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• Vitamin D deficiency associated with a poorer response to HCV treatment in HIV/HCV-co-infected patients

  Hepatitis C treatment
  Michael Carter | 11 October 2012

  Vitamin D deficiency is associated with a poorer response to hepatitis C therapy in people who are co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C, investigators report in the online edition of AIDS. Austrian ...

• Janssen issues warning on potential non-toxic contamination of Prezista 400mg or 600mg tablets

  Side effects
  Keith Alcorn | 11 May 2011

  Janssen, the manufacturer of the HIV protease inhibitor Prezista (darunavir), has issued a warning to pharmacists and patients regarding the potential contamination with wood preservative of approximately 2000 bottles of Prezista 400mg ...

• HIV treatment preserves CD4 cell count during and after HCV therapy in co-infected patients

  Hepatitis C treatment
  Michael Carter | 03 May 2011

  Antiretroviral therapy helps preserve the CD4 cell counts of HIV-positive patients undergoing treatment for hepatitis C, Austrian investigators report in the June 15th edition of the Journal of Infectious Diseases. Treatment with ...

• Deportations of people with HIV widespread; activists' tactics differ

  Immigration
  Roger Pebody | 21 July 2010

  Across the globe, 31 countries have policies of deporting HIV-positive citizens of other countries, the Eighteenth International Conference in Vienna was told on Tuesday. Moreover, speakers from three European countries explained that while ...

• Study rates Luxembourg as having the best HIV prevention and care in Europe

  HIV treatment
  Roger Pebody | 19 October 2009

  A study assessing 29 European countries’ HIV policies and services has highlighted best practice and areas for improvement, with widespread differences between European countries. Overall, the countries rated as having ...

• International AIDS Society names NAM official conference news provider

  Anon | 18 March 2009

  Clinical Care Options (CCO), a leader in education for healthcare professionals, and NAM, an award-winning community-based HIV information provider, have been named the official providers of online conference coverage and ...

• GNP+ launches website documenting global HIV exposure/transmission laws and prosecutions

  Social and legal issues
  Edwin J. Bernard | 04 December 2008

  The United States tops the world table of criminal prosecutions for HIV exposure or transmission according to data published this week by the Global Network of People Living with HIV ...

• Criminal HIV transmission and exposure laws spreading around the world ‘like a virus’

  Social and legal issues
  Edwin J. Bernard | 07 August 2008

  Concern over the growing international trend towards the criminalisation of HIV transmission or exposure was documented in a Wednesday morning session at the XVII International AIDS Conference that highlighted “criminalisation ...