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Introduction During May 12, 2022-May 18, 2023, a total of 5,765 persons with mpox and 250 (4.3%) mpox-associated hospitalizations were reported among California residents (1). At the end of May [...]

High prevalences of HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have been reported in the current global monkeypox outbreak, which has affected primarily gay, bisexual, and other men who have [...]

In 2014, 81% of new human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection diagnoses in the United States were in males, with the highest number of cases among those aged 20-29 years. Racial [...]

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention interventions, such as preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), are often targeted to men who have sex with men (MSM) who self-report high-risk behaviors (1). Data from a [...]

The incidence of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection has significantly increased among black men who have sex with men (MSM) in the United States, and young black MSM have been [...]

On July 25, 2016, this report was posted as an MMWR Early Release on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr). Zika virus has been identified as a cause of congenital microcephaly and [...]

The highly infectious phase of acute human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, defined as the interval between the appearance of HIV RNA in plasma and the detection of HIV-1--specific antibodies, contributes [...]

From 2000 to 2014, the number of annual diagnoses of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection in Massachusetts declined 47% (1). In August 2016, however, the Massachusetts Department of Public Health [...]

When it comes to Cuba, American policy is one of curious exceptions. U.S. policy favors engagement with communist China but isolation of Cuba. American companies invest in Vietnam but our […]

Byline: PHILIP PETERS WASHINGTON, June 22 (UPI) -- As desperate throngs flee Sudan's Darfur region, under attack from the government in Khartoum, they add to a global refugee crisis of [...]

On April 24, 2015, this report was posted as an MMWR Early Release on the MMWR website (http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr). On January 23, 2015, the Indiana State Department of Health (ISDH) began [...]

On Jul. 16, Cuba's Central Bank enacted new foreign-exchange controls for all Cuban banks and state enterprises. The new regulations, intended to "ensure efficient use of financial resources," establish the [...]

Rather than rely on expanded market-based reforms, Cuba has embarked on a series of long-term international economic initiatives geared toward strengthening the state economy and increasing trade, aid and investment. [...]

What's stunning today is that they put a date and they put a number on it -- 500,000. It's a very substantial decision. It's a major shift towards a larger private sector in a Socialist economy. PHILIP PETERS, who follows Cuba for the Lexington Institute, on the Cuban government's plan to lay off half a million workers. [A8] [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Presents information on the Cuban economy. Legality of microenterprise in the country; Discussion on the government's use of incentive payment as a tool to increase production; Top foreign-exchange earner in Cuba; Changes in the country.

Comments on the economic and political reforms in Cuba which have allowed small businesses to prosper. Several stories of successful businessmen; The development of a private sector in Cuba; Why the United States needs to respond to the economic opportunities in Cuba; The contention that the US needs to change its policy toward Cuba as changes in Cuba open up the country's economy.