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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final rule on Nov. 10, 2008 amending the classification regulation for male condoms made of natural rubber latex (latex condoms) and latex condoms with spermicidal lubricant containing nonoxynol-9 (N-9), designating a guidance document containing labeling recommendations as a special control for latex condoms.
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A survey of more than 1,400 adolescents and young adults indicate that teens who don't use condoms were significantly more likely to believe that condoms reduce sexual pleasure and also were more concerned that their partner would not approve of condom use.
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The demand for attention to the domestic HIV crisis has been pent-up for so long that within two days of the presidential election, a group of dozens of HIV/AIDS organizations sent the Obama-Biden transition team a letter requesting major changes to the how the domestic epidemic is handled.
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A new study finds that many HIV-infected women have had less than ideal interactions with their medical providers.
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National HIV/AIDS groups predict a shortage of HIV physicians in the coming years as the doctors who became impassioned to work in this field early in the epidemic begin to retire.
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The largest patient "look-back" notification in medical history involving some 40,000 patients potentially exposed to hepatitis C, HBV, and HIV in a Las Vegas endoscopy clinic allegedly was driven by policies designed to save money and carried out by medical staff who should have known they were putting patients at risk, Hospital Infection Control has learned.
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In this issue: The JUPITER trial causes a stir; ACP practice guideline for antidepressant use; testosterone for low libido; continued shortage of Hib vaccine; FDA Actions.