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January 5, 2009: PBS program features discussion of HIV/AIDS from kaisernetwork.org

January 5, 2009: HIV-positive infants more likely to develop TB, study finds from kaisernetwork.org

January 5, 2009: Hawaii grant helps AIDS research program recover after losing federal funding from kasiernetwork.org

January 2, 2009: Hospitals picked to offer patients free HIV tests from New York Times

December 31, 2008: Nucleic acid test screens for HIV from US News & World Report

December 29, 2008: Leaving platform that elevated AIDS fight from New York Times

December 29, 2008: Researchers investigate cell phone roles in HIV treatment from NBC Washington

December 29, 2008: UK helps African journalists cover HIV/AIDS epidemic from Kentucky.com

December 26, 2008: Vietnam battles HIV epidemic with US aid from Wall Street Journal

December 25, 2008: Detroit clinic meets special needs of ex-offenders from Chicago Tribune

December 25, 2008: New way men can transmit HIV to women from UPI.com

December 2008: A behavioral intervention reduces HIV transmission risk by promoting sustained serosorting practices among HIV-infected men who have sex with men from CDC NPIN

December 24, 2008: Dolls of Hope promotes HIV/AIDS education and discussion from Los Angeles Times

December 23, 2008: For HIV survivor, a passion for prevention from Washington Post

December 23, 2008: Maryland County Council considers commission to target HIV/AIDS from kasiernetwork.org

December 23, 2008: HIV/AIDS in Dallas County, Tex. spur officials to lobby against condom distribution ban from kaisernetwork.org

December 23, 2008: Business involvement in global HIV/AIDS efforts increasing, Economist reports from kaisernetwork.org

December 23, 2008: Malaysian government will encourage HIV tests for non-Muslim couples before marriage, Deputy Prime Minister says from kaisernetwork.org

December 22, 2008: Starbucks and (RED) extend joint project one year from Poz

December 22, 2008: Augusta Chronicle profiles group working to address HIV/AIDS in Georgia from kaisernetwork.org

December 20, 2008: Belatedly, China spreads word about HIV prevention from Los Angeles Times

December 19, 2008: Love in a time of HIV from UNAIDS

December 19, 2008: Natural immune response to HIV not sufficient to prevent secondary superinfection from Infection Control Today

December 19, 2008: New law endangers healthcare of HIV patients from Poz

December 1, 2008: Primary care doctors urge HIV tests for all in US from Bloomberg

December 1, 2008: ACP recommends routine HIV screening for all patients from MarketWatch

December 1, 2008: A breathtaking aspiration for AIDS from New York Times (click here for a link to the abstract)

December 1, 2008: Introducing (Red)Wire from MSN music

December 1, 2008: Protecting women from HIV—docs hopeful about microbicides from Scientific American

December 1, 2008: The HIV/AIDS pandemic among youth in Sub-Saharan Africa from Advocates for Youth

December 1, 2008: President George W. Bush to receive ‘International Medal of Peace’ on 20th World AIDS Day from Christian News Wire

December 1, 2008: The TB-HIV crisis from Boston Globe

December 2008: Improving the quality of HIV services globally from The Lancet Infectious Diseases (click here for a link to the Morris abstract; click here for a link to the Lester abstract)

December 2008: GSK announces HIV patient savings card from Positively Aware

December 2008: HIV and indigenous peoples: in the aftermath of trauma from Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP)

November 30, 2008: China’s rural migrants are new front in AIDS fight from Reuters

November 26, 2008: HHS’ AIDS.gov to use blogs, virtual worlds, and social networks to deliver HIV information for World AIDS Day 2008 from HHS.gov

November 26, 2008: Universal testing and treatment could reduce new HIV infections in southern Africa by 95% in 10 years from aidsmap

November 26, 2008: Kaiser Family Foundation partners with media around the globe to address HIV/AIDS from kff.org

November 25, 2008: Funding, management problems lead Baltimore HIV/AIDS organization to close from kaisernetwork.org

November 25, 2008: Indonesian AIDS patients face microchip monitoring from Associated Press

November 25, 2008: Drug addiction causes 65 pct of Russian HIV cases: agency from AFP

November 24, 2008: Insufficient government intervention contributing to spread of HIV in Russia, official says from kaisernetwork.org

November 24, 2008: Treatment during primary HIV infection has limited benefit from aidsmap

November 22, 2008: Chile’s lapse in notification leaves HIV-positive unaware from Washington Post

November 21, 2008: Daschle’s AIDS record from The Body

November 21, 2008: Reports examine US, European HIV/AIDS funding from kaisernetwork.org

November 21, 2008: CDC’s HIV testing recommendations not being followed, studies show from kaisernetwork.org

November 21, 2008: AIDS activists have high hopes for Obama from Yahoo News

November 20, 2008: Despite national guidelines, private insurers, ER, federal and state agencies fail to routinely test for HIV from EurekAlert!

November 20, 2008: Health care workers face increased risk of mortality from HIV, other bloodborne diseases, study finds from kaisernetwork.org

November 19, 2008: Study finds HIV-positive people taking some antiretrovirals are at increased risk of diabetes, heart disease from kasisernetwork.org

November 19, 2008: Higher risk of certain cancers being recorded in HIV-positive people from kaisernetwork.org

November 19, 2008: HIV linked to certain cancers from Chicago Tribune

November 19, 2008: Gilead sees future in HIV, hepatitis C from Reuters

November 19, 2008: Early HIV treatment best for babies from US News & World Report

November 18, 2008: Researchers identify toehold for HIV’s assault on brain from Science Daily

November 17, 2008: Record number of youth dancing worldwide to take a stand against HIV and AIDS from MarketWatch

November 17, 2008: Interpol seizes $6.65M in counterfeit HIV/AIDS, malaria, TB drugs in Southeast Asia from kaisernetwork.org

November 17, 2008: Assisted living in Mexico, HIV transmission and restaurant calorie counts from New York Times (click here for a link to the press release)

November 17, 2008: Domestic strategy for combating HIV/AIDS in US should mirror PEPFAR, opinion piece says from kaisernetwork.org

November 14, 2008: Advocating against overly-broad application of criminal law to HIV transmission from UNAIDS

November 14, 2008: A new president, a new era in HIV/AIDS policy from amfAR

November 14, 2008: Bush receives Humanitarian Award for HIV/AIDS, health efforts in Africa from kaisernetwork.org

November 14, 2008: Newspapers examine possible HIV/AIDS treatment through bone marrow transplant from kaisernetwork.org

November 13, 2008: HIV vaccine failure still brings insights from US News & World Report

November 13, 2008: British adults use condoms half as often as teens from Poz

November 2008: Free at last? from Poz

November 12, 2008: Lack of basic health information threatens young people’s futures, global study finds from Measure DHS (click here for a link to the abstract)

November 12, 2008: Overweight women in Africa more likely to have HIV infection from Measure DHS

November 12, 2008: Increasing number of countries criminalizing HIV transmission from kaisernetwork.org

November 12, 2008: Massachusetts: AIDS funding cuts expected from The Body

November 12, 2008: AIDS vaccine developed in Ont nears human trials from Canada.com

November 12, 2008: Bone marrow graft may have curbed HIV in patient, say doctors from AFP

November 12, 2008: HIV prevention gets ‘Fergalicious’ from Poz

November 12, 2008: New York fights AIDS with biotechnology from Poz

November 11, 2008: Studies examine use of modified CD4+ T cells, vaccine to fight HIV/AIDS from kaisernetwork.org

November 11, 2008: Global fund grants nearly $3B for HIV/AIDS efforts from kaisernetwork.org

November 11, 2008: Late testing, treatment leads to increased HIV/AIDS prevalence among Hispanics in Los Angeles County from kaisernetwork.org

November 11, 2008: Obama likely to reverse some Bush Administration HIV/AIDS prevention, family planning policies, adviser says from kaisernetwork.org

Fall 2008: A second look at HIV estimates from Johns Hopkins Public Health Magazine

November 11, 2008: Reducing mother-to-child transmission- policy stresses importance of universal HIV testing of pregnant women from AAP News

November 11, 2008: Kelly Rowland stars in MTV doc about HIV/AIDS from Poz

November 11, 2008: New GSK program reduces out-of-pocket costs for HIV meds from Poz

November 10, 2008: Of mice and men: using ‘humanized’ mice to fight HIV from amfAR

November 10, 2008: HIV-positive New York lawmaker Philip Reed dead at 59 from Poz

November 10, 2008: Obama’s global AIDS policy to promote condom use from Poz

November 10, 2008: Speaking out for a group once unheard of: aging with AIDS from New York Times

November 10, 2008: UN calls on India to decriminalize homosexuality from kaisernetwork.org

November 10, 2008: Walgreens in Indianapolis offers specialized HIV/AIDS care from kaisernetwork.org

November 10, 2008: Non-profit that helps those with HIV/AIDS to close from WJZ Baltimore MD

November 9, 2008: Crucell vaccine stops AIDS in monkeys, Harvard scientist says from CDC NPIN

November 8, 2008: Three on Your Side investigates: ACLU allegations on AIDS in Mississippi from WLBT Jackson MS

November 8, 2008: Obama’s victory: a boost for global health? From Global Voices

November 8, 2008: HIV scare unnerves a St Louis high school from New York Times

November 7, 2008: University of Connecticut professor awarded for HIV prevention method from CDC NPIN

November 7, 2008: Why are gay men reluctant to test for HIV? from aidsmap

November 7, 2008: Fertility experts present the latest research at reproductive medicine meeting from Newswise

November 7, 2008: Uganda to get Obama HIV/AIDS funding from New Vision

November 7, 2008: A doctor, a mutation and a potential cure for AIDS from Wall Street Journal

November 7, 2008: A doctor, a mutation and a potential cure for AIDS from Wall Street Journal

November 6, 2008: Researchers examining protein communication to prevent HIV from kaisernetwork.org

November 5, 2008: A first step toward a cure for AIDS? Novel procedure appears to have eliminated HIV from amfAR

November 5, 2008: Rubber rocks Staying Alive unveils furry ads to promote safe sex from MarketWatch

November 5, 2008: Examining Obama’s promises, challenges from Poz

November 5, 2008: Illinois AIDS advocate wins presidency from The Body

November 5, 2008: Gates urges leaders to not cut global spending from Poz

November 5, 2008: Study examines why Merck vaccine candidate might have increased likelihood of contracting HIV from Medical News Today

November 5, 2008: Glaser Foundation program trains HIV-positive pregnant women to administer Nevirapine to infants following home births from Medical News Today

November 5, 2008: Group launches new program to reduce stigma against HIV-positive sex workers in India from kaisernetwork.org

November 5, 2008: JAMA commentaries examine PEPFAR from The Body

November 5, 2008: New HIV-reduction initiative takes to the fields from EurekAlert

November 4, 2008: Low rates of HIV testing in US emergency departments from aidsmap

November 4, 2008: Drug-resistant staph: growing concern among people with HIV from Poz

November 4, 2008: Changing the HIV treatment paradigm from Poz

November 4, 2008: Magazine calls on next president to develop national HIV/AIDS plan from kaisernetwork.org

November 4, 2008: Boston Globe profiles advocate who promotes HIV/AIDS awareness among teenagers from kaisernetwork.org

November 4, 2008: Food shortages pose obstacles to HIV/AIDS treatment in Haiti from kaisernetwork.org

November 3, 2008: Experimental HIV vaccine may have increased infection risk: study from AFP

November 3, 2008: HIV-positive organ transplant sets medical precedent from Poz

November 3, 2008: How HIV vaccine might have increased odds of infection from EurekAlert

November 3, 2008: AAP statement recommends prenatal testing, immediate intervention to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission from DGNews

November 3, 2008: Beth Benne: Nursing HIV Awareness from Poz

November 3, 2008: Statehealthfacts.org adds updated data on HIV/AIDS funding from kaisernetwork.org

November 2, 2008: Swaziland promotes circumcision to curb spread of HIV from LA Times

November 1, 2008: Ten things you need to know before you have an HIV test from Times Online

October 31, 2008: Distribution of Ryan White funding delayed six months in New Orleans, officials say from kaisernetwork.org

October 31, 2008: HIV funding not going to right places from Talk Radio News Service

October 30, 2008: Fla health officials to launch HIV/AIDS web site from Associated Press

October 29, 2008: Has HIV evolved to become more dangerous? from Poz

October 29, 2008: HIV-AIDS drug gains tentative FDA approval from UPI

October 26, 2008: AIDS treatment should start sooner, study finds from CDC NPIN

October 26, 2008: Studies: Newer HIV drugs more tolerable for many from CDC NPIN

October 17, 2008: Women need empowerment in fight against AIDS: UN from Reuters

October 30, 2008: The paradoxical effect of microbicides from The Future of Things

October 29, 2008: Has HIV evolved to become more dangerous? from Poz

October 29, 2008: HIV doctors may treat all infected, adding thousands from Bloomberg

October 29, 2008: Newspapers examine web site launched for women living with HIV/AIDS in southern US from kaisernetwork.org

October 29, 2008: WHO says HIV/AIDS-related deaths will peak in next five years, then decline from kaisernetwork.org

October 29, 2008: Global financial crisis could harm HIV/AIDS funding, Piot says from kaisernetwork.org

October 28, 2008: Philadelphia Inquirer examines HIV/AIDS in Philadelphia from kaisernetwork.org

October 27, 2008: WHO: people under age 60 account for half of global deaths from Voice of America

October 27, 2008: Antiretroviral treatment should start earlier, study says from kaisernetwork.org

October 26, 2008: Merck, Pfizer HIV drugs match Bristol’s first-use treatment from Bloomberg

October 26, 2008: Earlier HIV treatment may be better, study finds from Reuters

October 23, 2008: UCLA develops safer, more effective TB vaccine for HIV-positive people from EurekAlert

October 23, 2008: ‘E-cards’ may aid in STD notification from Reuters

October 22, 2008: Gates Foundation funds testing of potential HIV cure from Poz

October 21, 2008: The flu vaccine: worth a shot from Poz

October 2008: Special Report: HIV- 25 years later from Scientific America

October 22, 2008: Estimate of lives lost due to delay in antiretroviral drug use for HIV/AIDS in South Africa from Science Daily

October 22, 2008: FDA OKs expanded use of J&J drug for HIV patients from Forbes

October 21, 2008: Lancet editorial examines finalists to replace UNAIDS Executive Director Piot from kaisernetwork.org

October 21, 2008: Utah conference addresses role of meth use in spread of HIV from kaisernetwork.org

October 21, 2008: Former Botswana President Mogae wins award for leadership, work on HIV/AIDS from kaisernetwork.org

October 21, 2008: Organizations in Nepal hold condom day to reduce spread of HIV, other STIs from kaisernetwork.org

October 20, 2008: Obama campaign set to boost domestic HIV/AIDS funding from Poz

October 20, 2008: Researchers identify novel type of antibody that potently inhibits HIV infection from NIH News

October 20, 2008: Groups launch internet-based ‘living quilt’ to increase awareness about HIV/AIDS among women in southern US from kaisernetwork.org

October 20, 2008: Health workers in New York State call for change in HIV testing requirements from kaisernetwork.org

October 20, 2008: Researchers at HIV/AIDS Vaccine Conference discuss new methods, ongoing trials from kaisernetwork.org

October 16, 2008: Monkeys subject of HIV testing debate from Poz

October 16, 2008: High school to have HIV testing site from UPI.com

October 2008: Greying the Blues from Poz

October 15, 2008: New ad campaign confronts HIV stigma in Spanish from Poz

October 15, 2008: Trials ‘bring us closer to HIV vaccine’ from The Times

October 15, 2008: Decreased TB funding could hinder HIV/AIDS efforts, researchers say from kaisernetwork.org

October 15, 2008: Group calls for increased efforts to address HIV, hepatitis in US Hispanic community from kaisernetwork.org

October 15, 2008: CBS News examines presidential candidates’ domestic HIV/AIDS plans from kaisernetwork.org

October 14, 2008: Scientists bleak about AIDS vaccine prospects from CDC NPIN

October 14, 2008: SA minister calls for HIV vaccine from BBC

October 14, 2008: HIV vaccine not a guarantee: scientist from The Times

October 14, 2008: Efavirenz-based initial therapies associated with better outcomes in HIV-infected adults from John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Medicine

October 14, 2008: Columbia State publishes HIV/AIDS-related articles from kaisernetwork.org

October 14, 2008: Southeastern Idaho sees recent increase in recorded HIV cases from kaisernetwork.org

October 14, 2008: Global HIV/AIDS Vaccine Conference in South Africa to seek new strategies against disease from kaisernetwork.org

October 13, 2008: AIDS researchers redirect vaccine focus from Poz

October 13, 2008: S. African health minister strikes new tone on AIDS from International Herald Tribune

October 13, 2008: Allan Rosenfield, Dean Emeritus of Mailman School, Dies of ALS from Columbia Spectator

October 12, 2008: Keeping up the battle against HIV, AIDS from Baltimore Sun

October 11, 2008: Fewer HIV cases in pregnant women from Times of India

October 10, 2008: Elton John AIDS Foundation’s million-dollar funding from The Body Pro

October 10, 2008: Inverness Medical Innovations participates in meeting on HIV/AIDS with UN Secretary-General from MarketWatch

October 9, 2008: Experts highlight HIV-vulnerabilities of migrant women from Hindu News

October 9, 2008: UTSA receives federal support for math and science, HIV prevention programs from San Antonio Business Journal

October 9, 2008: Program in India aims to implement HIV/AIDS services in private maternity hospitals from kaisernetwork.org

October 9, 2008: Winners of Nobel Prize for Medicine voice concern for future of HIV/AIDS funding; Montagnier discusses therapeutic vaccines from kaisernetwork.org

October 8, 2008: HIV risk-related attitudes, interpersonal influences, and intentions among at-risk urban, early adolescent girls from The Body

October 8, 2008: Uganda sees rise in non-tribal circumcisions; government developing plan to promote procedure in effort to reduce spread of HIV from kaisernetwork.org

October 8, 2008: Little HIV protection from circumcision for gay sex: study from AFP Google

October 7, 2008: No proof circumcision cuts gay male HIV risk: study from Reuters

October 7, 2008: Circumcision HIV impact doubted from BBC News

October 7, 2008: UB tapped for HIV/AIDS work from Business First of Buffalo

October 6, 2008: Syphilis spikes upward in San Francisco from The Body

October 6, 2008: Prop K calls for legal prostitution in SF from SF Gate

October 6, 2008: Nobel panel decides against US HIV discovery from NPR

October 6, 2008: Nobel winner pessimistic on AIDS vaccine from MSNBC

October 1, 2008: VGX Pharmaceuticals awarded $23.5 million NIH contract to develop DNA-based preventive HIV vaccine delivered via electroporation from MarketWatch

October 1, 2008: Tissue sample suggests HIV has been infecting humans for a century from Nature News

October 1, 2008: Indian Health Minister calls on country to legalize homosexuality to improve fight against HIV/AIDS from kaisernetwork.org

October 1, 2008: Scripps Research Institute receives IAVI grant to develop HIV vaccine, create HIV vaccine research center from kaisernetwork.org

September 30, 2008: AHF applauds Schwarzenegger for signing first-in-the-nation HIV testing coverage bill from MarketWatch

September 30, 2008: Cluster of multi-drug resistant HIV transmissions in Seattle from AIDSmap

September 30, 2008: Afraid to talk about AIDS? from Jacksonville Times-Union

September 30, 2008: More grandparents than ever before solely caring for grandchildren orphaned by HIV/AIDS, research finds from kaisernetwork.org

September 29, 2008: Kidney disease risk increased for patients with HIV and hepatitis C from AIDSmap

September 29, 2008: Nearly one in three UK HIV patients has considered suicide in the previous week from AIDSmap

September 29, 2008: Knowledge and awareness of HIV/AIDS remain low in China, survey finds from kaisernetwork.org

September 29, 2008: A diva speaks for HIV’s silent victims from Washington Post

September 29, 2008: Fact Sheet: Streamlined process announced for otherwise eligible HIV-positive individuals to enter the United States from Department of Homeland Security

September 28, 2008: US hearts open wider to children with HIV from Los Angeles Times

September 28, 2008: Existing anti-obesity drugs may be effective against flu, hepatitis, and HIV from EurekaAlert

September 27, 2008: South Africa’s removal of health minister praised from Associated Press

September 26, 2008: AIDS Action Council joins launch of First National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day from Market Watch

September 26, 2008: 3M injected drug users worldwide could be HIV-positive from Washington Post (click here for a link to the abstract)

September 26, 2008: Indian website plays cupid for HIV/AIDS patients from Reuters

September 26, 2008: GA budget cuts may impact federal AIDS funding from Southern Voice

September 26, 2008: Young, black gay men bear brunt of HIV epidemic in US from Washington Blade

September 26, 2008: AHF advocacy spurs GSK to suspend fear-mongering AIDS drug ads from Business Wire

September 25, 2008: Landmark campaign reaches rural Kenyans with tools to prevent malaria, diarrhoeal disease, and HIV from Market Watch

September 25, 2008: Guardian publishes several articles on poverty, its effects on HIV/AIDS pandemic from kaisernetwork.org

September 25, 2008: North Carolina prisons to begin testing all inmates for HIV from kaisernetwork.org

September 25, 2008: Washington, DC to launch HIV/AIDS prevention ad campaign in response to report from kaisernetwork.org

September 24, 2008: NAPWA testifies before Congress from POZ

September 24, 2008: Young women & HIV/AIDS from Ivanhoe’s Medical Breakthroughs

September 24, 2008: Report faults District’s HIV/AIDS awareness from Washington Post

September 24, 2008: AIDS activists from across the country converge on Oxford, Mississippi, to call on McCain and Obama to commit to National AIDS Strategy from MarketWatch

September 23, 2008: HIV on rise among self-injecting drug users- study from Reuters

September 23, 2008: New ads confront HIV in Hispanic community from OneWorld.net

September 23, 2008: CD4 tests can reduce costs, extend lives of HIV-positive people in Africa, study says from kaisernetwork.org

September 23, 2008: Raleigh News & Observer profiles UNC researcher who investigates social factors behind higher HIV/AIDS rates for Blacks from kaisernetwork.org

September 23, 2008: San Francisco Chronicle examines summer camp that seeks to empower young people living with HIV/AIDS from kaisernetwork.org

September 23, 2008: National Journal examines advocates, ‘lawmakers’ efforts to create domestic HIV/AIDS plan from kaisernetwork.org

September 22, 2008: Breast milk purged of HIV virus from BBC News

September 22, 2008: Newsweek examines the effect of aging on people living with HIV/AIDS from kaisernetwork.org

September 22, 2008: Renewing the Denver Principles from POZ

September 21, 2008: Effectiveness of aerobic exercise in adults living with HIV/AIDS: systematic review from redOrbit

September 19, 2008: Why some primates aren’t vulnerable to SIV from POZ

September 19, 2008: Prevention awareness at United States Conference on AIDS from POZ

September 19, 2008: Greater awareness of HIV/AIDS, other global health issues attributed to the growth in public health students, Washington Post reports from kaisernetwork.org

September 19, 2008: New York City report finds reduced HIV/AIDS-related deaths, increased condom distribution in FY2008 from kaisernetwork.org

September 19, 2008: Early antiretroviral treatment for people with HIV/TB coinfection could reduce mortality by half, study says from kaisernetwork.org

September 18, 2008: CDC: Double US HIV prevention budget from Bay Area Reporter

September 18, 2008: New York measured in numbers from CDC NPIN

September 18, 2008: HIV/AIDS ad campaign sends message to Hispanics from Miami Herald

September 18, 2008: California bill would require insurers to pay for HIV tests if signed by Gov. Schwarzenegger from kaisernetwork.org

September 17, 2008: Australia’s new HIV infections at 14-year high from POZ

September 17, 2008: Congress gets a wake-up call for US HIV prevention from POZ

September 17, 2008: Press conference to announce September 18, 2008 as the launch of the First Annual National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day from MarketWatch

September 17, 2008: Inaugural meeting of African HIV/AIDS campaign examines components of successful fight against disease from kaisernetwork.org

September 17, 2008: Citing safety concerns, FDA bans imports of Ranbaxy drugs made in two Indian plants, including antiretrovirals from kaisernetwork.org

September 17, 2008: CDC needs additional $4.8B to reduce annual number of new infections, officials say from kaisernetwork.org

September 16, 2008: Stigma and the ‘spoiled identity’ from amfAR

September 16, 2008: Birth defect screening just as reliable in positive pregnant women from POZ

September 15, 2008: HIV, malaria interventions help reduce mortality among young children, challenges remain, UNICEF report says from kaisernetwork.org

September 15, 2008: African study looks at safety of antiretroviral therapy during pregnancy from AIDSmap

September 12, 2008: Black women’s burden: an epidemic of HIV from US News and World Report

September 12, 2008: CDC: Blacks, gays at high risk for HIV infections from CNN.com

September 12, 2008: Herpes drug could help control HIV, study finds from kaisernetwork.org

September 12, 2008: CDC releases subpopulation estimates from data on annual new HIV infections; new infections high among Blacks, MSM from kaisernetwork.org (click here for a link to the abstract)

September 11, 2008: Survey looks at teens, unprotected sex from CDC NPIN

September 11, 2008: A cluster analysis of drug use and sexual HIV risks and their correlates in a sample of African-American crack cocaine smokers with HIV infection from The Body Pro

September 11, 2008: Cambodia’s condom campaign faces legal, financial issues, health official says from kaisernetwork.org

September 11, 2008: HIV/AIDS groups send letter to House Appropriators calling for $200M increase in federal funding for prevention programs from kaisernetwork.org

September 10, 2008: Further possible benefits of PrEP from POZ

September 10, 2008: Depression common among AIDS orphans in Rwanda from POZ

September 10, 2008: MSM remain most at-risk group for HIV in Beijing, official says from kaisernetwork.org

September 10, 2008: Study shows patients in their 30s at time of HIV infection have best response to HIV therapy from AIDSmap

September 10, 2008: More effective HIV/AIDS prevention, education efforts needed to reach Black, Hispanic girls, women, letter says from kaisernetwork.org

September 10, 2008: Starpharma, SSL International reach marketing agreement over VivaGel condoms from kaisernetwork.org

September 10, 2008: Stigma deters HIV-positive people from seeking treatment, panelist says at Arkansas HIV/AIDS Minority Task Force Meeting from kaisernetwork.org

September 9, 2008: The spread of HIV among Black and Latina women from New York Times

September 9, 2008: Risk of fractures higher in HIV-infected patients from Voices of America (click here for a link to the abstract)

September 9, 2008: Efavirenz does not increase risk of depression in those taking hepatitis C treatment from AIDSmap

September 9, 2008:  New HIV protection for women from PR-Canada.net

September 9, 2008:  UN Secretary-General call for increased attention to connection between literacy, health, including HIV/AIDS from kaisernetwork.org

September 8, 2008: CONRAD receives $100 million from USAID for microbicide development from EurekaAlert

September 8, 2008: Study identifies proteins that help provide immunity against HIV among commercial sex workers in Kenya from The Body

September 7, 2008: Binge-drinking women ‘take risks’ from CDC NPIN (click here for a link to the abstract)

September 5, 2008: Fibrosis linked to rapid loss of gut CD4 cells after HIV infection from AIDSmap