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HIV infections are being missed in UK patients with suspected glandular fever

HIV infections in patients with suspected glandular fever are often missed, investigators from south London report in HIV Medicine. Retrospective testing showed that 1.3% of patients were

Published
18 May 2012
By
Michael Carter
Types of tests
US regulators set to approve HIV home-testing kit

HIV home testing is soon likely to become legal in the United States, following a unanimous vote in support of the OraQuick In-Home HIV Test by a

Published
16 May 2012
By
Roger Pebody
Types of tests
FDA sees benefits and risks with first over-the-counter HIV test for home use

The Food and Drug Administration is considering approval of the first over-the-counter HIV test that would allow consumers to quickly test themselves for the virus at home, without medical supervision.

Published
14 May 2012
From
Washington Post
Testing policies and guidelines
NAT calls for new HIV testing strategies to tackle undiagnosed HIV and late diagnosis

NAT today launches a new report, ‘HIV Testing Action Plan – to reduce late HIV diagnosis in the UK’, outlining steps to increase HIV testing at a time of great change and financial pressure within the NHS.

Published
08 May 2012
From
NAT press release
Health monitoring in resource-limited settings
Predictive tool could cut HIV test costs

A tool to monitor how HIV-positive patients respond to antiretroviral therapy (ART) could free up scarce personnel and laboratory resources in developing countries, according to an international team of researchers.

Published
08 May 2012
From
SciDev Net
Health services and systems
Only 20% of US HIV-positive people have high levels of engagement with specialist HIV care

Only a fifth of HIV-positive people in the United States are fully engaging in specialist HIV care, research published in the online edition of the Journal of

Published
02 May 2012
By
Michael Carter
Testing policies and guidelines
The AIDS Institute Praises Rep. Maxine Waters' Introduction of "The Routine HIV Screening Coverage Act"

The AIDS Institute applauds Rep. Maxine Waters' (D-CA) for introducing the "Routine HIV Screening Coverage Act of 2012" (HR 4470), a bill that would require all individual, group, and federal employee health insurance plans to cover routine opt-out HIV testing.

Published
23 April 2012
From
Market Watch (press release)
Hepatitis C symptoms and diagnosis
Discordance between CD4 cell count and percentage associated with markers of liver disease in HIV/hepatitis C co-infected people

Discordance between CD4 cell count and CD4 cell percentage in people co-infected with HIV and hepatitis C is associated with markers of liver fibrosis and other indicators of

Published
09 April 2012
By
Michael Carter
CD4 count
Liver fibrosis increases risk of discordance in CD4 cell count and percentage in HIV-positive people

Liver fibrosis is associated with discordance between CD4 cell counts and percentages in HIV-positive people, according to US research published in the online edition of Clinical Infectious Diseases.

Published
09 April 2012
By
Michael Carter
Relationships and feelings
Odd Blood: Serodiscordancy, or, Life With an HIV-Positive Partner

Chad, my boyfriend, types to me from the Hyatt on New Jersey Avenue, "I am hiv positive." We study the screen together, 1426 miles apart. The cursor of my chat window blinks for me. I'm not stunned, or even much scared, really; definitely not sickened, repulsed.

Published
05 April 2012
From
The Atlantic
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