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HIV/AIDS Newsroom: April 2008
- Salt Lake Tribune Examines Enforcement of Utah Law Requiring Mandatory HIV Tests for Convicted Sex Workers, Solicitors (April 30, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Global Climate Change to Increase Vulnerability to HIV/AIDS of People in Developing Countries, Panel Says (April 30, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Number of HIV/AIDS Cases in Singapore Reached Record High Last Year (April 30, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Suppression of Human Protein Reduces HIV's Ability to Enter T Cells, Replicate, Study Finds (April 30, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - CDC, Verizon, University of Georgia Launch Cell Phone Initiative That Aims to Increase HIV Testing Among Youth (April 29, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Clinton Foundation, UNITAID Announce New Antiretroviral Discounts (April 29, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Egyptian Actors Address HIV/AIDS, Recent Imprisonment of Men Living With Disease (April 29, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer Discharged After Testing Positive (April 29, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Appeals Court Decision Restores More Than $1 Million in HIV/AIDS Funds to New York Counties (April 28, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Survival Rates Among HIV-Positive People Who Receive Lab Tests Similar to People Who Do Not Receive Tests, Study Finds (April 28, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Symptoms Nearly as Effective as Labs in Determining Whether to Switch HIV Meds (April 26, 2008)
In The Lancet - Co-Payments Go Way Up for Drugs With High Costs (April 25, 2008)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Iowa Records 127 New HIV Cases in 2007, Highest Number Since 1998, Health Department Report Says (April 25, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - U.S., British HIV/AIDS Researchers Pessimistic About Prospects of Vaccine, Survey Finds (April 25, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Researchers Develop Breath-Monitoring Device to Monitor Treatment Adherence Among HIV-Positive People (April 23, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - U.S. Prisons Missing Opportunities to Provide HIV Testing, Education, Prevention, Panel Says (April 23, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Guardian Examines Detention of 11 HIV-Positive People in China, Country's Response to HIV/AIDS (April 18, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - African Countries Have Made Least Progress in Reducing Infant, Maternal Deaths, Report Says (April 17, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Iran Offers Addicts Condoms From Vending Machines (April 17, 2008)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Relatives of Detained Chinese HIV-Positive Protesters Appeal for Their Release (April 17, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Workplace Attitudes Toward HIV/AIDS, Acceptance of Condoms Improving, ILO Report Finds (April 17, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Black Churches in Florida Encourage HIV Testing, Battle Stigma (April 16, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - IAVI, CHAVI Join to Collaborate on HIV Vaccine Research (April 16, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Number of Minnesota HIV Cases Highest Since 1995 (April 16, 2008)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Black Religious Leaders, Public Health Officials in N. Carolina Urge HIV Testing for Prison Inmates (April 15, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - HIV Might Spread More Quickly Within the Body Than Previously Thought (April 15, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Major Clinical Outcomes in Antiretroviral Therapy (ART)–Naive Participants and in Those Not Receiving ART at Baseline in the SMART Study (April 15, 2008)
In The Journal of Infectious Diseases - New SMART Study Analyses Lend Further Support to Starting Tx at CD4 Above 350 (April 15, 2008)
In The Journal of Infectious Diseases - Some Doctors Say No to Drug Company Money (April 15, 2008)
In The New York Times - Canadian Airport Security Guard Who Prevented HIV/AIDS Support Group From Boarding Plane Resigns (April 14, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - More Human Clinical Research on HIV Vaccine Needed to Find "Magic Formula," Says Opinion Piece (April 14, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Unsafe Tetanus Toxoid Injections Do Not Play a Significant Role in the Transmission of HIV. Evidence From Seven African Countries (April 14, 2008)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - HIV May Reproduce Much Faster Than Previously Thought, Researchers Say (April 13, 2008)
In The Santa Fe New Mexican - Activist Says AIDS Protesters Beaten When Trying to Protest in Front of China's Premier (April 11, 2008)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Brazil May Reject Gilead's AIDS Drug Patent (April 11, 2008)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Kenyan Government Adopts Male Circumcision as a Standard HIV Prevention Strategy (April 11, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Transmission of Drug-Resistant HIV-1 in Europe Remains Limited to Single Classes (April 11, 2008)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Incyte Halts Development of Promising New CCR5 Drug (April 10, 2008)
From Project Inform - Members of Canadian HIV/AIDS Group Delayed in Boarding Flight After Security Guard Deemed Them Health Risks to Other Passengers (April 10, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Researchers Call for Improvements in Trial Design to Test Biomedical Interventions to Prevent HIV (April 10, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - University of Washington Institute for Health Metrics to Host Conference on Improving Calculation of Global Health Data (April 10, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - ADAP Waiting Lists Nearly Eliminated, Kaiser Family Foundation, NASTAD Survey Says; Challenges Remain (April 9, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Canadian Prisons Contributing to Spread of HIV, Researchers Say (April 9, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Brazil Opens Condom Factory to Reduce Spread of HIV, Preserve Rainforest (April 8, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - HIV-Positive Adoptees Grow Up in U.S., Creating New Challenges (April 8, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Prevalence of Bisexual Behaviors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men (MSM) in China and Associations Between Condom Use in MSM and Heterosexual Behaviors (April 8, 2008)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Rapid HIV Testing and Prevention of Perinatal HIV Transmission in High-Risk Maternity Hospitals in St. Petersburg, Russia (April 4, 2008)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - Rep. Farr Requests That Policy Barring MSM From Donating Blood Be Re-Evaluated (April 4, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - UN Sees Progress Inadequate on Children and HIV (April 4, 2008)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - House Approves PEPFAR Reauthorization Bill (April 3, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Examination of Antiretrovirals Abacavir, Didanosine's Potential Link to Increased Risk of Heart Attack Continues (April 2, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - HIV Does Not Worsen Prostate Cancer, Study Finds (April 2, 2008)
From BJU International - Changes Over Time in Risk Factors for Cardiovascular Disease and Use of Lipid-Lowering Drugs in HIV-Infected Individuals and Impact on Myocardial Infarction (April 1, 2008)
From Clinical Infectious Diseases - HAART May Improve Survival in HIV-Infected Patients With Hodgkin's Lymphoma (April 1, 2008)
In Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes - HIV Prevention Efforts in San Joaquin County, Calif., Focus on Migrant Workers (April 1, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Increase in HIV/AIDS Cases in Baltimore "Disturbing," Editorial Says (April 1, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - IRIS: A Concern for People Starting HIV Therapy (April 2008)
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From Project Inform - New York City Hospitals to Offer Rapid HIV Tests (April 1, 2008)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation - Once-a-Month HIV Therapy: Could Nanotechnology Be the Next Treatment Frontier? (April 2008)
A simple explanation of new research on the use of nanotechnology in HIV treatment.
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In Project Inform Perspective, from Project Inform - Specific Adverse Effects of ART Vary by Race, Gender, Study Says (April 1, 2008)
In Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes - Tenofovir DF Plus Lamivudine or Emtricitabine for Nonoccupational Postexposure Prophylaxis (NPEP) in a Boston Community Health Center (April 1, 2008)
In Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
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