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Higher rates of HIV in US black gay men may be due to smaller choice of partners and more age mixing

Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Gus Cairns | 18 May 2013
Limited partner choice, wider age gaps between partners, and mistaken beliefs about HIV status in regular partners are all driving the substantially higher rates of HIV in US black gay men relative ...
Dramatic improvements in HIV testing are possible – local leadership and multiple initiatives required

Promoting HIV testing
Roger Pebody | 16 May 2013
In Brighton & Hove the proportion of new HIV diagnoses which are made outside of sexual health and antenatal clinics has increased from 25.7% in 2000 to 57.8% in 2012, driven by ...
Triple therapy for hepatitis C is effective after liver transplantation, but side-effects are common

Hepatitis C treatment
Liz Highleyman | 16 May 2013
Adding the approved HCV protease inhibitor telaprevir (Incivo or Incivek) to pegylated interferon and ribavirin can increase sustained viral response rates even for difficult-to-treat liver transplant recipients, but adverse events are common, researchers ...
Engagement with health care leads to more prompt HIV diagnosis and higher rates of virological suppression among gay men

Retention and linkage to care
Michael Carter | 16 May 2013
Pre-existing connection with primary health care is associated with more prompt diagnosis of HIV infection and an increased likelihood of virological suppression one year after diagnosis among gay men, investigators from the United ...
Hepatitis E virus infection can cause rapid liver cirrhosis in people with HIV who have low CD4 cell counts

Hepatitis and HIV
Michael Carter | 15 May 2013
Infection with hepatitis E virus (HEV) can cause rapid liver fibrosis in people with HIV who have low CD4 cell counts, case reports published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases ...
More drugs, more alcohol often means more risky sex for HIV-negative gay men

Epidemiology and behaviour
Michael Carter | 14 May 2013
There is a highly significant relationship between frequency and intensity of drug and alcohol use and risky sex among American HIV-negative gay men, a study published in the online edition of the ...
People more likely to keep HIV clinic appointments if they believe their care providers know them as a person

Retention and linkage to care
Michael Carter | 13 May 2013
People who believe their care providers know them as a person are more likely to keep their HIV clinic appointments, research conducted in the United States and published in the online edition ...
New HCV combinations could have a big role in prevention, but only if treatment rates increase

New and experimental hepatitis C treatment
Michael Carter | 11 May 2013
New combinations of hepatitis C drugs could have major public health benefits, a modelling study published in the online edition of Hepatology shows. Scaling-up treatment rates in Edinburgh, Melbourne and Vancouver has the ...
Up to a third of HIV infections in European gay men may have come from another country

Epidemiology and behaviour
Gus Cairns | 10 May 2013
A study (Frentz) that looked at genetic similarities in the HIV from recently diagnosed people in 24 European countries found that among ‘clusters’ of closely related viruses (which indicate networks of transmission), ...
Movement for global access to hepatitis C treatment building momentum

Hepatitis C treatment
Keith Alcorn | 09 May 2013
Access to hepatitis C treatment in low- and middle-income countries is being restricted by the high cost of interferon and a lack of commitment to treating the disease, leading to a growing ...

Debating PrEP in the gay community

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Competing antibodies may have limited the protection achieved in HIV vaccine trial in Thailand

Eurekalert Inf Dis | 17 May 2013

Continuing analysis of an HIV vaccine trial undertaken in Thailand is yielding additional information about how immune responses were triggered and why the vaccine did not protect more people.
HIV prevention policy

Russia has 'no anti-AIDS strategy': official

AFP | 17 May 2013

There is no government strategy to fight the spread of AIDS in Russia, where the number of deaths caused by the disease continues to grow, a senior healthcare official said on Thursday.
Activism

New AIDS group debuts as NAPWA successor

Washington Blade | 17 May 2013

A newly created national coalition called Pozitively Healthy will advocate for people with HIV and AIDS following the closing in February of the 30-year-old National Association of People With AIDS (NAPWA), according to the coalition’s organizers.
Pharmaceutical industry

The epic inside story of long-term criminal fraud at Ranbaxy, the Indian drug company that made generic ARVs

Fortune | 17 May 2013

The confidential report laid bare systemic fraud in Ranbaxy's worldwide regulatory filings. It found that "the majority of products filed in Brazil, Mexico, Middle East, Russia, Romania, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, African Nations, have data submitted which did not exist or data from different products and from different countries ..."
Outcomes and prognosis

People with HIV pay more for life insurance – if they can get it

Mail & Guardian Online | 17 May 2013

Their life expectancy is almost as high as those who are HIV free, yet they pay much more.
Promoting HIV testing

South Africa: Public HIV tests for MPs?

Independent Online | 17 May 2013

The country’s lawmakers could find themselves having to publicly test for HIV if Parliament heeds a call by Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi.
Testing policies and guidelines

Complaints over Kaiser Permanente's involuntary HIV screening may hint of things to come: critics

Oregon Live | 17 May 2013

For some people HIV testing remains a touchy subject, while others only want to be tested anonymously for privacy reasons. But Kaiser says that despite member complaints, the test records won't be deleted. Critics say the episode is a taste of things to come.
Hepatitis C symptoms and diagnosis

As Hepatitis C Spreads, Scotland Steps In

Wall Street Journal | 17 May 2013

Scotland is ignoring conventional wisdom and making a bold push to control a virus that may be one of the biggest ticking time bombs in medicine.
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure

HIV nurse slams Australia needle danger

The Australian | 17 May 2013

AUSTRALIA is way behind the US and Europe in protecting medical workers from sharp objects, says a former US nurse who contracted HIV and hepatitis C through a needle injury.
Hepatitis B

Antiretrovirals Linked to Liver Fibrosis

Medscape (requires registration) | 17 May 2013

Despite hepatitis B virus suppression provided by current drugs, many patients coinfected with hepatitis B and HIV have advanced liver fibrosis, according to new research.

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Higher rates of HIV in US black gay men may be due to smaller choice of partners and more age mixing

Dramatic improvements in HIV testing are possible – local leadership and multiple initiatives required

Triple therapy for hepatitis C is effective after liver transplantation, but side-effects are common

Engagement with health care leads to more prompt HIV diagnosis and higher rates of virological suppression among gay men

Hepatitis E virus infection can cause rapid liver cirrhosis in people with HIV who have low CD4 cell counts

More drugs, more alcohol often means more risky sex for HIV-negative gay men

People more likely to keep HIV clinic appointments if they believe their care providers know them as a person

New HCV combinations could have a big role in prevention, but only if treatment rates increase

Up to a third of HIV infections in European gay men may have come from another country

Movement for global access to hepatitis C treatment building momentum

Debating PrEP in the gay community

Pregnancy, TB and HIV

Tales of the late diagnosed

Drug-resistant TB

TB infection control

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Competing antibodies may have limited the protection achieved in HIV vaccine trial in Thailand

Russia has 'no anti-AIDS strategy': official

New AIDS group debuts as NAPWA successor

The epic inside story of long-term criminal fraud at Ranbaxy, the Indian drug company that made generic ARVs

People with HIV pay more for life insurance – if they can get it

South Africa: Public HIV tests for MPs?

Complaints over Kaiser Permanente's involuntary HIV screening may hint of things to come: critics

As Hepatitis C Spreads, Scotland Steps In

HIV nurse slams Australia needle danger

Antiretrovirals Linked to Liver Fibrosis

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