Problem: Priority health-risk behaviors, which are behaviors that contribute to the leading causes of morbidity and mortality among youth and adults, often are established during childhood and adolescence, extend into adulthood, are interrelated, and are preventable.
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) operates 10 sexually transmitted disease (STD) walk-in clinics offering various free services, including confidential or anonymous testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYC DOHMH) reports in the June 18, 2008 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) (early release) article “False-Positive Oral Fluid Rapid Tests, New York City 2005-2008” that sexually transmitted disease (STD) clinics in NYC using the oral fluid rapid test have reported episodic increases in [...]
In 2008, CDC conducted an analysis of trends in diagnoses of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the 33 states* that have had confidential, name-based HIV case reporting since at least 2001. This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which indicated that the number of [...]
Surveillance slide set of AIDS epidemiological trends
Summary of current HIV/AIDS statistics
Surveillance slide set of HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Urban and Nonurban Areas
Surveillance slide set of HIV/AIDS Surveillance in Women
Surveillance slide set of HIV/AIDS Surveillance in adolescents and young adults
Surveillance slide set of AIDS general epidemiology
