bioethics.net News Update - AIDS/HIV

New direction urged for HIV/AIDS research

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 10:10:52 EDT

After yet another round of failure in developing an HIV vaccine, federal health officials called for a renewed focus on the basic science of the virus.

Setback in HIV vaccines hunt

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:24:54 EDT

Trials of the most-promising candidate found that not only did it not offer protection -- it might have actually made people more susceptible.

A call to ease HIV-related travel restrictions

Sun, 09 Mar 2008 10:44:01 EDT

According to UNAIDS, 74 nations have HIV-related travel restrictions -- and 13 of those countries completely ban entry by people infected with virus. An international task force that includes the UN org is calling for those countries to end the restrictions.

Slew of new potential targets for HIV drugs identified

Fri, 11 Jan 2008 12:00:00 EST

A research team announced in the journal Science that it has found more than 200 previously unknown proteins that HIV needs for infection.

First wave of AIDS survivors hit middle age

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:42:09 EST

Many doctors think the combined effects of the HIV virus and the cocktail of drugs taken to fight it are causing a wide range of serious, age-related health problems in patients.

Reporter gets circumcised to promote discussion about HIV prevention

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 04:52:29 EST

Kennedy Gondwe is a correspondent for the BBC in Zambia. Audio of the procedure was played on the air.

Figures on H.I.V. Rate Expected to Rise

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:36:14 EST

According to federal health officials, more people in the United States are infected with HIV than previously thought, spurring debate on prevention efforts and how much money is spent both on prevention and treatment of the disease.

AIDS Pioneer Merle Sande Dies at 68

Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:17:44 EST

Merle Sande, an infectious disease specialist who participated in the development of the "San Francisco model" for treating AIDS patients, died at age 68 from multiple myeloma.

TB Vaccine Causing Serious Infection Among Chlldren with HIV

Sun, 04 Nov 2007 03:16:56 EST

The Bacille Calmette-Guerin or BCG vaccine, a vaccine for protecting children in developing countries from TB, appears to be causing serious infections in some babies and young children who are HIV-infected.

Rethinking AIDS Strategy After a String of Failures

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:48:05 EDT

Vaccine trials, vaginal microbicides, one-a-day prevention pills and diaphragms all fail to demonstrate results, leading some to put faith in lower-tech approaches.

HIV Spreads More from Asymptomatic Patients

Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:46:18 EDT

HIV-infected people with a lower amount of the virus in their blood have the potential to infect more people than those with a high viral load, suggests new research.

Key HIV Strain 'Came From Haiti'

Tue, 30 Oct 2007 07:12:24 EDT

Scientists say a strain of the HIV virus which predominates in the US and Europe came from Haiti in about 1969.

Warning Is Sent to AIDS Vaccine Volunteers

Thu, 25 Oct 2007 06:47:20 EDT

Researchers find experimental vaccine given to hundreds of South Africans might make them more, not less, likely to contract HIV.

Anti-TB Program 'Led to Resistance' in South Africa

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:18:34 EDT

Researchers say the use of second-line TB drugs in South Africa without drug susceptibility testing led to increased drug resistance.

South Africa Recalls Millions of Condoms

Wed, 24 Oct 2007 07:17:46 EDT

outh Africa is recalling millions of locally manufactured condoms after tens of thousands failed an air burst test, dealing a further blow to the country's campaign to prevent the spread of AIDS.