Overall, 85 percent of the estimated 1.1 million people living with HIV in 2014 knew their HIV status. CDC estimates about 40 percent of new HIV infections originate from people who don't know they have HIV.

Original title: “Frequency of HIV Testing and Time from Infection to Diagnosis Improve - Press Release”

CDC estimates the amount of time that people live with HIV before they receive a diagnosis and examines recent HIV testing behavior among people who are at risk for HIV infection.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report How long do people have HIV before it is diagnosed? - Media Advisory”

Last week, the Partnership for Public Service named CDC's Tedd V. Ellerbrock, M.D., the 2017 winner of the Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medal for Career Achievement in recognition of the vital role he has played in building, expanding, and improving the U.S.-led program that provides HIV treatment to more than 11 million people around the world.

Original title: “CDC HIV Expert Wins Samuel J. Heyman Award for Career Achievement - Media Statement”

Latest survey results show Lesotho's significant success with HIV viral load suppression and stabilization of Uganda's previously expanding epidemic

Original title: “5 African countries approach control of their HIV epidemics as U.S. government launches bold strategy to accelerate progress - Press Release”

New findings from Swaziland, supported by the Swazi Ministry of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR), reveal remarkable progress in controlling the country's HIV epidemic and are the latest to show that global HIV efforts are helping to curb the HIV epidemic and saving lives.

Original title: “Country with world's highest HIV prevalence is now controlling its HIV epidemic - Press Release”

CDC hosted a telebriefing for Vital Signs on HIV and injection drug use..

Original title: “New Vital Signs Report - HIV & Injection Drug Use - Transcript”

Use of syringe services programs (SSPs) has increased substantially during the past decade, but most people who inject drugs still don't always use sterile needles, according to a new CDC Vital Signs report published today.

Original title: “Use of syringe services programs increases, but access must improve for greater HIV prevention - Press Release”

One consequence of the nation's devastating opioid epidemic is the increased risk of HIV and hepatitis B and C transmission through unsafe injection drug use. Syringe services programs (SSPs) can greatly reduce that risk.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report How can expanded syringe services programs protect gains in HIV prevention? - Media Advisory”

New CDC estimates underscore the need to increase awareness of a daily pill that can prevent HIV infection

Original title: “Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: Daily Pill Prevents HIV - Transcript”

A new Vital Signs report published today estimates that 25 percent of sexually active gay and bisexual adult men, nearly 20 percent of adults who inject drugs, and less than 1 percent of heterosexually active adults are at substantial risk for HIV infection and should be counseled about PrEP, a daily pill for HIV prevention.

Original title: “New CDC estimates underscore the need to increase awareness of a daily pill that can prevent HIV infection - Press Release”

CDC's latest Vital Signs report finds a continuing need to raise awareness of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) - a daily pill that can prevent HIV infection - among those who are at substantial risk for HIV infection.

Original title: “Daily Pill Prevents HIV - Reaching People Who Could Benefit From PrEP”

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is one essential component in the nation's high-impact prevention strategy for HIV. Many people at very high risk for HIV infection are not getting PrEP and not enough primary health care providers know about it.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report When is a daily pill the right option to prevent HIV? - Media Advisory”

CDC welcomes today's announcement by the World Health Organization (WHO) of new Early Release HIV Treatment and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) guidelines that will significantly increase the number of people eligible for life-saving anti-retroviral treatment (ART) and expand access to a powerful tool for preventing HIV among those at greatest risk.

Original title: “CDC Supports New WHO Early Release HIV Treatment and PrEP Guidelines - Media Statement”

CDC hosted a media briefing to discuss a new Vital Signs report containing updated estimates on HIV diagnosis, care, and treatment among Americans with HIV.

Original title: “Transcript for CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - How can increased HIV care and treatment prevent new infections and save lives? - Transcript”

CDC's latest Vital Signs Report finds just 30 percent of the 1.2 million Americans living with HIV have the virus under control. Among those who don't have their virus in check, two-thirds have been diagnosed, but are no longer in care.

Original title: “HIV Stages of Care”

Just 30 percent of Americans with HIV had the virus under control in 2011, and approximately two-thirds of those whose virus was out of control had been diagnosed but were no longer in care, according to a new Vital Signs report published today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Original title: “Only 3 in 10 Americans with HIV have virus in check - Press Release”

CDC will host a media briefing to discuss a new Vital Signs report containing updated estimates on HIV diagnosis, care, and treatment among Americans with HIV.

Original title: “CDC Telebriefing: New Vital Signs Report - How can increased HIV care and treatment prevent new infections and save lives? - Media Advisory”

Evidence-based interventions at the local and national levels provide promising strategies for reducing racial and ethnic health disparities related to HIV infection rates, immunization coverage, motor vehicle injuries and deaths, and smoking, according to a new report by the CDC's Office of Minority Health and Health Equity.

Original title: “CDC Reports on Effective Strategies for Reducing Health Disparities - Press Release”

A new analysis of data from 20 major U.S. cities reveals continued signs of sexual risk among gay and bisexual men, but shows dramatically lower sexual risk among those who accurately know their HIV status.

Original title: “Sexual risk lower among U.S. gay and bisexual men who accurately know their HIV status - Press Release”

The number of pregnant and breastfeeding women in Malawi with HIV who started life-saving antiretroviral treatment increased by more than 700 percent in one year, according to a study in CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The new treatment option, called Option B+, offers all pregnant or breastfeeding women infected with HIV lifelong antiretroviral treatment (ART), regardless of the stage of their HIV infection.

Original title: “Innovative policy to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV shows positive impact - Press Release”