bioethics.net News Update - AIDS/HIV

Doctors urge HIV testing starting at 16

Wed, 02 Nov 2011 01:26:36 EDT

American Academy of Pediatrics recommends testing minors as young as 16 for HIV in high-prevalence areas. Issues of consent and parental notification loom large. #bioethics

Questions on Tactic to Prevent H.I.V.

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:01:14 EDT

Will the availability of PrEP change behaviors associated with HIV infection? #bioethics

Ethics Debate Mires Kenya HIV-Testing Campaign

Mon, 03 Oct 2011 05:03:04 EDT

As mandatory HIV/AIDS testing is raised in Kenya, ethics questions abound. #bioethics

Should the ban on HIV-positive organ transplants be lifted?

Sat, 17 Sep 2011 11:04:24 EDT

To address the extreme shortage of organs available for patients on the national transplant waiting list, four major organizations have joined forces to call for the end of the universal ban on transplants from HIV-infected deceased donors. #bioethics

First man �functionally cured� of HIV

Sun, 05 Jun 2011 01:51:56 EDT

A 2007 bone marrow transplant done in Germany rids man of his HIV infection.

HIV drugs may curtail spread, but health and ethics questions remain

Sun, 29 May 2011 10:56:48 EDT

A recent, and much-heralded, study on how to reduce the spread of HIV and AIDS appears to be raising more health- and ethics-related questions than the dramatic findings might first suggest. #bioethics

Drugs Stop AIDS. Take Your Medicine.

Mon, 23 May 2011 10:25:02 EDT

THERE is now, for the first time, hard clinical evidence of an effect that AIDS doctors have suspected for years: If you are H.I.V.-positive, being on antiretroviral drugs will probably save not only your life, but also the lives of your sexual partners. #bioethics

How Risky Are Live Organ Donations?

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 03:26:37 EDT

Are you at risk of contracting blood-borne and other diseases if you are an organ recipient? #bioethics

Will HIV Vaccine Advances Become Mired in Ethics and Risk-Group Refusals?

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 11:33:21 EDT

Scientists have isolated human antibodies which succeeded at preventing the infection of human cells with more than 90 percent of HIV strains. But will ethical concerns about the research prevent its advance?

Zambia court awards damages in HIV screening test case

Fri, 04 Jun 2010 12:39:57 EDT

Ex-officers in Zambia's air force were fired after discovering they were HIV-positive without informed consent prior to the HIV testing.

Religious groups pledge to end AIDS stigma

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:18:44 EDT

Religious groups from around the globe pledged Tuesday to prevent the stigmatization of people living with HIV and AIDS, in a joint statement welcomed by a senior U.N. official as a sea change in attitudes.

University of Michigan Scientists Identify Reservoirs Where HIV-Infected Cells Can Lie in Wait

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:58:49 EST

University of Michigan scientists have identified a new reservoir for hidden HIV-infected cells that can serve as a factory for new infections. Targeting these reservoirs of latent cells may open a door to new treatments.

Scientists find new strain of HIV

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:46:11 EDT

Gorillas have been found, for the first time, to be a source of HIV. Previous research had shown the HIV-1 strain, the main source of human infections, with 33m cases worldwide, originated from a virus in chimpanzees. But researchers have now discovered an HIV infection in a Cameroonian woman which is clearly linked to a gorilla strain, Nature Medicine reports.

Hepatitis Group Is Harassed in China

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:29:06 EDT

In the realm of potential threats to China�s stability, an organization that advocates on behalf of people infected with hepatitis B would seem to be low risk.But on Wednesday, the group�s director, Lu Jun, found himself squaring off against four security officials who were trying to cart away stacks of literature they claimed had been printed without official permission.

Washington Supports Exchange of Needles

Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:12:55 EDT

City officials on Friday called on Congress not to reinstate a ban that prevented the nation�s capital from using local money to distribute clean needles to drug users. Until 2007, when the ban was lifted, Washington was the only city in the country forbidden by Congress from using both local and federal tax dollars to distribute clean needles to drug addicts. The capital has one of the fastest-growing H.I.V. and AIDS problems in the country