Purpose
ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø experts provide insightful perspectives on HIV, viral hepatitis, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and tuberculosis (TB) for TV and multimedia audiences.
Syphilis cases in newborns increase
U.S. Syphilis Cases in Newborns Continue to Increase: A 10-Times Increase Over a Decade
Nov. 7, 2023 – Dr. Laura Bachmann, Chief Medical Officer of ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø's Division of STD Prevention, discusses a ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø report about a heartbreaking surge of syphilis cases in newborns—a tragic consequence of high levels of sexually transmitted infections in the United States.
Most with hepatitis C are still not cured
Breakthrough cures for hepatitis C fail to reach vast majority who need them
June 29, 2023 – Dr. Carolyn Wester, Director of ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø’s Division of Viral Hepatitis, discusses a ÐÇ¿ÕÓéÀÖ¹ÙÍø report that suggests most people with hepatitis C still have not been cured nearly a decade after breakthrough treatments that clear the viral infection were first approved in the United States.