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Sep '05
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Denial of Hepatitis Treatment 'Cruel and Unusual'
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A recent ruling by a New York panel of judges said prison officials' denial of medical treatment for a Sing Sing inmate with hepatitis C amounted to "cruel and unusual punishment in
violation of the Eighth Amendment." |
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Sep '05
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HIV Vaccine Passes First Tests
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On July 5, researchers at Italy's National Health Institute issued a statement saying recently completed Phase I trials of an AIDS vaccine found it was safe and capable of stimulating
the immune systems of the people tested. |
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Sep '05
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Dick Wipes?
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Two studies were conducted in Malawi to determine the safety, acceptability, and potential efficacy of a benzalkonium chloride topical penile microbicide wipe. |
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Sep '05
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Reverset Shows Promise
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Incyte Corp.'s drug Reverset showed promise in reducing HIV in patients whose current regimens are not working, according to data the company presented at the 3rd International
AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment in Rio de Janeiro. |
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Aug '05
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Double Dose Hepatitis B Vaccine Protects HIV-Poz Adult Patients
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In a current study, investigators evaluated a double dose of hepatitis B vaccine for HIV patients in a double-blinded, randomized, controlled study with numbers for statistical
validity. |
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Aug '05
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Pediatricians Denounce Abstinence-Only Education
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The American Academy of Pediatricians has revised its 1998 teen pregnancy policy to omit the statement that "abstinence counseling is an important role for all pediatricians." |
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Aug '05
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Quick Results Mean More Getting HIV Test
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The number of people testing for HIV at the nonprofit agency AID Atlanta has more than doubled since it began offering the OraQuick rapid oral HIV test last October. |
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Aug '05
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US Approves Aptivus
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Last month, the US Food and Drug Administration approved Boehringer Ingelheim's protease inhibitor Aptivus for use with Norvir, made by Abbott Laboratories, in treating adults with
drug-resistant HIV. |
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Aug '05
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Shorter Hepatitis C Therapy Possible
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According to a new study, hepatitis C patients with no evidence of disease after three months can safely stop taking their medications rather than continuing them for the full
six-month treatment. |
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Jul '05
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Federal Funds Promote Christianity
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Last month, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed suit against the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), alleging the government
has improperly used taxpayer dollars to support an abstinence education program that promotes Christianity. |
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Jul '05
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US Demands 'Loyalty Oath'
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Last month, the Bush administration notified US-based AIDS groups working overseas with US funds that they must pledge their opposition to sex trafficking
and prostitution. It is the first time US groups have been required to accept such a condition to receive federal funds. |
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Jul '05
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Fury Over Needle Vending Machines
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Queensland Health has installed needle vending machines in five area hospitals in a trial program set to run through the end of the year. |
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Jul '05
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Prime-Time Condom Ads
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Two major TV networks are breaking with longstanding tradition to run condom ads in prime time. |
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Jul '05
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Hep C Deaths Expected to Jump
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New US hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections have fallen 90 percent since 1989, when the virus was discovered, due to improved blood supply screening and
less sharing of contaminated needles by intravenous drug users. |
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Jun '05
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Many HIV-Positive Gay Men Unaware They're Infected
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A study found that of approximately 5,600 gay and bisexual men ages 15-29, more than three-quarters of those testing HIV-positive were unaware they were infected. |
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Jun '05
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Survivors of the Epidemic
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Why it is that some treatment-naďve HIV-positive people do not progress to AIDS? |
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Jun '05
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Atlanta Men to Test Safety of HIV Drug
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At the AIDS Research Consortium of Atlanta (ARCA), 200 HIV-negative men who have sex with men (MSM) will take the HIV drug tenofovir (Viread) in a test of its safety and its
potential use to prevent HIV infection in people at high risk. |
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Jun '05
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Is Hep C Sexually Transmitted?
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Sexual transmission of hepatitis C virus between HIV-negative gay men is extremely rare, according to a Cana- dian study published last month. |
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Jun '05
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AIDS Cocktails Prevent Cancer
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Highly active antiretroviral therapy may not only suppress HIV and help prevent opportunistic infections such as pneumonia: the drugs may also protect patients from some
infection-related cancers, researchers have reported. |
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May '05
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New in AIDS Arsenal
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HIV's ability to mutate and become drug-resistant, together with the fact that patients are transmitting drug-resistant HIV, adds urgency to the race to find new therapies, according to researchers at the 12th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston. |
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May '05
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Unsafe Sex More Likely Among Poz Women Than Poz Men, Gay or Straight
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A New York City Health Department study presented last month at the 12th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston reports that HIV-positive women in New York City are more likely to have unprotected sex than infected gay or heterosexual men. |
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May '05
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FDA Approves New Hepatitis Drug
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Last month the Food and Drug Administration approved Bristol-Myers's Baraclude (entecavir)... |
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May '05
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Drugs Double Heart Risk?
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AIDS drug cocktails may double the risk of heart attacks, a risk comparable with smoking cigarettes, University of Copenhagen researcher Dr. Jens Lundgren said at the 12th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston. |
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May '05
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Georgia Confirms Case of Rare STD
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The confirmation of a case of a rare and potentially serious STD in an Atlanta man has prompted health officials to urge men who have sex with men to take precautions against this and other STDs. |
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May '05
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Gel for Safer Sex Shows Promise
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At the recent 12th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston, Dr. Marla J. Keller, a Mt. Sinai School of Medicine professor, and colleagues presented a study they hope will yield a vaginal microbicide effective against HIV and herpes simplex virus. |
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May '05
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Treat Early?
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Some researchers at the recent 12th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston have advocated that highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) should be offered to all patients who are identified during the first few months following their acquisition of
HIV infection. |
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Apr '05
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HIV Exploding Among Young in Former Soviet States
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In two years, Eastern Europe and Central Asia have experienced a 40 percent jump in HIV/AIDS cases, mostly among the young, UNAIDS and World Health Organization reported. |
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Apr '05
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Rare HIV Strain for Real?
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Last month's announcement by New York City health officials that a patient there has a rare strain of HIV-- one that is resistant to multiple drugs and is linked to rapid onset of AIDS-- rang familiar to Dr. Julio Montaner, chairperson of AIDS research at the University of
British Columbia. |
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Apr '05
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Drugstores Refuse to Sell Syringes, Despite Laws
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People who sought to purchase sterile syringes from pharmacies in Colorado, Connecticut, Kentucky, and Missouri were refused at least one-third of the time, despite laws in those and most other states permitting the sale of syringes without a prescription, a recent
study found. |
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Apr '05
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Vancouver Clinic to Offer Heroin, Despite US Pressure
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A Canadian government clinic in Vancouver will test, for the first time in North America, whether prescribing heroin can cut overdoses and HIV and hepatitis infections and reduce addicts' dependence on crime to obtain the drug. |
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