 June 30, 2006
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June 29, 2006
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Africa’s IV Drug Users Need HIV Ed
June 28, 2006—With heroin and cocaine trafficking on the rise in Southern Africa, injection drug use is up too—but HIV prevention is way behind, according to researchers at a recent U.S. Presidential Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) conference.
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HIV Infections Up in Scotland
June 29, 2006—New HIV diagnoses have more than doubled in the Lothian region of Scotland over the past four years, pushing the infection rate to levels not seen since the ‘80s.
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Malnourishment Sabotages HIV Treatment
June 29, 2006—People with HIV who suffer from malnourishment are six times more likely to die than other positive people after starting on treatment, according to a study in the July edition of HIV Medicine.
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June 28, 2006
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Africa’s IV Drug Users Need HIV Ed
June 28, 2006—With heroin and cocaine trafficking on the rise in Southern Africa, injection drug use is up too—but HIV prevention is way behind, according to researchers at a recent U.S. Presidential Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) conference.
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OraSure Stock Jumps on Testing Day
June 28, 2006—OraSure Technologies stock rose 7.2% yesterday after the New York City Department of Health agreed to buy $6 million in rapid HIV tests.
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June 27, 2006
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POZ Opens NASDAQ On HIV Testing Day
June 27, 2006—POZ Editor in Chief Regan Hofmann rang in the opening of the NASDAQ stock exchange at 9:15 ET this morning for National HIV Testing Day with Thomas Frieden, MD, New York City Health Commissioner; Frank
Oldham, Jr., executive director of the National Association of People
With AIDS (NAPWA); Douglas Michels, CEO of OraSure Technologies,
makers of the OraQuick ADVANCE rapid HIV test; and Debra Fraser-Howze,
who heads the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS.
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Activist Eric Rofes Dies
June 27, 2006—Pioneering HIV and gay rights activist Eric Rofes died yesterday at age 51 of a heart attack.
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June 26, 2006
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South African Prisoners Win Meds
June 26, 2006—A South African court ruled last week that Westville prison has two weeks to get HIV meds to 15 prisoners who sued the government for not receiving treatment.
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A Good Week For an HIV Test
June 26, 2006—National HIV Testing Week got underway today in cities across the country, including Washington, DC with a campaign to test every resident age 14 to 84 and Los Angeles offering free oral HIV tests at 50 sites.
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June 23, 2006
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Jane Goodall Opposes AIDS Research on Monkeys
June 23, 2006—World famous primate lover Jane Goodall and 18 other researchers are urging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to refuse permission to conduct AIDS-related research on Africa’s sooty mangabey monkeys, which carry the HIV-like simian immunodeficiency virus.
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BET Weekend: Dating and HIV Tests
June 23, 2006—This weekend BET airs “Let’s Talk,” an award-winning short film about a hot young couple who hits a relationship roadblock when they try to discuss HIV testing.
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June 22, 2006
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Condoms Block HPV Too
June 22, 2006—Condoms reduce male-to-female transmission of the human papilloma virus (HPV) by approximately 70%, according to researchers at the University of Washington.
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Please Compute This, Bill Gates
June 22, 2006—Last week's announcement that the richest man in the world will step down as head of Microsoft in two years to devote himself to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation could speed up development of an HIV vaccine.
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June 21, 2006
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Rugby Firemen Forfeit Match for Fear of HIV
The Rock B/Fire rugby team, which includes New York City firefighters, forfeited a tournament match against the Gotham Knights gay rugby team last weekend because some Knights are HIV positive, according to the Towleroad blog.
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Angelina Jolie on Zahara's HIV Test
June 21, 2006—Actress Angelina Jolie discussed testing her adopted daughter Zahara for HIV in an interview yesterday with CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.
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June 20, 2006
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U.S. AIDS Workers Say PEPFAR Falls Short
June 20, 2006—Programs in Africa run by the U.S. Presidential Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) came under fire last week from their own administrators during a conference about PEPFAR in South Africa.
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UK Woman Jailed for Criminal Transmission
June 20, 2006—The first woman to be convicted of criminal HIV transmission in the UK was sentenced to 32 months in prison this week for having unprotected sex with four men without disclosing.
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June 19, 2006
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Marriage is Risky Business in India
June 19, 2006—Eighty five percent of Indian women with HIV have had only one sex partner—usually their husbands—according to a survey by the Y.R. Gaitonde Centre for AIDS Research and Education.
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New HIV Drugs Cause Alarm
June 19, 2006—Researchers fear a promising new class of drugs that block HIV’s ability to enter cells through the CCR5 receptor could be highly toxic and in some cases cause more rapid disease progression.
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June 16, 2006
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Men Know HIV Symptoms But Don’t Get Tested
June 16, 2006—About 70% of gay and bisexual men know the symptoms of HIV seroconversion—like night sweats and nausea—but don’t get tested when they experience them, according to a study in the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.
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Why Apes Feel Fine
June 16, 2006—A genetic mutation could explain why apes and monkeys with SIV (simian immunodeficiency virus) stay healthy while HIV makes people sick, reports a study in this week’s issue of Cell.
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June 15, 2006
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Schoolyard Bullies Mar Sweet 16th
June 15, 2006—Former POZ cover girl Raven Lopez spent her 16th birthday yesterday protesting her Bronx high school’s failure to take action after students harassed her about her HIV status.
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UN Backs Circumcision to Snip Away at HIV
June 15, 2006—UNAIDS is working with Tanzania, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland and Zambia to improve access to circumcision following a study that showed it can reduce a man’s chances of contracting HIV by 60%.
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June 14, 2006
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HIV Hits Africa’s Elite, Too
June 14, 2006—HIV rates in Africa are higher in the wealthiest 20% of the population than in the poorest 20%, according to a study conducted by ORC Macro.
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North Carolina ADAP Casts a Wider Net
June 14, 2006—North Carolina’s Senate has approved a bill to allow 25% more people to qualify for free HIV meds under the AIDS Drug Assistance Program (ADAP).
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June 13, 2006
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Vaccine May Cripple HIV, Not Cure It
June 13, 2006—An experimental vaccine caused a pathogenic strain of the simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) to kill far fewer CD4 cells in monkeys, according to an article published June 9 in Science.
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What Do South Africans Know About HIV?
June 13, 2006—In a blow to South African education and prevention efforts, nearly 40% surveyed about HIV mistakenly believed there is a cure for the virus.
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June 12, 2006
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Thou (Still) Shalt Not Use Condoms
June 12, 2006—The Vatican Pontifical Council for the Family issued a statement last week that dashed hopes since April that the Catholic Church leadership might make an HIV exception to its strict anti-condom stance.
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House Votes for More AIDS Aid
June 12, 2006—The House approved a bill Friday that would fund U.S. international AIDS efforts in 2007 with $752 million more than this year.
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June 09, 2006
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Clean Needles for Massachusetts?
June 9, 2006—The Massachusetts state Senate passed a bill this week that would make it the 48th state to legalize over-the-counter sales of hypodermic needles.
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Condoleeza’s HIV Hiring Ban Gets More Flak
June 9, 2006—Lambda Legal handed the State Department a petition with 5,000 signatures yesterday demanding the repeal of a policy banning people with HIV from working as Foreign Service officers.
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June 08, 2006
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HIV Will Cost China
June 8, 2006—AIDS will cost the Chinese economy over $40 billion by 2010, according to an economist at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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Truvada Soars
June 8, 2006—Gilead Sciences stock has nearly doubled since the 2004 approval of Truvada, which combines two HIV meds in one pill.
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June 07, 2006
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UK Failing on Domestic AIDS
June 7, 2006—While a leader in the global fight against AIDS, the UK is failing on treatment, testing and awareness at home, according to a report released today by the National AIDS Trust.
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June 06, 2006
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HIV Hits Young Black Adults Hardest
June 6, 2006—The HIV rate among non-Hispanic blacks between 19 and 24 is 20 times higher than among other young U.S. adults, according to a study in the American Journal of Public Health.
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MTV Wins Top HIV Award
June 6, 2006—MTV took home the prize for “outstanding network” last night at the fifth annual Positively Outstanding Programming TV awards in New York.
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June 05, 2006
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AIDS Turns 25
June 5, 2006—Twenty-five years ago, the Centers for Disease Control reported a smattering of pneumonia cases in otherwise healthy gay men.
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SF Names Reporting Hits a Snag
June 5, 2006—The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) charged last week that the San Francisco Department of Health has continued promising full anonymity to those testing HIV positive—despite a new California law requiring names reporting.
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June 02, 2006
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UN Struggles on AIDS Commitments
June 2, 2006—Dignitaries from 191 countries continued haggling today over the wording of a United Nations Declaration to fight AIDS, amid concerns that the draft was short on concrete targets and methods.
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Idaho Men Sentenced For Not Disclosing
June 2, 2006—Two Idaho men were sentenced to prison this week in completely separate cases for having unprotected sex without disclosing that they have HIV.
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June 01, 2006
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CDC Prevention Getting Rusty?
June 1, 2006—Representative Henry Waxman, D-California, urged the Centers for Disease Control this week to update its HIV prevention guidelines, unchanged since 1999.
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GSK Cuts Drug Prices
June 1, 2006—GlaxoSmithKline has announced 30% cuts in developing world prices for HIV meds Trizivir and Ziagen.
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