AIDS Alert Archives – June 1, 2010
June 1, 2010
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Community MRSA infections rising in people with HIV/AIDS
Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) infection has become a growing problem in HIV/AIDS patients, clinicians and researchers report. -
Federal funding climbs for HIV/AIDS
The good news is that HIV advocacy groups, clinicians, and others haven't seen so many HIV/AIDS program federal budget increases since the 1990s. The bad news is that it might be too little, too late in a recessionary environment in which state budgets are forcing draconian cuts. -
HIV/AIDS funding aligns with advocacy goals
The final version of the federal HIV/AIDS program budget for fiscal year 2010 is about as close to what AIDS advocates have wanted as they've seen in nearly a decade. -
Women at risk for HIV: What is on the horizon?
In the United States, women and teen girls accounted for more than one-fourth of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in 2007 and more than 93,900 cumulative deaths from AIDS. Black women are at heightened risk. The incidence rate of new diagnoses in black women is almost 15 times higher than that of white women, according to statistics compiled by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. -
Abstract & Commentary: Antiretroviral initiation during or following treatment of TB
An open-label, randomized, controlled trial of early vs. delayed initiation of HAART was conducted in 642 patients with active TB and HIV infection in Durban, South Africa. -
FDA Notifications
On April 27, 2010, FDA approved a new dosing regimen for lopinavir/ritonavir (Kaletra®) tablets and oral solution.