“The challenge to the Affordable Care Act being heard today by the U.S. Supreme Court puts the health and lives of people with HIV and millions of other Americans at risk. Health care coverage and access to HIV medications are essential for people with HIV to stay healthy and prevent transmission to others. Prior to the Affordable Care Act... "

The Infectious Diseases Society of America and its HIV Medicine Association have reached out today to President-elect Joe Biden to congratulate him and to offer their memberships’ expertise as the new administration takes on the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic and other infectious diseases threats.

New guidance published today by an expert panel of the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America updates the 2013 guideline for providing comprehensive evidence-based primary care to people with HIV.

The Infectious Diseases Society of America, HIV Medicine Association, Pediatric Diseases Society and the Society of Healthcare Epidemiology of America have called on the Department of Homeland Security to exempt physicians working in the United States on J-1 visas from the agency’s proposed rule

"In September the Trump Administration released an “Executive Order on Combating Race and Sex Stereotyping,” which would allow federal agencies to terminate contracts intended to help promote study and understanding of diversity, equity and inclusion across government institutions."

The executive order signed last week that strips protections from our nation’s civil service workforce comes at a time when the critical role of career staff in guiding federal responses to public health needs could not be more clear.