The disproportionate rates of HIV prevalence (CDC, 2005 a,b) and incidence (CDC, 2001) in African American MSM compared to other MSM is puzzling in light of their lower rate of MSM risk behavior.

Increased PrEP usage is linked to decreased HIV diagnosis rates, with a notable decline from 13.0 to 10.6 per 100,000 over a decade. State-level PrEP coverage significantly impacts HIV diagnosis rates ...

It also reflects a deeper problem in medicine and public health: the assumption that queer sex is inherently dangerous. This ...

“HIV control today helps mitigate the risk of cancer development down the road,” Suneja said. While not addressed by this study, there may be additional differences in cancer survival.

African American MSM exhibit the highest prevalence (CDC, 2005b) and incidence (CDC, 2001) of HIV infection, with Latino MSM exhibiting the next highest rates.

While MSM accounts for only 3% of the U.S. population, they represent 66% of all new infections. In their 2023 HIV surveillance update, the CDC highlighted key disparities affecting MSM: ...

Among heterosexuals, poverty — not race — was associated with higher prevalence. In 2008, the CDC first published HIV incidence estimates that were based on directly measured recent infection ...

Between 1996 and 1998, a total of 456 HIV-positive MSM from New York and San Francisco were recruited into a cross-sectional study of qualitative and quantitative predictors of HIV transmission ...

Since reaching a historic low in 2001, the rate of primary and secondary syphilis has increased nearly every year, with an 80% increase between 2018 and 2022. In 2023, the rates decreased by 10.2% ...

Dozens of HIV experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received emails earlier in June revoking notices they ...