- Lesley Odendal | 25 July 2012
Positive
changes in population-level HIV viral load distribution have been found one
year after the implementation of key components of an HIV 'test-and-treat' strategy
in rural Uganda. Population levels of viral load were ...
- Kelly Safreed-Harmon | 25 July 2012
Two consecutive sessions at the 19th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington DC
highlighted some of the complexities of translating exciting research findings
about pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) into effective large-scale HIV ...
- Theo Smart | 25 July 2012
A
new TB drug, PA-824, showed very potent early bactericidal activity in a
randomised 14-day study in people with TB, when used in combination with the established
antibiotic moxifloxacin, and pyrazinamide, an existing ...
- Liz Highleyman | 25 July 2012
A NRTI-sparing regimen of maraviroc (Celsentri or Selzentry) plus ritonavir-boosted atazanavir (Reyataz) produced good virological suppression and was generally well
tolerated through 96 weeks, according to a study presented Tuesday at ...
- Roger Pebody | 25 July 2012
A new meta-analysis, presented to the 19th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) on Tuesday, shows that the exceptionally high rates of HIV infection seen in black men who have sex with ...
- Gus Cairns | 25 July 2012
Two sessions at the 19th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington looked
at the way injecting drug use, recreational drug use and unsafe sex interlock
to multiply HIV risk, and how ...
- Carole Leach-Lemens | 25 July 2012
A range of new antiretroviral
drugs are in development for adolescents with HIV, a population which may have
extensive experience of antiretroviral therapy and resistance to some of the
most commonly used drugs, ...
- Carole Leach-Lemens | 25 July 2012
Promising new formulations of
antiretroviral agents including tenofovir, fosamprevanir, dolutegravir,
etravirine and raltegravir for treating the often neglected needs of infants, children
and adolescents with HIV were presented today in an oral abstract ...
- Gus Cairns | 24 July 2012
In an uncomfortable finding for advocates of treatment as
prevention, a study of heterosexual couples of differing HIV status in Uganda
has found no difference in the rate of HIV infections in ...
- Gus Cairns | 24 July 2012
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton
received a relatively warm reception yesterday at the 19th International AIDS
Conference (AIDS 2012) in Washington DC, as she supported the reproductive rights of women
with HIV, ...
- Mara Kardas-Nelson | 24 July 2012
A modest
increase in taxes on alcohol and tobacco in countries seriously affected by HIV
and TB could generate enough income to cover the costs of antiretroviral
treatment, TB treatment and malaria treatment ...
- Lesley Odendal | 24 July 2012
Standard dosing of efavirenz, that was not
adjusted for patient weight, resulted in therapeutic efavirenz concentrations
and excellent virological outcomes in patients coinfected with TB and HIV who
were also taking a rifampicin-containing ...
- Theo Smart | 24 July 2012
“UNITAID has announced major investment for cutting-edge
point-of-care diagnostic tools essential for better treatment, better detection
of resistance, better quality of care in people living with HIV and better
diagnosis of HIV for ...
- Mara Kardas-Nelson | 24 July 2012
With
leaders from Mark Dybul to Michel Sidibé to Hillary Clinton to Anthony Fauci all
saying that "we can end AIDS", the question is, who will pay for it?
Speaking
at a Monday session ...
- Mara Kardas-Nelson | 24 July 2012
There's
nothing new about sex work being illegal
– a fact that remains the norm in many
countries
– but now sex workers are being targeted for simply trying to protect
their health ...
- Roger Pebody | 24 July 2012
The largest-ever cohort of black men who have sex with men
(MSM) recruited in the United States has found that, among those who were
initially HIV negative, 3 in every 100 acquired ...
- Lesley Odendal | 24 July 2012
Physical tracing of patients in antiretroviral (ARV)
programmes results in a decrease in loss to follow-up, but an increase in reported
mortality, according to a systematic review of low- and middle-income country
ARV ...
- Gus Cairns | 24 July 2012
Voluntary medical male circumcision (VMMC) programmes are
expanding in several African countries and in a couple of locations have almost
reached saturation point, with most of the eligible young male population
circumcised,
the
19th ...
- Kelly Safreed-Harmon | 24 July 2012
According to a
mathematical analysis presented at the 19th International AIDS Conference (AIDS
2012) in Washington, DC, providing clean syringes to reduce HIV transmission among Americans
who inject drugs is considerably less expensive ...
- Keith Alcorn | 24 July 2012
Provision of antiretroviral treatment through workplace
health schemes in South Africa has the potential to save substantial sums for
employers, as well as making a major contribution to treatment scale-up in the
region, ...