Applications will be accepted until September 15
The Illinois HIV Integrated Planning Council (IHIPC) has officially opened up its recruitment for new members for 2019. The council seeks to fill six at-large non-voting member positions. Applications will be …
The Evaluation, Data Integration, and Technical Assistance (EDIT) Program housed in Northwestern University’s Institute for Sexual and Gender Minority Health and Wellbeing is starting a podcast called the EDIT Community Spotlight.
The podcast will feature a series of …
Chicagoan and Upworthy writer Robbie Couch got tested for HIV on National HIV Testing Day. He wrote about the five big takeaways of the experience. Along the way, he met Melvin Laureano, manager of HIV services at the …
Two-day meeting is open to the public, in person and via webinar
The next meeting of the Illinois HIV Integrated Planning Council (IHIPC) will be a two-day in-person meeting held on June 28, from 11 a.m. …
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Drug Safety Communication and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Antiretroviral Guidelines Panel issued the attached letter regarding the potential risk of the antiretroviral medication dolutegravir (DTG) associated with neural …
A free community open house, Surviving and Thriving: AIDS, Politics, and Culture, will be held from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on June 6 at Methodist College in Peoria. On June 7, Wellness Forum: Providing Holistic Care to …
Open to youth ages 14 to 24, chosen participants will receive a stipend for July 2018-July 2019 work period
Engaging Communities around HIV Organizing (ECHO) is a year-long organizing project for HIV positive young people ages 14 to …
In two research papers published by the AIDS and Behavior journal, a team of Northwestern University researchers report Chicago-specific data on PrEP uptake and discontinuation among gay and bisexual men.
The first paper, titled “Threefold Increase in PrEP …
The April 19 Illinois HIV Integrated Planning Council (IHIPC) webinar meeting will include presentations and time for questions and discussion on: 1) Demonstrating the linkage between the state’s 2018 Ryan White Care grant workplan and budget to the …
AIDSVu has released the first-ever interactive state-level maps visualizing a 73 percent increase year over year in persons using PrEP across the U.S. from 2012 to 2016, with 77,120 PrEP users in 2016. PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, …