AIDS Weekly articles from December 2000

AIDS Weekly archives from December 2000

First Randomized, Control Study of Scheduled Intermittent HAART Conducted in Monkeys.(highly active antiretroviral therapy )
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of a study conducted in rhesus monkeys suggest that a fixed schedule of intermittent therapy may help to train the immune system to control HIV without the use of drugs. Investigators at...

T-Cell's Internal Housekeeping Service Plays Role in HIV Infection.
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Proteins that help clean and organize the inside of certain T cells may assist HIV in spreading through the body, scientists from the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)...

Recruiting At-Risk Women to HIV Vaccine Trials Isn't Easy.
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Recruiting women to and keeping them in HIV vaccine efficacy trials is a challenge. Workers in The New York Blood Center report that such efforts need to draw from a variety of sources and involve...

Human Thrombospondin-1 Modulates Extracellular Tat Availability, Activity.
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of Brescia, Italy, researchers report that human thrombospondin-1 (TSP) plays a role in the progression of AIDS because it binds to extracellular Tat protein, thereby affecting Tat protein's...

Tick-Vectored Disease Can Be Deadly in HIV Patients.
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ehrlichiosis in HIV patients is not a commonly reported infection, but when it does occur, the results can be severe and even fatal. Infection by rickettsiae in the genus Ehrlichia - apparently via...

Pneumocystis carinii Pneumonia Cases Cluster in Specific Zip Code Areas in U.S.
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two different studies of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) cases in patients with HIV revealed that the disease is clustered in specific zip code areas in two separate U.S. cities. Both studies...

Genetic Diversity Suggests HIV Originated in Central Africa.
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An extremely high level of genetic diversity among HIV isolates taken in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) suggests that the HIV-1 pandemic originated in central Africa, say researchers from...

RANTES Gene May Increase Susceptibility to HIV, but Slow Progression to AIDS.
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two groups of people especially intrigue AIDS researchers: those who resist HIV infection despite repeated exposure to the virus and those who progress very slowly to AIDS after infection. ...

Poor "Acceptance Coping" a Contributing Factor to AIDS Progression.
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Among long-term infected HIV-1 gay men, poor acceptance coping has been identified as a psychological factor that contributes to progression to AIDS. Researchers followed up on a group of gay HIV-1...

Study Characterizes Nature of HIV Recurring in Patients Post-HAART.
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Noted AIDS researcher David Ho and colleagues have genetically characterized HIV-1 in patients experiencing viral rebound after discontinuation of sustained highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART)....

Combivir Unaffordable for Most South Africans with HIV.
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- South Africa's Medicines Control Council approved Combivir, a formulation of retrovir (AZT) and andepivir (3TC) in one tablet, on November 10, 2000. Activists claim that the drug, manufactured by...

Tablet is First to Combine Three Medications to Treat HIV.
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BioChem Pharma Inc. (BCHE; BCH), Laval, Quebec, Canada, announced that Trizivir, a product that combines three anti-HIV medicines into one single tablet, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug...

HIV-1 Testing Product Based on Novel, Cell-Based Approach.
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- After three years of research and development culminating with a substantial clinical study, Bio-Tech Imaging Inc. (BTI), of Frederick, Maryland, has begun production and marketing of the first product...

ViroLogic and Bristol-Myers Squibb Enter HIV Scientific and Educational Collaboration.
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ViroLogic, Inc. (VLGC) announced an agreement with Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (BMY) to jointly educate physicians about HIV resistance testing and conduct important new drug resistance research. ...

Some Romanian Hospitals Can No Longer Afford AIDS Treatment.
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two hospitals in Bucharest, the capital of Romania, can no longer afford to pay drug makers for expensive AIDS medication and supplies are running low, a hospital director said. As of November 10,...

NIH Funds Institute of Human Virology and the University of Maryland for Trials Center.
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Institute of Human Virology (IHV) and the University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development (CVD) in Baltimore will receive an award of more than $7 million for a...

Doctor Says "Immune Modulator" is a Fake.(counterfeit versions of the HIV/AIDS drug Moducare appear in South Africa)
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Panafrican News Agency (PANA) reported that a physician in South Africa warned Kenyans that drugs on the African market that supposedly enhance the immune systems of those with HIV/AIDS and other...

All Men - Make a Difference.(World AIDS Day, December 1)(Statistical Data Included)
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- December 1, 2000, marked World AIDS Day 2000. The topic of men and AIDS was selected as the worldwide theme of World AIDS Day 2000 by UNAIDS, the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS. ...

Study Findings Result in Deferment of Donors with Medium Risk for HIV.
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Testing of potential blood donors classified as "medium risk" revealed four with anti-HIV antibodies at a center in Italy. As a result, health officials with the Centro Trasfusionale e di Immunologia...

Comprehensive Online Resource Launched.
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Millions afflicted with chronic illnesses ranging from breast cancer and hepatitis C, to AIDS/HIV and leukemia, now have another option for access to comprehensive, reliable clinical trials and...

HIV/AIDS Poses Threat to American Indian and Alaska Native Communities.
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- American Indians and Alaska Natives are experiencing an increasing rate of HIV/AIDS that, if left unchecked, poses a serious health threat that could devastate Native American communities in the United...

Clade B-Based Vaccine Induces Cross-Clade Immune Responses.
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A vaccine developed from clade B laboratory strains of HIV was shown to induce antibodies with cross-clade reactivity in a study conducted by U.S. Veterans Affairs researchers. They point out that...

Genetic Point Mutation May Contribute to Acyclovir-Resistant Bilateral Keratitis.
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A case study of keratitis in an HIV positive woman resulted in identification of a point mutation in a thymidine kinase gene that may be associated with resistance to the antiviral drug acyclovir. ...

Project Aims to Develop Drug Targets for Opportunistic Pathogen.
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of Cincinnati, Ohio, researchers are leading an international, multiple-center research project to develop new drug targets for a major AIDS-related pathogen, Pneumocystis carinii, a disease...

Injection Drug Users in Methadone Treatment More Likely to Reduce Risk Behaviors.
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Injection drug users who stay in methadone treatment, or who interrupt and return to treatment, engage in fewer behaviors that increase risk of acquiring hepatitis viruses or HIV, public health...

Factors Contributing to High Cost of TB-Related Hospitalization Identified.(tuberculosis)
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Depending on your reason for admittance, in-hospital care may help resolve your illness. And, in the U.S., it certainly will deplete your wallet. So it comes as no surprise that medical researchers...

Isoniazid Prophylaxis Decreases Risk of Recurrent TB in HIV-1 Patients.(tuberculosis)
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study conducted in Port au Prince, Haiti, indicates that tuberculosis recurs more frequently in patients infected with HIV-1 than those who are not. Researchers also determined that prophylactic...

Children Exposed to Combined NRTIs in utero May be at Higher Risk for Cancer Development.(nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors )
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study reports yet another challenge facing children born to HIV positive mothers: combinations of the drugs that the mother can take to prevent transmission of the virus to her baby may, later in...

Research Unravels Key Facts About How a Virus Exits Host Cell.
December 4, 2000... 2000 DEC 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the Pennsylvania State College of Medicine have identified a component of the little-understood machinery that allows retroviruses to exit or bud from the cell surface before re-infecting...

Thymic Potential for Long-Term Restoration of Immune Cells in HIV Patients on Antiretrovirals Declines with Age.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2000... 2000 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study focusing on HIV patients receiving antiretroviral treatment has determined that CD4 cell count decreases as these individuals age. The researchers conclude that long-term restoration of...

HIV Drug Leaves Key Part of Immune System Vulnerable.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2000... 2000 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A drug that helps to slow the progression of HIV does not seem to prevent virus-related damage to an organ critical to the development of the immune system. This organ, called the thymus, is...

Prevention of Mother-to-Child HIV Transmission Should be Part of Standard Care.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2000... 2000 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Experts have concluded the safety and effectiveness of antiretroviral (ARV) regimens, which prevent HIV transmission from mother to child, warrant their use beyond pilot projects and research settings....

Cumulative Toxicity from Antiretrovirals May Cause Symptomatic Hyperlactatemia.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2000... 2000 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in France suggest symptomatic hyperlactatemia (lactic acidosis) has the potential to become a serious complication for HIV patients on long-term antiretroviral therapy. Fortunately, if...

HIV Risk Remains High Among Homosexual and Bisexual Men.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2000... 2000 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The level of undiagnosed HIV-1 infection among homosexual and bisexual men did not fall between 1993 and 1998, indicating a high level of continuing transmission, according to a study in the November...

Physicians' Hesitation to Perform Mouth-to-Mouth Resuscitation Delays Patient Ventilation.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2000... 2000 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Disturbing results of a small survey indicate that many physicians are reluctant to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation (MMR). In particular, female doctors and resident physicians were more...

Whole-Blood Assay Gives Rapid Picture of Immune Response to Antiretroviral Therapy.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2000... 2000 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in Germany have developed a simple, rapid whole-blood assay that estimates total HIV-reactive CD4 and CD8 cells in patients on antiretroviral therapy. According to Martina Sester and...

Procedure Reduces Risk of Heterosexual Transmission of HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2000... 2000 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The hypothesis that male circumcision may reduce the risk of acquiring HIV infection was first suggested early in the HIV epidemic, and many epidemiological studies have since included circumcision...

Committee Recommends Study Completion of Remune Plus Antiretroviral Drugs.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2000... 2000 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Immune Response Corp. (IMNR), Carlsbad, California, announced that an independent Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) recommended that the trial in Spain of Remune plus antiretroviral drugs in...

HIV Protease Inhibitor Begins Phase III Clinical Trials, Once-Daily Regimen Investigated.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2000... 2000 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated (VRTX) announced that VX-175, an HIV protease inhibitor discovered by Vertex and licensed by Glaxo Wellcome, has entered Phase III clinical trials. VX-175 (also...

Viramune Provided Free to Developing Countries.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2000... 2000 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The anti-HIV drug Viramune(R) (nevirapine) was given by Boehringer Ingelheim free of charge to representatives of the Republic of Congo (Congo Brazzaville) for the prevention of mother-to-child...

Global Spread of HIV/AIDS Epidemic Exceeds Earlier Predictions.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2000... 2000 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New figures released on November 28, 2000, by the United Nations show a dramatic spread of HIV/AIDS globally, with the number of people living with the virus at the end of 2000 by far exceeding the...

International Research Initiative Launched.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2000... 2000 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trials Group (PACTG) recently announced the selection of four new international sites to receive funding to prepare for clinical trials in Thailand and South Africa. ...

Vaccine with Novel Delivery Method Enters Human Trials.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2000... 2000 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Virax Holdings Limited (VHL), Melbourne, Australia, announced ethics committee approval has been received so removing the last hurdle to the start of a human clinical trial of a vaccine to treat people...

Phase II Pro 542 Trial Begins in HIV Infected Children.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2000... 2000 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (PGNX), Tarrytown, New York, announced that treatment of HIV positive pediatric patients had begun in a Phase II study of PRO 542, the company's most clinically advanced...

Battling Social Exclusion a Must to Combat HIV.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2000... 2000 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The AIDS epidemic is closely linked to inequality, violence, and discrimination because "these forces of social exclusion" isolate individuals and rob communities of the power of collective action,...

Studies Reveal Accelerated Improvement of Immune System and Antiviral Reactivity.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2000... 2000 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A multicenter, controlled study has shown that low daily doses of the T-cell growth factor interleukin 2 (IL2) can be given to individuals with chronic HIV infection and low lymphocyte concentrations...

Case Studies Describe Antiretroviral-Induced Red Cell Aplasia.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2000... 2000 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A report from Mexico in the November 2000 issue of the American Journal of Hematology recounts the cases of five men receiving lamivudine treatment who presented with red cell aplasia. Lead author...

Hepatitis C-Related Cirrhosis Outcome Worse with HIV Infection.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2000... 2000 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study suggests that HIV coinfection worsens the outcome of hepatitis C virus-related cirrhosis. Reporting at the recent American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) 2000...

Grant Received to Study Development of Edible Vaccine.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2000... 2000 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Research on development of an edible vaccine for HIV produced from transgenic plants will be funded through an Innovation Grant from the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and conducted by...

Global Partnerships for Health, Biotech Content Announced.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2000... 2000 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NewsRx.com(TM), Atlanta, Georgia, recently announced partnerships with several international firms, including EBSCO Online, Factiva, and the new iSyndicate Europe-Bertelsmann venture. "iSyndicate...

CDC Releases New Guidelines on HIV Counseling/Testing of Pregnant Women.(Brief Article)
December 18, 2000... 2000 DEC 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In an effort to increase HIV counseling and testing rates of pregnant women through revised counseling and testing guidelines, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued...

Blood Protein Found to Halt Replication of HIV.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... 2000 DEC 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center have shown in laboratory studies that a molecule found in the human body can halt the growth of HIV. In a paper accepted for...

New Family of Antiviral Compounds Look Promising.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... 2000 DEC 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new family of antiviral compounds has proved 100 times more potent than the original in laboratory studies and opened a promising new direction in AIDS research. These related developments were...

New HIV Receptor May Offer Insight.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... 2000 DEC 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An international group headed by researchers from Harvard Medical School has identified an important receptor that HIV-1 may use to target and infect human cells, especially those in the nervous...

HIV Drug Leaves Key Part of Immune System Vulnerable.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... 2000 DEC 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A drug that helps to slow the progression of HIV does not seem to prevent virus-related damage to an organ critical to the development of the immune system. This organ, called the thymus, is...

Women in Florida Less Likely to Receive Antiretroviral Therapies than Men.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... 2000 DEC 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A demographic study conducted by Georgetown University public policy researchers has revealed that women infected with HIV are less likely to receive antiretroviral therapies than men and as a result,...

T-Cell Counts Fluctuate with HIV Load.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... 2000 DEC 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Results of a study aiming to assess the effect of HIV infection on T-cell turnover confirm that lymphocyte production increases with viral load. "To evaluate the effects of HIV infection on T-cell...

(beta)-Chemokine Activity More Pronounced in HIV-1(+).(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... 2000 DEC 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The interaction of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and the immune system of infected patients remains a black box for virologists and immunologists. A recent study conducted by researchers...

Iron Deprivation Inhibits Growth and Increases Apoptosis of KS Cells.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... 2000 DEC 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have discovered that depriving Kaposi's sarcoma cells and their suspected progenitor cells of iron has growth-inhibiting and apoptotic effects. Their findings suggest the therapeutic...

Data on HIV Entry Inhibitors Presented.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... 2000 DEC 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (PGNX), St. Lucia, West Indies, reported findings on the company's anti-HIV agents PRO 542 and PRO 140. The results were described at the Collaborative Research...

First HIV Entry and Fusion Inhibition Conference Focuses on Drug Development.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... 2000 DEC 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Leading HIV and AIDS researchers gathered to discuss the latest data from a new field of research - inhibition of viral entry, December 8, 2000, in the British Virgin Islands. Classes of drugs...

Upscale Manufacturing Phase Entered for Fullerene-Based Drug.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... 2000 DEC 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- William Multi-Tech, Inc. (Multi-Tech) (WIM), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, announced that C Sixty Inc. has begun upscale manufacturing of its lead fullerene-based drug candidate for treatment of patients...

Clinical Alliances Formed to Accelerate HIV Treatment Programs.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... 2000 DEC 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Hemispherx Biopharma, Inc., announced a set of new clinical alliances on December 7, 2000, to accelerate its new testing program of Ampligen(R), designed to overcome the growing problem of multi-drug...

Genotypic Resistance Assay Introduced.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... 2000 DEC 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings (LH) (LabCorp), Burlington, North Carolina, announced the introduction HIV GenoSure, an HIV genotypic resistance assay, to its portfolio of HIV resistance...

NIH Funding Links AIDS Service Providers in 88 Countries with Researchers.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... 2000 DEC 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the Center for AIDS Intervention Research (CAIR) at the Medical College of Wisconsin have been awarded a $5.4 million grant from the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health to develop,...

Experts Discuss Security Implications of AIDS Epidemic.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... 2000 DEC 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Military and medical experts began a United Nations-sponsored conference December 11, 2000, on AIDS in conflict-ridden areas and protecting high risk armed forces. The three-day meeting held in...

Clinical Trials Under Way to Boost Immune System.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... 2000 DEC 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Human clinical trials are under way on an innovative peptide-based therapy developed at the University of Arizona (UA) College of Medicine that researchers hope will allow people infected with HIV to...

Researchers Identify Mutation of Antiviral-Resistant HIV.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... 2000 DEC 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Quest Diagnostics Inc. (DGX), Teterboro, New Jersey, announced that its researchers, in collaboration with the Center for AIDS Research at Stanford University School of Medicine, have identified a...

Clinical Trial Begins in Children.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... 2000 DEC 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers with The Childrens Hospital, Los Angeles (CHLA), have begun a Phase I clinical trial to determine if gene therapy is effective in treating children infected with HIV-1. The physicians...

Multi-Center Trial Underway in Alabama.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... 2000 DEC 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) are testing a new HIV vaccine to determine if it is safe and whether it induces an immune response in the body. The multi-center study...

Clinical Trials Announced for Microbicidal Contraceptive Gel.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... 2000 DEC 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Empyrean Bioscience, Inc. (EMDG), Cleveland, Ohio, announced that the first in a series of Phase III clinical trials has begun in Brazil to determine the effectiveness of the GEDA Plus microbicidal...

Gay Men Lack Information about "Forgotten" STD.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... 2000 DEC 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Many gay and bisexual men lack key information about syphilis, including how to identify signs and symptoms of the sexually transmitted disease (STD), according to a study presented at the National STD...

Rate Declines Among African Americans.(Brief Article)
December 25, 2000... 2000 DEC 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The syphilis rate among African Americans declined 29% between 1997 and 1999, helping to bring the overall syphilis rate in the United States to a record low, according to a new report released by the...