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Hepatitis C
Even moderate alcohol consumption increases risk of death for people with chronic hepatitis C

Moderate alcohol consumption - as little as one or two drinks per day -  is associated with an increased risk of mortality for people with chronic

Published
18 March 2013
By
Michael Carter
Women
U.N. body agrees on women's rights policy, skirting sexual politics

A U.N. policy-making body agreed upon a declaration Friday urging an end to violence against women and girls despite concerns from conservative Muslim countries and the Vatican about references to women's sexual and reproductive rights.

Published
17 March 2013
From
Reuters
Telling people you have HIV
I'm Sorry My HIV Offends You

It's easy to be an ass on mobile dating apps because you can hide behind a cell phone. It's also easy to get your feelings hurt if you don't quickly come to terms with the fact that guys online can be vicious.

Published
17 March 2013
From
Huffington Post
The search for a cure
French researchers report 14 patients in 'remission' after controlling HIV for over 4 years off treatment

Two weeks ago, the announcement that a baby had been ‘functionally cured’ of HIV disease with the use of very early antiretroviral therapy (ART) caused great excitement at the

Published
16 March 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Religion and faith
Pope Francis' View on Contraception Could Impact AIDS Work

Catholic organizations around the world are still digesting how the selection of Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina, now Pope Francis , might impact their work, and that includes disease-prevention efforts.

Published
15 March 2013
From
ABC News
HIV prevention policy
England: Sexual health improvement framework published

‘A Framework for Sexual Health Improvement in England’ sets out the government’s ambitions for improving sexual health. These are designed to be used by local organisations when they are looking at how best to provide sexual health services in their area.

Published
15 March 2013
From
Department of Health
History of HIV and AIDS
NEW YORK: Historical Society Exhibition to Explore the Early Days of AIDS

This summer, the New York Historical Society will mount an exhibition titled “AIDS in New York: The First Five Years,” which will focus on the early years of AIDS in New York City. Comprised of diaries, ephemera such as clinician’s notes and photographs, and both audio and video clips, the exhibition will examine the impact of the disease from the first days of rumors of a “gay plague” in 1981 through 1986.

Published
15 March 2013
From
CDC National Prevention Information Network
The search for a cure
Post-Treatment HIV-1 Controllers with a Long-Term Virological Remission after the Interruption of Early Initiated Antiretroviral Therapy ANRS VISCONTI Study

Our results show that early and prolonged cART may allow some individuals with a rather unfavorable background to achieve long-term infection control and may have important implications in the search for a functional HIV cure.

Published
15 March 2013
From
PLoS Pathogens
Infectiousness and treatment as prevention
Are we underestimating the proportion of virally-suppressed patients in the US?

Several presentations at the recent 20th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Atlanta suggest that previous estimates of the proportion of people with HIV in the

Published
15 March 2013
By
Gus Cairns
Religion and faith
Over 2,000 People Have Stopped HIV Meds for Prayer in Ghana

A total of 2,248 people with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral treatment in Ghana have stopped taking their medications to seek help at prayer camps and from traditional healers.

Published
15 March 2013
From
Poz magazine news
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