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  • HIV and criminal law
    Shereen El-Feki: HIV -- how to fight an epidemic of bad laws
    TED | 9 hours ago

    There is an epidemic of HIV, and with it an epidemic of bad laws -- laws that effectively criminalize being HIV positive. At the TEDxSummit in Doha, TED Fellow Shereen El-Feki gives a forceful argument that these laws, based in stigma, are actually helping the disease spread.

  • Women
    HIV-Positive Women in Argentina Mainly Infected by Stable Partners
    Inter Press Service | 10 hours ago

    The immense majority of women diagnosed with HIV in Argentina in the last two years were infected through unprotected sex with their stable partners, a new report says.

  • Injecting drug use
    Pragmatism & pleasure protective for HCV? The Staying Safe Project
    Exchange Supplies / You Tube | 11 hours ago

    Keeping available veins healthy and functional is a major concern for people who inject drugs. This is often a much more immediate and practical concern than worries about hepatitis C transmission.

  • Policy
    UNAIDS highlights Zimbabwe’s progress in responding to AIDS
    UNAIDS | 12 hours ago

    UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibé concluded his first official visit to Zimbabwe on 25 May after meeting with President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan R. Tsvangirai to highlight the country’s progress in the AIDS response.

  • UK health services
    UK: Do Councils Really Care about People Living With AIDS?
    Huffington Post | 12 hours ago

    Hertfordshire County Council, show that you have more interest in this crucial health issue as the likes of Lord Fowler and so many others have done. Don't leave people in Hertfordshire suffering from HIV/AIDS alone, without support.

  • UK health services
    UK: The Mental Health Cuts Being Made Behind Closed Doors
    Huffington Post | 13 hours ago

    Councils have never had so much freedom over how they spend their money, we think the least they can do is tell us what they're doing with it.

  • PrEP
    Study Reports Data on the Use of Intermittent ARV-Based Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention
    IAVI press release | 28 May 2012

    A Phase I clinical trial comparing a daily regimen of antiretroviral pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) with an intermittent regimen found that rates of adherence to intermittent dosing regimens were lower than adherence to daily dosing. The study is the first ever to report data on intermittent antiretroviral PrEP use in humans.

  • Bone problems
    Treatment Update: Bone Health
    CATIE | 28 May 2012

    Many studies have found that some HIV-positive people tend to have bones that are not as thick or dense as they ought to be. Such bones have reduced bone mineral density, as minerals such as calcium have been removed, rendering the bones more porous and weak.

  • Epidemiology and behaviour
    Sex Tourism in South Asia Boosts HIV Rates in Australia
    Poz magazine news | 28 May 2012

    Sex tourism in Thailand, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea is causing an increase in HIV rates in Queensland, Australia, the Courier Mail reports.

  • Vaccines
    HIV vaccine carries its own adjuvant into clinical trials
    Fierce Vaccines | 28 May 2012

    Following its "allowed to proceed" notice, the NIH-funded HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) has started enrollment of GeoVax's second-generation HIV vaccine. The trial will include 48 people at four sites in the US.

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