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Discrimination and the law
HIV-Positive Patient Wins Suit Over Doc’s “Unreasonable Fear”

A California appeals panel has reversed a lower court verdict denying the claims of an HIV-positive woman whose surgery was canceled at the last minute by an anesthesiologist who was worried he might contract the disease.

Published
30 April 2013
From
Lawyers.com
Behaviour change interventions
Let's be more open about the joy of sex

The discussion around the new sustainable development goals – replacing the millennium development goals – are forcing us to re-examine the issue of sexual health and rights as the key to alleviating poverty and empowering women. There is growing evidence that promoting pleasure alongside safer sex messaging can increase the consistent use of condoms and other forms of safer sex.

Published
29 April 2013
From
The Guardian
Epidemiology and behaviour
A majority of HIV-positive gay men in Dutch survey take their viral load into consideration if having unprotected sex

About 40% of men who answered a community survey for HIV-positive gay men in the Netherlands said they took their viral load into consideration in deciding whether

Published
29 April 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Injecting drug use
More Treatment, Less War: The White House Drug Policy Reform

Many people who want substance abuse treatment can’t get it. The White House wants to fix this. Can they do it, and will it help?

Published
29 April 2013
From
PLoS Blogs
Hepatitis C transmission and prevention
HIV warning over illegal tattooists

Illegal unlicensed tattoo parlours are putting customers at risk of contracting HIV and hepatitis, council bosses warn.

Published
28 April 2013
From
BBC Health
Vaccines
Researchers stop the only current HIV vaccine efficacy trial

The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has announced that it is discontinuing the HVTN 505 HIV vaccine trial. This trial, which started in July

Published
26 April 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Injecting drug use
Rethinking Policing in the Age of AIDS

Good drug policy is good AIDS policy. Drug users and sex workers benefit more from services than from beatings and prison. And as law enforcement officials committed to protecting the public, we can support public health.

Published
26 April 2013
From
Huffington Post
Vaccines
AIDS vaccine trial results, while disappointing, must guide continuing search

"This trial has provided a clear, swift answer about a specific vaccine strategy. It's not the answer we hoped for, but the search doesn't end here. There are other approaches that must be pursued without delay, and this result will help to focus and guide research efforts," said Mitchell Warren, AVAC executive director.

Published
26 April 2013
From
AVAC press release
Vaccines
NIH Discontinues Immunizations in HIV Vaccine Study

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, will stop administering injections in its HVTN 505 clinical trial of an investigational HIV vaccine regimen because an independent data and safety monitoring board (DSMB) found during a scheduled interim review that the vaccine regimen did not prevent HIV infection nor reduce viral load (the amount of HIV in the blood) among vaccine recipients who became infected with HIV.

Published
25 April 2013
From
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) press release
Treatment guidelines
AIDS Healthcare Foundation Applauds WHO Decision to Initiate HIV Treatment Earlier

World Health Organization (WHO) announced this week at Treatment as Prevention conference in Vancouver, Canada, that it will raise treatment initiation guidelines for HIV-positive individuals from a CD4 count of less than 350 to a count of less than 500.

Published
25 April 2013
From
Wall Street Journal
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