HIV/AIDS Roundup: 2013

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

New regulation aims to protect patients, health care workers from flu

ALBANY State Health Commissioner Nirav R. Shah, M.D., M.P.H., today declared that influenza has become prevalent in New York State.

http://www.empirestatenews.net/News2013/20131221-1.htm

Free HIV/AIDS testing this Sunday in Jackson

Jackson Ward 6 City Councilman Tony Yarber says AIDS has touched his life in a way that may surprise people who only know him casually.

http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/24097758/free-hivaids-testing-this-sunday-in-jackson

In Mali, HIV/AIDS remains shrouded in silence

... reduced 15-49 age group prevalence from 1.7 per cent in 2001 to 0.91 per cent in 2012. But UNICEF Mali Chief of HIV/AIDS Dr. Ndye Ngon Tour warns of new challenges ahead. "Mali has just come through a period of conflict that has seen large-scale ...

http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/mali_71670.html?

My Five Favorite Health Stories of 2013

It's hard to believe but 2013 is certainly almost over. As an Examiner health news content writer for three years, I think it's time to reflect on the content that I have produced during this past year.

http://www.examiner.com/article/my-five-favorite-health-stories-of-2013?cid=rss

2013: Sustaining the battle against HIV/AIDS

... in the country which was 4.6 percent in 2008 has declined to 4.1percent in 2010.The number of people living with HIV/AIDS receiving anti-retroviral drugs increased from 230,000 at the end of 2008 to 500,000 at the end of 2011. The number of sites ...

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2014/01/2013-sustaining-battle-hivaids/

Qld Cabinet papers reveal 30 years on, some things change while others stay the same

Queensland cabinet minutes from 30 years ago released on New Year's Day reveal a state that was undergoing tremendous change.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-01-01/cabinet-papers-reveal-some-things-change-others-stay-the-same/5180794

AIDS: Signs Of Progress, But Worries About Cuts

More than 9,000 people with HIV were on a waiting list for federal assistance in buying their medications in August 2011.

http://www.pridesource.com/article.html?article=63954

HIV infections are going up - or are they?

Lots of discussion over the last couple of days about the recently released annual surveillance report for HIV , which shows a big jump in the number of HIV notifications for the last year , especially in NSW.

http://buggery.org/2013/10/23/hiv-infections-are-going-up-or-are-they/?#038;#038;

Superhero Stocks: Gilead Sciences

We've all seen it before: a man slips from a high balcony, slowly tumbling to his hopeless fate... until Spider-Man swings out of nowhere and saves the day.

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/12/31/superhero-stocks-gilead-sciences.aspx

Sri Lanka launches a special programme to test pregnant women for HIV

Dec 31, Colombo: Sri Lanka's National STD/AIDS Control Programme of the Ministry of Health under the Director General of Health Services has launched an island wide programme to screen pregnant women for HIV.

http://www.colombopage.com/archive_13B/Jan01_1388515721JR.php

Region's largest AIDS clinic turns 20

... and former dean of the Drexel University School of Public Health, founded the Partnership as clinic serving HIV/AIDS patients at a time when little was known about the illness. Today, the Partnership has evolved into a comprehensive primary and ...

http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/blog/health-care/2013/12/regions-largest-aids-clinic-turns-20.html?ana=RSS&s=article_search&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+vertical_32+%28Biotechnology+Industry+News%29

Another Year of Progress in 2013

Leon McCarthy, a precocious 12-year-old from Massachusetts, was born without fingers on his left hand.

http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/another-year-progress-2013?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+CatoRecentOpeds+%28Cato+Recent+Op-eds%29

A Resisted Pill to Prevent H.I.V.

... with females. Real men and women don't sleep with members of the same sex or use intravenous drugs and we don't get HIV/AIDS ( unless of course we're given tainted blood during an operation. ) Much as sodomites hate to hear it HIV/AIDS IS a ...

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3106854/posts

LGBT Servicemembers at Greater Health Risk

... both within and outside the military," said Dr. Jeffrey T. Parsons, Department of Psychology a Director, Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training (CHEST) a Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. "This ...

http://www.edgefireisland.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153257

Re: Lee Daniels and The Black Myths That Need To Die

... Dr. Kevin Fenton of the Centers for Disease Control explained to NPR's Michele Martin that the issue of rising HIV/AIDS infection rates among Black women is a complicated matter that research has proven cannot solely be attributed to purported "down ...

http://newsone.com/2690154/lee-daniels-larry-king/

Another Year of Progress in 2013

Let's take a trip around the world. This year, Japanese scientists grew human liver tissue inside a mouse and Australian researchers used stem cells to grow a kidney in a lab.

http://www.realclearworld.com/2013/12/31/another_year_of_progress_in_2013_154580.html

Africa: Viral Load Tests 'Could Transform HIV Treatment Failure'

... there are also organisational challenges. "My concern is the implementation cascade," says Lut Lynen, head of the HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases unit at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium. This is about the logistics of ...

http://www.ghanamma.com/africa-viral-load-tests-could-transform-hiv-treatment-failure/

Africa: Viral Load Tests 'Could Transform HIV Treatment Failure'

Researcher faked AIDS vaccine test results

An Iowa State University assistant professor resigned after being accused of spiking rabbit blood to falsely show that an AIDS vaccine was working in the research animals.

http://www.delawareonline.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.delawareonline.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013312310008%26nclick_check%3D1

United States makes strides in the pediatric AIDS battle

... we do a good job at preventing it," said Dr. Kimberly Bates, director of a clinic for children and families with HIV/AIDS at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. In fact, the chances of a baby contracting HIV from his or her mother is ...

http://www.delawareonline.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.delawareonline.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013312310007%26nclick_check%3D1

Complacency, heroin use could increase HIV cases

Experts who watch HIV and AIDS cases in Kentucky say the rate of infection may see a rise thanks to complacency and the rise of heroin abuse in the state.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/24290261/complacency-heroin-use-could-increase-hiv-cases

Names in the news

... AIDS Day. Hugh Epping, LGBT Grant County's HIV Coordinator organized the event. He has been fighting the HIV/AIDS battle since the late 1970s in various capacities and ran a clinic in Illinois. Once a shipping container reaches U.S. shores, it ...

http://www.scsun-news.com/silver_city-community/ci_24817093?source=rss

Re: Dr. Pavel Yutsis: Woman Sues Doctor After He Says She Is HIV...

A Harlem woman is suing a Brooklyn doctor after he allegedly told her she was HIV-positive, the New York Daily News reports .

http://newsone.com/2053526/harlem-patient-sues-doctor-hiv-results-dr-pavel-yutsis/#comment-1182082213

Once Upon A Time Before AIDS

Once upon a time there was a world without HIV/AIDS. Ask those who live with it daily; provide medical care to a patient, sit by the bed of a loved one, search for a cure, or grieve over the loss of a friend, lover, or family member - and they'll tell you it's hard to remember the time "before".

http://www.annistonstar.com/pages/full_story/push?blog-entry-Once+Upon+A+Time+Before+AIDS%20&id=24250643

Viral load tests 'could transform HIV treatment failure'

... there are also organisational challenges. "My concern is the implementation cascade," says Lut Lynen, head of the HIV/AIDS and infectious diseases unit at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Antwerp, Belgium. This is about the logistics of ...

http://www.scidev.net/global/hiv-aids/news/viral-load-tests-could-transform-hiv-treatment-failure.html

Monday, December 30, 2013

Resistance to a pill to prevent HIV

Over a cup of tea at a downtown Starbucks, Michael Rubio recalled how four friends became HIV positive through unprotected sex, all within a year.

http://seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2022564635_hivpillxml.html?syndication=rss

Bayesian inference for skew-normal mixture models with left-censoring.

... esian procedure is used to estimate model parameters. Two real data sets from a study of the measles vaccine and an HIV/AIDS study are used to illustrate the proposed models.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/guhjy/article/12884288

The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Writing

From a line in Tennessee Williams' play "Cat On A Hot Tin Roof" comes a difficult and even shallow book by writer and critic Olivia Laing, "A Trip to Echo Spring" .

http://www.edgeprovidence.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=reviews&sc3=&id=150401

Chapel remains the heart at St. Thomas

Senior Warden Sue Tengg talks with the Rev. Richard Nelson at the chapel built in the 1920s at St. Thomas Episcopal Church at Isle of Hope.

http://savannahnow.com/news/2013-12-30/chapel-remains-heart-st-thomas

HIV Cure Scandal: Rabbit-Based Cure Research Faked by University...

... weren't aware of any falsifications on the research that took place and accepted it as a legitimate cure against HIV/AIDS. His research findings were widely reported in laboratory meetings, seven national and international symposia between 2010 and ...

http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/532337/20131231/hiv-cure-scandal-rabbit-based-research-faked.htm

Movies :: Kevin Taft's Best of 2013

When compiling a "Best of" list I have to pre-empt my choices by stating that these are the best movies I've seen according to my taste and what has stayed with me the most.

http://www.edgeprovidence.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153598

Your Voice

... of people living with the virus? 62% - No 38% - Yes 97% of you believe it is important to have a national HIV/AIDS advocacy organization. 89% of you would be willing to join a national HIV/AIDS advocacy organization. 66% of you would pay to become a ...

http://www.poz.com/articles/your_voice_poz_survey_2806_24770.shtml

Andrew Hunter, HIV and Sex Worker Rights Activist, Dies

... the Asia Pacific Network of Sex Workers (APNSW). According to a statement by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), Hunter was a member of the UNAIDS advisory group on HIV and sex work. Please email secretariat@nswp.org with ...

http://www.poz.com/articles/andrew_hunter_1_24986.shtml

Living Well With Steroids

For the first years of the HIV epidemic, people with AIDS would literally waste away, their weight shrinking to starvation levels, as doctors looked helplessly on.

http://www.edgeptown.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153495

Love in the Time of Chronic Illness

That was Ashley Pierce's response when her friend Tammi tried to set her up with Walter.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/12/love-in-the-time-of-chronic-illness/282477/

Beautiful Dreamer

Some Broadway performers are at ease when it comes to crossing over into the world of becoming a solo recording artist, while others are better suited to maintain a career behind the makeup and material of theatrical scripts and songs.

http://www.edgeprovidence.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=reviews&sc3=&id=152406

Krim Fellowships Give $1M in Grants to HIV Biomedical Researchers

As World AIDS Day approached this December, amfAR, The Foundation for AIDS Research, announced their latest round of new grants, providing $1M to Mathilde Krim Fellowships in Basic Biomedical Research to find innovative solutions to HIV/AIDS.

http://www.edgeptown.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153582

NUMC Hosts Annual World AIDS Day

This year at the third annual World AIDS Day Program at Nassau University Medical Center, the theme was "Celebration and Commemoration."

http://eastmeadow.patch.com/groups/health-and-wellness/p/numc-hosts-annual-world-aids-day

Multivitamins, minerals can delay HIV progression, FIU-led study finds

A daily dose of multivitamins and minerals in the early stages of HIV infection can delay progression of the disease that causes AIDS by as much as 54 percent in people who are not receiving antiretroviral drugs, according to a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association and led by a Florida International University ... (more)

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/11/26/3781099/multivitamins-minerals-can-delay.html

Health: Southwest Florida peak flu season starts in January

... from Rutgers University and a master's degree in social work from New York University. She also has worked with HIV/AIDS patients at Brandywine Counseling in Delaware and later was director of a residential addiction treatment program for women with ...

http://wwws-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013312300018

Gladstone scientists discover how immune cells die during HIV...

... medications." The research comes at a critical time, as so-called AIDS fatigue leads many to think that HIV/AIDS is solved. In fact, HIV infected an additional 2.3 million people last year, according to UNAIDS estimates, bringing the global total of ...

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/270549.php

A sex worker's guide to keeping him at home

... This to the point where innocent wives have contracted sexually transmitted infections (STIs), even the dreaded HIV/AIDS virus. One wife, Rosemarie Stone, in her book No Stone Unturned, told the story of how she confronted her husband, late UWI ...

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/magazines/allwoman/A-sex-worker-s-guide-to-keeping-him-at-home_15415088

Sex Without Condoms: Discuss

Moderator Mr. Pam, left, who doesn't use a last name professionally, was joined by panelists Chrissy Scardina and Alan Guttirez at the condomless sex forum A standing-room crowd turned out to discuss changing rules around condomless sex and other HIV prevention options at a recent Real Talk forum sponsored by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, ... (more)

http://www.edgedallas.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153320

Sunday, December 29, 2013

Gomers - What's going wrong

ASH TREES DOOMED: A state forester predicts that virtually all of our ash trees - 55 million of them, and one of the most common tree types in Iowa - will be gone within 20 years because of the emerald ash borer's mounting invasion and no known good ways to stop them.

http://thegazette.com/2013/12/30/gomers-whats-going-wrong-214/

Independent Lens

This film is the story of two grassroots coalitions -- ACT UP and Treatment Action Group -- made up of innovative activists, many of them HIV-positive, who fought to turn AIDS from a death sentence into a manageable condition.

https://tv.azpm.org/schedules/episode/82494/

Privacy not really a concern

Among the most interesting and potentially important stories we've carried this month was one about the FBI program that allegedly has headed off nearly 150 violent rampages during the past year.

http://www.newsandsentinel.com/page/content.detail/id/581700/Privacy-not-really-a-concern.html?nav=5055

Topsail happenings

The North Carolina Symphony will perform its Holiday Pops concert on Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. at Northside High School.

http://www.topsailadvertiser.com/news/around-the-island/topsail-happenings-1.244960

Robin Roberts comes out via Facebook

Robin Roberts has come out, it was reported on Sunday. According to numerous websites, such as The Wrap, "the anchor of ABC's morning show "Good Morning America," has come out as gay in an end-of-the-year post on her Facebook page."

http://www.edgeprovidence.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=153569

Scientists discover potential drug to block AIDS

Scientist at the Gladstone Institutes have identified the precise chain of molecular events in the human body that drives the death of most of the immune system's CD4 T cells as an HIV infection leads to AIDS.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/12/scientists-discover-potential-drug-block-aids/

NYAM and HIV/AIDS

... global epidemic. Since the late 1980s, The New York Academy of Medicine has influenced the policy response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic through research, policy and advocacy, convening, and professional training. In each of these activities, we based ...

http://www.nyam.org/news/nyam-news/2013-12-01.html

The Fight Against HIV/AIDS; DC Marijuana Debate

Local health officials try to get a handle on the region's HIV infection rate, which remains at Third World levels. We talked with Don Blanchon, Executive Director of the Whitman-Walker Clinic.

http://www.wjla.com/blogs/news-talk/2013/10/the-fight-against-hiv-aids-dc-marijuana-debate-20085.html

Humans are gorilla-like

... many of those evolutionary mysteries. Western lowland gorillas are believed to be one of the zoonotic origins of HIV/AIDS. The SIV or Simian immunodeficiency virus that infects them is similar to a certain strain of HIV-1. Besides poaching and ...

http://www.examiner.com/article/humans-are-gorilla-like?cid=rss

[Research Article] Cryo-EM Structure of a Fully Glycosylated Soluble Cleaved HIV-1 Envelope Trimer

Infection of host cells by HIV-1 is mediated by an envelope glycoprotein trimeric spike on the surface of the virus.

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6165/1484.abstract?rss=1

'I Got HIV While Looking For A Child'

My husband married me a virgin , I was HIV negative and so was he when we got married.

http://www.ghanamma.com/i-got-hiv-while-looking-for-a-child/

The 5 Most Common Infectious Diseases

... something as simple as the common cold, which is often nothing more than a nuisance, to something as serious as the HIV/AIDS virus, which has claimed nearly 14 million lives since the epidemic began in the 1980s. Based on WHO's statistics, the ...

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/12/29/the-5-most-common-infectious-diseases.aspx

mothers2mothers - Eliminate Pediatric AIDS by 2015

Anne-Marie and Audrey van Petegem met Robin Smalley, Director and Co-Founder of mothers2mothers, at BlogHer 2011 in the Johnson&Johnson room.

http://www.blogher.com/mothers2mothers-eliminate-pediatric-aids-2015

World AIDS Day Roundup

... their programs. If successfully carried out, these evaluations will help PEPFAR learn a lot about what makes their HIV/AIDS programs work (or not work). CGD's Mead Over served on the "faculty" of the workshop, and shares his experience here . Data ...

http://www.cgdev.org/blog/world-aids-day-roundup

Sneak Preview: CDC's Effort to Measure the Determinants of AIDS Treatment Quality

... practice and clinical practice (categories 2 and 3). Dr. Deborah Birx , Director of the CGH Division of Global HIV/AIDS, presented descriptive statistics on this data from PEPFAR supported partners and sites in Rwanda and Tanzania. Here is what ...

http://www.cgdev.org/blog/sneak-preview-cdc%E2%80%99s-effort-measure-determinants-aids-treatment-quality

Saturday, December 28, 2013

HIV infections are going up - or are they?

Free HIV/AIDS testing this Sunday in Jackson

Mississippi baby born with HIV still in remission

A child born HIV-positive in Mississippi continues to do well and without any sign of the virus in her system.

http://www.msnewsnow.com/story/23782660/mississippi-baby-born-with-hiv-still-in-remission

Vulnerability to HIV infection among female drug users in Kathmandu...

Women who use drugs are extremely vulnerable to HIV and sexually transmitted infections , but studies on risk behaviours and HIV infection among female drug users are limited in Nepal.

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/13/1238/abstract

Researcher admits he faked AIDS vaccine results

Dong-Pyou Han was an assistant professor of biomedical sciences. He resigned in October after admitting responsibility, an ISU spokesman said.

http://www.poormojo.org/pmjadaily/archives/040796.php

HIV In New Hampshire: A Problem For 'Over There'

Three decades after the start of a global epidemic, roughly 35 million people are living with HIV worldwide, and more than a million in the United States.

http://nhpr.org/post/hiv-new-hampshire-problem-over-there?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NHPRNews+%28New+Hampshire+Public+Radio+News%29

NMAC Honors the Legacy of Nelson Mandela

... to empower people of color and combat the social inequities and health disparities that continue to drive the HIV/AIDS epidemic around the globe. His light inspired millions to believe that change is possible. And while the world, as well as NMAC ...

http://greasyguide.com/36909/nmac-honors-legacy-nelson-mandela/

FDA Approves New Hepatitis C Drug

... are five times more likely than other American adults to be infected. In recent years, hepatitis has surpassed HIV/AIDS as a cause of death. The current standard of care for HCV involves up to 48 weeks of therapy with a pegylated interferon ...

http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153254

Branswell: Remarkable gains for HIV patients

... time," said Dr. Julio Montaner, a leading HIV researcher. Montaner is director of the B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS , which led the research collaboration that produced the study. He said the longevity gains have been remarkable. In 2000, ...

http://crofsblogs.typepad.com/h5n1/2013/12/branswell-remarkable-gains-for-hiv-patients.html

A Year-End Look At HIV Treatments in 2013

Although we still haven't found a cure for HIV, which affects approximately 34 million people worldwide and 1.1 million people in the United States, better drugs were approved in 2013, and a new generation of HIV vaccines is making its way through clinical trials.

http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2013/12/28/a-year-end-look-at-hiv-treatments-in-2013.aspx

Complacency, heroin use could increase HIV cases

LGBT Servicemembers at Greater Health Risk

Philly Walgreens Specialize in HIV Outcomes

... we've been doing HIV work since the beginning of the epidemic," said Glen Pietrandoni, RPh, AAHIVP, an advocate for HIV/AIDS patients who oversees more than 700 Walgreens. The first drugs like AZT came in the late '80s, and there wasn't a lot of ...

http://www.edgedallas.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153266

New Website Aims at "Getting to Zero" on HIV

In the UK, AmmoVibes spent the 25th Annual World AIDS Day educating people about HIV, in their attempt to get to zero: zero new infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths.

http://www.edgedallas.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153192

Rs.2 lakh relief to kin of man who died of AIDS - Indiatalkies.com

New Delhi, Dec 28: The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed a life insurance company to pay Rs.2 lakh to the kin of an army man who died of AIDS .

http://www.indiatalkies.com/2013/12/rs2-lakh-relief-kin-man-died-aids.html

[Special Issue News] Runners-Up: In Vaccine Design, Looks Do Matter

In work that Science ranked as a runner-up for Breakthrough of the Year, researchers used structural biology-the study of the molecules of life-to design the key ingredient of a vaccine against a dangerous childhood disease.

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6165/1442.1.summary?rss=1

Big strides made in battle against pediatric AIDS

... we do a good job at preventing it," said Dr. Kimberly Bates, director of a clinic for children and families with HIV/AIDS at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. In fact, the chances of a baby contracting HIV from his or her mother is ...

http://www.abc12.com/story/24296233/big-strides-in-battle-against-pediatric-aids

Haiti AIDS research clinic wins global health prize

A world-renown Haiti clinic that has become a leader in global health while leading the fight against HIV/AIDS now has one more accolade to add to its file: fighter against tuberculosis.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/12/24/3836603/haiti-aids-research-clinic-wins.html

bNAber: database of broadly neutralizing HIV antibodies

1Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery, The Scripps Research Institute, 10550 North Torrey Pines Road La Jolla, CA 92037, USA, 2Bioinformatics and Systems Biology Program, Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, 10901 ...

http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/content/42/D1/D1133.short?rss=1

AIDS research shows tenacity of scientists

... of a million children. But it's also a tribute to the tenacity and importance of the scientific enterprise. HIV/AIDS emerged in the early 1980s as a nameless fear, which some initially thought could be transmitted by casual contact. Scientists ...

http://www.wisinfo.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013312280188

Advances in HIV vaccine research likely following animal vaccine study

A vaccine study in monkeys designed to identify measurable signs that the animals were protected from infection by SIV, the monkey version of HIV , as well as the mechanism of such protection has yielded numerous insights that may advance HIV vaccine research.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/270457.php

AIDS Research Spoiled by Blood-Spiking Fraud

An Iowa State University assistant professor of biomedical sciences resigned in October after admitting to spiking rabbit blood to obtain positive results in a research study of an AIDS vaccine.

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/12/26/Researcher-Accused-of-Spiking-Blood-to-Validate-Aids-Vaccine

View schedule

This acclaimed Emmy Award-winning anthology series features documentaries and a limited number of fiction films united by the creative freedom, artistic achievement and unflinching visions of their independent producers.

http://www.idahoptv.org/schedules/listingDetails.cfm?virtChannel=KAID/KIPT&ThisDate=12-30-2013&versionID=268394&seriesID=8117

Friday, December 27, 2013

Breakthrough in research a tribute to tenacity in fight against AIDS

... of a million children. But it is also a tribute to the tenacity and importance of the scientific enterprise. HIV/AIDS emerged in the early 1980s as a nameless fear, which some initially thought could be transmitted by casual contact. Scientists ...

http://www.paducahsun.com/opinion/122813_PS_Gerson-column-for-Saturday

Act Up Protests at Rock Center for Lamont Valentin and Hope Act

On Wednesday, December 18 at 6 p.m. in Rockefeller Center, ACT UP/New York will hold a demonstration "In Loving Memory and Outrage" for Lamont Valentin.

http://www.edgefireisland.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=news&sc3=&id=153252

Parents No Longer Required To Report HIV Positive Results to Schools

Parents will no longer be required to tell school officials if their child tests positive for HIV.

http://www.riverbender.com/news/details/parents-no-longer-required-to-report-hiv-positive-results-to-schools-106802.cfm

New regulation aims to protect patients, health care workers from flu

ALBANY State Health Commissioner Nirav R. Shah, M.D., M.P.H., today declared that influenza has become prevalent in New York State.

http://www.empirestatenews.net/News2013/20131221-1.htm

Living Well With Steroids

For the first years of the HIV epidemic, people with AIDS would literally waste away, their weight shrinking to starvation levels, as doctors looked helplessly on.

http://www.edgefireisland.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153495

Michael Gerson: Fight against AIDS progresses

... of a million children. But it is also a tribute to the tenacity and importance of the scientific enterprise. HIV/AIDS emerged in the early 1980s as a nameless fear, which some initially thought could be transmitted by casual contact. Scientists ...

http://www.goerie.com/article/20131228/OPINION09/312289989/Michael-Gerson%3A-Fight-against-AIDS-progresses

The Doors: R-Evolution

The blues-based rock of The Doors still resonates as much today as it did when the band was complete and active between 1967 and 1971.

http://www.edgeprovidence.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=blurbs&sc3=&id=153210

French Women Don't Get Facelifts

First there was the bestselling "French Women Don't Get Fat," a book that surprised the world and made us -- well, some of us -- really believe the French way is just so much better.

http://www.edgeprovidence.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=reviews&sc3=&id=152820

New HIV cases nears 400 in November

THE Department of Health said Saturday that almost 400 new cases of human immunodeficiency virus nationwide have been recorded in the month of November.

http://www.sunstar.com.ph/breaking-news/2013/12/28/new-hiv-cases-nears-400-november-320716

Rethinking The MDGs: A Comprehensive Approach To Poverty Reduction

... met grandmothers who couldn't provide for the orphans they were left to care for when their own children died from HIV/AIDS and spoke with families living in insecure, vulnerable shacks. During this first year after founding Ubuntu, I never ...

http://www.forbes.com/sites/skollworldforum/2013/12/27/rethinking-the-mdgs-a-comprehensive-approach-to-poverty-reduction/

Justine Sacco: AIDS Is No Laughing Matter

... Africa, the week following the burial of world leader and civil rights icon Nelson Mandela. To suggest that the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa is due to unprotected sex diminishes the seriousness of the crisis. Millions of people are dying each year from ...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/nsenga-burton/justine-sacco-aids-is-no-_b_4499428.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+HP%2Fmedia+%28Media+on+The+Huffington+Post%29

Light at the End of the Tunnel in the AIDS Battle

The Promised Land is in sight - though the view is somewhat hazy - for HIV/AIDS activists, victims, government and others who hope for an end to the epidemic.

http://www.afro.com/sections/news/Health/story.htm?storyid=80874

MRPCN's maternity helps expentant mothers

Being an expecting mother can be daunting and scary. However there is a program to help soon to be mothers through their pregnancy.

http://www.whitecourtstar.com/2013/12/27/mrpcns-maternity-helps-expentant-mothers-through-pregnancy

UM clinic offers compassionate dental care to HIV/AIDS patients

... nearly 25 years, the dental school has run the Plus clinic, providing dental care for low-income people living with HIV/AIDS. Due to a weakened immune system, HIV/AIDS patients can suffer from a variety of dental ailments such as oral warts, oral ...

http://www.baltimoresun.com/health/maryland-health/bs-hs-aids-clinic-20131227,0,1062435.story

U.S. Ignores HPV Threat

There is a virus, which is at the center of a raging pandemic. The federal Centers for Disease Control estimates that almost half the population of the U.S. is infected with this virus within a few years of becoming sexually active.

http://www.edgedallas.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153221

'Dip in number of HIV/AIDS cases in armed forces'

New Delhi, Dec 27 : There has been a marked decline in number of HIV/AIDS cases in the three armed services, the forces top medical official said Friday.

http://www.newkerala.com/news/story/105316/dip-in-number-of-hivaids-cases-in-armed-forces.html

Mexican Consulate in Houston hosts World AIDS Day vigil

Although AIDS is now treatable and preventable, it remains one of the most destructive epidemics in recorded history.

http://www.examiner.com/article/mexican-consulate-houston-hosts-world-aids-day-vigil

NYAM and HIV/AIDS

Obamacare, Big Pharma and gridlock - a look back at 2013 in Congress: As I See It

It's a word we've often heard this year to describe what is happening on Capitol Hill.

http://www.pennlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2013/12/a_look_back_at_2013_in_congress_joe_pitts.html

'Dip in number of HIV/AIDS cases in armed forces' - Indiatalkies.com

New Delhi, Dec 27: There has been a marked decline in number of HIV/AIDS cases in the three armed services, the forces top medical official said Friday.

http://www.indiatalkies.com/2013/12/dip-number-hivaids-cases-armed-forces.html

Report finds Ala HIV diagnosis rate on decline

The Center for Demographic Research at Auburn Montgomery looked at state statistics for AIDS and the human immunodeficiency virus for 2012 and found both were on the decline.

http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Report-finds-Ala-HIV-diagnosis-rate-on-decline-5096016.php

Report Finds Al HIV Diagnosis Rate on Decline

... vertiser (http://on.mgmadv.com/JfF3gB ) reports that 12.27 people per 100,000 Alabama residents were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 2012. That was fewer than the 13.75 people who were diagnosed per 100,000 people from 2011.

http://www.wtvy.com/home/headlines/Report-Finds-AL-HIV-Diagnosis-Rate-on-Decline-237500131.html

Huntsville-based AIDS Action Coalition CEO Mary Elizabeth Marr named to federal AIDS...

... a national coalition of nearly 200 local, regional, and national organizations advocating for progressive federal HIV/AIDS legislation and policy, according to a coalition news release. Marr has been selected to be one of 13 at-large members on ...

http://blog.al.com/breaking/2013/12/aids_action_coalition_ceo_mary.html

Report Finds Alabama HIV Diagnosis Rate on Decline

... the decline. The Montgomery Advertiser reports that 12.27 people per 100,000 Alabama residents were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 2012. That was fewer than the 13.75 people who were diagnosed per 100,000 people from 2011. The illness affects blacks in ...

http://www.wtok.com/home/headlines/Report-finds-Ala-HIV-diagnosis-rate-on-decline-237499101.html

Differential inflammasome expression and IL-1beta secretion in...

NLRP3-inflammasome activation was evaluated in monocyte-derived dendritic cells obtained through IL-4 or IFN-alpha protocols and pulsed with chemically inactivated HIV-1.

http://www.aidsrestherapy.com/content/10/1/35/abstract

Life Expectancy Increases Among Treated HIV-Positive Individuals in US, Canada

New Anti-HIV Drug Target Identified

The compounds present a new target for potential HIV drug development and future treatment options.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131218171232.htm

Report finds Ala HIV diagnosis rate on decline

The Center for Demographic Research at Auburn Montgomery looked at state statistics for AIDS and the human immunodeficiency virus for 2012 and found both were on the decline.

http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2013/12/27/2748108/report-finds-ala-hiv-diagnosis.html

Immune Response BioPharma Sets U.S. REMUNE Pricing Range $75-250 Per Dose

... on a Large Scale is Secured or a New Manufacturing Plant is Built. IRBP Sets an initial Price Range for the HIV/AIDS Vaccine REMUNE between $75-250 per dose, dosing once every 3 months. Total Patients Costs, a Maximum out of pocket cost $1000 a ...

http://www.biospace.com/news_story.aspx?StoryID=319476&full=1

Professor reportedly admits faking AIDS vaccine to get grant money

An Iowa State University professor resigned after admitting he falsely claimed rabbit blood could be turned into a vaccine for the AIDS virus.

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/12/27/professor-reportedly-admits-faking-aids-vaccine-to-get-grant-money/

Report finds Ala HIV diagnosis rate on decline

... (http://on.mgmadv.com/JfF3gB ) reports that 12.27 people per 100,000 Alabama residents were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 2012. That was fewer than the 13.75 people who were diagnosed per 100,000 people from 2011. The illness affects blacks in greater ...

http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/apexchange/2013/12/27/al--alabama-hiv.html

Incidence of serious morbidity in HIV-infected adults on...

In resource-limited settings, scaling-up antiretroviral treatment has required the involvement of decentralized health facilities with limited equipment.

http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2334/13/607/abstract

Report finds Ala HIV diagnosis rate on decline

... (http://on.mgmadv.com/JfF3gB ) reports that 12.27 people per 100,000 Alabama residents were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 2012. That was fewer than the 13.75 people who were diagnosed per 100,000 people from 2011. The illness affects blacks in greater ...

http://www.macon.com/2013/12/27/2851212/report-finds-ala-hiv-diagnosis.html#storylink=rss

Report finds Ala HIV diagnosis rate on decline

... (http://on.mgmadv.com/JfF3gB ) reports that 12.27 people per 100,000 Alabama residents were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 2012. That was fewer than the 13.75 people who were diagnosed per 100,000 people from 2011. The illness affects blacks in greater ...

http://www.sunherald.com/2013/12/27/5219564/report-finds-ala-hiv-diagnosis.html#storylink=rss

Report finds Ala HIV diagnosis rate on decline

... (http://on.mgmadv.com/JfF3gB ) reports that 12.27 people per 100,000 Alabama residents were diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in 2012. That was fewer than the 13.75 people who were diagnosed per 100,000 people from 2011. The illness affects blacks in greater ...

http://www.modbee.com/2013/12/27/3107130/report-finds-ala-hiv-diagnosis.html#storylink=rss

FDA Approves New Hepatitis C Drug

Health, biomedical industries jump in value

... Giants such as Foster City-based Gilead Sciences ( GILD ), which has a portfolio of 15 marketed treatments for HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, serious respiratory, cardiovascular, and metabolic conditions, cancer and inflammation, ranked ninth overall among ...

http://www.mercurynews.com/sv150/ci_23064559/sv-150-health-biomedical-industries-jump-value?source=rss

Thursday, December 26, 2013

HIV/AIDS: Pushing Past the PlateauLocal agency fights stigma with new PSA campaign

In an age chronicled by Facebook posts and six-second Vine videos, the persistent threat of HIV/AIDS barely registers.

http://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2013-12-27/hiv-aids-pushing-past-the-plateau/

Aggregate Risk of Cardiovascular Disease among Adolescents...

Perinatally HIV-infected adolescents may be susceptible to aggregate atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk, as measured by the Pathobiological Determinants of Atherosclerosis in Youth coronary arteries and abdominal aorta risk scores, due to prolonged exposure to HIV and antiretroviral therapy.

http://circ.ahajournals.org/content/early/2013/12/23/CIRCULATIONAHA.113.001978.short?rss=1

Professor cops to faking AIDS vaccine research data

Suspicious researchers finally nailed Dong-Pyou Han after they were unable to produce the same results he reported on his AIDS vaccine.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/professor-cops-faking-aids-vaccine-research-data-article-1.1559245

LGBT Servicemembers at Greater Health Risk

... both within and outside the military," said Dr. Jeffrey T. Parsons, Department of Psychology a Director, Center for HIV/AIDS Educational Studies and Training (CHEST) a Hunter College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York. "This ...

http://www.edgenewengland.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153257

SCIENCE: Professor admits faking AIDS vaccine to get $19M in grants. ...

SCIENCE: Professor admits faking AIDS vaccine to get $19M in grants. But there's a stiff penalty: "Han agreed last month not to seek government contracts for three years, the register said."

http://pjmedia.com/instapundit/181597/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+instapundit%2Fpodcast+%28Instapundit+Podcast%29

Transcriptome analysis of primary monocytes from HIV-positive...

Despite the significant contributions of monocytes to HIV persistence, the HIV-monocyte interaction remains elusive.

http://www.virologyj.com/content/10/1/361/abstract

Spokane woman suing over false HIV diagnosis

A Spokane woman is suing a Pennsylvania-based plasma donation company saying she was falsely told she had hepatitis and HIV after donating plasma at a clinic in Hayden, Idaho.

http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Spokane-woman-suing-over-false-HIV-diagnosis-237318161.html

Rogue scientist faked AIDS research funded with $19M in taxpayer money by spiking rabbit blood

An Iowa State University assistant professor has stepped down after being accused of faking the results of an AIDS study by mixing human and rabbit blood to the tune of millions of federal dollars.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2529541/Rogue-scientist-FAKED-federally-funded-AIDS-research-spiking-rabbit-blood.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

Haiti AIDS research clinic wins global health prize

The Fight Against HIV/AIDS; DC Marijuana Debate

Complacency, heroin use could increase HIV cases

HIV Life Expectancy Similar to General Population

... published online Dec. 18 in PLOS ONE . Hasina Samji, Ph.D., from the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS in Vancouver, Canada, and colleagues analyzed data from the North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design from ...

http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=news&id=160718&cn=13

ISU Researcher Quits Amid Allegations Of $19M AIDS Vaccine Fraud: Dr. ...

Dr. Dong-Pyou Han of Iowa State University admitted to falsifying results in research to develop an HIV/AIDS vaccine.

http://www.medicaldaily.com/isu-researcher-quits-amid-allegations-19m-aids-vaccine-fraud-dr-dong-pyou-han-faked-hiv-resistance

Three decades later, more hope in AIDS lab

The Salvation Army and its many volunteers mobilized to serve Christmas dinner to the hundreds of needy people who always show up for the holiday meal.

http://www.kansascity.com/2013/12/26/4714470/breakthrough-in-aids-research.html

HIV infections are going up - or are they?

Report: NC better prepared for...

... infections, antibiotic-resistant "superbugs," bioterrorism, foodborne illnesses, cuts to public health funding and HIV/AIDS infections are concerns. The report noted that in the U.S., there is "an alarming increase" in new HIV infections among gay ...

http://www2.wataugademocrat.com/News/story/Report-NC-better-prepared-for-outbreak-id-013601

DNA2.0 Partners With St. George's Infection and Immunity Research...

St. George's to Utilize DNA2.0's GeneGPS Expression Technology to Increase Protein Expression in Tobacco for the Production of Therapeutic Antibodies We are excited to partner with Professor Ma and his research group because we believe his approach to developing antibodies in plant systems will have a dramatic impact on the affordability and ... (more)

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/12/prweb11432615.htm

Professor admits faking AIDS vaccine to get $19M in grants

An Iowa State University professor resigned after admitting he falsely claimed rabbit blood could be turned into a vaccine for the AIDS virus.

http://nypost.com/2013/12/26/professor-admits-faking-aids-vaccine-to-get-19m-in-grants/

Living Well With Steroids

For the first years of the HIV epidemic, people with AIDS would literally waste away, their weight shrinking to starvation levels, as doctors looked helplessly on.

http://www.edgeprovidence.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153495

Living Well With Steroids

For the first years of the HIV epidemic, people with AIDS would literally waste away, their weight shrinking to starvation levels, as doctors looked helplessly on.

http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153495

Doctor immune to long hours

IT'S the stuff of science fiction or Hollywood - glass vials filled with samples of blood and diseases in the race for a cure.

http://www.standard.net.au/story/1993221/doctor-immune-to-long-hours/?src=rss

No link between HIV-prevention pill Truvada, increased sexual risk behavior

Led by Gladstone Institutes' Investigator Robert Grant, MD, MPH, this research was hailed as an important step towards reducing the worldwide HIV/AIDS epidemic.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131218171047.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fhealth_medicine%2Fsexual_health+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Health+%26+Medicine+News+--+Sexual+Health%29

New anti-HIV drug target identified

The compounds present a new target for potential HIV drug development and future treatment options.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131218171232.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fmicrobiology+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Plants+%26+Animals+News+--+Microbiology%29

Natasha, Pierre And The Great Comet Of 1812

One of the most creative stage works of 2013 was the Dave Malloy musical, "Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812."

http://www.edgeprovidence.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=reviews&sc3=&id=152404

Arguments scheduled in HIV-privacy case

Jacob P. Fyda says he's determined to bring public accountability to the process of distributing millions of HIV/AIDS dollars in the nine-county region.

http://www.epgn.com/view/full_story/24290997/article-Arguments-scheduled-in-HIV-privacy-case?instance=home_news

Big Strides in Battle Against Pediatric AIDS

... we do a good job at preventing it," said Dr. Kimberly Bates, director of a clinic for children and families with HIV/AIDS at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. In fact, the chances of a baby contracting HIV from his or her mother is ...

http://www.mentalhelp.net/poc/view_doc.php?type=news&id=160691&cn=13

Life With HIV: Why The Diagnosis Is No Longer A Death Sentence

A new study published in PLOS ONE by the North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design, in conjunction with the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, found that a 20-year-old HIV-positive adult on antiretroviral therapy is expected to live into their early 70s.

http://www.ghanamma.com/life-with-hiv-why-the-diagnosis-is-no-longer-a-death-sentence/

Africa: Life-Saving Hepatitis C Drug Approved, but Cost Is High S S S , 26

Addis Ababa December 26/2013 Following approvals in the United States and Europe this month of a new drug to treat hepatitis C, activists are pushing for the medication to be made available in poor countries, a development reminiscent of the activism that forced down HIV/AIDS drug prices a decade ago in Brazil, South Africa and Thailand.

http://www.ena.gov.et/index.php?view=item&id=145:africa-life-saving-hepatitis-c-drug-approved-but-cost-is-high&option=com_k2&Itemid=221

Pittsburgh's Day of Giving

... one of the organizations that helped me get through that time. Today, Persad provides programs for Mental Health, HIV/AIDS, Youth and Family Services, Training and Education, SAGE Older Adult Services for both lesbians, gays, bisexual and ...

http://www.unspace.net/2013/10/02/pittsburghs-day-of-giving/

The Negative Health Effects of Homosexuality

Homosexual activists attempt to portray their lifestyle as normal and healthy, and insist that homosexual relationships are the equivalent in every way to their heterosexual counterparts.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3105393/posts

U.S. Ignores HPV Threat

Arts Notes: Sept. 29, 2013

... of the proceeds from "For Love" will help Covenant House provide nutritional support for persons living with HIV/AIDS and to provide free, rapid HIV testing. The music is dedicated to the memory of George L. Bartlett, aka Elizabeth, a longtime ...

http://www.wvgazette.com/Life/201309270142

Sex Without Condoms: Discuss

Moderator Mr. Pam, left, who doesn't use a last name professionally, was joined by panelists Chrissy Scardina and Alan Guttirez at the condomless sex forum A standing-room crowd turned out to discuss changing rules around condomless sex and other HIV prevention options at a recent Real Talk forum sponsored by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, ... (more)

http://www.edgefireisland.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153320

Sneak Preview: CDC's Effort to Measure the Determinants of AIDS Treatment Quality

Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Philly Walgreens Specialize in HIV Outcomes

... we've been doing HIV work since the beginning of the epidemic," said Glen Pietrandoni, RPh, AAHIVP, an advocate for HIV/AIDS patients who oversees more than 700 Walgreens. The first drugs like AZT came in the late '80s, and there wasn't a lot of ...

http://www.edgefireisland.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153266

Duck Patriarch: Man-Man Sex 'Not Logical'; CDC: 'Anal Sex is ...

... various fact sheets and information guides on safe sexual practices, risky behavior, and the persistent spread of HIV/AIDS among homosexuals in America, the CDC frequently uses language as graphic as that used by Robertson. The CDC reports that gays ...

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/michael-w-chapman/duck-patriarch-man-man-sex-not-logical-cdc-anal-sex-highest-risk

Act Up Protests at Rock Center for Lamont Valentin and Hope Act

World AIDS Day Roundup

AIDS pioneer returns to S.F. with global expertise

Dr. Eric Goosby, who was at the forefront of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in San Francisco, went to Washington to work and has rejoined the faculty at UCSF.

http://www.sfgate.com/health/article/AIDS-pioneer-returns-to-S-F-with-global-expertise-5092862.php

Meaningful Gifts For Kwanzaa

Conceived in 1966, Kwanzaa is an African-American holiday, celebrated between December 26 and January 1. The seven days represent seven principles to unite African-American communities.

http://m.blogher.com/celebrate-kwanzaa

[Research Article] Cryo-EM Structure of a Fully Glycosylated Soluble Cleaved HIV-1 Envelope Trimer

Infection of host cells by HIV-1 is mediated by an envelope glycoprotein trimeric spike on the surface of the virus.

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6165/1484.abstract?rss=1

Mexican Consulate in Houston hosts World AIDS Day vigil

Light at the End of the Tunnel in the AIDS Battle

Uganda "anti-homosexuality" bill disastrous for HIV response

The International HIV/AIDS Alliance warned today that Uganda's "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" will have a disastrous impact on the country's HIV response and urged President Museveni not to sign the bill into law.

http://www.trust.org/item/20131220135510-8rqz9/?source=hpeditorial

Breakthrough in AIDS research

... of a million children. But it is also a tribute to the tenacity and importance of the scientific enterprise. HIV/AIDS emerged in the early 1980s as a nameless fear, which some initially thought could be transmitted by casual contact. Scientists ...

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013312250038

Gala raises funds for mission

The event, sponsored by maternity and baby skin care line Noodle & Boo, honored Dr. Helene Gayle, president and CEO of CARE USA, for her longstanding contributions in the global HIV/AIDS pandemic and her ongoing advocacy and commitment for global health and poverty issues.

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2013312250001

Researcher faked AIDS vaccine test

An Iowa State University assistant professor resigned after being accused of spiking rabbit blood to falsely show that an AIDS vaccine was working in the research animals.

http://www.clarionledger.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.clarionledger.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013312250027%26nclick_check%3D1

Immune Response BioPharma Sets U.S. REMUNE Pricing Range $75-250 Per Dose

Tuesday, December 24, 2013

New Website Aims at "Getting to Zero" on HIV

Super Strength Immune Cells Fighting Cancer

What if the cure for cancer could be found in the body's own immune system, with a little help from modern science? Now a new clinical trial is giving patients hope.

http://www.newschannel5.com/story/23114714/super-strength-immune-cells-fighting-cancer

FDA Approves New Hepatitis C Drug

... are five times more likely than other American adults to be infected. In recent years, hepatitis has surpassed HIV/AIDS as a cause of death. The current standard of care for HCV involves up to 48 weeks of therapy with a pegylated interferon ...

http://www.edgenewyork.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153254

Multivitamins, minerals can delay HIV progression, FIU-led study finds

ADB to link for expanding HIV/AIDS treatment in Myanmar

The Asian Development Bank will provide a strategic link between Myanmar government and non- governmental organizations in expanding HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention services, using funds from the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction, state media reported Wednesday.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-12/25/c_132994884.htm

Michael Gerson: Hope emerges in fight versus AIDS

NMAC Honors the Legacy of Nelson Mandela

Mother-daughter team preaches gospel of HIV prevention

She was hoping to earn a college degree in journalism before returning home. Because she'd been in the process of moving from Africa to the United States, Kasege had not yet had a prenatal checkup, so she went to a clinic soon after she arrived.

http://WWW.KEYC.COM/story/24296234/mother-daughter-team-preaches-the-gospel-of-hiv-prevention

Big strides made in battle against pediatric AIDS

The same cannot be said, however, for children worldwide. "Maternal-to-child transmission is down exponentially [in the United States] because we do a good job at preventing it," said Dr. Kimberly Bates, director of a clinic for children and families with HIV/AIDS at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.

http://WWW.KEYC.COM/story/24296233/big-strides-in-battle-against-pediatric-aids

Proportion of opioid treatment programs offering on-site testing for HIV and STIs declines

A survey of opioid treatment programs finds that the proportion offering on-site testing for human immunodeficiency virus and sexually transmitted infections declined substantially between 2000 and 2011, despite guidelines recommending routine opt-out HIV testing in all health care settings, according to a study appearing in the December 25 issue ... (more)

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-12-proportion-opioid-treatment-on-site-hiv.html

Topsail happenings

The North Carolina Symphony will perform its Holiday Pops concert on Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. at Northside High School.

http://www.topsailadvertiser.com/news/around-the-island/topsail-happenings-1.244960

Haiti AIDS research clinic wins global health prize

A world-renown Haiti clinic that has become a leader in global health while leading the fight against HIV/AIDS now has one more accolade to add to its file: fighter against Tuberculosis.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/12/24/3836603/haiti-aids-research-clinic-wins.html

Hottest. Obamacare. Ad. Ever.

... men? Gay men are at an increased risk for certain chronic diseases, cancer and mental health problems. Alarmingly, HIV/AIDS is now on the rise among young gay men, the only risk group where new infections are increasing, with a 22 percent increase ...

http://blog.sfgate.com/nov05election/2013/12/24/hottest-obamacare-ad-ever-lgbt-division/

A mobile clinic takes the war on HIV/AIDS to Miami's streets

... neighborhoods trying to reach people like her who might otherwise go undiagnosed and untreated. Despite the war on HIV/AIDS that began in the 1980s, the number of new cases has remained stubbornly high. South Florida counties have some of the ...

http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/12/24/3836545/a-mobile-clinic-takes-the-war.html

Scientist tampered with positive AIDS vaccine results

A huge setback for the fight against AIDS took place when it was found that a researcher tampered with study results.

http://www.examiner.com/article/scientist-tampered-with-positive-aids-vaccine-results?cid=rss

[Special Issue News] Runners-Up: In Vaccine Design, Looks Do Matter

HIV Testing, Home Tests, Early Treatment

... log in for privacy reasons. "Everybody needs to be tested for HIV at least once," says Brad Hare, director of the HIV/AIDS Division at San Francisco General Hospital. Fortunately, HIV testing is easier, quicker, and more accurate than it used to be. ...

http://www.webmd.com/hiv-aids/features/getting-an-hiv-test?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Advances in HIV Treatment: Understanding ART

... life with HIV easier and safer. "HIV really is a chronic disease now," says Brad Hare, MD, medical director of the HIV/AIDS Division at San Francisco General Hospital. "It's like diabetes or high blood pressure." As long as you manage it well, you ...

http://www.webmd.com/hiv-aids/features/hiv-aids-treatment-advances-art?src=RSS_PUBLIC

Scientists Identify Drug for AIDS Treatment

In a major breakthrough, new research has identified how HIV infection causes mass suicide of immune cells and how an existing anti-inflammatory drug can block cellular self-destruction.

http://www.newindianexpress.com/lifestyle/health/Scientists-Identify-Drug-for-AIDS-Treatment/2013/12/21/article1957849.ece

Big strides made in battle against pediatric AIDS

... we do a good job at preventing it," said Dr. Kimberly Bates, director of a clinic for children and families with HIV/AIDS at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. In fact, the chances of a baby contracting HIV from his or her mother is ...

http://www.cw15kxvo.com/story/24296233/big-strides-in-battle-against-pediatric-aids

Mother-daughter team preaches gospel of HIV prevention

TUESDAY, Dec. 24 -- Fortunata Kasege was just 22 years old and several months pregnant when she and her husband came to the United States from Tanzania in 1997.

http://www.abcfoxmontana.com/story/24296234/mother-daughter-team-preaches-the-gospel-of-hiv-prevention

Big strides made in battle against pediatric AIDS

... we do a good job at preventing it," said Dr. Kimberly Bates, director of a clinic for children and families with HIV/AIDS at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. In fact, the chances of a baby contracting HIV from his or her mother is ...

http://www.abcfoxmontana.com/story/24296233/big-strides-in-battle-against-pediatric-aids

Big strides made in battle against pediatric AIDS

... we do a good job at preventing it," said Dr. Kimberly Bates, director of a clinic for children and families with HIV/AIDS at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. In fact, the chances of a baby contracting HIV from his or her mother is ...

http://www.kfvs.com/story/24296233/big-strides-in-battle-against-pediatric-aids

Mother-daughter team preaches gospel of HIV prevention

Fortunata Kasege was just 22 years old and several months pregnant when she and her husband came to the United States from Tanzania in 1997.

http://www.kfvs12.com/story/24296234/mother-daughter-team-preaches-the-gospel-of-hiv-prevention

Big strides in battle against pediatric AIDS

... we do a good job at preventing it," said Dr. Kimberly Bates, director of a clinic for children and families with HIV/AIDS at Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. In fact, the chances of a baby contracting HIV from his or her mother is ...

http://www.philly.com/philly/health/kidshealth/HealthDay681382_20131224_Big_Strides_in_Battle_Against_Pediatric_AIDS.html

PDL-1 Antibody Could Help Immune System Fight Off Influenza Viral Infection

An antibody that blocks a component of a key signaling pathway in the respiratory airways could help the immune system rid the body of the influenza virus, a new study suggests.

http://www.infectioncontroltoday.com/news/2013/12/pdl1-antibody-could-help-immune-system-fight-off-influenza-viral-infection.aspx

Iowa Professor Resigns After Faking Successful AIDS Research

The assistant professor has attempted to make it appear as if an AIDS vaccine currently under development was working better than expected.

http://www.nebraska.tv/story/24296173/professor-resigns-after-faking-successful-aids-research

Mother-Daughter Team Preaches the Gospel of HIV Prevention

Fortunata Kasege was just 22 years old and several months pregnant when she and her husband came to the United States from Tanzania in 1997.

http://www.hon.ch/News/HSN/681383.html

Big Strides in Battle Against Pediatric AIDS

Why the flu shot works better for women

Research published today suggests that making more of the hormone testosterone causes men to have a weaker immune response to the flu vaccine than women.

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2013/12/24/why-flu-shot-works-better-for-women/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fhealth+%28Internal+-+Health+-+Text%29

Oretha Jones: Indigent health care needs a community effort

... and gynecology. * Ophthalmology * Diabetes and othe.r chronic disease management. * Pediatrics. * HIV/AIDS treatment. * Dermatology. * Orthopedics. * On-site pharmacy and prescription assistance. * Radiologic services. * We Care ...

http://www.tallahassee.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tallahassee.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013312240005%26nclick_check%3D1

Life expectancy of treated HIV-positive individuals approaches that of general population

A 20-year-old HIV-positive adult on antiretroviral therapy in the U.S. or Canada may be expected to live into their early 70's, a life expectancy approaching that of the general population, according to results published in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Hasina Samji and colleagues from the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS ... (more)

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/270426.php

Iowa State University researcher accused of faking AIDS vaccine test results

An Iowa State University assistant professor resigned after being accused of spiking rabbit blood to falsely show that an AIDS vaccine was working in the research animals.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.desmoinesregister.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013312240078%26nclick_check%3D1

Long: Contact with animals can be risky for some people

Numerous studies point out the benefits of pet ownership, including reduced development of childhood allergies, reduction in anxiety and heart disease, and even increased chance of making interpersonal connections.

http://www.coloradoan.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.coloradoan.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013312240034%26nclick_check%3D1

HIV infections are going up - or are they?

HIV treatment and prevention pill Truvada not found to increase sexual risk behavior

... Investigator Robert Grant, MD, MPH, this research was hailed as an important step towards reducing the worldwide HIV/AIDS epidemic. Now, a new study provides further proof that regular Truvada use can reduce one's risk for contracting HIV - without ...

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/270417.php

Media Suffering From AIDS Fatigue?

In 1983, the problem was getting the media to pay attention to HIV/AIDS. In 2013, the problem is getting the media to pay attention to HIV/AIDS.

http://www.edgefireisland.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153148

Duck Patriarch: Man-Man Sex 'Not Logical'; CDC: 'Anal Sex is ...

Monday, December 23, 2013

Africa: Life-Saving Hepatitis C Drug Approved, but Cost Is High

Following approvals in the US and Europe this month of a new drug to treat hepatitis C, activists are pushing for the medication to be made available in poor countries, a development reminiscent of the activism that forced down HIV/AIDS drug prices a decade ago in Brazil, South Africa and Thailand.

http://allafrica.com/stories/201312240089.html

ISU Researcher Resigns After Falsified Experiments

Iowa State University says an assistant professor has resigned after admitting he faked research to make it appear an AIDS vaccine under development was working better than expected.

http://www.kcrg.com/news/local/ISU-Researcher-Resigns-After-Falsified-Experiments-237111061.html

World AIDS Day Roundup

AIDS vaccine test results faked

An Iowa State University assistant professor resigned after being accused of spiking rabbit blood to falsely show that an AIDS vaccine was working in the research animals.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/12/23/aids-vaccine-test-results-faked/4184137/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+usatoday-NewsTopStories+%28USATODAY+-+News+Top+Stories%29

Life expectancy increases among treated HIV-positive individuals in US, Canada

... the open access journal PLOS ONE by Hasina Samji and colleagues from the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) and the North American AIDS Cohort Collaboration on Research and Design (NA-ACCORD). The life expectancies of nearly ...

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/12/131218171101.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fhealth_medicine%2Fpharmacology+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Health+%26+Medicine+News+--+Pharmacology%29

ISU Researcher Resigns After Falsified Experiments

Iowa State University says an assistant professor has resigned after admitting he faked research to make it appear an AIDS vaccine under development was working better than expected.

http://www.KAALtv.com/article/stories/s3258293.shtml?cat=10151

Sex Without Condoms: Discuss

Moderator Mr. Pam, left, who doesn't use a last name professionally, was joined by panelists Chrissy Scardina and Alan Guttirez at the condomless sex forum A standing-room crowd turned out to discuss changing rules around condomless sex and other HIV prevention options at a recent Real Talk forum sponsored by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, ... (more)

http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153320

ISU researcher resigns after falsified experiments

The Des Moines Register reports an Iowa State spokesman confirmed Monday that Dong-Pyou Han resigned in October after admitting he'd added human blood components to rabbit blood to make it appear a vaccine was spurring animals to build defenses against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

http://www.sunherald.com/2013/12/23/5215760/isu-researcher-resigns-after-falsified.html#storylink=rss

Bill Gates and the science of global health

Bill Gates's Global Fund has 6.1 million people on antiretroviral therapy for AIDS and has treated 11.2 million people for TB.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/bill-gates-and-the-science-of-global-health/article16096023/?cmpid=rss1&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheGlobeAndMail-International+%28The+Globe+and+Mail+-+World+News%29

ISU researcher resigns after falsified experiments

The Des Moines Register reports an Iowa State spokesman confirmed Monday that Dong-Pyou Han resigned in October after admitting he'd added human blood components to rabbit blood to make it appear a vaccine was spurring animals to build defenses against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

http://www.modbee.com/2013/12/23/3103564/isu-researcher-resigns-after-falsified.html#storylink=rss

ISU researcher resigns after falsified experiments

Iowa State University says an assistant professor has resigned after admitting he faked research to make it appear an AIDS vaccine under development was working better than expected.

http://www.10tv.com/content/stories/apexchange/2013/12/23/ia--faked-research-iowa-state.html

New Website Aims at "Getting to Zero" on HIV

In the UK, AmmoVibes spent the 25th Annual World AIDS Day educating people about HIV, in their attempt to get to zero: zero new infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths.

http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153192

U.S. Ignores HPV Threat

There is a virus, which is at the center of a raging pandemic. The federal Centers for Disease Control estimates that almost half the population of the U.S. is infected with this virus within a few years of becoming sexually active.

http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153221

Complacency, heroin use could increase HIV cases in Kentucky

Experts who watch HIV and AIDS cases in Kentucky say the rate of infection may rise thanks to the complacency of a younger generation and the increase of heroin abuse in the state.

http://www.courier-journal.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.courier-journal.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013312230065%26nclick_check%3D1

Sex and Intimacy With HIV

... more than one form of protection, like treatment along with a condom," says Brad Hare, MD. He's the director of the HIV/AIDS Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital. While no one form of protection is 100% effective, combining them can strengthen ...

http://www.webmd.com/hiv-aids/features/sex-intimacy-hiv?src=RSS_PUBLIC

ISU researcher quits amid allegations of AIDS-research fraud

An Iowa State University professor has resigned after being accused of spiking rabbit blood to make it appear that an AIDS vaccine was working better in the research animals than it really was.

http://www.desmoinesregister.com/needlogin?type=login&redirecturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.desmoinesregister.com%2Fapps%2Fpbcs.dll%2Farticle%3FAID%3D2013312230101%26nclick_check%3D1

Pittsburgh's Day of Giving

The Perfect American

Walt Disney is in vogue this year. Not the films or theme parks that bare his moniker, but the man himself.

http://www.edgeprovidence.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=reviews&sc3=&id=151688

HIV Positive Extra In 'Philadelphia' Reflects On Film's 20th Anniversary

Unable to work because of fatigue and pain, Suellen Kehler says her dogs give her a reason to get out of bed in the morning.

http://nhpr.org/post/hiv-positive-extra-philadelphia-reflects-films-20th-anniversary

Drug Cocktail Cures HIV-Positive Baby

Curing babies born with HIV is no longer out of the question: An HIV-positive newborn treated immediately with antiviral drugs is now 3 years old and free of infection, researchers announced in March and confirmed in a paper in October.

http://discovermagazine.com/2014/jan-feb/14-drug-cocktail-cures-hiv-positive-baby?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DiscoverMag+%28Discover+Magazine%29

Complacency, heroin use could increase HIV cases

In spite of ongoing education and prevention efforts, the rate of infection in the state has remained constant over the past decade in Kentucky.

http://www.modbee.com/2013/12/23/3103143/complacency-heroin-use-could-increase.html#storylink=rss

Tom Hanksa Philadelphia, 20 Years Later

NewsWorks has a look back on the 20th anniversary of the Tom Hanks' film Philadelphia , which "changed the national conversation about HIV-AIDS."

http://www.phillymag.com/news/2013/12/23/tom-hanks-philadelphia-20-years-later/

PDL-1 antibody could help immune system fight off influenza viral infection, study suggests

An antibody that blocks a component of a key signaling pathway in the respiratory airways could help the immune system rid the body of the influenza virus, a new study suggests.

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2013-12/nch-pac122313.php

Experimental drug holds promise for HIV treatment

... es on prevention , treatment, and cure of cardiovascular, viral, and neurological conditions such as heart failure, HIV/AIDS and Alzheimer's disease. The facility is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco.

http://www.examiner.com/article/experimental-drug-holds-promise-for-hiv-treatment

New Website Aims at "Getting to Zero" on HIV

In the UK, AmmoVibes spent the 25th Annual World AIDS Day educating people about HIV, in their attempt to get to zero: zero new infections, zero discrimination and zero AIDS-related deaths.

http://www.edgefireisland.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153192

Complacency, heroin use could increase HIV cases

In spite of ongoing education and prevention efforts, the rate of infection in the state has remained constant over the past decade in Kentucky.

http://www.sunherald.com/2013/12/23/5215174/complacency-heroin-use-could-increase.html#storylink=rss

Complacency, heroin use could increase HIV cases

Breakthrough in AIDS research

... of a million children. But it is also a tribute to the tenacity and importance of the scientific enterprise. HIV/AIDS emerged in the early 1980s as a nameless fear, which some initially thought could be transmitted by casual contact. Scientists ...

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20131223/discuss/712239895/

Todd McCarthy's 10 Best Films of 2013

THR's chief film critic goes through his favorite works of the last year -- including "Inside Llewyn Davis," "Her" and "Gravity."

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/gallery/todd-mccarthys-10-best-films-667470

Birmingham AIDS Outreach to open youth center with $50,000 grant from Elton John AIDS Foundation

Supporters of diversity of all kinds, including for people who are gay, leave the Huntsville Depot Sunday, June 23, 2013, during the Rocket City Pride event.

http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2013/12/birmingham_aids_outreach_to_op.html

Recap of NanoViricides, Inc. CEO Dr. Eugene Seymour Clear Channel Business Talk Radio Interview

... Dr Seymour was asked about their platform technology to rapidly create anti-viral drugs and how it related to HIV/AIDS and other viral diseases. He explained the construction and function of their line-up of drugs all work on the same basic ...

http://www.sys-con.com/node/2908186

Life-saving hepatitis C drug approved, but cost is high

Brazil's National Health System Currently Provides Coverage for...

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that Brazil's National Health System currently provides coverage for 22 drugs that are distributed free of charge to more than 300,000 HIV-infected patients.

http://www.freshnews.com/news/885037/brazil-s-national-health-system-currently-provides-coverage-22-drugs-are-distributed-fr

Brazil's National Health System Currently Provides Coverage for...

Decision Resources, one of the world's leading research and advisory firms for pharmaceutical and healthcare issues, finds that Brazil's National Health System currently provides coverage for 22 drugs that are distributed free of charge to more than 300,000 HIV-infected patients.

http://www.drugs.com/news/brazil-s-national-health-currently-provides-coverage-22-distributed-free-charge-over-300-000-hiv-49730.html?

Unhung Hero

Although Patrick Moote is straight, the story of his worldwide search for a way to enlarge his penis makes the documentary "Unhung Hero" a must-watch movie for gay men.

http://www.edgeprovidence.com/index.php?ch=entertainment&sc=&sc2=reviews&sc3=&id=152879

Life-saving hepatitis C drug approved, but cost is high

Brazil's National Health System Currently Provides Coverage for...

Covered drugs are provided free of charge to eligible patients under the Strategic Program for Pharmaceutical Assistance , managed at state and municipal levels.

http://www.sys-con.com/node/2907915

[Research Article] Crystal Structure of a Soluble Cleaved HIV-1 Envelope Trimer

Infection of host cells by HIV-1 is mediated by an envelope glycoprotein trimeric spike on the surface of the virus.

http://www.sciencemag.org/content/342/6165/1477.abstract?rss=1

Once Upon A Time Before AIDS

Know the facts: Retirees learn about HIV/AIDS

Author and long-standing advocate for behaviourial change towards persons living with HIV/AIDS, Rosemarie Stone, seen in discussion with seniors at an HIV/AIDS sensitisation workshop at St Peter & Paul Parish Hall in Liguanea.

http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20131223/news/news1.html

HIV cases rise by 236 per cent in last decade

THE number of people in Hastings with HIV has shot up by more than 200 per cent over the last decade, according to latest figures released.

http://www.hastingsobserver.co.uk/news/local/hiv-cases-rise-by-236-per-cent-in-last-decade-1-5761131

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Philly Walgreens Specialize in HIV Outcomes

... we've been doing HIV work since the beginning of the epidemic," said Glen Pietrandoni, RPh, AAHIVP, an advocate for HIV/AIDS patients who oversees more than 700 Walgreens. The first drugs like AZT came in the late '80s, and there wasn't a lot of ...

http://www.edgelasvegas.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153266

Cracker Barrel, local HIV awareness advocate respond to - Duck Dynasty' controversy

Lebanon-based Cracker Barrel Old Country Store Inc. and a Lebanon man who is an advocate and online contributor for HIV/AIDS awareness each responded Sunday to "Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson's recent comments in a GQ magazine article.

http://www.lebanondemocrat.com/article/lebanon/311931

Why they mattered: C. Everett Koop

... percent of the population - a decline many attribute, at least in part, to him. But it was through Chick's work on HIV/AIDS that he and I grew close. At the time, the disease was so new that even he did not know much about it. By a quirk of fate, ...

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2013/12/c-everett-koop-obituary-101454.html

Michael Gerson: AIDS research breaking new ground

... of a million children. But it is also a tribute to the tenacity and importance of the scientific enterprise. HIV/AIDS emerged in the early 1980s as a nameless fear, which some initially thought could be transmitted by casual contact. Scientists ...

http://cjonline.com/opinion/2013-12-22/michael-gerson-aids-research-breaking-new-ground

HIV In New Hampshire: A Problem For 'Over There'

Epidemiological and clinical features, response to HAART, and...

Epidemiological and clinical features, response to HAART, and survival in HIV-infected patients diagnosed at the age of 50 or more.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/orlandoterra/article/933891

DNA2.0 Partners With St. George's Infection and Immunity Research...

Former PR Exec's Tasteless AIDS Tweet Reflects Age-Old Stigma Toward Disease; She Apologizes

... world, 60 percent exist in Sub-Saharan Africa, which equates to a total of 22 million people in the region having HIV/AIDS, according to Aid in Africa's website. That part of the globe also accounts for 72 percent of AIDS-related deaths. According ...

http://www.medicaldaily.com/former-pr-execs-tasteless-aids-tweet-reflects-age-old-stigma-toward-disease-she-apologizes-265618

Media Suffering From AIDS Fatigue?

In 1983, the problem was getting the media to pay attention to HIV/AIDS. In 2013, the problem is getting the media to pay attention to HIV/AIDS.

http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153148

Hepatocellular carcinoma in HIV positive patients.

To insert individual citation into a bibliography in a word-processor, select your preferred citation style below and drag-and-drop it into the document.

http://www.citeulike.org/user/orlandoterra/article/12858809

Florey's book signing with cat tale author Penny Lazzari Thompson

If one looks up the cat "Russian Blue" on the Internet, there are all sorts of glorious descriptions.

http://www.mercurynews.com/pacifica/ci_24744379/floreys-book-signing-cat-tale-author-penny-lazzari

Act Up Protests at Rock Center for Lamont Valentin and Hope Act

Global Fund gets good bang for the buck

... the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. In just 10 years, the Global Fund has provided 5.3 million HIV/AIDS patients with antiretroviral drugs, diagnosed and treated 11 million cases of tuberculosis, and distributed 340 million ...

http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/editorials/2013/12/22/1-walker-gjgq6onl-1.html

Obamacare outreach hits the clubs

... Care Act benefits them, including coverage for same-sex spouses and coverage of preexisting conditions including HIV/AIDS. "A gay club is like the best way if you're trying to reach that community," said Kabuki Lee, one of Santa's helpers at the ...

http://www.politico.com/story/2013/12/searching-for-health-coverage-sign-ups-in-between-drinks-and-a-drag-show-101408.html

Spaceflight has profound effects on fungal pathogen

At Arizona State University's Biodesign Institute, Cheryl Nickerson and her team have been investigating the intriguing effects of spaceflight on microbial pathogens.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/270332.php

Co-infections and HIV beget each other says Dr Dilip Mathai: By Shobha Shukla

Dilip Mathai, Dean, Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences and Research) HIV in today's context is a chronic condition of the human immune system.

http://www.pakistanchristianpost.com/viewarticles.php?editorialid=1883

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Privacy' Not Really A Concern

Among the most interesting and potentially important stories we've carried this month was one about the FBI program that allegedly has headed off nearly 150 violent rampages during the past year.

http://news-register.net/page/content.detail/id/593658/-Privacy--Not-Really-A-Concern.html?nav=509

Sex Without Condoms: Discuss

Moderator Mr. Pam, left, who doesn't use a last name professionally, was joined by panelists Chrissy Scardina and Alan Guttirez at the condomless sex forum A standing-room crowd turned out to discuss changing rules around condomless sex and other HIV prevention options at a recent Real Talk forum sponsored by the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, ... (more)

http://www.edgeonthenet.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=aids&sc2=features&sc3=&id=153320

Observant Jews Ignore HIV

Over the years, I've known some masseurs in New York City. All of them told me that ultra-Orthodox Jewish men, nearly all of them married and the heads of large families, constituted a part of their client base.

http://www.edgefireisland.com/index.php?ch=health_fitness&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=152945

New regulation aims to protect patients, health care workers from flu

ALBANY State Health Commissioner Nirav R. Shah, M.D., M.P.H., today declared that influenza has become prevalent in New York State.

http://www.empirestatenews.net/News2013/20131221-1.htm

"There are degrees of safe sex"

I first met Michael at a party in a tech entrepreneur's renovated San Francisco Victorian.

http://www.salon.com/2013/12/22/there_are_degrees_of_safe_sex/

Former Condom Advocate Michael Lucas Appears In First Bareback Film

Just three months after caving to market demands and transforming his once "safe only" gay porn studio into one that features scenes both with and without condoms, porn tycoon Michael Lucas has taken the plunge himself.

http://www.queerty.com/former-condom-advocate-michael-lucas-appears-in-first-bareback-film-20131221/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29

U.S. Ignores HPV Threat

Scientists identify drug for AIDS treatment

New York, Dec 21 : In a major breakthrough, new research has identified how HIV infection causes mass suicide of immune cells and how an existing anti-inflammatory drug can block cellular self-destruction.

http://www.newkerala.com/news/story/103244/scientists-identify-drug-for-aids-treatment.html

Twitter disaster for Us PR exec

A PR executive for a major media company who tweeted a racist 'joke' that sparked a social media revolt was unaware she had become front page news because she posted the message before boarding a 12-hour flight.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=11176657&ref=rss

Michael Gerson: Breakthrough in AIDS research

In 1987, two young medical researchers, Anthony Fauci and Cliff Lane, conducted the first clinical trial of an AIDS vaccine.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865592710/Breakthrough-in-AIDS-research.html

New Website Aims at "Getting to Zero" on HIV

PR exec Justine Sacco's tweet sparks AIDS donations

The New York PR executive who sparked a global firestorm for her wildly insensitive tweet on AIDS has unwittingly brought more attention to a small nonprofit that benefits research to the auto-immune disease.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/pr-exec-justine-sacco-tweet-sparks-aids-donations-article-1.1554932

Found: strong drug to treat fungal infections

ISLAMABAD: Researchers have found that the drug Voriconazole to be highly effective against fungal infections caused by AIDS, cancer treatment or organ replacement, according to a new study.

http://paktribune.com/news/Found-strong-drug-to-treat-fungal-infections-265430.html

Porn Star Owen Hawk On Condom-Free Sex, HIV And Gay Vs. Straight Films

The news that a straight adult film production company shut down after a performer tested HIV-positive came as no surprise to gay adult film star Owen Hawk , who tested positive in 2005 and has been making bareback films ever since, first as an actor and then as a producer and director.

http://www.queerty.com/porn-star-owen-hawk-on-condom-free-sex-hiv-and-gay-vs-straight-films-20131221/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29

Justine Sacco tweet 'Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS', causes Twitter outrage

'Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS. Just kidding. I'm white!': Blonde PR executive's racist tweet causes outrage on social media... as her bosses react with fury IAC commented on their employees behavior and said they would take, 'appropriate action' and that this is a 'very serious matter' Sacco also made jokes on her twitter about skinning ... (more)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2527330/Blonde-female-PR-executive-tweets-Going-Africa-Hope-I-dont-AIDS-Just-kidding-Im-white-causes-international-outrage-likely-fired.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490

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