AIDS Weekly articles from January 2002

AIDS Weekly archives from January 2002

Resistant Genotypes Can Confound Research.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... 2002 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Rhesus macaques with genotypes naturally resistant to the simian form of HIV can confound the results of HIV vaccine studies, researchers warn. "Both...

HIV Infection May Increase Risk.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... 2002 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - HIV patients may have a heightened risk of some forms of heart disease, researchers in the United States warn. Max H. David and colleagues at the University...

Brain Damage By HIV, Alzheimer May Have Similar Mechanism: Inflammation.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... 2002 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Both HIV and Alzheimer disease can damage the brain, but most people think the similarity between the two ends there. Recent research from San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center (SFVAMC)...

Atazanavir, Saquinavir Combo Is Effective, Safe.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... 2002 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New data show that the investigational protease inhibitor atazanavir can be used safely and effectively with saquinavir as part of a combination regimen in protease inhibitor-experienced HIV infected...

Interleukin-2 Does Not Increase Virus-Specific T-Cell Activity.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... 2002 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The use of the immunostimulatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-2 during HIV treatment has little effect on HIV specific immune activity, researchers in the United...

Modified Rhabdovirus Makes Effective Vector.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... 2002 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A modified form of the rabies virus may be the foundation for an effective HIV vaccine, researchers in the United States say. Heather D. Foley and...

Africa's First Trial Of Generic AIDS Drugs Delayed Second Time.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... 2002 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A long-awaited program using cheap generic drugs to treat AIDS was delayed for the second time this fall, leaving millions of Nigerians wondering when they could begin treatment. Only 10,000 adults...

Agreement Will Share Profit From AIDS Drug With Samoan Healers.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... 2002 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The families of two Samoan women who passed on knowledge of a tree's healing powers will share in profits from any AIDS drug developed from the rainforest plant. In an agreement announced December...

Court Orders Government To Provide AIDS Drug To Pregnant Women.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... 2002 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The South African government's AIDS policy suffered its most serious blow to date December 14, 2001, when a court ruled it must make a key AIDS drug available to HIV positive pregnant women to reduce...

Protein Sciences Gets NIAID Contract For AIDS Vaccines.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... 2002 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Protein Sciences Corp. (PSC) has signed a contract with the National Institute of Allergy and Infections Diseases (NIAID) that provides for up to $76 million in funding through mid-2006 for development...

Traditional Healers Call For Greater Inclusion In Programs.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... 2002 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Traditional healers attending an international AIDS conference called for greater inclusion in state health programs in Africa, arguing that few people on the continent rely solely on costly...

Two-Year Resistance Data Presented For Lopinavir/Ritonavir.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... 2002 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Data presented at the 41st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy in Chicago shows drug resistance has yet to emerge in naive patients who have been taking Kaletra for 96...

amfAR Grantee Richard Kornbluth Receives Award.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... 2002 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- American Foundation for AIDS Research (amfAR) grantee, Richard Kornbluth, MD, PhD, received a GlaxoSmithKline Drug Discovery and Development Award for developing a test to measure HIV integration, or...

ViroLogic Signs Distribution Agreement For HIV Drug Resistance Testing.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... 2002 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ViroLogic, Inc., (VLGC) has signed a distribution and marketing agreement with Esoterix, Inc., a laboratory services company. ViroLogic will be the preferred provider of HIV phenotypic drug resistance...

U.S. House Approves $1.3 billion For Global AIDS Education.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... 2002 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. House of Representatives approved the spending of $1.3 billion to fight the global epidemic of AIDS through bilateral and multinational programs aimed at education, prevention, treatment and...

New Theory On Origin Of AIDS Proposed.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... 2002 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Could a relatively harmless monkey virus called simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV) have mutated into the deadly AIDS virus as a result of the repeated use of unsterilized hypodermic needles among 23...

AAMC Issues New Guidelines On Financial Conflicts Of Interest.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... 2002 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) has released the first report of its Task Force on Conflicts of Interest in Clinical Research "Protecting Subjects, Preserving Trust, Promoting...

African Countries Negotiate With Thailand For Generic HIV Drugs.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... 2002 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two African countries are negotiating with Thailand's government to learn how to produce cheap, generic anti-HIV drugs on the continent hardest-hit by AIDS, the World Health Organization says. ...

Cut-Rate HIV Drugs Are Effective In Africa.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... 2002 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cut-rate HIV drugs have proven effective in fighting AIDS in Africa despite concerns they would be poorly administered and produce superstrains of the disease, scientists say. One new study...

Imperial College, Chelsea, Westminster Healthcare To Coordinate Trials.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... 2002 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Imperial College and Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust will be at the heart of vital worldwide research into vaccines to combat HIV. Thanks to a unique partnership with the International...

South African HIV Positive Mothers To Get Free Drug.(Brief Article)
January 7, 2002... 2002 JAN 7 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The South African government must provide free treatment to HIV positive pregnant women to reduce the risk of transmission of the virus to their babies, the country's high court has ruled. A single...

Healthy Patients With Low CD4 Counts May Retain High Natural Killer Cell Function.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - HIV patients who remain relatively healthy despite clinical signs of advanced disease may have enhanced nonspecific immune function, according to researchers...

Early Antiretroviral Efficacy Predicts Long-Term Success.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The long-term effectiveness of antiretroviral drugs can often be determined soon after the start of treatment, researchers in the United States argue. ...

Modified Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors Effective Against Resistant Viral Strains.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States say that they have improved the efficacy of a group of HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitors. "In an effort to elucidate a...

Isoniazid Requires Complements For Long-Term Protection.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - HIV patients recovering from tuberculosis should be treated with multiple drugs to ensure long-term protection from reinfection, researchers say. ...

Interleukins Can Be Effective Adjuvants For Mucosal Administration.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A group of proinflammatory cytokines may be useful as adjuvants for nasally administered HIV vaccines, researchers in the United States report. "Safe and...

HIV Enhances Risk For Hepatitis C When Sexual Transmission Sole Risk Factor.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Hoping to shed new light on the role of sexual transmission in hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections, medical investigators in Naples, Italy, have produced data...

Test Developed That Detects HIV As It Infects Normal Cells.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A fast, sensitive laboratory test that measures the molecular components involved during the critical moment when HIV infects a normal cell has been developed. The advance was made by researchers...

Atazanavir/Saquinavir Once-Daily Is Effective And Safe.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- New data show that the investigational protease inhibitor atazanavir can be used safely and effectively with saquinavir as part of a combination regimen in protease inhibitor-experienced HIV infected...

Injectable T-20 Provides Rapid And Potent Viral Suppression.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The first T-1249 human study shows potent viral suppression in patients resistant to current therapies. The first pediatric study provides an early indication that T-20 is likely to be well...

Lopinavir/Ritonavir Combination Avoids Resistance.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Data presented December 18, 2001, at the 41st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) held in Chicago, Illinois, shows drug resistance has yet to emerge in naive...

PRO 140 Produced Complete And Sustained Control Of Infection In Vivo.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc., reported that repeated doses of its experimental drug, PRO 140, reduced and then maintained viral loads at undetectable levels for the duration of therapy in a...

Structured Treatment Interruptions Evaluated In HIV Patients.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michelle Marble, senior medical writer - Structured treatment interruptions (STIs) of antiretroviral therapy in HIV infected patients were the source of several discussions at the 41st Annual...

Studies Highlight Promising Results In Drug Development.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Significant progress in the discovery and development of novel HIV therapeutics as well as the relevance of resistance testing systems in HIV management were highlighted by Tibotec-Virco scientists at...

Test Helps Doctors Find Better Treatment Options.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Dynacare, Inc., announced that it is now offering a new genotyping test to help doctors find better treatment options for their patients affected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The...

Doubly Infected Patients In High-Risk Environments Have Higher TB Recurrence Risk.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Patients infected with both tuberculosis and HIV have a heightened risk of tuberculosis recurrence when working in high-risk environments, researchers say. ...

Nef-Deleted Vaccine Strain Replicates In CD4 Cells.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A nef-deleted simian HIV (SIV) strain uses the same cells for replication as wild-type SIV, according to researchers in the United States and Europe. ...

South African Government Appeals Decision Forcing It To Supply Drug.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The South African government has challenged a court order to widen access to a key AIDS drug, saying the ruling may infringe on its constitutional right to determine policy. The Pretoria High...

New Data Show HIV Resistance Test May Be Useful In Early Failures.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Visible Genetics, Inc., (VGI) announced that data presented December 18, 2001, at the 41st Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy (ICAAC) held in Chicago, Illinois, indicate...

General Accounting Office Probes Tainted Medical Research.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Universities and federal health officials must do more to prevent financial conflicts that could taint biomedical research and harm human subjects, a congressional review says. The study by the...

6000 Florida AIDS Patients Will Have Care Reduced.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A special Medicaid program for 6000 of the state's sickest AIDS patients is facing a $10 million cut, nearly half its funding. Project AIDS Care is losing its funding as part of the more than $1...

Yale AIDS Research Program Receives $10.7 Million NIMH Grant.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Yale Center for Interdisciplinary Research on AIDS (CIRA), New Haven, Connecticut, has received a 5-year, $10.7 million grant from the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to add three...

NIAID, Merck To Collaborate On HIV Vaccine Development.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), the leading HIV research component of the United States government, has entered into an agreement with Merck & Co. to collaborate on...

Researchers Report Success Against Brain Disease In HIV Patient.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mayo Clinic researchers report the successful use of an antiviral drug to combat a brain disease that is responsible for death in as many as 5% of patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome...

Successful HAART Reduces Risk Of Pneumonia.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The summary of a National Heart, Lung Blood Institute-sponsored workshop on "Pulmonary Complications of HIV Infection" reported that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected individuals who respond...

HIV Doubles TB Caseload; Strong TB Treatment Program Could Curb Effect.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- University of California - Los Angeles researchers have discovered that the AIDS epidemic significantly amplifies tuberculosis (TB) outbreaks, often doubling the number and frequency of resulting TB...

AIDS Research Group to Share Drug Revenues With Samoan Village Healers.(Brief Article)
January 14, 2002... 2002 JAN 14 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The AIDS Research Alliance of America (ARA) has announced a landmark agreement to return 20% of any commercial revenues from an experimental but promising anti-HIV compound called prostratin to the...

Protease Inhibitors Aid Oral Candidiasis Treatment.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2002... 2002 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Protease inhibitor (PI)-based antiretroviral HIV treatment is the best option for patients suffering from oral candidiasis, researchers in Italy report. ...

Early Cytotoxic T-Cell Responses Characterized.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2002... 2002 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Vaccine researchers in the United States have shed new light on the early cytotoxic T-cell response to HIV infection. "Cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL)...

Epitope Affinity Enhancement Can Improve Vaccine Efficacy.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2002... 2002 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States have modified an HIV protein-based vaccine to improve its ability to trigger long-term immune responses. "Natural viral...

Study Finds Widespread Drug-Resistant HIV.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2002... 2002 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study reports that about half the people infected with HIV and under care in the U.S. harbor a strain of HIV that is resistant to at least one drug used to treat the disease. While previous...

HIV Aggravates Chronic Hepatitis C In Injection Drug Users.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2002... 2002 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Being coinfected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can worsen the symptoms of chronic hepatitis C in injection drug users, medical researchers have...

Strategic Planning Helps Outwit HIV Resistance.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2002... 2002 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A top HIV clinician is stating that strategic antiretroviral planning is more critical than ever in light of the rapidly increasing emergence of HIV superbugs. The doctor is a lead investigator in...

HIV Infection Prolongs Hepatitis A Viremia.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2002... 2002 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Infection with HIV has a significant impact on the course of hepatitis A, according to researchers in the United States and Japan. Setsuko Ida and...

Azithromycin Partially Effective For Mycobacterium Avium Prophylaxis.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2002... 2002 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The antibiotic azithromycin provides limited protection against Mycobacterium avium-induced illness in HIV patients failing highly active antiretroviral...

Zidovudine Resistance Mutations Increase Abacavir Resistance.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2002... 2002 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Mutations that confer zidovudine resistance to HIV strains can also confer or augment resistance to abacavir, possibly limiting choices for effective drug...

PAHO Calls For Consolidated Fight Against AIDS In Americas.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2002... 2002 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- National health systems in the Americas could improve the way they handle the AIDS epidemic, as well as the way they provide care to individuals who have the disease, according to guidelines from the...

China Says Rising Drug Addiction Is Fueling Crime, Spread Of AIDS.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2002... 2002 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The number of known drug addicts in China has topped 900,000, fueling crime and the spread of AIDS, state media reports. More than 30% of robberies are committed by addicts to pay for drugs, the...

UCSF Researchers Help Vietnamese Stem Tide Of AIDS Epidemic.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2002... 2002 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Like all good sisters, San Francisco, California, and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, are sharing solutions to a shared problem - in this case, the spread of HIV. While San Francisco has struggled to...

Lynx Enters AIDS Collaboration With Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.(Brief Article)
January 21, 2002... 2002 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lynx Therapeutics, Inc., (LYNX) has formed an AIDS research collaboration with Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (DFCI). The goal of this collaboration with Wayne A. Marasco, MD, PhD, a leading AIDS...

Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitors May Be Effective Against HIV Nephropathy.(Brief Article)
January 28, 2002... 2002 JAN 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in the United States say that cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors may be an effective treatment for patients with HIV related kidney dysfunction ...

DNA Prime With Sendai Virus Booster Effective.(Brief Article)
January 28, 2002... 2002 JAN 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A Sendai virus-based HIV vaccine is effective when administered after a DNA prime, according to researchers in Japan. "Heterologous prime/boost regimens...

Critical, Long-Term Study Begins For Best Treatment Approach.(Brief Article)
January 28, 2002... 2002 JAN 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A critical, long-term study to determine which of two common HIV treatment strategies ultimately is better has begun at 21 national locations and several sites in Australia. SMART, or Strategies...

Junior Doctors Are Not Well-Trained In Postexposure Prophylaxis.(Brief Article)
January 28, 2002... 2002 JAN 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Young doctors in England are not familiar with techniques for preventing HIV infection after exposure, researchers say. Dr. Marcus Y. Chen and colleagues...

Rinsing Contaminated Syringes With Water, Bleach Kills HIV.(Brief Article)
January 28, 2002... 2002 JAN 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Despite reports to the contrary, clean water and full strength bleach remain an effective means for injection drug users to disinfect syringes contaminated with the HIV virus, a Yale study has found....

Pre-IND Tests Reveal No Systemic Adverse Effects From MDI-P.(Brief Article)
January 28, 2002... 2002 JAN 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Medical Discoveries, Inc., (MDI) announced that test results from WIL Research Laboratories have indicated that MDI-P, Medical Discoveries' proprietary AIDS drug, produced no systemic toxicity in...

Data Suggest AIDSVAX B/B Induces Broad Immune Response To Common Subtypes.(Brief Article)
January 28, 2002... 2002 JAN 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- VaxGen, Inc., announced that published findings suggest it's HIV/AIDS vaccine, AIDSVAX B/B, induces antibodies to the five most common HIV subtypes. The article, by Sandra A. Lee and coauthors of...

GenVec, Inc., U.S. NIAID Partner To Develop AIDS Prevention Vaccines.(Brief Article)
January 28, 2002... 2002 JAN 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- GenVec, Inc., announced January 10, 2002, that it has signed a letter contract authorizing it to commence work for the Vaccine Research Center at the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious...

Antiretroviral Therapy With Folate Antagonists Raises Risk Of Birth Defects.(Brief Article)
January 28, 2002... 2002 JAN 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Exposure to multiple HIV medicines in utero can increase the risk of birth defects, researchers in the United Kingdom have found. Eva P. Jungmann and...

Mucosal Administration Can Improve Vaccine Efficacy.(Brief Article)
January 28, 2002... 2002 JAN 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Mucosal administration of HIV vaccines can improve the protection they offer, researchers in the United States report. Igor M. Belyakov and colleagues at...

IPPF/WHR Announces Award For Journalists.(Brief Article)
January 28, 2002... 2002 JAN 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The International Planned Parenthood Federation, Western Hemisphere Region Inc., (IPPF/WHR) is launching its annual competition for the Rosa Cisneros Memorial Information Award. This award grants...

Multikine Drug Safely Used In HIV/Human Papillomavirus Infected Woman.(Brief Article)
January 28, 2002... 2002 JAN 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CEL-SCI Corporation announced that a presentation on CEL-SCI's immunotherapy drug, Multikine, by scientists from the Institute of Human Virology (IHV) at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, was...

California State Budget Takes Care Of HIV/AIDS Programs.(Brief Article)
January 28, 2002... 2002 JAN 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) applauds Governor Gray Davis' commitment to HIV/AIDS programs reflected in his budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2002-2003. "Considering the tough economic...

Survey Finds Majority Support Rights To Euthanasia And Doctor-Assisted Suicide.(Brief Article)
January 28, 2002... 2002 JAN 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a recent Harris poll, most adults continue to favor the right to euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide. When read a brief description of the Oregon proposition, allowing...

California Governor Announces Proposed Definition of HIV/AIDS Specialist.(Brief Article)
January 28, 2002... 2002 JAN 28 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- AIDS Project Los Angeles (APLA) has announced the definition of an HIV Specialist proposed by Governor Gray Davis and the California Department of Managed Health Care. On October 14, 2001, Gov....