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IAC: Unboosted Atazanavir HIV Regimen Found Inferior

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Fri, 08/08/2008 - 11:21

MEXICO CITY -- A once-daily HIV drug regimen with unboosted atazanavir as its anchor has been "conclusively" found inferior to a more complicated standard regimen, according to first results from a multinational clinical trial conducted primarily in developing nations.


 

Investigational Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitor Raise...

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Wed, 08/06/2008 - 10:48

MEXICO CITY -- The investigational nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitor apricitabine appeared in a small study to have no obvious safety issues after six months of use against highly resistant strains of HIV, researchers reported here.


 

IAC: U.S. Government Scientists Absentees at AIDS 2008

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Tue, 08/05/2008 - 10:01

MEXICO CITY -- For the third consecutive International AIDS Conference, few scientists and researchers from the CDC and NIH are taking part, owing to travel restrictions on key agencies.


 

Clinton: Widen AIDS Effort in U.S.

washingtonpost.com - Health  Mon, 08/04/2008 - 23:00

MEXICO CITY, Aug. 4 -- Fresh off a whirlwind tour of AIDS programs across Africa, former president Bill Clinton said Monday that new U.S. figures highlight the need for fresh attention to the disease at home, particularly among African Americans.


 

HIV-positive migrants accuse US of neglect

Headlines from the Associated Press  Mon, 08/04/2008 - 16:35

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Olga Arellano sobs as she recalls how her HIV-positive daughter spent two months succumbing to infections in a U.S. migrant detention center, complaining that she didn't see a doctor or get the right medicine....


 

IAC: New Estimate Raises HIV Incidence Sharply

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Sat, 08/02/2008 - 16:20

MEXICO CITY -- Every 10 minutes, another American becomes infected with HIV, about a third of them younger than 30, nearly half black, and more than half men who have sex with men, a startling new CDC estimate reported here today revealed.


 

Survival of quake victims depends on many factors

Headlines from the Associated Press  Fri, 05/16/2008 - 17:22

NEW YORK (AP) -- A nurse survived eight days in the wreckage of a Turkish hospital destroyed by an earthquake in 1992.

A newborn was rescued after more than a week in the rubble of Mexico City's 1985 quake. Now, in China, rescuers are pulling out victims days after they were buried by a powerful earthquake....


 

Survival of quake victims depends on many factors

washingtonpost.com - Health  Fri, 05/16/2008 - 17:22

NEW YORK -- A nurse survived eight days in the wreckage of a Turkish hospital destroyed by an earthquake in 1992.

A newborn was rescued after more than a week in the rubble of Mexico City's 1985 quake.