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  • D4T linked to body fat changes in five

    Anon | 05 March 2001

    Strong evidence that d4T (stavudine, Zerit) contributes to the body fat changes seen frequently in people on anti-retroviral treatment was presented at an international workshop on adverse drug effects in ...

  • No HIV in 1950s polio vaccine

    Keith Alcorn | 05 March 2001

    Researchers have failed to find any evidence of HIV or SIV infection in samples of oral polio vaccine held by the Wistar Institute, developers of a vaccine alleged to have ...

  • 8% of recent San Francisco infections due to oral sex

    Keith Alcorn | 05 March 2001

    An investigation of new HIV infections in San Francisco has revealed that even using the most stringent criteria, 8% of infections can be attributed to oral sex. The findings reinforce concerns ...

  • Treatment interruptions in salvage therapy: latest

    Keith Alcorn | 05 March 2001

    Treatment interruption in patients with multi-drug resistance virus may have the potential to drive out viruses with mutations that confer cross-class nucleoside analogue resistance, according to a report from French ...

  • HIV begins to hide within days of infection

    Keith Alcorn | 05 March 2001

    HIV becomes integrated into resting CD4 cells much more quickly than previously assumed, presenting new obstacles for post-exposure prophylaxis, primary infection treatment and long-term treatment strategies, according to a report ...

  • BHIVA clinicians Retroviruses feedback - Wednesday

    Keith Alcorn | 05 March 2001

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  • ART in pregnancy

    Anon | 05 March 2001

    The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have published a short report on the safety of combination therapy in pregnancy. Studies reported at the 12th World AIDS Conference in ...

  • Abbott on ritonavir(Norvir™)

    Anon | 05 March 2001

    Last autumn, Abbott Laboratories held a community forum in Chicago to present and discuss the latest information about problems occurring during the manufacture of capsules of their protease inhibitor ritonavir ...

  • Decline in US AIDS deaths slowing

    Anna Poppa | 05 March 2001

    New mortality data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) suggest the numbers of Americans dying from AIDS continued to fall in 1998. However, the rate of ...

  • $19 billion triple therapy bill for South Africa, even with price cuts

    Keith Alcorn | 05 March 2001

    Triple therapy for a quarter of HIV-infected South Africans would cost $19 billion over five years, even taking into account drastic price cuts hinted at by some manufacturers, according to ...

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hiv & aids news selected from other sources

  • Africa: Fashionable Causes Promote Aids Awareness
    AllAfrica | 07 July 2010

    The fashion industry is typically characterized by stilettos and status, but new campaigns like Designers Against AIDS (DAA) aim to transcend this image of fashion and focus attention toward world issues.

  • ZAMBIA: Parent's Fears Slowing Uptake of Paediatric AIDS Treatment
    Inter Press Service | 06 July 2010

    Parents' fears about disclosing HIV status are impairing the country’s attempts to promote paediatric anti-retroviral (ARV) uptake, experts believe.

  • Mozambique: HIV Prevalence Now 11.5 Percent
    AllAfrica | 06 July 2010

    The prevalence in Mozambique of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is now 11.5 per cent among people aged between 15 and 49, according to the results of a national survey released by the Ministry of Health on Monday.

  • Uganda: Parents Must Reveal Children's HIV Status to School Teachers
    AllAfrica | 06 July 2010

    Ugandan doctor argues for a child's disclosure of HIV status to teachers, says it will improve adherence and school outcomes.

  • Zimbabwe: Pregnancies Get in the Way of ARV Drug Trials
    AllAfrica | 06 July 2010

    Researchers conducting local trials to determine if anti-retroviral drugs Tenofovir and Truvada can protect women from acquiring HIV have expressed concern over the rate at which participants in the trials are falling pregnant.

  • Rwanda: Country to Use 26 Million Condoms by 2012
    AllAfrica | 06 July 2010

    RWANDA With only 15 million condoms estimated to be used in Rwanda annually, health strategists think the consumption is still low.

  • AFRICA: Money no protection from HIV
    IRIN Plus News | 06 July 2010

    A new study has challenged widely held assumptions about income level in relation to HIV, finding that neither wealth nor poverty are reliable predictors of HIV infection in Africa.

  • Genetic Regulator Opens New Avenues To AIDS, Immune System Research
    HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today | 05 July 2010

    Researchers at Oregon State University and the California Institute of Technology have discovered that a genetic regulator which is critical to many life functions also plays a key role in the formation of "T cells," a type of white blood cell that's important in immune function...

  • Trial Gene Therapy Shows Promising Results Against HIV And Cancer
    HIV / AIDS News From Medical News Today | 05 July 2010

    In the US, a small clinical trial of RNA-based gene therapy where patients were treated with genetically engineered versions of their own stem cells has shown for the first time that anti-HIV genes can persist in people with AIDS-related lymphoma: the researchers hope that the gene therapy research may eventually yield a cure for both the cancer and the HIV infection...

  • UNAIDS welcomes creation of new UN body for women
    AIDS Portal | 05 July 2010

    The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) weIcomes the merging of four gender entities of the United Nations into UN Women, the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women. The new entity will provide a new powerful voice for women and girls and help move the AIDS response forward. “I look forward to working with UN Women,” sai...

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