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HIV patients treated with antiretroviral therapy early after infection do test negative

UCSF researchers have found that some HIV patients treated with antiretroviral therapy early after infection do test negative, at some point, for the virus. Study findings showed this result in six of 87 patients.

12 Jul 2004

Hong Kong delegation will give several presentations including clinical research on AIDS

Hong Kong's Centre for Health Protection Controller Dr Leung Pak-yin led a delegation to Bangkok to attend the 15th International AIDS Conference jointly organised by the International AIDS Society and Thailand's Ministry of Public Health.

11 Jul 2004

Increasing levels of growth hormone may be an effective treatment for HIV lipodystrophy

Increasing the body's production of growth hormone may be an effective treatment for HIV lipodystrophy, a syndrome involving the redistribution of fat and other metabolic changes in those receiving combination drug therapy for HIV infection.

11 Jul 2004

Average cost for providing primary care to an HIV-infected patient is $30 USD per visit

Researchers at Johns Hopkins and University of Witwatersrand, South Africa, have determined that the actual average cost for providing primary care to an HIV-infected patient is $30 USD per visit.

11 Jul 2004

Action needed to reverse a growing HIV epidemic in Asia

Nationwide programs to increase condom use in commercial sex, help drug injectors to use clean needles and cut risky sex between men are needed to reverse a growing HIV epidemic in Asia, according to leading scientists.

11 Jul 2004

World Bank has approved a US$68 million credit to the Indian government for the Integrated Disease Surveillance project

India has made major gains in control of a number of communicable diseases and in improving overall health of its population. Nevertheless, with the increasing age profile of the population, India is in transition with the double burden of significant communicable diseases and increasing non-communicable diseases such as cardio-vascular diseases, cancers, diabetes and cataract blindness, maladies that usually affect higher income countries.

11 Jul 2004

Widespread prenatal HIV screening and use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant HIV-infected women is needed

Rapid testing during labor can enable pregnant women with undocumented HIV status to learn their HIV infection status so they can receive antiretroviral prophylaxis and be referred for comprehensive medical care and follow-up according to a report in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.

11 Jul 2004

A better understanding of STD prevention among African American girls is needed to reduce rates of HIV/AIDS infection

A better understanding of STD prevention among African American adolescent girls that takes into account gender and culture can enhance HIV preventive behaviors, skills, and may also reduce pregnancy and some sexually transmitted diseases

11 Jul 2004

The case of a high school student in King County who died this week of meningococcal disease has created public concern

The case of a high school student in King County who was hospitalized and died this week of meningococcal disease – commonly called bacterial meningitis – has created some public concern about risks of exposure to the disease.

10 Jul 2004

Cheap AIDS drugs may help prevent HIV in babies in Thailand

Aids is one of the principal causes of infant mortality in many developing countries. Viral transmission takes place during pregnancy (in utero), at the moment of childbirth or even during breastfeeding.

10 Jul 2004

New rotavirus vaccines could reduce mortality from the disease by up to 60 percent

Health officials from 16 countries today asked for budgetary support "to ensure the sustainability of the existing vaccination programs and the introduction of new vaccines," at the conclusion of a global symposium on rotavirus, a diarrheal disease that kills over 600,000 children worldwide every year.

10 Jul 2004

Avian influenza virus is still present in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Thailand and Viet Nam

New outbreaks of the avian influenza virus H5N1 in China, Thailand and Viet Nam confirm that the virus is still endemic in the region, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a statement yesterday.

10 Jul 2004

HHS strengthen safeguards against mad cow disease

HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson and Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman has announced three actions being taken to further strengthen existing safeguards that protect consumers against the agent that causes bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE, also known as “mad cow disease”).

10 Jul 2004

Forcing people with HIV to face waiting lists for medical appointments and medications is no way to balance budgets

US' largest non-profit HIV organization -- released the following statement from Cesar Portillo, chief of public affairs

10 Jul 2004

147 people in Texas will need to receive post-exposure rabies prevention treatment

The Texas Department of Health has reported that so far 147 people in Texas will need to receive post-exposure rabies prevention treatment as a precaution after possibly being exposed to rabies in connection with the transplant of organs from a donor who was later confirmed to have been infected with the rabies virus.

9 Jul 2004

AIDS toll in African heartland isn’t always what people think

New ways to study the impact of HIV/AIDS on rural African families is showing that conventional wisdom isn’t necessarily wise, and pointing to better ways to help those struggling in the wake of death.

9 Jul 2004

Emerging infectious diseases will continue to confront society in unpredictable ways as long as humans and microbes co-exist

Emerging infectious diseases, which have shaped the course of humanity and caused incalculable suffering and death, will continue to confront society in unpredictable ways as long as humans and microbes co-exist

9 Jul 2004

Disease/Infection News

HIV patients treated with antiretroviral therapy early after infection do test negative

Hong Kong delegation will give several presentations including clinical research on AIDS

Increasing levels of growth hormone may be an effective treatment for HIV lipodystrophy

Average cost for providing primary care to an HIV-infected patient is $30 USD per visit

Action needed to reverse a growing HIV epidemic in Asia

World Bank has approved a US$68 million credit to the Indian government for the Integrated Disease Surveillance project

Widespread prenatal HIV screening and use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant HIV-infected women is needed

A better understanding of STD prevention among African American girls is needed to reduce rates of HIV/AIDS infection

The case of a high school student in King County who died this week of meningococcal disease has created public concern

Cheap AIDS drugs may help prevent HIV in babies in Thailand

New rotavirus vaccines could reduce mortality from the disease by up to 60 percent

Avian influenza virus is still present in Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Thailand and Viet Nam

HHS strengthen safeguards against mad cow disease

Forcing people with HIV to face waiting lists for medical appointments and medications is no way to balance budgets

147 people in Texas will need to receive post-exposure rabies prevention treatment

AIDS toll in African heartland isn’t always what people think

Emerging infectious diseases will continue to confront society in unpredictable ways as long as humans and microbes co-exist

HHS has announced $6.78 million to develop innovative approaches to provide care for people with Alzheimer’s disease

AIDS Healthcare Foundation, AIDS Therapeutic Treatment Now Coalition to unveil ambitious pledge at Bangkok 2004

The HIV/AIDS epidemic is taking an increasing and terrifying toll on Africa's women

Small solutions for big problems in drug discovery and delivery

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

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