 April 28, 2006
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CNN and Clinton Tackle Global AIDS
April 28, 2006—CNN is hosting a discussion this weekend on the state of AIDS worldwide with Former President Clinton and some pharmaceutical company heads and movies stars.
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Students Call For Kaletra Access
April 28, 2006—Several dozen members of the Student Global AIDS Campaign protested outside an Abbott Laboratories shareholders meeting in Chicago today as part of an international campaign calling for greater access to Abbott’s new reformulation of Kaletra (lopinavir).
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April 27, 2006
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One Pill, Once a Day?
April 27, 2006—Gilead Sciences and Bristol-Myers Squibb filed for FDA approval today of the first-ever one-pill, once-a-day HIV combo.
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Swazi Prisoners Demand Condoms
April 27, 2006—Prisoners in Swaziland, which has the world’s highest HIV rate at 43%, are threatening to strike if the government does not start providing condoms in prisons.
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April 26, 2006
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Safe Sex Advice on Your Cell Phone
April 26, 2006—The San Francisco Department of Health is text messaging safer sex advice to young people in response to questions about everything from broken condoms to pressure to have sex.
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Fewer Women Disclose in Developing World
April 26, 2006—In developing countries, only 52% of women disclose their HIV to sexual partners, compared to 71% in richer countries, according to a World Health Organization study.
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April 25, 2006
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Spotlight on HIV in Russia
April 25, 2006—Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his government to amp up HIV education nationwide last week, and the State Council established a special commission to study the epidemic.
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Vaccine Tested on Humans
April 25, 2006—Researchers in Atlanta are preparing to test a possible HIV vaccine on humans to see if it is safe.
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April 24, 2006
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Holy Latex!
April 24, 2006—The Vatican is preparing an unprecedented official commentary on the use of condoms to block HIV, although Catholic Church officials won’t hint at its direction.
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Condoms Are a No-Go in Togo
April 24, 2006—A U.S.-based organization conducting a massive public HIV prevention campaign in the West African country of Togo has abruptly switched its message from safe sex to abstinence, PlusNews reports.
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April 21, 2006
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Canada Approves Facial Filler
April 21, 2006—Bio-Alcamid has received approval in Canada as a facial filler to treat lipoatrophy, a common side effect from some HIV meds.
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FDA Says No to Medical Marijuana
April 21, 2006—The FDA asserted yesterday that there is no scientific proof of the safety or efficacy of medical marijuana, which people with HIV often use to relieve side effects from their meds or the discomfort of opportunistic infections.
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April 20, 2006
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U.S. Goes After Generics, Nation by Nation
April 20, 2006—The Bush administration is asking developing countries to give up their rights to produce generic HIV meds in exchange for lucrative trade deals, according to the International Herald Tribune.
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Chinese Hemophiliacs Seek Compensation
April 20, 2006—Forty HIV positive hemophiliacs from 12 cities in China gathered in Shanghai this week to demand compensation for their infection from contaminated blood products.
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April 19, 2006
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Green Light on PAP Meds
April 19, 2006—The government gave the green light today for people with HIV who are enrolled in the new Medicare Part D prescription program to continue receiving low- or no-cost drugs through drug companies’ pharmaceutical assistance programs (PAPs).
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San Antonio Care Cut
April 19, 2006—A funding cut is forcing the San Antonio AIDS Foundation in Texas to turn away seriously ill patients and seek new beds for others it no longer has the resources to care for.
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April 18, 2006
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Iran Leads the Region on HIV Policy
April 18, 2006—Despite Iran’s reputation for strict censorship and social primness, the country leads the Middle East on AIDS education, needle exchange and distribution of condoms to prostitutes and prisoners.
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April 17, 2006
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HIV Savviness Falls in the UK
April 17, 2006—The percentage of Great Britainers who know that HIV can be transmitted by heterosexual sex declined from 91% in 2000 to 79% in 2005, according to the National AIDS Trust.
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Indian Matchmaker Seeks HIV Brides
April 17, 2006—An Indian marriage service that matches up positive people reports a prohibitive shortage of women—just one of its 171 applicants is female.
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April 14, 2006
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Ukraine Loses AIDS Grant
April 14, 2006—The World Bank suspended a $60 million AIDS grant to the Ukraine this week because the government has only used 2% of the funds in two years.
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HIV Behind Delaware’s Bars
April 14, 2006—Delaware’s high rate of prison AIDS deaths and other inmate health crises have prompted a state bill to test all prisoners for HIV, train guards as caregivers and report all deaths in three days.
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April 13, 2006
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Kenyan Boy Beaten to Death for Having HIV
April 13, 2006—At a funeral this week for a 15-year-old Kenyan boy beaten to death by his uncle for being HIV positive, the director of the Kenya Network of Women With AIDS said she would organize protests if the man is not arrested soon.
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When Life Gives You Lemons
April 13, 2006—Two new studies contradict each other on whether lemon and lime juices are safe to use as vaginal microbicides.
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April 12, 2006
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Scot Flees Hometown Stigma
April 12, 2006—The man believed to be Scotland’s longest-living HIV survivor says he is leaving Edinboro for London due to harassment and inadequate health services.
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Heat-Friendly Kaletra Heads to Africa
April 12, 2006—Abbott Laboratories has filed for permission to sell the
new no-refrigeration-required Kaletra (lopinavir/ritonavir) in South Africa, following protests about its unavailability in areas where electricity is scarce.
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April 11, 2006
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Latex Lockdown Deters Shoppers
April 11, 2006—The policy of keeping condoms locked in cases at national pharmacy chain CVS and other retailers is deterring shoppers from buying them, the Washington Post reported today.
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Zimbabwean Women Are Old At 34
April 11, 2006—Women in Zimbabwe now have the shortest life expectancy on the globe at just 34 years, according to a World Health Organization report.
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April 10, 2006
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S. Africa's Poor Choose Money Over Health
April 10, 2006—Some South Africans are so desperate for HIV disability checks that they abstain from taking meds to keep their CD4 cell counts low enough to qualify, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Will Haiti Heed
April 10, 2006—A feature film called Does the Band Leader Have AIDS? premiers this week in Haiti with local talent, UN and foreign sponsorship and high hopes of slowing HIV’s devastation.
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April 07, 2006
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Gene Therapy, One Year Later
April 7, 2006—Gene-therapy research aimed at getting the body to fight HIV without drugs may be showing signs of success, the San Francisco Chronicle reported today.
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World Health Day: Where Are All The Docs?
April 7, 2006—On the occasion of World Health Day today, the United Nations lamented a critical shortage of health care workers in developing countries, where diseases like HIV are exacerbated by the problem.
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April 06, 2006
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Swazis Line Up for Circumcision
April 6, 2006—New research suggesting that circumcision might help protect them from HIV has men and boys in the tiny Southern African kingdom of Swaziland rushing to get the procedure, according to an article this week in the Chicago Tribune.
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April 05, 2006
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Government Report Bashes Bush on AIDS
April 5, 2006—The non-partisan Government Accountability Office has issued a report asserting that President Bush’s abstinence-only push is hurting AIDS programs around the world, along with the people they serve.
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HIV Hits the Catwalk
April 5, 2006—Tune into UPN at 8 tonight and you will catch 21-year-old POZ cover girl Marvelyn Brown’s guest appearance on the hit reality show America’s Next Top Model.
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April 04, 2006
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South Africa Rape Trial’s HIV Twist
April 4, 2006—South Africa’s former deputy president testified at his rape trial today that he had consensual sex with his HIV positive accuser, did not use a condom and is not positive himself.
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Ganging Up on HIV in L.A.
April 4, 2006—Ninety-one percent of L.A. gang members admit to unprotected sex and 26% are not worried about HIV because they believe they will probably die young anyway, according to a survey by the Minority AIDS Project.
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April 03, 2006
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Reverset Trial Halted
April 3, 2006—Incyte Corporation announced today that it is halting trials of DFC (Reverset), a new nuke that researchers hoped would prove effective in patients resistant to other anti-HIV drugs.
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