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Selzentry™ (Maraviroc) Now Available Throughout the U.S. for Use in Combination Therapy for Certain Treatment-Experienced HIV Patients

Grants help low income residents living with HIV/AIDS obtain affordable housing, counseling and nutritional services

September 15, 2007 -- CHICAGO- Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today announced $2.55 million in grants to 17 community based organizations across Illinois to provide housing services for individuals living with HIV/AIDS. This is an increase of $125,000 from grants awarded last year.    » read more »

Young blacks and Hispanics hit hardest

11-Sep-2007 -- HIV infection is on the rise among young men who have sex with men (MSM) in New York City, according to preliminary data from the Health Department. New HIV diagnoses among MSM under age 30 have increased by 33% during the past six years, the agency reported today, from 374 in 2001 to almost 500 in 2006. New diagnoses have doubled among MSM ages 13 to19, while declining by 22% among older MSM. The under-30 group now accounts for 44% of all new diagnoses among MSM in New York City, up from 31% in 2001.    » read more »

Research published in the Journal of Immunology

6-Sep-2007 -- Three related papers published in the Sept. 1 edition of The Journal of Immunology provide key new insights into the complexity of HIV/AIDS. Don Sodora, Ph.D., a principal investigator in SBRI’s Viral Vaccines Program who recently joined SBRI from the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, is senior author on one of three papers that collectively show CD4 T-cell depletion, a critical symptom of AIDS, is likely a part of a multifaceted scenario that triggers disease rather than the only cause.    » read more »

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23 August 2007 -- When it comes to the subject of AIDS, the world's attention often turns to sub-Saharan Africa. That area has the greatest number of AIDS deaths and people infected with the HIV virus. The Asia-Pacific region has the second highest number of infections. Some health care workers and activists at the International Conference on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific being held in Sri Lanka until August 24 say Asian governments must do more to prevent the disease.    » read more »

August 23, 2007 -- New York Governor Eliot Spitzer today announced that he has signed legislation ensuring that victims of sex offenses will be able to get timely information from the criminal justice system that can help guide their medical treatment. Under this new law, New York courts can order that an indicted defendant be tested for the HIV virus. Previously, victims could only request and receive such information at the time of a defendant’s conviction.    » read more »

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HIV/AIDS Meetings Disrupted, Offices Shuttered, Advocates Targeted

(New York, August 21, 2007) – The Chinese government’s ongoing harassment of HIV/AIDS activists and intensified surveillance of AIDS support groups raise serious questions about its commitment to combating the illness, Human Rights Watch said today.    » read more »

August 13, 2007 - As host country of the 8th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP), Sri Lanka is gearing up to welcome more than 3,500 delegates from over 60 countries.

Speaking ahead of the conference, Dr. Nimal Edirisinghe, Program Director for the World Bank-funded National HIV/AIDS Prevention Program, said this the first time the conference is taking place in a low-prevalence developing country.

“We have the opportunity to show the whole world that our health, education, and cultural systems are very well developed.”    » read more »

August 2, 2007 -- Washington, D.C. – Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, along with Reps. Eliot Engel (D-NY) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), today reintroduced the Early Treatment for HIV Act (ETHA) with a bipartisan group of 54 original co-sponsors. Speaker Pelosi released the following statement:    » read more »

Grant Will Fund Institute of Human Virology Research for HIV Vaccine

Annapolis, MD (July 31, 2007) - Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley announced today that the University of Maryland has received a $15 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The funding will be used to support research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Institute of Human Virology (IHV) to further develop a promising HIV/AIDS vaccine candidate created by IHV that, in early studies, has shown potential to provide broad protection against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.    » read more »

Grant Will Fund Institute of Human Virology Research for HIV Vaccine

Annapolis, MD (July 31, 2007) - Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley announced today that the University of Maryland has received a $15 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The funding will be used to support research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Institute of Human Virology (IHV) to further develop a promising HIV/AIDS vaccine candidate created by IHV that, in early studies, has shown potential to provide broad protection against HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.    » read more »

04 July 2007 -- A week ago, VOA’s Daybreak Africa program ran an interview with Africa analyst Emira Woods, co-director of Foreign Policy in Focus at the Washington-based Institute for Policy Studies. Woods described U.S. First Lady Laura Bush’s most recent visit to Africa as lacking substance. She also described President Bush’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR as driven by the administration’s political ideology.    » read more »

Legislation removes the stigma from getting an HIV test, preserves informed consent for patients and promotes early detection

June 27, 2007 -- SPRINGFIELD – On National HIV Testing Day, Illinois Governor Rod R. Blagojevich signed a new law making HIV testing a routine part of general medical care. Senate Bill 929 allows medical providers to proceed with a test once they have secured verbal informed consent, instead of written consent, from a patient clearly acknowledging that a test will be administered as part of their check-up or routine blood work.    » read more »