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History of HIV and AIDS
Diseased Pariah News

Bob Leahy on the irreverent magazine by and for people living with HIV which brought black humour to the forefront of activism in the 1990s.

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6 hours ago
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Positive Lite
Health services and systems
Austerity cuts to Spanish healthcare system are 'putting lives at risk'

A series of austerity reforms made by the Spanish government could lead to the effective dismantling of large parts of the country's healthcare system, with potentially detrimental effects on the health of the Spanish people, according to new research from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

Published
13 hours ago
From
Eurekalert Medicine & Health
Treatment guidelines
Early Treatment May Do More Harm Than Good in Poor Regions

While U.S. treatment guidelines recommend universal HIV treatment, the benefits of such a policy may not outweigh the costs in resource-poor global areas. Three researchers from Johns Hopkins University published a paper in Clinical Infectious Diseases, arguing that the limited scope and inconsistent availability of antiretrovirals (ARVs), as well as diminished laboratory monitoring capacity, prompt ethical considerations about applying U.S. treatment standards to impoverished countries at this time.

Published
13 hours ago
From
AIDSMeds
Promoting HIV testing
More Than Half of Young HIV-Infected Americans Are Not Aware of Their Status

Young people between the ages of 13 and 24 represent more than a quarter of new HIV infections each year (26 percent) and most of these youth living with HIV (60 percent) are unaware they are infected, according to a Vital Signs report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The most-affected young people are young gay and bisexual men and African-Americans, the report says.

Published
13 hours ago
From
US CDC
Pharmaceutical industry
U.S. Court Decision to Speed Introduction of Generic Drugs

The Supreme Court pushed back Monday against a longstanding practise in the U.S. pharmaceuticals industry under which large-scale companies pay producers of generic copies to hold off introducing those low-cost drugs into the marketplace. The practise, known as “reverse payments”, maintains a company’s lucrative monopoly over a drug, often resulting in significant extra income.

Published
13 hours ago
From
Inter Press Service
Drug-resistant TB
India must address worrying stock out of tuberculosis drugs

Indian government drug tender process leads to deadly delay in drug supply.

Published
17 June 2013
From
MSF
PrEP
HIV drug discovery puts licensing pressure on govt

A breakthrough joint medical study on an anti-Aids drug by the US and Bangkok City Hall has highlighted the need to address again the problem with health costs and, more importantly, the politically toxic issue of compulsory licensing.

Published
17 June 2013
From
Bangkok Post
New and experimental HIV treatments
Tenofovir Alafenamide Fumarate (TAF) Sign-On Letter to Gilead

With a phase II clinical trial of tenofovir alafenamide fumarate (TAF) yielding encouraging preliminary results and regulatory planning for TAF-inclusive fixed-dose combinations (FDCs) under way, we are compelled to reach out to you regarding the need for a stand-alone formulation of the drug.

Published
17 June 2013
From
Treatment Action Group
Health services and systems
Mozambicans feel pain as medical strike grinds on

A Mozambique medical strike now in its third week has paralysed all but essential services at some of the country's busiest hospitals, which are being forced to turn away desperate patients.

Published
17 June 2013
From
Times Live
Clinical trials
Time to include pregnant women in drug trials, says Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin

The lack of hard data on the safety and effectiveness of a wide range of drugs in pregnancy has hindered the treatment of pregnant women, contributing to a doubling of deaths amongst mums-to-be with an underlying health problem over the past 20 years, argues an editorial in the Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin (DTB). It's time to include pregnant women in drug trials so that they can get the medical treatment they need, says DTB.

Published
14 June 2013
From
EurekAlert!
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