHAS), which outlined 3 goals for a coordinated
national response to HIV in the United States. These goals are (1) reduce the number of …

Opioid-related overdose deaths have increased since 2010 in the US, but information on
trends in opioid use disorder (OUD) prevalence is limited due to unreliable data. Multiplier …

Prior research suggests that stigma plays a role in racial/ethnic health disparities. However,
there is limited understanding about the mechanisms by which stigma contributes to HIV …

Background We did a meta-analysis to assess factors associated with disparities in HIV
infection in black men who have sex with men (MSM) in Canada, the UK, and the USA …

Background Millions of cases of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) occur in the United
States each year, resulting in substantial medical costs to the nation. Previous estimates of …

We document the historical and cultural shifts in how gay and bisexual men have used the
Internet for sexuality between the 1990s and 2013—including shifting technology as well as …