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Latest news about HIV and Aids
25,000 Americans don't know they have HIV (UPI)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Nearly 60,000 people in the United States were infected with HIV and some 25,000 are unaware of their infection, a forum on HIV research said Thursday.
20 Nov 2008, 11:30 am | click here for more
Despite national guidelines, private insurers, ER, federal and state agencies fail to routinely test for HIV (EurekAlert!)
( Forum for Collaborative HIV Research ) The Forum for Collaborative HIV Research convened a national summit on Nov. 19-21, at which some 300 leading HIV researchers, health care providers, and policymakers shared new data on the advances and barriers to early, routine HIV testing, considered a key to slowing the US epidemic which now encompasses more than 1.1 million Americans living with HIV.
20 Nov 2008, 11:18 am | click here for more
Summit on HIV testing and 'the neglected US epidemic'; audiobriefing 12 p.m. EST, Thurs., Nov. 20 (EurekAlert!)
( Forum for Collaborative HIV Research ) The Forum for Collaborative HIV Research, an independent public-private partnership, will convene some 300 leading HIV researchers, health care providers and policymakers to examine the state of the US epidemic, and the critical role of routine testing in HIV prevention, treatment and care. Barriers will be identified and a national plan of action will be ...
20 Nov 2008, 11:18 am | click here for more
SUDAN: Funding woes continue to plague HIV fight (AlertNet)
Source: IRIN For over a year, the South Sudan AIDS Commission (SSAC) has been setting up offices in the ten states that make up Southern Sudan, but a combination of funding delays and a population largely uninformed about HIV is keeping the fight against the pandemic from moving forward.
20 Nov 2008, 10:22 am | click here for more
Living, years later, with HIV (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
It's easy for most of us to forget that, not too long ago, an AIDS diagnosis meant certain death. Sue Kehler remembers. She was one of dozens of people, mainly extras, in the 1993 film Philadelphia who had the disease or were HIV positive. She may be the only one left.
20 Nov 2008, 4:06 am | click here for more
Early HIV Treatment Best for Babies (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finalizes research that changed guidelines around the world regarding when HIV-infected babies should begin drug therapy.
19 Nov 2008, 4:02 pm | click here for more
Rapid treatment best for infants infected with HIV: study (CBC via Yahoo! Canada News)
Treating babies infected with HIV rapidly with drug treatments dramatically reduces their risk of death, according to a study that has already prompted officials to recommend immediate treatment.
20 Nov 2008, 10:28 am | click here for more
Rapid care 'cuts baby's HIV risk' (BBC News)
Rapid drug treatment of babies with HIV dramatically cuts their risk of death and debilitating disease, research shows.
19 Nov 2008, 7:14 pm | click here for more
Benefits Of Early HIV Testing And Treatment For Infected Infants (Medical News Today)
Testing very young babies for HIV and giving antiretroviral therapy (ART) immediately to those found infected with the virus dramatically prevents illness and death, according to a report in the New England Journal of Medicine.
20 Nov 2008, 10:17 am | click here for more
NIGERIA: "With this HIV test, I thee wed" (AlertNet)
Source: IRIN Getting married in Nigeria often requires more than just the bride and groom turning up at the altar, and having witnesses and wedding rings present: many Christian churches also require an HIV test certificate.
20 Nov 2008, 8:52 am | click here for more