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Man Bites Orange County Deputy, Says He Has HIVEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. discuss this article 1 CommentDiscuss or comment on this article.
ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. -- There was a shocking attack against an Orange County sheriff's deputy. A man suspected of having HIV is charged with attempted murder for allegedly biting a deputy. The incident began as the 32-year-old suspect ran from a Shell gas station with a bag in hand. He didn't get far, just to the Greyhound bus station, where deputies already happened to be. He wouldn't stop and, even after one taser prong, he kept kicking and fighting. When Roderick Mayes was finally restrained, the deputy who was attacked noticed a bright red bite mark on his arm. It started as nothing more than a petty theft at the Shel...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - March 14, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Perkembangan Epidemi HIV dan AIDS MemprihatinkanEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
JAKARTA, RABU-Perkembangan epidemi HIV dan AIDS di Indonesia sangat memprihatinkan. Jika pada tahun 2004 kasus AIDS ditemukan di 16 provinsi, maka pada tahun 2007 telah ditemukan di 32 provinsi. Dengan demikian, AIDS telah terjadi hampir di seluruh Indonesia. Demikian disampaikan Menteri Negara Perencanaan Pembangunan Nasional Paskah Suzetta dalam sambutan pembukaan Lokakarya Nasional Perencanaan dan Penganggaran Penanggulangan HIV/AIDS di kantor Bappenas, Jakarta, Rabu, (12/3). "Bahkan di Papua, prevalensi AIDS sangat tinggi dan telah terjadi pada populasi umum. Prevalensi ini dikhawatirkan akan terus meningkat karena k...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - March 12, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Repeal of Ban on HIV Travel, Immigration Attached to Senate BillEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
U.S. senators John Kerry and Gordon Smith have secured an attachment to the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief that would lift the nation’s ban on travel and immigration for HIV-positive people, the Human Rights Campaign announced Monday. The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations is expected to consider the legislation this week. “The time is long overdue to repeal this unjust and sweeping policy that deems HIV-positive individuals inadmissible to the United States,” Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solmonese said in a press release. “This law emerged out of...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - March 11, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

HIV/AIDS Awareness Day events planned for MondayEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Misty Cutgrass of Sioux Falls was just 16 when a rape left her with the virus that causes AIDS. Now 24, Cutgrass is a mother of three children and will share her story as part of two local events Monday marking National Women & Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day. �It�s about basic education,� said Nicole Burger, outreach services manager for Volunteers of America Dakotas. The organization is sponsoring a panel discussion for health workers about HIV/AIDS in the region and a wellness fair for the public at the Holiday Inn City Centre in Sioux Falls. It�s just the second year for the national awareness day, and the l...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - March 10, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

HIV cases to be studiedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Amarillo Public Health Department will soon hire an additional worker to review all HIV-positive cases in the 41-county region of the Panhandle and South Plains. The worker will provide more specific data on the incurable disease for local and state health care workers. "It's very important we are focusing on the right population and working on the appropriate interventions," said Hector Mendoza, Amarillo Public Health Department assistant director. Health careworkers reported 18 new HIV cases in the region in 2006, according to the Department of State Health Services. That number was 28 in 2005. "It's really just a co...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - March 9, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Women urged to embrace new HIV preventive deviceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Nigerian women have been urged to embrace the use of Microbicide, as another way of preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases in the country. The call, which was made by the Executive Director of Ngo Hygie-Enwerem Foundation, Grace Hygie -Enwerem, in Lagos on Thursday, came just as women all over the world celebrated the International Women's Day. Microbicide, according to Hygie-Enwerem, is a product, which comes in the form of gels, creams, lubricants or rings and can be applied to the vagina or the rectum to protect women from STDs. Saying that reports had shown that women were twice mo...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - March 8, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Clinic's reused needles may have exposed 40,000 to hepatitis, HIVEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Nearly 40,000 people learned this week that a trip to the doctor might have made them sick. In a type of scandal more often associated with developing countries, a Las Vegas clinic was found to be reusing syringes and vials of medication for nearly four years. The shoddy practices may have led to an outbreak of the potentially fatal hepatitis C virus and exposed patients to HIV, too. The discovery led to the biggest public health notification operation in U.S. history, brought demands for investigations and caused scores of lawyers to seek out patients at risk for infections. Thousands of patients are being urged to be ...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - March 7, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Economics Among Challenges Blacks Face With HIV/AIDS, Opinion Piece ...Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Economic conditions are a "fundamental" challenge that blacks face in terms of HIV/AIDS, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) writes in an opinion piece for the Louisiana Weekly. He says, "When the economy sours, those who earn the least typically suffer the most. Unfortunately, those same people are statistically more likely to be suffering, literally, from diseases such as HIV/AIDS." Ellison notes that the CDC Web site states that people facing tough economic conditions do not always have access to good health care. He adds that such "dilemmas are particularly acute for African-Americans, one in four of whom were living in pove...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - March 6, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Opinion | Economics Among Challenges Blacks Face With HIV/AIDS ...Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Economic conditions are a "fundamental" challenge that blacks face in terms of HIV/AIDS, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.) writes in an opinion piece for the Louisiana Weekly. He says, "When the economy sours, those who earn the least typically suffer the most. Unfortunately, those same people are statistically more likely to be suffering, literally, from diseases such as HIV/AIDS." Ellison notes that the CDC Web site states that people facing tough economic conditions do not always have access to good health care. He adds that such "dilemmas are particularly acute for African-Americans, one in four of whom were living in pove...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - March 5, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

HIV Breakthrough: Protein That Fights Immunodeficiency IdentifiedEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
ScienceDaily (Mar. 3, 2008) A Canada-U.S. research team has solved a major genetic mystery: How a protein in some people's DNA guards them against killer immune diseases such as HIV. In an advance online edition of Nature Medicine, the scientists explain how the protein, FOX03a, shields against viral attacks and how the discovery will help in the development of a HIV vaccine. .Read more
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - March 4, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

February 2008Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Here's Gov. Eliot Spitzer explaining after this moring's ABNY breakfast that his "budget for one New York" unity message isn't an attempt to undercut the Senate GOP's argument that upstate will be ill-served if the Democrats take control of the chamber because it will be dominated by downstate interests. Spitzer insists this all-for-one theme is nothing new, and said he's been talking about since his "very first moment as governor," adding: "I've said to the public, 'We need to view this as one entity, one family...This is all of us together." .Read more
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - March 3, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

No impact on HIV employees if CL withdrawn : Labour MinistryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Social Security Office pays for their treatment and drugs," Uraiwan said. The Public Health Ministry is currently reviewing the compulsory licensing of several lifesaving drugs for HIV/Aids and cancer that was enforced by the previous government in order to make affordable, generic versions available. According to Uraiwan, about 15,000 employees covered by the social security scheme are living with HIV/Aids. They make up just 3 per cent of the 500,000 HIV/Aids patients in the country. SSO secretarygeneral Surin Jirawisit said his office spent Bt625 million on treatment for HIVinfected employees last year. The socia...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - March 2, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

SSO 'pays for HIV patients'Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
"The Social Security Office pays for their treatment and drugs," Uraiwan said. The Public Health Ministry is currently reviewing the compulsory licensing of several life-saving drugs for HIV/Aids and cancer that was enforced by the previous government in order to make affordable, generic versions available. According to Uraiwan, about 15,000 employees covered by the social security scheme are living with HIV/Aids. They make up just 3 per cent of the 500,000 HIV/Aids patients in the country. SSO secretary-general Surin Jirawisit said his office spent Bt625 million on treatment for HIV-infected employees last year. The s...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - March 1, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Scientists find gene that can block some forms of HIVEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
OTTAWA, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Canadian researchers have discovered a gene that can block certain forms of HIV and may perhaps one day be used to prevent the onset of AIDS. Scientists from the University of Alberta identified a human gene called TRIM22 that can block HIV infection by preventing the virus from replicating. When researchers prevented human cells from turning on TRIM22, the natural defense system generated by the body when a foreign invader attacks, the cells could not protect themselves against HIV. "This means that TRIM22 is an essential part of our body's ability to fight off HIV," Dr. Stephen Barr, a resear...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 29, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Anti-HIV gel, a gleam of hope of womenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhuanet) -- A vaginal microbicide gel, which keeps HIV from replicating, is safe for HIV-negative women to use every day, a six-month study has shown as quoted by media reports Thursday. The study, involving 200 sexually active HIV-negative women, looked at whether women were able to adhere to a regimen of either daily or sex-dependent use of the gel. Both regimens proved equally safe, and women's adherence to each regimen was similar. Notably, none of the women who used the new gel got HIV during the study period. The results are an advance in efforts to use microbicides to prevent HIV infection in w...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 28, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Anti-HIV gel proven safe, tolerable for womenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- A gel using anti-HIV drug tenofovir to shield women from AIDS has been proven safe for daily use and acceptable to women, study findings showed Tuesday. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the University of Pittsburgh to test the gel's safety, involved 200 sexually active HIV-negative women aging from 19 to 50, of whom 64 percent were married. "The gel is safe to use, and well tolerated by HIV-negative women. That's a key message in our findings," said Craig Hoesley, one of the authors of the Phase II trial report. "This sets the stage fo...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 27, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

HIV/AIDS Patients Protest in CameroonEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
People living with HIV/AIDS in Cameroon are against what they describe as government's U-turn on the cost of biological treatment for the disease. Although a decision was made in 2006 to lower the cost from 21 to 3 CFA francs, implementation of the pricing became difficult because funds were not available to continue subsidizing the tests. Irritated by this U-turn people living with the disease demonstrated last week outside the building that houses the national committee for the fight against AIDS. They called for the reinstatement of the lower cost biological tests, arguing that the former minister of public health even...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 26, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Illinois Lottery Launches Game To Fund HIV/AIDS Awareness, PreventionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The Illinois Lottery on Friday launched a game that will raise money for HIV/AIDS prevention and education programs in the state, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The game, called Red Ribbon Cash, will sell two-dollar tickets and have four top prizes of $20,000. A spokesperson for the Illinois Department of Revenue on Tuesday said the lottery hopes ticket sales will raise $3 million annually, which is the amount a ticket benefiting breast cancer research raised in 2006. According to the Post-Dispatch, all the proceeds will go to support HIV/AIDS programs in the state. Grants will be distributed by the Illinois Departm...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 25, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Health NotesEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Lunch & Learn sessions are offered from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, and March 27 and April 24. Rebecca Peacock, patient navigator for the American Cancer Society, will discuss finding information and resources after a diagnosis of cancer on Thursday. On March 27, Karen Ricagano and Michael Coleman will teach "Laughter Yoga" to reduce stress, lower blood pressure, boost the immune system and help with pain and depression. On April 24, Anne Becker will present an introduction to her workshop, "Writing the Body," for people affected by life-threatening illness - either as patients or caregivers. Admission is free, but regist...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 24, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

HIV by the numbersEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 2005 studies (some of the most recent available) found that more than two-thirds (68 percent) of all men living with HIV were men who have sex with men (MSM), "even though only about five percent to seven percent of men in the United States reported having sex with other men." The CDC says that "HIV/AIDS continues to take a high toll on the MSM population. For example, the number of new HIV/AIDS cases among MSM in 2005 was 11 percent more than the number of cases in 2001. It is unclear whether this increase is due to more testing, which results in mor...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 23, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Hospital sued for wrong HIV reportEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
CHENNAI: A leading private hospital in Adyar was sued for allegedly wrongly certifying a cook as having tested positive for HIV. The cook, R Mohanan (46), of Thiruvalluvar Nagar in Tiruvanmiyur had been provisionally selected by a Japanese firm in Algeria. His selection was subject to a medical test. He was sent to Malar Hospitals in Adyar, which, after tests on February 23 last year, said in its report that Mohanan had tested positive for HIV. The hospital also declared as its final impression that he was not fit for the job. This resulted in the immediate cancellation of the provisional selection and job offer. There ...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 22, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Nationwide program to combat HIV/AIDSEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
BEIJING, Feb. 21 -- Authorities are working on China's first national program to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS among gay men, the Ministry of Health said in its 2008 work agenda released yesterday. The program aims to strengthen measures to prevent and control the deadly disease among the homosexual community, Wang Weizhen, deputy director of the HIV/AIDS prevention department under the ministry's disease control bureau, told China Daily. "By learning more about gay people, we can better protect them against this incurable disease," Wang said. "Studies are under way in several cities to collect information on gay men, such a...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 21, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Study: Gel fails to stop HIV infectionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The first anti-AIDS vaginal gel to make it through late-stage testing failed to stop HIV infection in a study of 6,000 South African women, disappointed researchers announced Monday. The study was marred by low use of the gel, which could have undermined results, they said. Women used it less than half the number of times they had sex, and only 10 percent said they used it every time as directed. Scientists are still analyzing the results to see if this made a difference. They also plan more tests on a revamped gel containing an AIDS drug that they hope will work better. The gel used in the current study did prove safe,...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 20, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Experimental HIV Vaccine Gets A Boost From '70s-era DiscoveryEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
ScienceDaily (Feb. 17, 2008) Although science is known for being a forward-looking field, researchers have found that they can often benefit from a glance over their shoulders. By combining an experimental AIDS vaccine with a long-neglected molecule called poly-IC, Rockefeller University scientists discovered that they were able to significantly improve its effectiveness. Their new, bolstered vaccine not only stimulated the production of HIV-attacking immune cells in mice, but also allowed the rodents to maintain immunity over a significantly longer period of time. .Read more
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 18, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Tick saliva protein blocks HIV-1Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
AMHERST, Mass., Feb. 15 (UPI) -- A U.S. study said a protein in the saliva of deer ticks prevents HIV-1 from attaching to the surface of white blood cells called T Cells. Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst said the finding may lead to new treatments for autoimmune diseases and prevent rejection of organ transplants, the university said Friday in a release. The researchers said the HIV-1 virus cripples the human immune system by targeting T cells that form the body's first line of defense in fighting infection. Deer tick saliva contains the protein Salp15, which stops T cells from activating by binding...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 16, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Abuse claim priest 'HIV positive'Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Roman Catholic church officials in Texas claim a priest accused of sexually abusing children is HIV positive. The Fort Worth diocese said the Rev Philip Magaldi recently told another priest that he has the disease that causes Aids. Church officials believe the priest has been HIV positive since 2003. The diocese says it has started alerting people who claim Father Magaldi assaulted them. It has also notified parishes where the priest served. Father Magaldi was removed as a priest in 1999 after sexual misconduct allegations arose in Rhode Island and Fort Worth, Texas. .Read more
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 15, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

HIV-Therapeuten tagen im März in BerlinEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Das Motto der Tagung vom 14. bis 16. März: "Aids 2008: PräventionsBotschaften - MenschenRechte - TherapieFortschritte". Außer Forschungsergebnissen und neuen Therapie-Optionen mit Überlegungen zur Frühtherapie sind etwa die besondere Situation älterer HIV-Patienten und die Versorgung von Migranten Schwerpunktthemen des Kongresses. Mehrere Veranstaltungen sind für Teilnehmer konzipiert, die sich erstmals mit der HIV-Medizin befassen. Tagungsleiter ist der Münchner HIV-Therapeut Dr. Hans Jäger vom KIS - Kuratorium für Immunschw&au...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 14, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

HIV-positive victims talk of shame, rage, suicidal thoughtsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WINDSOR, Ont. - A legacy of emotional devastation wrought by an HIV-positive man who knowingly spread the virus that causes AIDS was laid bare Tuesday as women whose lives were forever changed by Carl Leone shared their stories of suicidal feelings, rage and shame. Leone, convicted on 15 counts of aggravated sexual assault, faces the prospect of indefinite jail time if an Ontario Court judge decides the 32-year old poses too great a risk to society and declares him a dangerous offender. On Tuesday, court heard the victim impact statements of more than a dozen women whose encounters with Leone have marked them physically ...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 13, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

VU will offer ER patients optional HIV testEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Vanderbilt University Medical Center's emergency room will begin performing free HIV testing on adult patients this week, unless they opt out of the procedure. A Tennessee Department of Health grant of $62,526 will pay for the testing, according to state officials. In addition, the Metro Health Department received $69,825 and Nashville Cares, an organization that provides comprehensive HIV/AIDS services in Middle Tennessee, received $48,927 to provide testing. .Read more
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 12, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Miss. man fights HIV in SwazilandEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
GREENWOOD � Dr. Richard Pittman says the HIV problem in Swaziland is very serious, and statistics support his statement. One in four people in Swaziland have HIV, the highest rate in the world. Life expectancy is 32 years. When Pittman, who grew up in Greenwood, and his wife, Caroline, heard about the widespread suffering in the country, they decided to move there to work at a clinic for HIV patients. �We came because we felt that the magnitude of the situation calls for action from those trained to address it,� Pittman said. �We have been given a lot � stable homes to grow up in, good educations, access to h...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 11, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Antiretroviral drugs reduce HIV transmission via breast feedingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 9 (Xinhua) -- New studies show that the use of antiretroviral drugs by mother or baby for several months after delivery can significantly reduce the risk of transmitting the AIDS virus during breast-feeding. One research, presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Boston this week, found that the typical 15 percent infection rate of HIV from breast-feeding could be cut about in half by administering AIDS drugs for a longer period. The study based in Malawi found that only 8 percent of infants who received an initial drug treatment about the time of delivery plus 14 more we...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 10, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

HIV/AIDS medical van gives free, simple test for diseaseEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
IT'S a simple test. A saliva swipe to the mouth is placed in a chemical solution no needles or drawing of blood. But despite the simplicity of today's HIV test, many refuse to take one because they aren't aware of the latest testing methods, don't have the time or fear the result. On Thursday, in recognition of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, the CAL-PEP California Prevention and Education Project van opened its doors at noon along Fifth and Washington streets, making it a little bit easier for people to stay on top of their health by getting tested. "People don't really want to know their HIV status, they'...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 9, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Patiënten mogelijk besmet met hiv en hepatitisEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Ruim driehonderd patiënten van het Rijnland Ziekenhuis in Leiderdorp zijn opgeroepen om hun bloed te laten controleren. Mogelijk zijn de patiënten geïnfecteerd met hiv of hepatitis nadat zij werden onderzocht met verontreinigd medisch gereedschap. Ruim 300 patiënten zijn mogelijk besmet met hiv of hepatitis door een vieze 'naaldgeleider' Dat meldt het AD. Een zogeheten 'naaldgeleider' die wordt gebruikt bij prostaatonderzoek zou niet goed zijn schoongemaakt en ontsmet, dit zegt het ziekenhuis op de website. 'Viezigheid' Een chirurg trof twee weken geleden 'viezigheid' aan in een dergelijk instrument. Chirurgen op de...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 8, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

HIV, AIDS awareness among blacksEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Local black leaders in HIV prevention will be at intersections in Seattle today to talk with people to create greater awareness of the spread of HIV and AIDS in the African-American community. The outreach, coordinated by the Black Leadership Council on HIV (BLC), is part of a national effort to raise awareness through national Black HIV/AIDS Awareness and Information Day. BLC members will be at Third Avenue and Yesler Way in downtown Seattle and at 23rd Avenue South and South Jackson Street in the Central Area. For more information on HIV testing or the BLC, call the HIV/STD hotline from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 7, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

HIV-Arztpraxen fürchten das AusEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Berliner �rzte bef�rchten, dass sich die ambulante Versorgung f�r tausende Aids-Patienten in der Stadt erheblich verschlechtern wird. Hintergrund ist die deutliche Absenkung der Honorare f�r Mediziner, die auf die Behandlung der Immunschw�chekrankheit Aids und dessen Erreger HIV spezialisiert sind. Im vergangenen Jahr hat die Kassen�rztliche Vereinigung (KV) Berlin, die f�r die Verteilung der von den Krankenkassen gezahlten Honorare verantwortlich ist, die Sonderverg�tung f�r HIV-Patienten abgesenkt � zun�chst nur f�r AOK-Versicherte. Statt der bis dahin gezahlten 61 Euro pro Patient und Quartal gib...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 6, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Sharp rise in HIV infectionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The number of recorded cases of HIV rose sharply last year among homosexual and bisexual men in the Stockholm and Sk�ne regions. Government proposes internet access to patient files (4 Feb 08) HIV Brit gets 14 years (1 Feb 08) MS patient jailed for cannabis use (25 Jan 08) Last year saw an 80 percent increase of new cases among these groups in Sk�ne compared to the previous year. In Stockholm, there was a 32 percent rise over the same period, Dagens Nyheter reports. "It has been a cruel year," said Hans Bertil Hansson, a doctor in Malm� specializing in infectious diseases. In January alone Hansson has detected the vi...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 5, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Femact rejects HIV/Aids BillEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
A non-governmental organisation, Feminist Activists Coalition (FemAct), has declared that the HIV/Aids Bill is unacceptable and cannot be implemented in its present form. According to FemAct, the Bill should be returned to stakeholders for further consultations and revisions to incorporate more views. FemAct declared this in a joint statement to the Parliament signed by its coordinator Usu Mallya on Thursday. The statement says the coalition held the Gender and Development Seminar Series (GDSS) on January 30, this year at the Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP). Members of GDSS, Feminist Activist Coalition (Fem...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 4, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Couples planning to marry face compulsory HIV testEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Mumbai: Couples planning to get married will have to undergo a compulsory HIV test if the government succeeds in passing the proposal in the state assembly. The high-level committee, set up by the state health ministry, has decided to introduce the proposal to make HIV testing compulsory within six months but only after getting the opinion of the public and experts. If the Bill is passed, Maharashtra may be the first state to pass such a law as similar attempts in Goa and Andhra Pradesh failed. The committee unanimously decided to introduce the proposal within six months. Public Health Minister Vimal Mundada hopes the ...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 3, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Briton jailed over HIV infectionsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
An HIV-positive British man has been jailed for 14 years in Sweden after being convicted of infecting two under-age girls during unprotected sex. Christer Merrill Aggett, 32, who grew up in Sweden, was also convicted of putting other young women at risk. Aggett was ordered to pay compensation of about �213,000 (2.72m kronor) to 16 victims, including �67,000 each to the two girls infected with HIV. He found his victims through internet chatrooms, the Swedish court heard. Aggett, 32, was arrested after his landlord found HIV medications and pictures of him performing sexual acts with young girls. Aggett, who was born in ...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 2, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Study hits on way to get to HIV hide-outsEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
WASHINGTON — The AIDS virus has hide-outs deep in the immune system that today's drugs can't reach. Now scientists finally have discovered how HIV builds one of those fortresses — and they're exploring whether a drug already used to fight a parasite in developing countries just might hold a key to breaking in. .Read more
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - February 1, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

HIV tests to be must before marriageEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
MUMBAI: Testing for HIV could soon be compulsory before marriage in Maharashtra. A 25-member committee set up by the state government on Wednesday recommended that this be done. But the government will move a bill in the assembly only after a public debate over the next three months. Maharashtra is set to be the first state with such a law as the move was crippled in Goa and Andhra Pradesh for various reasons. �After getting public opinions and debates in all the regions the final decision of bringing bill will be taken,� said Dr Vimal Mundada, Public Health minister who headed the committee. Though a few of the mem...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - January 31, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

250 people exposed to HIV by sex workerEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Hector Scott, 41, of Kingston appeared in ACT Magistrates Court earlier this month charged with knowingly infecting someone with a sexually transmitted disease and failing to register as a sex worker. At the time, the details of the disease were not known. ACT Chief Health Officer Charles Guest said today Mr Scott had Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). "It is a very unusual step to take to mention the diagnosis of this kind in the interest of privacy but we will be calling people this afternoon and discussing this diagnosis with them so we know that it will be in the public domain today so therefore I'll share that wit...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - January 30, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Forsøker HIV-sporingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
I Sverige har man i straffesaker klart � avsl�re smitteb�rere som har smittet andre med HIV. N� h�per politiet p� det samme resultatet i Drammen.Tester av 15-�ringen er sendt til Folkehelseinstituttet med h�p om � avsl�re hvem som har smittet ungjenta.sannsynlig. - Tester kan med en viss sannsynlighet si noe om hvem som er smittekilden, men ikke med 100 prosent sikkerhet. Og jo lengre tid det g�r etter at en har blitt smittet, jo vanskeligere blir det � finne svaret, forteller HIV-ekspert og overlege ved Haukeland universitetssykehus Birgitta �sj� til Drammen s Tidende. �rsaken til dette er at...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - January 29, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Hiv-smittet datterenEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Politiet �nsker forel�pig ikke � spekulere i hvordan den 40 �r gamle drammenseren har smittet datteren med det d�delige viruset. - Vi �nsker ikke � spekulere i om datteren har blitt seksuelt misbrukt av sin far. Forel�pig er han siktet for � ha p�f�rt henne hiv-viruset, sier politiadvokat Skjalg R. Haarheim. Mannen ble p�grepet uten dramatikk l�rdag klokken 12.00. - Vi har drevet etterforskning i helgen. I morgen vil det bli vurdert om mannen skal fremstilles for varetektsfengsling, sier Haarheim. Den siktede har sittet i avh�r i dag. Jenta tas h�nd om Politiadvokaten �nsker ikke � si...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - January 28, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

HIV-Positive Prison Inmates In Russia Have Limited Access To ...Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Prison inmates living with HIV/AIDS in Russia often lack access to proper antiretroviral treatment and medical care, some advocates said recently, the Moscow Times reports. Limited education among inmates about the disease, a shortage of doctors and bureaucratic barriers in obtaining medical release in the country are contributing to the problem, the Times reports. According to Alexander Kononets, head of the Federal Prison Service's health department, there are 42,000 inmates living with HIV/AIDS in Russian prisons and jails. Written consent is required for an HIV-positive inmate to receive treatment while incarcerated, a...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - January 26, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Protein Discovered That Prevents HIV From SpreadingEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
ScienceDaily (Jan. 25, 2008) In a study that could open up the field of virology to an entirely new suite of possibilities and that paves the way for future drug research, scientists at Rockefeller University and the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center have pinned down a molecule on the surface of human cells that helps keep particles of mutant strains of HIV from spreading. Rather than floating off to infect more cells, the protein contains the virus particles by keeping them attached to the parent cell’s outer membrane, as if stuck there with glue. .Read more
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - January 25, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Sans-papiers, HIV et cas de conscienceEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Les médecins se disent perplexes. Ils hésitent. Est-il «raisonnable» d'aider ce couple à avoir un enfant? Leur histoire est, il est vrai, compliquée. Tous les deux sont d'origine camerounaise. L'homme a une petite cinquantaine. Séropositif, il a deux autres femmes, et sept enfants au Cameroun. Récemment, il s'est marié avec Leica, mais voilà, celle-ci n'arrive pas à être enceinte. Et peu à peu, elle découvre qu'elle a des soucis d'infertilité. Il y a quelques mois, ils se sont donc adressés à un service d'aide médicale à la procréation (AMP) à Paris. .Read more
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - January 24, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

Neue Therapie für Patienten mit HIV-InfektionEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
BERLIN (djb). Mit dem CCR5-Hemmer Maraviroc ist ein neues HIV-Medikament auf dem Markt. Es wird bei zuvor erfolglos behandelten Patienten angewandt, deren Viren den Korezeptor CCR5 für die Infektion brauchen und gegen die nur noch wenige HIV-Medikamente wirken. In den Studien verringerte Maraviroc (Celsentri®), das zweimal täglich eingenommen wird, zusätzlich zur optimierten antiretroviralen Basistherapie (OBT) die Menge CCR5-troper Viren signifikant stärker als OBT. Das hat Dr. Michael Warmbold von Pfizer bei einer Veranstaltung in Berlin berichtet. An den Studien nahmen Patie...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - January 23, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

HIV 'predator' set for own homeEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
ALLEGED HIV sex offender Stuart McDonald left court today with a smile on his face, having moved a step closer to living on his own. The Adelaide Magistrates Court agreed to consider relaxing the strict bail imposed on McDonald, who is accused of recklessly and deliberately infecting eight men with HIV. If successful, he will move out of the suburban home he shares with a family of four, who say they struggle to live under his "oppressive regime". The ruling comes despite fears McDonald will again have unprotected sex if not closely supervised. "If he were to abuse any newfound freedoms and expose another person to HIV...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - January 22, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs

HIV/AIDS and challenges of euthanasia, suicideEmail this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The emergency of HIV/AIDS in our society has caused and continues to cause great havoc including the terrible loss of people`s right to life. As a matter of fact, the pandemic has interfered with an individual`s right to life in several ways:The bitter sufferings arising from the pandemic may lead to euthanasia. Euthanasia stands for physician assisted suicide. Although in the past it has been emphasised that human life must be allowed to continue until a natural end, HIV/AIDS has, on one hand posed challenges including a deliberate call to the effect that euthanasia can be allowed to enable critically ill AIDS patients ...
Source: The AIDS Awareness Blog - January 21, 2008 Category: HIV AIDS Authors: aidsawareness Source Type: blogs