AIDS Alert Archives – September 1, 2011
September 1, 2011
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Congressional budget battle may create long-term HIV care deficits
The news for HIV care and treatment funding looked particularly bleak by August 2011, when the waiting list for AIDS Drug Assistance Programs (ADAPs) topped 8,600 people and the government's near-miss on a federal credit default resulted in legislation that could be devastating to low income people who are living with HIV/AIDS. -
CDC change in funding could lead to big cuts
For nearly 20 years the Iowa Department of Public Health has provided HIV/AIDS prevention services to people at risk of infection across more than a half dozen cities. -
Microbicide might protect pregnant women from HIV
The world has well-embraced antiretroviral treatment (ART) for the prevention of HIV transmission between women and their newborn babies through transmission during pregnancy or nursing. And these strategies have proven to be a huge success. -
CDC revises surveillance to target transgenders
In response to recommendations for collecting more HIV data from transgender people, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is revising the national system for reporting HIV cases to capture sex assigned at birth and current gender identity. -
Abstract & Commentary: Jury still out on β-glucan diagnosis of pneumonia
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) is a common opportunistic infection (OI) in AIDS patients. -
Abstract & Commentary: Resistance to HIV integrase inhibitors
Raltegravir (RAL) received FDA approval in 2007 and is now used in treatment of both treatment-experienced and treatment-naïve patients. -
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