Updated: 2011-09-29 21:00:39
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Updated: 2011-09-29 20:15:27
A scientific review board has closed down the oral tenofovir arm of the Vaginal and Oral Interventions to Control the Epidemic (VOICE) study looking at pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) HIV prevention interventions among women in Africa. The Microbicides Trial Network, responsible for the study, made the announcement Wednesday. VOICE is the first study to compare the [...](Read more...)
Updated: 2011-09-29 18:28:29
The House Appropriations Committee posted a draft bill today funding the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services and Education programs. The draft contains a $1 billion increase for biomedical research for a total of $31.7 billion at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), but eliminates $300 million in funding for the Global Fund to [...](Read more...)
Updated: 2011-09-29 17:47:03
Since early in the HIV/AIDS epidemic, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has involved community representatives and advocates in the research process. The nature and scope of the community’s involvement have grown over the years, but the rationale behind these efforts remains the same: the people who might benefit from the research...
Updated: 2011-09-29 05:59:58
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Updated: 2011-09-28 16:34:14
The following guest blog post is by David Bryden, the Stop TB Advocacy Officer at RESULTS. The Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria approved an action plan Monday in response to recommendations made recently by the High-Level Independent Review Panel on Fiduciary Controls and Oversight Mechanism (HLP). The board stated [...](Read more...)
Updated: 2011-09-27 23:01:52
If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you probably know that planning is a very important part of our approach to new media. What you might not know is that we often plan our blog posts, particularly those about new media, weeks in advance. We believe strongly in the importance of planning—but we...
Updated: 2011-09-27 17:31:33
The Senate version of the Department of Defense (DoD) Appropriations Bill for fiscal year (FY) 2012 slashes a line item for military HIV research by $16 million (see line 40 on page 165). Military HIV research funding sustains key facilities such as the Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI)/Walter Reed Program in Kericho, Kenya. This funding [...](Read more...)
Updated: 2011-09-27 17:11:20
In 1981, our nation and its public health system were grappling with a new disease that was taking the lives of gay men across the United States. Thirty years later, HIV/AIDS continues to be a crisis among gay and bisexual men. The latest data show men who have sex with men (MSM) remain most affected...
Updated: 2011-09-27 16:01:31
Concern about pharmaceuticals in our water supply has been in the public consciousness for a few years now. In 2009, the Environmental Protection Agency found traces of various drugs in fish caught in rivers that receive effluent from wastewater-treatment plants. The drugs were believed to come from doses that people ...
Updated: 2011-09-27 09:00:02
For many Americans, June 5th was a day of introspection. It was hard to believe that, as of that date, the AIDS epidemic had lasted 30 years and, despite the remarkable advances we have made in medicine, prevention, and care, we are still facing many of the same challenges we did in the early days...
Updated: 2011-09-26 23:57:35
Improving the solubility of poorly water-soluble drugs is of crucial importance for developing and successfully commercializing new drug compounds. Combinatorial chemistry and high-throughput screening methods in drug discovery has increased the number and diversity of molecules of potential interest in drug development. That larger pool of candidates, although potentially ...
Updated: 2011-09-26 22:21:56
In this exclusive video report, ALLMedPage Today North American correspondent Michael Smith reviews how HIV does what it does with Carl Dieffenback, MD, director of the Division of AIDS at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
Updated: 2011-09-26 21:00:00
Starting HIV therapy when a patient's immune system is still strong does not reduce the risk of AIDS or death, an international cohort study showed.
Updated: 2011-09-26 20:41:58
Written by Paul Kawata, Executive Director, National Minority AIDS CouncilI believe that this year's United States Conference on AIDS (November 10-13) in Chicago, is one of the most important in our history. Our movement is at a crossroads as we work to implement the Affordable Care Act and the National HIV/AIDS Strategy. We can...
Updated: 2011-09-26 20:11:32
The following is a post from Center for Global Health Policy Officer Carol Bergman, who recently traveled to Kenya with a group of Capitol Hill staff from key Congressional offices with jurisdiction over global health funding or programs. We went to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Kisian Field Station – about [...](Read more...)
Updated: 2011-09-25 23:30:00
By eliminating bottlenecks, a rapid immune system test sharply cut the proportion of people who dropped out of HIV care before starting treatment, researchers reported.
Updated: 2011-09-25 21:00:00
The potential impact of a moderately effective HIV vaccine with rapidly waning protection in South Africa and Thailand
Andersson KM, Stover J. Vaccine. 2011 Jun 22. [Epub ahead of print]
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An RV144-like modestly effective HIV vaccine can play a role in South Africa and Thailand
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Updated: 2011-09-25 20:00:00
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Updated: 2011-09-25 19:00:00
Cruising for truckers on highways and the internet: sexual networks and infection risk
Apostolopoulos Y, Sönmez S, Shattell M, Kronenfeld J, Smith D, Stanton S. AIDS Educ Prev. 2011 Jun;23(3):249-66.
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Truckchasers cruising for truckers on highways and the internet in the US
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HIV Prevention for migrants in transit: developing and testing TRAIN
Bahromov M, Weine S. AIDS Educ Prev. 2011 Jun;23(3):267-80.
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HIV prevention for Tajik migrants on a train journey
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Updated: 2011-09-25 17:00:00
HIV This Week Home Disclaimer Glossary Journal Access Multimedia Previous Issues Issue 94 September 25, 2011 Issue 93 August 28, 2011 Issue 92 June 19, 2011 Issue 91 May 15, 2011 Issue 90 March 27, 2011 Issue 89 February 21, 2011 Issue 88 January 29, 2011 Issue 87 January 13, 2011 Issue 86 November 23, 2010 Issue 85 October 31, 2010 Issue 84 September 12, 2010 Issue 83 August 2, 2010 Issue 82 June 21, 2010 Issue 81 May 13, 2010 Issue 80 April 11, 2010 Issue 79, 18 March 2010 Issue 78 February 15, 2010 Issue 77 13 January 2010 Issue 76 December 9, 2009 Issue 75 15 November 2009 Issue 74 26 October 2009 Issue 73 24 September 2009 Issue 72 22 September 2009 Issue 71 August 6, 2009 Issue 70 July 10, 2009 Issue 69 June 16 2009 Issue 68 May 15 2009 Issue 67 April 12, 2009 Issue 66 March 21, 2009
Updated: 2011-09-25 16:00:00
Reduced renal function is associated with progression to AIDS but not with overall mortality in HIV-infected Kenyan adults not initially requiring combination antiretroviral therapy
Gupta SK, Ong'or WO, Shen C, Musick B, Goldman M, Wools-Kaloustian K. J Int AIDS Soc. 2011 Jun 11;14:31.
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Kidney function and HIV progression in Kenya
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Updated: 2011-09-25 15:00:00
Expanded syringe exchange programmes and reduced HIV infection among new injection drug users in Tallinn, Estonia
Uuskula A, Des Jarlais DC, Kals M, Ruutel K, Abel-Ollo K, Talu A, Sobolev I. C Public Health. 2011 Jun 30;11(1):517. [Epub ahead of print]
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Reducing HIV infection among people who start injecting drugs in Tallinn, Estonia
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Updated: 2011-09-25 14:00:00
<p class="SubHeadingBlackBold"Female condom use in the rural sex industry in China: analysis of users and non-users at post-intervention surveys
Liao S, Weeks MR, Wang Y, Li F, Jiang J, Li J, Zeng X, He B, Dunn J. AIDS Care. 2011 Jun;23 Suppl 1:66-74.
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Female condom use in the rural sex industry in China
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Updated: 2011-09-25 12:00:00
Will patients "opt in" to perform their own rapid HIV test in the emergency department?
Gaydos CA, Hsieh YH, Harvey L, Burah A, Won H, Jett-Goheen M, Barnes M, Agreda P, Arora N, Rothman RE. Ann Emerg Med. 2011 Jul;58 Suppl 1:S74-8.
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Would you perform your own rapid HIV test?
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Updated: 2011-09-25 01:00:00
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Updated: 2011-09-23 20:24:10
The Senate Appropriations Committee released the full text of the fiscal year (FY) 2012 Foreign Operations appropriations bill Friday. “The Committee is aware of the findings of the HIV Prevention Trials Network 052 for reductions in the transmission of HIV,” according to the report accompanying the bill. “The US global AIDS coordinator is directed to [...](Read more...)
Updated: 2011-09-23 16:26:11
The U.S. House of Representatives launched the first ever Congressional HIV/AIDS caucus last week, kicking off their efforts to combat the deadly disease with a press conference attended by several representatives and leaders in the fight against both domestic and global HIV. Led by Reps. Jim McDermott (D-WA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), and Trent Franks (R-AZ), [...](Read more...)
Updated: 2011-09-23 14:00:22
The following is a guest blog post by Mitchell Warren, executive director of AVAC – Global Advocacy for HIV Prevention. Recent news about HIV/AIDS has focused on the good – promising trial results that prove the same antiretroviral (ARV) drugs used to treat HIV can also prevent HIV infections; and the bad – retreats in [...](Read more...)
Updated: 2011-09-22 22:52:42
CHICAGO -- The proportion of HIV patients whose virus is resistant to at least one drug in each of the three major medication classes appears to be falling, a researcher said here.
Updated: 2011-09-22 20:48:09
The senate appropriations bill released on September 20, 2011 contained a modest $190 million cut in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), but also contained language creating the National Center for Advancing Translational Research (NCATS), a branch of the NIH devoted to translating basic science into treatment and ...
Updated: 2011-09-22 19:00:36
Professor Richard Hayes of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LHSTM) will lead a team of researchers in a $37 million project – entitled PopART – to test innovative combination strategies to prevent HIV in African countries. That’s according to a press release from LSHTM last week that announced the joint effort to [...](Read more...)
Updated: 2011-09-22 15:00:00
CHICAGO -- A drug aimed at patients with the most common form of HIV also appears to be effective in those with a less widespread form, a researcher said here.
Updated: 2011-09-21 21:47:18
There is a disturbing rise in the number of cases of STD/STI and HIV/AIDS in the black community. hat can we do to stop this?read more
Updated: 2011-09-21 20:41:22
Calling all volunteers!
The AIDS Foundation of Chicago is holding its annual Run & Walk on Saturday, October 1, from 7:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Grant Park. We need volunteers to help us with manning tables and getting petitions out to the 8,000+ participants!
We will need volunteers for hree shifts: 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m. o 11:00 a.m., and 11:00 a.m.read more
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Updated: 2011-09-21 17:55:54
Co-authored by Ambassador Mark Dybul, U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator (2006-2009); inaugural global health fellow, the George W. Bush Institute.Thirty years since the first case of AIDS was diagnosed in the United States, the world finds itself at a tipping point in the fight against this deadly disease. For the first time, grounded in scientific...
Updated: 2011-09-20 17:26:23
The Pharma ChemOutsourcing conference, an annual event that brings together pharmaceutical companies, CROs, and CMOs to discuss industry trends and perspectives, was held in Long Branch, New Jersey, last week. The central question at the heart of many of the discussions was a fundamental but important one: where is ...
Updated: 2011-09-20 11:00:55
From September 21-24, thousands of Americans, elected officials, business and industry leaders, and media will gather for the 41st Congressional Black Caucus Foundation (CBCF) 2011 Annual Legislative Conference (ALC) in Washington, D.C. This year’s theme of the four-day event is “iLead | iServe”, highlighting the value and impact of leadership and services within the community....
Updated: 2011-09-19 22:48:30
In the fifth installment of our continuing six-week video series, Dr. James Curran, Dean of the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University discusses the early years of research and response to HIV/AIDS, the uncertainty of its cause, the rush to understand the epidemic fully, and the urgency to respond to the disease. Dr. Curran shared that, “the biggest...
Updated: 2011-09-19 17:09:40
Five Members of Congress gathered outside the Capitol on Thursday morning, September 15, to announce the formation of the Congressional HIV/AIDS Caucus. Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) introduced the bipartisan Caucus, noting that it had 59 members as of its debut and it would be welcoming additional Members in the weeks ahead. Joining Congresswoman Lee at...
Updated: 2011-09-19 05:41:42
CHICAGO -- A gene-based treatment for HIV was safe and well tolerated in two small clinical trials, a first step toward a so-called "functional cure," researchers said here.
Updated: 2011-09-08 19:03:02
The "Super Committee" (not to be confused with the Super Friends) is actually a group of Congressional Republican and Democratic frienemies (friend-enemies) charged with reducing the federal deficit, and they need to know that read more
