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TxHIVSTDConf

  1. CDC Proposes that All Baby Boomers Be Tested Once for Hepatitis C. dshs.state.tx.us/hivstd/news/de…
  2. Just in time for Nat'l Hepatitis Testing Day (5/19), CDC proposes new HCV screening guidelines for baby boomers: cdc.gov/nchhstp/newsro…
  3. Registration is now open for the 2012 Texas HIV/STD Conference! dshs.state.tx.us/hivstd/confere…
  4. The Texas HIV/STD Insider has been updated (includes conference news) dshs.state.tx.us/hivstd/news/de…
  5. Application deadline for the Casey S. Blass Award for HIV/STD Prevention and Care extended to June 1. Apply now! ow.ly/aR99J
  6. RT @cdc_drfenton: CDC Fact: 1.2 million people have Hepatitis B in the US. Are you at risk? go.usa.gov/y7V
  7. Miss last week's DSHS Grand Rounds presentation on resistant gonorrhea? You can still stream the webinar recording at ow.ly/auuUl.
  8. CDC Director Dr. Tom Frieden hosts a Twitter chat 4/23 @ 12pm CDT on what providers can do to stop STDs among youth: cdc.gov/Features/Twitt….
  9. DSHS Grand Rounds presentation on resistant gonorrhea coming up Apr. 18: extra.dshs.state.tx.us/grandrounds/pr….
  10. The deadline for conference abstracts has been extended to May 1: dshs.state.tx.us/hivstd/confere….
  11. Our new conference logo is up and running (see profile pic).
  12. Heads-up! All non-research abstracts for the Texas HIV/STD Conference are due Apr. 1: dshs.state.tx.us/hivstd/news/de….
  13. Save the Date! STD Grand Rounds presentation at DSHS on Apr. 18. Learn more in today's HIV/STD Insider: dshs.state.tx.us/hivstd/news/de…
  14. NAPWA has moved the start date of the Healthy Living Summit in Dallas/Fort Worth from Apr. 8 to Apr. 10: napwa.org/content/napwa-…
  15. The conference call for abstracts is now open! Standard abstracts due 4/1, research abstracts due 5/1. Submit at: dshs.state.tx.us/hivstd/confere….
  16. NAPWA's Healthy Living Summit will be held Apr. 8-12 in Dallas/Fort Worth. Registration and scholarship info at: napwa.org/content/napwa-…
  17. Latino Commission on AIDS hosts a series of training institutes and community forums in Texas starting Feb. 7: surveymonkey.com/s/TXRegistrati….
  18. Dec. 23 MMWR summarizes recs for Quadrivalent HPV vaccine in males. Updates to DSHS HPV materials coming soon: cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/m….
  19. Next Medication Advisory Committee meeting is Jan. 13 at 12p. Check the Insider for the agenda and meeting location: dshs.state.tx.us/hivstd/news/de…