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First-line
Antiretroviral Therapy for
People with HIV Infection
11-17-2009
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Posters
from the 12th European AIDS Conference Available on HIVandHepatitis.com
11-17-2009
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Raltegravir
(Isentress), Etravirine (Intelence), and Boosted Darunavir
(Prezista) Is Highly Effective for Treatment-experienced
Adolescents
11-17-2009
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Effect
of Obesity on CD4
Cell Count
11-10-2009
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International
AIDS Society and WHO Urge Universal Access
to HIV Therapy for Prevention of Infection as Well as
for Treatment
11-10-2009
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How
Much Ritonavir (Norvir)
Is Needed to Boost HIV Protease Inhibitors?
11-6-2009
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Mathematical
Model Shows Opt-out HIV Testing
Would Save Lives
11-6-2009
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Bold
Efforts to Find a Cure for HIV
AIDS and New Prevention Tools Are Urgently
Needed, NIAID Director Says
11-6-2009
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Raltegravir
(Isentress) Has Durable Antiviral Activity
and Remains Well-tolerated after 3 Years
11-3-2009
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Longer
STEP Follow-up Suggests Adenovirus
HIV Vaccine Did Not Increase Infection Risk,
May Lower Viral Set-point
11-3-2009
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President
Obama Signs Ryan White Act, HIV
Travel and Immigration Ban Will Be Lifted Early
Next Year
11-3-2009
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Raltegravir
(Isentress), Etravirine (Intelence), and Boosted Darunavir
(Prezista) Is Effective for Heavily Treatment-experienced
Patients
10-30-2009
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Three-quarters
of HIV Positive Prisoners
Decrease Adherence to Antiretroviral Therapy after Release
10-30-2009
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Traditional
Pap Smears Work as well as ThinPrep Cytology Test for
Detecting Precancerous Cervical
Cell Changes
10-30-2009
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Additional
ALVAC/AIDSVAX HIV Vaccine
Data Show Only Modest Benefit with Minimal Statistical
Significance
10-23-2009
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Abacavir
(Ziagen) May Contribute to Impaired Endothelial
Function in HIV Patients with Suppressed Viral Load
10-23-2009
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Does
Endothelial Function
Decline after Starting Antiretroviral Therapy?
10-23-2009
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U.S.
House and Senate Pass Ryan White
Extension Act, Ensuring Continued HIV/AIDS
Funding
10-23-2009
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Is
It Possible to Eliminate Tuberculosis?
10-23-2009
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Does
Virological Response to Antiretroviral
Therapy Differ between African-American and
White HIV Patients?
10-20-2009
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Hispanic
and Black Patients -- Especially Immigrants -- May Be
Less Likely to Achieve Complete
HIV Treatment Adherence
10-20-2009
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Successful
Treatment of Facial Lipoatrophy
with a New Formulation of Hyaluronic
Acid (Restylane SubQ)
10-20-2009
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FDA
Approves Gardasil Human Papillomavirus Vaccine
for Boys and Young Men, Cervarix for Girls and Young Women
10-20-2009
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Analysis
of H1N1 Swine Flu
Cases in Mexico and Canada Shows Rapid Progression, Young
Adults More Likely to Develop Severe Illness
10-20-2009
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Raltegravir
(Isentress) and Darunavir
(Prezista) Appear to Reach Therapeutic Levels
in Cerebrospinal Fluid
10-16-2009
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Topical
Trichloroacetic Acid Is Safe and Effective for Pre-cancerous
Anal Lesions in Men with HIV
10-16-2009
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Small
Molecule Compound 5HN Flushes Out Latent HIV
in Reservoir CD4 T-cells
10-16-2009
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NIH
Starts Trial of H1N1 "Swine"
Flu Vaccine in Pregnant Women, Will Soon Study
HIV Positive Youth and People with Asthma
10-16-2009
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October
15 Is Latino AIDS Awareness Day
10-13-2009
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FDA
Advisory Committee Recommends Approval of CCR5 Antagonist
Maraviroc (Selzentry)
for Treatment-naive Patients
10-13-2009
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Menopause
May Occur Earlier in HIV Positive
Women but Does Not Affect Treatment Response
10-13-2009
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Latest
ADAP Figures
Show Increasing Demand and More People on Waiting Lists
for HIV Drugs
10-13-2009
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Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome
Linked to Infectious Retrovirus XMRV
10-13-2009 |
FDA
Issues Updates for Health Professionals on Vaccines and
Antiviral Medications for H1N1
Influenza (Swine Flu)
10-13-2009
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HIV
Patients with a CD4 Cell Count Below 500 Cells/mm3 Are
at Increased Risk for Cancer
10-09-2009
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Meta-Analysis
of Truvada vs Epzicom
Backbones Used with Boosted Protease
Inhibitors for First-line Antiretroviral Therapy
10-09-2009 |
HIV
Positive People Are at Higher
Risk for Cancer, especially Malignancies Linked
to Infectious Pathogens or Smoking
10-09-2009 |
Effective
Antiretroviral Therapy Leads to Improved
Lung Function in People with HIV
10-09-2009 |
Avexa
Closes Trial of Experimental
NRTI Apricitabine, Will Evaluate 24-week Data
10-09-2009 |
FDA
Announces Authorization of 100th Generic Antiretroviral
Product for Use under PEPFAR
10-09-2009 |
Boehringer
Ingelheim Announces Co-Pay Rebate Program for Nevirapine
(Viramune)
10-09-2009 |
Level
of Treatment Adherence
Needed to Keep HIV Undetectable May Decline Over Time
10-06-2009 |
Raltegravir
(Isentress), Etravirine (Intelence), and Ritonavir-boosted
Darunavir (Prezista) Is a Safe and Successful
Salvage Regimen
10-06-2009 |
Monoclonal
Antibody PRO 140 Demonstrates Good Tolerability
and Potent Activity against CCR5-tropic HIV
10-06-2009 |
Variations
in "SEVI" Semen Component
May Help Explain Racial/ethnic Differences in HIV Transmission
Rates
10-06-2009 |
New
Global Report Indicates
that More than 4 Million People Worldwide Received Antiretroviral
Therapy at the End of 2008
10-06-2009 |
White
House AIDS Office Announces Upcoming National
HIV/AIDS Community Discussions
10-06-2009 |
First
Shipments of H1N1 Vaccine
Are Released and Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) Distribution Widens
as "Swine Flu" Spreads
10-06-2009 |
Raltegravir
(Isentress) plus Atazanavir (Reyataz) Maintenance
Therapy Appears Safe and Effective in Small Study
10-02-2009 |
Short-term
Enfuvirtide (Fuzeon)
May Promote Long-term CD4 Cell Recovery in Patients Who
Start Treatment Late
10-02-2009 |
People
Who Decline Routine HIV Testing
Are More Likely to Be Positive; Written Consent Requirement
May Discourage Testing
10-02-2009 |
Senate
Committee Unanimously Passes Ryan
White HIV/AIDS Funding Extension
10-02-2009 |
Phase
3 Study in Thailand Shows First Evidence that HIV
Vaccine Can Reduce Rate of Infection
9-25-2009 |
HIV
Maturation Inhibitor Bevirimat Demonstrates
Promising Safety and Efficacy in Patients with Responsive
HIV Genotype
9-25-2009 |
Sunday
is National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
9-25-2009 |
FDA
Approves New Abbott Prism Automated
Test for Screening Donated Blood and Organs
for HIV
9-25-2009 |
SB
486 Would Make Safe Needle Disposal a Shared
Responsibility
9-25-2009 |
Early
Studies Demonstrate Potent Activity and Safety of Experimental
Integrase Inhibitor S/GSK1265744
9-22-2009 |
Once
Daily Raltegravir (Isentress)
Shows Promise in Pilot Study
9-22-2009 |
Nevirapine
(Viramune) and Boosted Atazanavir (Reyataz)
Produce Comparable Early Virological and Immunological
Response
9-22-2009 |
Nutritional
Formula Reduces CD4 Cell Decline in HIV Positive
People Not Yet Taking Antiretroviral Therapy
9-22-2009 |
New
Injectable Drug Peramivir Is as Effective as
Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) for Seasonal Influenza
9-22-2009 |
New
Clinical Trial Tests Tenofovir
Vaginal Gel and Truvada Tablets as HIV Prevention
Strategy for Women in Africa
9-22-2009 |
Current
Guidelines Need to Be Changed for Both First-line
Treatment and Re-treatment of Tuberculosis,
Experts Say
9-18-2009 |
European
Commission Approves Raltegravir
(Isentress) and Once-daily
Lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra) for First-Line
HIV Therapy
9-18-2009 |
IL-7
Improves CD4 and CD8 T-Cell Recovery among
HIV Patients on Suppressive Antiretroviral Therapy
9-18-2009 |
GRACE
Trial shows Women Respond as well as Men to
Etravirine (Intelence),
but Blacks May Have Poorer Outcomes than Whites
9-18-2009 |
FDA
Approves Four Vaccines for 2009 H1N1
Influenza (Swine Flu) Virus
9-18-2009 |
CCR5
Antagonist Vicriviroc
Demonstrates Long-Term Safety and Efficacy at 96 Weeks
9-15-2009 |
At
96 Weeks, Raltegravir (Isentress)
Is as Effective as Efavirenz
(Sustiva) in Suppressing HIV Viral Load and
Improving Immune Function
9-15-2009 |
Tobacco
and Marijuana May Significantly Lower Atazanavir
(Reyataz) Blood Levels
9-15-2009 |
Antiretroviral
Pregnancy Registry Indicates Use of Tenofovir
(Viread) by Pregnant Women Does Not Raise Risk
of Birth Defects
9-15-2009 |
Study
Shows Strong Immune Response after a Single Dose of Vaccine
for 2009 H1N1 Influenza A ("Swine
Flu")
9-15-2009 |
NIH
Statement on Preliminary Results from Clinical Trials
of H1N1 Influenza Vaccines
9-15-2009 |
H1N1
"Swine Flu"
Epidemic in the U.S. May Peak before Adequate Supplies
of Vaccine Become Available
9-15-2009 |
AIDS
Activists Issue Grades to Drug
Companies
9-11-2009 |
HIV
Infection Sharply Increases Risk
of Atherosclerosis, but Antiretroviral Therapy
Has a Minor Effect
9-11-2009 |
Artery
Elasticity Is Reduced in People with Untreated
HIV Infection
9-11-2009 |
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Newly
Discovered Neutralizing Antibodies Suggest Novel HIV
Vaccine Approach
9-11-2009
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