AIDS Weekly articles from June 2001

AIDS Weekly archives from June 2001

Transcellular Route Used For HIV Endothelial Penetration.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... 2001 JUN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - HIV can slip past endothelial cell barriers to the brain and heart, although its infectivity, once across, is limited, U.S. researchers report in Molecular...

Proteins In African HIV Strains Interact Differently With Drugs.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... 2001 JUN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Naturally-occurring genetic variations in HIV-A and HIV-C, the two subtypes of HIV prevalent in Africa, make it harder for inhibitory drugs to bind to the protease, a key protein involved in viral...

Genotypic-Resistance Testing Effective.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... 2001 JUN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Genotypic-resistance testing (GRT) can successfully point doctors to effective antiretroviral drugs for HIV treatment, according to researchers in Germany....

Methadone Promotes HIV Infection In Cell Culture.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... 2001 JUN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Methadone, the drug that is widely used in drug treatment centers to treat heroin addicts, stimulates HIV infection of human immune cells studied in cell cultures, according to immunology...

Cyclophilin A Necessary For HIV Infectivity.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... 2001 JUN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Cyclophilin A is crucial for efficient HIV infection of cells, according to a recent study. "The [HIV-1] Gag polyprotein binds most members of the...

Mucosal Immunoglobin A Blocks Epithelial HIV Penetration.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... 2001 JUN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - HIV movement through epithelial cell layers apparently is prevented by secretory immunoglobin A (IgA). "As one of the initial mucosal transmission...

Young HIV Patients At Risk For Enlarged Aortic Root.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... 2001 JUN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Children infected with HIV are at risk for enlargement of the aortic root, a problem becoming more prevalent as new treatments prolong their lives, Mt....

Inflammatory Substances Play Important Role.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... 2001 JUN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Mediators of inflammation are heavily involved in the development and progression of HIV related encephalitis, researchers in New York report. ...

Substance P Antagonist Blocks R5 HIV Cell Entry.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... 2001 JUN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Pennsylvania say that CP-96,345, a nonpeptide substance P antagonist, can prevent some strains of HIV from invading uninfected cells. ...

Trinidad Strikes Deal With Pharmaceutical Firms For Cheap Drugs.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... 2001 JUN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Trinidad's government has worked out a deal with GlaxoSmithKline to provide the Caribbean nation with AIDS drugs at a 90% discounted rate. GlaxoSmithKline district manager Anthony Whitehall...

Clinic Reports Increase In Oral Warts In Patients On HAART.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... 2001 JUN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A six-fold increase in prevalence of oral warts assessed in an HIV related dental clinic is likely to be a complication of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), University of California, San...

L-Glutamine And Antioxidant Therapy Effective Against HIV Associated Weight Loss.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... 2001 JUN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Patients suffering from HIV induced weight loss can be successfully and cost-effectively treated with a combination of antioxidants and the amino acid...

Phase I Vaccine Trial Set To Begin In Women With HIV And/Or Human Papillomavirus.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... 2001 JUN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Institute of Human Virology (IHV), at the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, is set to begin Phase I clinical trials on Multikine, a drug produced in Baltimore, Maryland, by Cel-Sci...

HIV Patients Use CAM Very Often Without Physician Knowledge.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... 2001 JUN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Complementary or alternative medicine (CAM) is commonly used in disease management, especially among cancer patients. A new study on the use of CAM in HIV infected children and adults reveals that...

Institute of Human Virology, Harvard School of Public Health Join Forces in Nigeria.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... 2001 JUN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Institute of Human Virology (IHV), a center of the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, has joined the Nigeria AIDS Prevention Initiative of the Harvard School of Public Health...

Nef Allows For Selective Apoptosis Of Bystander Cells.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... 2001 JUN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in California say that they have shown how HIV can induce programmed cell death in healthy T cells without provoking a similar suicide in...

Number Of AIDS/HIV Cases Falling In Cambodia.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... 2001 JUN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cambodia is one of the few countries in the world where the HIV/AIDS epidemic appears to have slowed, a United Nations (U.N.)-sponsored workshop has concluded. The workshop attributed the...

International Olympic Committee To Donate $100,000 to UN for AIDS Fight.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... 2001 JUN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Juan Antonio Samaranch, the president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), announced on May 8, 2001, at United Nations Headquarters that the IOC would donate $100,000 to the United Nations...

Water Rinses As Effective As Bleach In Eliminating Virus From Needles.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... 2001 JUN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Injecting drug users who can't use new, sterile syringes should at least try to reduce the chance of HIV transmission by cleaning shared needles with water and/or bleach. This doesn't eliminate...

Midkine Inhibits In Vitro Infection Of HIV.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... 2001 JUN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in France have shown that midkine, a human cytokine, can protect cells from HIV infection. "The growth factor midkine... has been reported...

Rise In Cases Suggests Safe-Sex Practices Are Ignored.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... 2001 JUN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A rise in the number of new syphilis cases in Massachusetts during 2000, particularly among gay men, has state health officials worried that safe sex practices are slipping. Last year's 43%...

Tat Protein, Component Of HIV Vaccines, Has Been Successfully Produced In Spinach.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2001... 2001 JUN 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The success of combating AIDS in the most affected and least developed parts of the world will ultimately depend upon logistics and economics of vaccine production and delivery in a harsh and very...

Cross-Tolerance Risk Depends On Protease Inhibitor.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... 2001 JUN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Some protease inhibitors are much more likely to induce HIV susceptibility to their cousins after unsuccessful use, according to AIDS researchers in...

Patients May Be Most Infectious During Primary HIV Infection.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... 2001 JUN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have discovered high levels of HIV in the saliva, spinal fluid, semen and vaginal fluid, as well as in the blood, of patients newly infected by the virus. They believe their work...

Cyanovirin-N Targets High-Mannose Oligosaccharides.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... 2001 JUN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The algae-derived protein cyanovirin-N (CV-N) specifically targets high-mannose oligosaccharides on the HIV envelope, researchers in the United States...

Serious Liver Toxicity Can Be A Side Effect Of AIDS Therapy.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... 2001 JUN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A retrospective study encompassing 21 clinical trials and 9,003 adult AIDS patients has found that 10% of patients experienced serious liver toxicity as a side effect of AIDS treatment. The...

HIV-1(+) Mothers And Their Children At Increased Risk Of Death In Less-Developed Countries.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... 2001 JUN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV-1 infected mothers in less-developed countries who breastfeed their infants could be more than three times more likely to die within two years of giving birth compared with mothers who use...

Survey Finds Specialists More Likely To Recommend Appropriate Care.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... 2001 JUN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Generalist physicians and those with little experience caring for HIV/AIDS patients need expert advice for the increasingly complex process of treating them, suggest the results of a survey of...

Early Data On Once-Daily Saquinavir Plus Mini-Dose Ritonavir Presented.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... 2001 JUN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Data from four ongoing studies examining tolerability and antiviral activity with once-daily dosing of Roche's protease inhibitor Fortovase(R) (saquinavir) plus a mini-dose of another protease...

Kappa-Opioid Receptor Ligands Show Therapeutic Benefit.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... 2001 JUN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Kappa-opioid receptor ligands can potently inhibit HIV expression in infected CD4 cells, study findings show. "Synthetic kappa-opioid receptor (KOR)...

Study Finds Significant Gender Differences In Risk Factors For HIV Infection Among Injection Drug Users.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... 2001 JUN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Significant differences exist in the risk factors men and women face for contracting human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), according to researchers at the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of...

Organization Launches National HIV Prevention Project.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... 2001 JUN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth & and Families has announced a new approach to HIV prevention in the wake of alarming new epidemiologic statistics on HIV infection among young, gay men,...

Whole Blood Should Be Used For Viral Load Determination.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... 2001 JUN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Whole blood samples are far superior to serum samples for measuring Epstein-Barr viral load, particularly in HIV and transplant patients, pathologists say....

Tat Protein Inhibits Microglia Cyclic AMP Synthesis.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... 2001 JUN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Neurobiologists in Italy say the HIV Tat protein can block microglia production of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), a process that may mediate some...

HIV Progression Measures Affect Growth In Boys.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... 2001 JUN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Extensive HIV infection and low numbers of immune cells can retard growth in adolescent male hemophiliacs. M.W. Hilgartner and colleagues at New York...

Add 'Infotherapy' To Your List Of Medical Terms.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... 2001 JUN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NewsRx Network, Atlanta, Georgia, the leading provider of life science databases and daily and weekly health news, now has coined a new medical word: "infotherapy." The new word is the...

Strategy Is Becoming More Common For Preventing HIV Transmission.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... 2001 JUN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A survey has found that syringe exchange programs are an increasingly common HIV prevention approach that offer a range of public health services in addition to syringe exchange. According to...

Cytokines Mediate Hyperalgesia Induced By HIV Envelope Protein.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... 2001 JUN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Inflammatory cytokines underlie the intense pain provoked by spinal exposure to the HIV envelope protein gp120, psychologists report. "Perispinal...

Chemotherapy With Antiretroviral Treatment Effective For HIV Patients.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... 2001 JUN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers say combining full-dose chemotherapy and potent antiretroviral treatments is safe and effective for managing HIV associated non-Hodgkin's...

Africa's First Ladies Commit To Action On AIDS At Summit.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... 2001 JUN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The First Ladies Summit on Children and HIV/AIDS in Rwanda, attended by the wives of African leaders and representatives of 16 sub-Saharan African nations, agreed to push for strategies and...

Soft Tissue Infections Are A Major Health Problem Among Injection Drug Users.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... 2001 JUN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bacterial soft tissue infections (abscesses and cellulitis), primarily among injection drug users (IDUs), are among the most common reasons for admission to San Francisco General Hospital,...

Study Suggests Increased Likelihood That Heroin Users Will Inject The Drug.(Brief Article)
June 11, 2001... 2001 JUN 11 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Addiction treatment data from New Jersey suggest a substantial increase in the likelihood that young heroin users will inject the drug. This apparent increase reverses a 15-year decline in...

Homozygosity For HLA Allele Confers Protection.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... 2001 JUN 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - HIV patients homozygous for a class of human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B alleles display natural suppression of viral replication and resistance to AIDS...

Drug-Resistant HIV Allows Body To Continue Producing Virus-Fighting Cells.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... 2001 JUN 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV that has become resistant to powerful drugs called protease inhibitors may not be a dire sign of decline after all, researchers from the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology at the...

Early Antiretroviral Treatment Slows Progression To AIDS.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... 2001 JUN 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Early treatment of HIV infection using potent antiretroviral drugs reduces the risk of progression to full-blown AIDS, new research confirms. ...

Interleukin-2 Immunotherapy Effective With Infrequent Dosing.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... 2001 JUN 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The T-cell-activating cytokine interleukin (IL)-2 effectively increases immune cell counts in HIV patients, but increasing dose frequency past the current...

Incidence Rising Among HIV Patients.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... 2001 JUN 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Anal squamous cell cancer is becoming more common among HIV patients and may represent a new AIDS-defining disease, researchers in the United States warn....

Altering HIV Mutation Patterns May Prevent Drug Resistance.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... 2001 JUN 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Researchers in Belgium have altered the mutation patterns of HIV in some infected cultures, possibly paving the way for techniques to prevent the...

Nucleoside Analog Family Effective Against Resistant Strains.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... 2001 JUN 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - A group of nucleoside analogs has shown great potential for fighting drug-resistant strains of HIV, researchers report. "A series of 4'-ethynyl (4'-E)...

Prodrug May Increase T Cells In Patients Treated With Antivirals.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... 2001 JUN 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The Immune Response Corp. (IMNR) has published data from a 15-patient, open-label research study suggesting that treatment with Remune(TM) (HIV-1 Immunogen) may increase the number of patients'...

Single Calanolide A Doses Safe For Humans.(HIV inhibitor being developed from Calophyllum lanigerum, Malaysian rain forest tree)(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... 2001 JUN 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The HIV inhibitor calanolide A appears to be safe for use in humans. "(+)-Calanolide A is a novel, naturally occurring, nonnucleoside inhibitor of...

T-Cell Receptor Excision Circles Help Evaluate Pediatric Response.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... 2001 JUN 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Measuring levels of T-cell receptor gene rearrangement excision circles (TRECs) in pediatric HIV patients can be helpful in determining their response to...

WHO Adopts Weakened Statement.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... 2001 JUN 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The World Health Organization (WHO) during May 2001 stopped short of approving radical proposals for wider international access to cheap HIV/AIDS drugs. Those proposals, raised by Brazil, had...

HIV Positive Women At High Risk For Pre-Cancerous Lesions.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... 2001 JUN 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- HIV positive women are three times more likely than other women to develop lesions that can lead to anal cancer, new research shows. The greater risk is due at least in part to weakened immune...

HIV Prevalence Among Male-to-Female Transgender Persons Is High.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... 2001 JUN 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An epidemiologic study has found that prevalence of HIV is high - 35% - among male-to-female transgender persons. Doctors can provide important assistance to this population, the study's...

Nucleic Acid Extraction Automation Improves Speed, Cost.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... 2001 JUN 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Full automation of nucleic acid extraction from blood samples is now possible with little or no loss in subsequent testing accuracy. "Automation of...

New Study Sees HIV Rates Jump.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... 2001 JUN 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Social worker Anthony McWilliams says he sees it every day - a new generation of gays and bisexuals numb from years of endless AIDS statistics and warnings about the epidemic. "It becomes...

Study Shows Transmission Of Resistant HIV Strains From Mother To Child.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... 2001 JUN 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- ViroLogic, Inc. (VLGC) has published a new study that documents the transmission of multi-drug-resistant HIV from mother to child. According to the researchers, the study findings, which were...

AIDS In Africa Has Potential To Affect Human Evolution.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... 2001 JUN 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- If anyone doubts that epidemics can affect the course of human evolution, take a look at AIDS. Three biologists from the University of California, Berkeley, show in the May 31, 2001, issue of...

Rates Increasing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... 2001 JUN 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that rates of gonorrhea infection increased three-fold in the period from 1992 to 1999 among men who have sex with men. Using...

Ceftriaxone Reduces Fever In HIV And Blood-Cancer Patients.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... 2001 JUN 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The antibiotic ceftriaxone ameliorates fevers related to HIV infection or blood-based cancers in an outpatient setting, researchers in Germany report. ...

Chloroquine Prevents Fungal Infection.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... 2001 JUN 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The antimalaria drug chloroquine can be used to help prevent and treat Penicillium marneffei infections, commonly seen in HIV patients living in developing...

Vaccine Protects Against Array Of HIV Strains.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... 2001 JUN 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- VaxGen, Inc. (VXGN) presented laboratory data at a scientific conference indicating that the company's HIV/AIDS vaccine induces immune responses capable of preventing infection from a broader array...

Injection Drug Users In Dublin, Ireland, Continue To Share Needles.(Brief Article)
June 18, 2001... 2001 JUN 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Despite efforts to educate people about the hazards of needle sharing, young injection drug users in Dublin, Ireland, continue to borrow needles from...

Study Finds Saquinavir Inferior To Other Protease Inhibitors.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... 2001 JUN 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The protease inhibitor saquinavir appears to provide less control of HIV infection than its cousins do, researchers in Europe report. Ole Kirk and...

Deadly Assault On Immune Cells Chronicled In Step-By-Step Account Of Viral Invasion.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... 2001 JUN 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Using sophisticated post-genomic technology, a team of researchers has looked deep within the body's immune cells and recorded the molecular events triggered by invasion of the human...

Protease Inhibitors Hasten Growth In Children.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... 2001 JUN 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Protease inhibitor therapy can improve the growth rate of children whose development has been hampered by HIV infection, pediatricians in New York report....

UN Says HIV/AIDS Epidemic Is Still In Early Stages.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... 2001 JUN 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- On the 20(th) anniversary of the first published report on AIDS, United Nations experts warned on June 5, 2001, that in many countries the epidemic is still in its early stages. "HIV is...

Women More Susceptible To Drug-Induced Dyslipidemia.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... 2001 JUN 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Female HIV patients display much more pronounced metabolic disturbances than men after initiation of antiretroviral therapy, researchers in Austria say....

Hyperactivation May Cause Premature B-Cell Death.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... 2001 JUN 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - The decline in B-cell counts often seen in patients infected with HIV may be due to terminal exhaustion on the part of these cells, researchers in Sweden...

Heterophil Antibodies Can Corrupt Results.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... 2001 JUN 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Antibodies that react to specific proteins from multiple animal species may be the cause of many inaccurate HIV test results, researchers in the United...

Kenyan Parliament Opens Debate On Cheaper Drugs.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... 2001 JUN 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The fight for cheaper AIDS drugs has moved to Kenya's parliament with the introduction of a bill that would allow the suspension of patents in order to gain access to generic drugs. Key...

Nelfinavir Desensitization Possible.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... 2001 JUN 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - HIV patients who suffer from severe rashes after nelfinavir treatment can be desensitized to the protease inhibitor as with other allergens, researchers in...

Uganda Officials Say HIV Vaccine Could Be Available In Five To Seven Years.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... 2001 JUN 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a June 5, 2001, statement by the Uganda AIDS Commission (UAC), an HIV vaccine may be available to Ugandans in five to seven years. The Monitor newspaper reported that "UAC's...

New CDC Study Finds High Rates Of HIV Infection Among Young Gay And Bisexual Men.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... 2001 JUN 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released new data showing that 4.4% of young men who have sex with men (MSM), 23-29 years of age - and 14.7% of African-American MSM in...

Two-Thirds Of Sexually Active Thai Teens Don't Use Condoms, Other Contraception.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... 2001 JUN 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Two-thirds of sexually active teenagers in Thailand do not use contraception despite the country's high rate of HIV/AIDS infections, according to a new survey. Only 34.9% of schoolchildren 12...

Blood Centers Should Not Become Lax In Screening Repeat Donors.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... 2001 JUN 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Frequent donations by repeat blood donors do not lessen the possibility for transmission of bloodborne viruses. As a result, investigators suggest...

AIDS Activists Decry Proposal To Require Names-Based Testing.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... 2001 JUN 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A regulation that would require Pennsylvania residents who test positive for HIV to be listed by name in a state database would discourage thousands of people from being tested because of...

U.S. Agency Launches Investigation Of Counterfeit Drugs.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... 2001 JUN 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating three counterfeit drugs that have appeared on the U.S. market. The agency and the manufacturers of the real drugs that are being...

Up To 95% Of HIV(+) Probably Ignorant Of Their Status.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... 2001 JUN 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Up to 95% of people infected with HIV in developing countries probably do not know they are carriers, making investment in preventing the virus from spreading crucial, UNAIDS executive director...

Eastern Europe Hit Hard by HIV/AIDS.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... 2001 JUN 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Eastern Europe and former Soviet republics are being overwhelmed by a surge in AIDS cases, an organizer of a regional conference on fighting the disease said on June 13, 2001. "The countries...

Tuberculosis Kills 55 People Each Day In Vietnam.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... 2001 JUN 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tuberculosis (TB) kills about 20,000 people every year in Vietnam. About 145,000 people, including 20,000 children, contract TB each year out of a population of 78 million, said Nguyen Viet Co,...

Bush Administration Pledges Support For U.S. AIDS Programs.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... 2001 JUN 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. government will give substantial amounts of money to local religious, community, and government groups that fight HIV/AIDS, federal officials report. The Bush administration has been...

Cervical Cancer Incidence Increasing Among Women With HIV.(Brief Article)
June 25, 2001... 2001 JUN 25 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Michael Greer, senior medical writer - Unlike other AIDS-defining illnesses, the prevalence of invasive cervical cancer among HIV(+) women has risen during the era of antiretroviral therapy. ...