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Men who have sex with men (MSM)
Higher rates of HIV in US black gay men may be due to smaller choice of partners and more age mixing

Limited partner choice, wider age gaps between partners, and mistaken beliefs about HIV status in regular partners are all driving the substantially higher rates of HIV in

Published
18 May 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Vaccines
Competing antibodies may have limited the protection achieved in HIV vaccine trial in Thailand

Continuing analysis of an HIV vaccine trial undertaken in Thailand is yielding additional information about how immune responses were triggered and why the vaccine did not protect more people.

Published
17 May 2013
From
Eurekalert Inf Dis
HIV prevention policy
Russia has 'no anti-AIDS strategy': official

There is no government strategy to fight the spread of AIDS in Russia, where the number of deaths caused by the disease continues to grow, a senior healthcare official said on Thursday.

Published
17 May 2013
From
AFP
Activism
New AIDS group debuts as NAPWA successor

A newly created national coalition called Pozitively Healthy will advocate for people with HIV and AIDS following the closing in February of the 30-year-old National Association of People With AIDS (NAPWA), according to the coalition’s organizers.

Published
17 May 2013
From
Washington Blade
Pharmaceutical industry
The epic inside story of long-term criminal fraud at Ranbaxy, the Indian drug company that made generic ARVs

The confidential report laid bare systemic fraud in Ranbaxy's worldwide regulatory filings. It found that "the majority of products filed in Brazil, Mexico, Middle East, Russia, Romania, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, African Nations, have data submitted which did not exist or data from different products and from different countries ..."

Published
17 May 2013
From
Fortune
Outcomes and prognosis
People with HIV pay more for life insurance – if they can get it

Their life expectancy is almost as high as those who are HIV free, yet they pay much more.

Published
17 May 2013
From
Mail & Guardian Online
Promoting HIV testing
South Africa: Public HIV tests for MPs?

The country’s lawmakers could find themselves having to publicly test for HIV if Parliament heeds a call by Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi.

Published
17 May 2013
From
Independent Online
Testing policies and guidelines
Complaints over Kaiser Permanente's involuntary HIV screening may hint of things to come: critics

For some people HIV testing remains a touchy subject, while others only want to be tested anonymously for privacy reasons. But Kaiser says that despite member complaints, the test records won't be deleted. Critics say the episode is a taste of things to come.

Published
17 May 2013
From
Oregon Live
Hepatitis C symptoms and diagnosis
As Hepatitis C Spreads, Scotland Steps In

Scotland is ignoring conventional wisdom and making a bold push to control a virus that may be one of the biggest ticking time bombs in medicine.

Published
17 May 2013
From
Wall Street Journal
Medical procedures and other blood-borne exposure
HIV nurse slams Australia needle danger

AUSTRALIA is way behind the US and Europe in protecting medical workers from sharp objects, says a former US nurse who contracted HIV and hepatitis C through a needle injury.

Published
17 May 2013
From
The Australian
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