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Ending the HIV Epidemic in the Midwest
MATEC is enhancing the capacity of health care professionals to end the HIV epidemic throughout the Midwest as a funded partner of the national Ending the HIV Epidemic: A Plan for America initiative.
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MATEC Missouri is hiring! Regional Instructional Design Coordinator.
Regional Instructional Design Coordinator Remote work opportunity! The MATEC (Midwest AIDS Training + Education Center) Regional Instructional Design Coordinator is responsible for leading regional MATEC efforts to deliver state-of-the-art distance-based trainings. This position will involve collaboration and communication with all other MATEC sites across the region as well as within the MATEC-Missouri team. This position…
FDA approves COVID-19 vaccine for everyone 16+
Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine has been known as the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, and will now be marketed as Comirnaty (koe-mir’-na-tee), for the prevention of COVID-19 disease in individuals 16 years of age and older. The vaccine also continues to be available under emergency use authorization…
Updates to the Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in Adults and Adolescents with HIV
August 18, 2021: The Panel updated the following section of the Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in Adults and Adolescents with HIV. Highlights from the section are summarized below: Human Papillomavirus Disease:New recommendation for cervical cancer screening to start at age 21 based on the HIV/AIDS Cancer Match Study with no…