HIV

Source: www.chron.com --- 23 hours ago
It's the third year for the campaign targeting black youth, a population hit hard by the HIV/AIDS crisis. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 8 hours ago
Male circumcision has become an important factor in the spread of HIV in Tanzania, health officials have said, naming regions where it is not practised as the worst affected by the pandemic. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 13 hours ago
With a laugh, Vernice Roy admitted it. She came to the Hip Hop for HIV testing event last week for the free concert admission. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 1 day ago
FIRST Aluminum Nigeria Plc in collaboration with the Nigeria Business Coalition Against AIDS (NIBUCA) has re-launched its Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) Workplace Policy, even as it commissions 14 peer ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 1 day ago
A team of Harvard scientists has taken an important first step toward the development of new treatments to help people with HIV battle Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) infection. ...

Source: www.moreover.com --- 1 day ago
A team of Harvard scientists has taken an important first step toward the development of new treatments to help people with HIV battle Mycobacterium tuberculosis (TB) infection. ...

Source: chattahbox.com --- 1 day ago
(ChattahBox) — An HIV/AIDS vaccine called SAV001H, developed in Canada has passed safety tests in animals with the next step to begin human trials in the U.S. Trials of the new vaccine on animals have reportedly resulted in good anti-body reactions with no adverse effects. The vaccine was created by Dr. Chil-Yong Kang and his [...] ...

Source: thecalifornian.com --- 2 days ago
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A NEW religion is causing HIV+ people to abandon anti-retroviral therapy (ART), much to the medical profession's dismay. ...

Source: immigration.about.com --- 26 minutes ago
The next step to repeal the HIV travel and immigration ban is underway. The proposed rule to remove HIV from the definition of communicable disease has been published. The proposed... ...

Source: www.bing.com --- 19 hours ago
CHATTANOOGA -- An attorney for veterans potentially exposed to HIV and other infections by colonoscopies at three Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals said his clients are waiting to hear if they will be compensated for mistakes that led to congressional hearings and new VA spending on patient ... ...

Source: science.slashdot.org --- 1 day ago
An anonymous reader writes "An HIV/AIDS vaccine developed in Ontario has applied for Phase 1 human trials. Safety and immunogenicity studies of the vaccine, dubbed SAV001-H, have already been completed on animals. Phase 1 human trials will check the safety of the vaccine on HIV positive volunteers. Phase 2 will then test immunogenicity." Read more of this story at Slashdot. ...

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Courthouse Square in downtown Santa Rosa, on Mendocino Ave between 3rd and 4th street. Across the street, but not in association with, Santa Rosa's Wednesday Night Downtown Market. Public transit accessible from 2nd street transit mall. From the Central Bay Area take Golden Gate Transits 80 or 101 bus line to Santa Rosa. Parking in parking garage and is free if one leaves after 7pm - regardless of arrival time. ...

Source: iowaindependent.com --- 8 hours ago
An Iowa man, whose only previous encounter with the law was a 2006 operating-while-intoxicated conviction, was sentenced to the maximum allowed by state law for failing to disclose to a one-time intimate partner that he was HIV-positive. The case, which has not resulted in the one-time partner actually contracting HIV, has been used as evidence by some who say it's time that state criminal transmission laws should be re-evaluated. ...

Source: allafrica.com --- 14 hours ago
The Gambia Armed Forces, in partnership with the US embassy in Banjul, yesterday, began a two-day HIV/AIDS sensitization seminar for personnel of The Gambia navy. ...

Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov --- 1 day ago
Related Articles Experiencing uncertain HIV treatment delivery in a transitional setting: qualitative study. AIDS Care. 2009 Mar;21(3):315-21 Authors: Bernays S, Rhodes T BACKGROUND: Advances in HIV treatment availability mean that the promise of highly active anti-retroviral treatment to turn HIV into a manageable chronic illness is becoming a reality for millions. However the mutability of the virus means that treatment adherence demands are high, and the supply of these life-saving treatments needs to be constant. The onus is generally placed on the individual to adhere, and there is little focus in research or policy on the state's adherence to delivering treatment consistently. METHODS: We undertook in-depth qualitative interviews to explore the narratives of HIV treatment experience among 41 people living with HIV (PLHIV) infection and 18 HIV treatment service providers in Serbia and Montenegro, a transitional setting in which state delivered and funded HIV treatment is inconsistently available. Data were analysed inductively and thematically. FINDINGS: Treatment shortages were common so the delivery of appropriate HIV treatment was not continuous. Access to reliable treatment and supply forecast information was weak and uneven. The insecure treatment situation fostered significant anxiety amongst PLHIV. INTERPRETATION: In the absence of reliable and sustained treatment access, information and support, PLHIV absorb the anxieties o ...

Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov --- 1 day ago
Related Articles Human monoclonal antibody 2909 binds to pseudovirions expressing trimers but not monomeric HIV-1 envelope proteins. Hum Antibodies. 2009;18(1-2):35-40 Authors: Kimura T, Wang XH, Williams C, Zolla-Pazner S, Gorny MK A human anti-HIV monoclonal antibody (mAb), 2909, selected on the basis of its potent neutralizing activity against HIV-1SF162, recognizes a complex epitope V2/V3 present on intact virions but not on soluble gp120. To confirm the quaternary nature of the epitope, 2909 binding was tested against the pseudovirus SF162 wild type (WT) expressing trimers and/or an SF162 mutant expressing monomeric envelope proteins. The construction of the SF162 mutant was made by an alanine substitution of nine hydrophobic residues in the N-terminal heptad repeat region of gp41 molecules that failed to form trimers on the virus surface. Monoclonal Ab 2909 bound only to SF162 WT virions and transfected cells as determined by immunoprecipitation and flow cytometry, respectively, but showed no reactivity to the SF162 mutant expressing monomeric gp120. The data provide further evidence for the existence of a unique quaternary epitope V2/V3 on the surface of unliganded virus. PMID: 19478397 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] ...