2009 Online News Briefs
Online News Briefs November 2009 #2
- Research Shows Neighborhoods Where AIDS Treatments Lag
- New Epidemic - Hepatitis C Infection In HIV-infected Men
- New Life-Saver for HIV Patients: Transplants
- Bold New Strategy to Stop AIDS
Online News Briefs November 2009 #1
- New HIV Company ViiV Healthcare Launches
- U.S. Travel Ban Lifted
- Sperm May Play Leading Role In Transmitting HIV
- Kentucky AIDS Patients Face Longest ADAP Waiting List
Online News Briefs October 2009 #4
- HIV Care Providers Applaud Congress for Extension of Ryan White CARE Act
- Senate Passes Hate Crimes Prevention Act
- Formatech, Inc. Donates Services to Formulate and Fill Geovax’s HIV/AIDS Vaccine
- Feelings of Stigmatization May Result in Negative Health Outcomes for HIV-positive People
- Find Positively Aware at USCA
Online News Briefs October 2009 #3
- Serostim CoPay Assistance Program Announced
- Results of Recent HIV Vaccine Clinical Trial Questioned
- NASTAD Reports on ADAP Waiting ListsStudy Highlights HIV/AIDS
- AIDS Activists Call Bloomberg Out
- Lipstick Color Created for World AIDS Day to Benefit South Carolina ASO
Online News Briefs October 2009 #2
- Boehringer Ingelheim Launches Co-Pay Rebate Program for Viramune
- Senate Committee Votes to Restore Abstinence Education Money
- San Francisco Could Lose Up to $5.3 Million in AIDS Funding
- Study Highlights HIV/AIDS Challenges in U.S. Prison System
- Engineered T-cell Receptor Trial Opens
Online News Briefs October 2009 #1
- Senate Renews Ryan White CARE Act
- New Program for the Post-Incarcerated
- Cuts in AIDS Treatment Program Could Endanger Utahns
- Illinois Medicaid Requires Referrals from Primary Care Providers
Online News Briefs September 2009 #5
- Take Action NOW!
- HIV Vaccine Study First to Show Some Effectiveness in Preventing HIV
- Rally at National Equality March to Galvanize LGBT Community
- Hepatitis C Therapy May Affect Men’s Sex Lives
Online News Briefs September 2009 #4
- Proposal to Add HIV Tests to Medicare's List of Covered Preventive Services
- Once-Daily, Unboosted Integrase Inhibitor Evaluated in Phase 1-2a Study
- FDA Approves Abbott Labs Blood Test
Online News Briefs September 2009 #3
- AIDS Activists Issue Grades to Drug Companies
- Rush University Medical Center Gets Grant for AIDS Research Center
- The HIV/AIDS Crisis in Florida
- NIH Grant Supports HIV Vaccine Research at U.C. Santa Cruz
- Positively Aware “HIV Basics: What You Should Know” Available Now
Online News Briefs September 2009 #2
- New Intelence Warning
- Bill Proposes Mandatory HIV Testing for D.C. Inmates
- Vaccine Researchers Find Two New Antibodies
- HIV-positives Advised to Get Swine Flu Vaccine
Online News Briefs September 2009 #1
- White House Announces HIV/AIDS Community Discussion Forums
- Sebelius Names Chair of Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
- University of Illinois at Chicago Receives Grant to Study AIDS Nutrition
- Sioux City, Iowa Health Center Profiled
- Former Drug Dealers Become HIV Counselors
Online News Briefs August 2009 #5
- Mr. Stroger Goes to Halsted
Online News Briefs August 2009 #4
- Researchers Use Synthetic Protein to Block HIV In Laboratory Experiment
- South Carolina Congressman Discusses HIV/AIDS During Town Hall Meeting
- CDC Report Shows 10% Drop In Overall HIV-Related Death Rate
Online News Briefs August 2009 #3
- Shionogi-GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals to Revise Protocol for a Clinical Study of S/GSK1349572
- AIDS Healthcare Foundation Announces “LOVE Condoms” Campaign
- Alabama Will Allow HIV-Positive Inmates To Participate In Work Release Programs
Online News Briefs August 2009 #2
- Illinois Budget Keeps Most Funding For HIV/AIDS Services Intact
- HIV/AIDS Advocates Gather In San Francisco To Protest State Funding Cuts
- Scientists Decode HIV Genome
- Study of Microbicide to Prevent HIV in Women
- Scientists Discover New Strain of HIV Closely Related To Simian Virus
Online News Briefs August 2009 #1
- Illinois Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Center for AIDS Prevention
- House Passes Bill – Ban on Needle Exchange Funding Lifted
- Clinical Trial Investigates Drug's Ability to Reduce HIV in Body
- Breastfeeding Breakthrough
- Justice Department Improves Occupational Training/Licensing Guidelines
Online News Briefs July 2009 #4
- Berry “Out of Africa”
- HIV/AIDS Community Gains Another Ally
- Abstinence-Only Fails Mississippi
- Progress on Needle Exchange
- Study Examines Gender Differences in Immune Response to HIV
Online News Briefs July 2009 #3
- Gilead Announces Agreement with Tibotec to Develop One-Daily, Fixed Dose Drug
- New Findings Offer Hope for Vaccine Development
- Flowers Heritage Foundation Donates Condoms to Non-Profit Organizations
- Protestors Arrested While Demanding AIDS Funding
- Federal Appeals Court Rejects Lawsuit Against Abbott Over HIV/AIDS Drug Price Hike
Online News Briefs July 2009 #2
- FDA Approves Expanded Use of Isentress
- Stories Needed to Advocate for Federal Health Care Reform
- Proposal to Remove Ban on HIV-Positive Foreigners' Entry
- Wilson Discusses HIV/AIDS at Newspaper Conference
- Social Networks Help Encourage HIV Testing
Online News Briefs July 2009 #1
- “Greater Than AIDS” Initiative Announced
- New Orleans Sees Alarming Number of New HIV Infections
- Obama Administration Supports HIV Testing
- Center for AIDS Prevention Investigated
- Alcohol Consumption May Interfere with HAART
Online News Briefs June 2009 #4
- TPAN Receives Grant to Expand POWER Program
- Women’s Conference in Chicago
- AIDS Foundation of Chicago Moves to New Home
- HIVMA Supports Public Plan Option
- A Fair Price for the Norvir Tablet?
Online News Briefs June 2009 #3
- Possible New Way to Fight HIV Discovered
- 25 for 25 Charity Drive Nets $5,700
- NIH Grants $3 Million for Research into HIV-Related Cognitive Dysfunction
- New HIV Documentary Movie “Sex Positive” Focuses on Three Men Who Made a Difference
Online News Briefs June 2009 #2
- IAS Investigates Washington D.C. as Host of 2012 International AIDS Conference
- Boy with AIDS Survives, Triumphs
- CDC Issues Fact Sheet on Oral Sex, HIV Transmission
- AHF Announces Testing Caravan
- Cable Positive Foundation Funds Anti-Stigma Campaign
Online News Briefs June 2009 #1
- Elite Controller Study Announced
- Research Shows Gene Therapy Controls HIV
- Pfizer Announces Assistance Program
- CHAMP Calls for Grassroots Action!
Online News Briefs May 2009 #2
- Obama Picks New York City DOH Commissioner Tom Frieden for C.D.C. Director
- Obama budget short on AIDS funding
- Green Tea Offers Hope for Vaginal Gel
- HPV Vaccine Potential for Young MSM
- Pediatric warning on Testim and Androgel
Online News Briefs May 2009 #1
- Windy City Media Group launches LGBT, HIV/AIDS charity drive
- Obama budget a disappointment for needle exchange supporters
- Kaiser Family Foundation findings on U.S. perception of HIV/AIDS
- BMS and Gilead introduce Atripla co-pay assistance program
- In memoriam
Online News Briefs April 2009 #2
- GSK and Pfizer announce joint company
- Three VA patients test positive for HIV as a result of contaminated equipment
- BMS launches co-pay assistance program
- Prisons creating HIV time-bomb
Online News Briefs April 2009 #1
- CDC launches new communication campaign to fight AIDS
- Jack Mackenroth joins Poz I Am Internet radio show
- U.S. Reps. introduce bill to expand Medicaid coverage to low-income HIV-positive people
- Controlling viral load does not necessarily result in decreases in drug-resistant virus, study shows
Online News Briefs March 2009 #2
- New female condom approved
- House passes Stop AIDS in Prison Act
- HIV found in semen despite undetectable blood levels
- Idaho man faces life in prison for knowingly spreading HIV
- Washington, D.C. mayor and health officials tackle HIV epidemic
Online News Briefs March 2009 #1
- PA Editor Jeff Berry appointed co-chair of ATAC Drug Development Committee
- Obama names new director for Office of National AIDS Policy
- Draft legislation in Congress proposes flat funding to CDC for HIV prevention efforts
- WHO approves first generic, heat-stable version of Kaletra
- Long-term couples survey update
Online News Briefs February 2009 #2
- Makers of Androgel taken to court for attempting to block generics
- CROI 2009 Conference Coverage
- IL-2 fails to demonstrate clinical benefit in two, large trials
- No cancer risk seen with Isentress
- Indevus’ PRO 2000 becomes first microbicide to demonstrate efficacy
- HIV linked to kidney function decline
Online News Briefs February 2009 #1
- National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
- HIV/AIDS advocate Martin Delaney dies
- Senate removes economic stimulus bill provision that would have increased funding for HIV, STI prevention
- Medicare considers payment for HIV facial wasting treatment options
- CHAMP and AVAC join forces to bring prevention information from CROI to the masses
- Abbott forges ahead with new Norvir formulation
Online News Briefs January 2009 #2
- FDA to allow off-label marketing of drugs
- Gilead announces trial of first four-in-one AIDS drug
- Dallas County lifts ban on condom distribution
- Congressman proposes bill that may lift ban on federal funding for syringe exchange
- Natural immune response to HIV insufficient to prevent superinfection, researchers find
- TheBody.com launches “Just Diagnosed Resource Center”
Online News Briefs January 2009 #1
- Pharma companies discontinue giveaways to doctors and agencies
- AIDS denialist Christine Maggiore dies at 52
- Viread more effective at treating HBV than Hepsera, study finds
- New dosing recommendations of Prezista and Ziagen approved for use in children and adolescents
