AIDS Alert Archives – May 1, 2009
May 1, 2009
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Federal and private groups highlight HIV epidemic among African Americans
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is joining AIDS service organizations (ASOs) and other groups in launching a new campaign to fight the epidemic in African American communities. -
Years of neglect, misguided policies have led to crisis
The HIV/AIDS epidemic has wreaked havoc among African American communities in the United States in the past decade, and the government's slow response is partly to blame, one AIDS advocate says. -
Clinical management of African-American patients
When HIV clinicians manage the care of African-American patients with HIV/AIDS they must consider several issues that often crop up with this population, a long-time HIV physician says. -
Obama administration launches new HIV campaign
Every 9 ½ minutes another person in America becomes infected with HIV, officials from the White House, Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention emphasized in recently launching a new five-year national communication campaign, Act Against AIDS. -
Study of anti-HIV gel shows promise — What's the next step?
Research findings presented at a February 2009 international conference indicate that an investigational gel known as PRO 2000 (Indevus Pharmaceuticals; Lexington, MA) proved about 30% effective in preventing HIV infection in women. -
Contraception safe for HIV-positive women
Today, women account for more than one-quarter of all new HIV/AIDS diagnoses in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. -
FDA Notifications
The Food and Drug Administration is launching a new hepatitis list serve. This new e-mail list will provide updates on safety and regulatory issues related to hepatitis B and C products as they become available (rather than on a regularly scheduled basis).