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Epidemiology
HIV epidemiology in London: 2011 data

New publication: In 2011 there were over 2,600 new HIV diagnoses made in London clinics. Despite a decline in new HIV diagnoses since 2004, which may reflect changing patterns in migration, the number of new HIV diagnoses reported in 2011 was 11% higher than in 2000.

Published
3 hours ago
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Public Health England
Retention and linkage to care
Case workers can re-engage a high proportion of HIV-positive people lost to long-term care

Caseworkers helped 50% of HIV-positive people in New York City who had dropped out of care re-engage with HIV medical care, investigators report in the online edition

Published
6 hours ago
By
Michael Carter
Sexually transmitted infections
For Gay Men, a Fear That Feels Familiar: Bacterial Meningitis

A new, casually transmittable infection — a unique strain of bacterial meningitis — has cast a pall over the gay night life and dating scene, with men wondering whether this is AIDS, circa 1981, all over again. Seven men have died in New York City, about a third of diagnosed cases, since 2010. And in the last few months, the contagion seemed to be accelerating. It has targeted gay and bisexual men, and nobody knows exactly why.

Published
6 hours ago
From
New York Times
Epidemiology and behaviour
Promiscuous Gay Nerd: Is It Time to Abandon Serosorting?

Consider the underlying assumption of serosorting: that, for negative guys, choosing to have condomless sex with other negative guys is less risky than having condomless sex with poz guys. In an era of treatment as prevention, at some point doesn’t that assumption become untenable? Especially in cities with low testing rates and high levels of HIV stigma?

Published
7 hours ago
From
BETA blog
Vaccines
'Gap' for HIV vaccine efforts after latest setback

The hunt for an HIV vaccine has gobbled up $8 billion in the past decade, and the failure of the most recent efficacy trial has delivered yet another setback to 26 years of efforts.

Published
7 hours ago
From
FRANCE 24
Access to medicines and treatment
Access to medicines in Europe: The EU cannot save banks while sacrificing people’s health

Austerity policies are having a profound impact on the ability of many European public health systems to provide many of the necessary biomedical products for their citizens and residents.

Published
7 hours ago
From
European Public Health Association
The search for a cure
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi: the HIV hunter

Thirty years ago, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi found an unidentified virus in a patient with Aids – work which won her a Nobel Prize. She talks about the continuing battle with the disease and her hopes of one day seeing a cure

Published
7 hours ago
From
Financial Times
Contraception
HPTN researchers: Don’t forget family planning in HIV prevention

“Unless family planning is increased in Africa, eliminating mother-to-child transmission will not be met,” FHI 360 President Emeritus Ward Cates said.

Published
7 hours ago
From
Science Speaks
Access to medicines and treatment
Citizens in poor EU states can't afford medicines, health promoters say

One of the global financial crisis' consequences has been the lack of access to treatment for millions of Europeans. According to health promoters, alternative solutions to the problem may be the way forward.

Published
7 hours ago
From
Euractiv
Money, benefits and housing
New Report on HIV/AIDS & Homelessness in New York

State lawmakers could prevent homelessness for thousands of people living with HIV/AIDS by passing an affordable housing bill that would also save taxpayer’s money, according to a new report released on May 17th, 2013 by VOCAL-NY and the Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center. The report includes new data about the causes of homelessness in New York City’s shelter system for people with HIV/AIDS and documents negative impacts that homelessness has on their health.

Published
7 hours ago
From
Vocal New York
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