2008 Online News Briefs

Online News Briefs November 2008 #1

• Starbucks, Bono and Red join forces to fight AIDS in Africa
• Breaks from HIV regimens could lead to death
• Earlier treatment of HIV decreases risk of death, study finds
• Prezista granted traditional approval and for use in treatment-naïve
• Mississippi State AIDS Director fails to apply for CDC funding for prevention with MSM
• Treatment Action Group launches new website

Online News Briefs October 2008 #2

• TPAN Executive Director departs, Interim Director appointed
• Researchers responsible for discovering HIV awarded Nobel Prize for Medicine
• Prezista 300 mg tablet being phased out
• Merck to study once-daily raltegravir dosing, participants wanted
• Studies show maraviroc effective against resistant virus

Online News Briefs October 2008 #1

• Spread of HIV began decades earlier than once thought, a new study finds
• Homeland Security makes it easier for HIV-positive people to visit the U.S.
• North Carolina to screen existing and incoming inmates for HIV
• Scientists develop nipple shield to prevent HIV transmission during breastfeeding
• SurvivorshipAtoZ.org

Online News Briefs September 2008 #2

• Technical difficulties at TPAN/PA
• Proteins that provide immunity against HIV among commercial sex workers in Kenya identified
• Herpes drug may also work against HIV, study finds
• CDC officials say an additional $4.8 billion is needed to reduce annual number of new infections
• Tibotec solicits proposals for new HIV treatment education initiative
• Texas emergency HIV medicine information
• AIDS Institute launches National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day during USCA

Online News Briefs September 2008 #1

• CDC cuts funding for advanced HIV monitoring system in eight states and Puerto Rico
• Study finds HIV spreading in NYC at about three times the national rate
• People living with HIV may be at increased risk of bone fractures, study finds
• Study finds that HAART may increase the risk of asthma in young children
• Ever experience Condom Induced Erectile Dysfunction??

Online News Briefs August 2008 #2

• Update on the 17th International AIDS Conference
• HIV incidence rate 40% higher than previous estimate, CDC reveals
• Ever experience Condom Induced Erectile Dysfunction??

Online News Briefs August 2008 #1

• People with HIV still barred from entering the U.S.
• Fair Pricing Coalition announces campaign results
• President Bush signs bill to triple funds for AIDS

Online News Briefs July 2008 #1

• PA Editor Jeff Berry on Sirius Radio
• CDC report shows 12% annual increase in HIV diagnosis among MSM ages 13-24
• People with HIV face increased risk of deep vein clotting, study suggests
• HIV/AIDS cases on the rise among adults ages 50 and older in Georgia and Florida

Online News Briefs June 2008 #2

• Promising new drug suffers major setback
• NYC health clinics stop use of oral HIV tests due to false positives
• NAPWA and OraSure launch Mayors Campaign Against HIV
• Abbott responds to recently unsealed documents regarding Norvir price hike
• Analysis finds AIDS-related deaths in Washington, D.C. underreported by more than half
• Northern California colleges ban campus blood drives due to FDA’s policies on MSM

Online News Briefs June 2008 #1

• Recent study compares standard antiretroviral combinations
• Female hormone may protect men against HIV infection, researchers say
• Utah AIDS Foundation rejects federal prevention dollars
• Proposal put forth requiring HIV testing for marriage licenses in the capitol

Online News Briefs May 2008 #2

• Former Illinois State Representative and community advocate dies
• Another Peace Corp volunteer comes out about being ousted due to status
• Newly-unsealed documents shed light on Norvir price hike
• Study finds that most HIV cases can be traced to transmission of a single virus
• Pfizer issues Dear Healthcare Professional Letter regarding Viracept

Online News Briefs May 2008 #1

• Peace Corp volunteer forbidden to serve when diagnosed HIV-positive
• Study finds that adverse events of antiretroviral therapy differ by race and gender
• Suppressing human protein in T-cells reduces HIV’s ability to get in, study shows
• Observing clinical symptoms just as good as laboratory tests, says WHO
• New Madonna movie looks at AIDS crisis in African country

Online News Briefs April 2008 #2

• ADAP lists practically eliminated, report says
• Obama and Clinton pledge allegiance to the fight against HIV/AIDS
• Prisons largely responsible for the spread of HIV in North Carolina, say black religious leaders and public health officials
• TPAN, AFC launch new website to assist the newly-diagnosed
• New program offers electronic medication reminders

Online News Briefs April 2008 #1

• Controversy over CDC’s 2006 HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report
• CHAMP declares CDC’s HIV “Heightened National Response” for African Americans chaotic and underfunded
• FDA to review the safety of abacavir and didanosine
• Public health workers respond to CDC study regarding teenagers and STIs

Online News Briefs March 2008 #2

• Legislation that would repeal an act requiring students to report their HIV status rejected by Illinois House
• Lifting of U.S. HIV/AIDS-related travel restrictions in the works
• Tibotec warns of liver damage associated with Prezista
• Merck grants license to IRMA for development of potential microbicide
• National STD Prevention Conference tells the tale of alarming STD rates among young Americans

Online News Briefs March 2008

• The 12th Annual HIV Drug Guide from Positively Aware is now available
• Is Epzicom as effective for people with high viral loads, ACTG study asks?
• Selzentry shows potential for use in PEP
• FDA approves 600 mg tablet of Prezista
• Policy that disqualifies HIV-positive people from entering Foreign Service changed by U.S. State Department
• Legislation that would require people convicted of intentionally spreading HIV to register as sex offenders approved by South Dakota House

Online News Briefs January 2008

• FDA grants approval for Intelence
• BMS raises prices, Fair Pricing Coalition responds
• Study shows drug-resistant strain of MRSA spreading through MSM communities in San Francisco and Boston
• HIV infection rates rise among young MSM in NYC
• Track the presidential candidates on health care

2007 Online News Briefs