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APNewsBreak: Source: minuscule fallout reaches US

Headlines from the Associated Press  Fri, 03/18/2011 - 07:14

VIENNA (AP) -- A diplomat says Japan's radioactive fallout has reached Southern California but first readings are "about a billion times beneath levels that would be health threatening."...


 

Austria reports 2 cases of superbug gene

Headlines from the Associated Press  Fri, 08/27/2010 - 02:57

VIENNA (AP) -- Austria's health ministry is reporting two cases of a new gene that allows bacteria to become a superbug....


 

IAC: No Gain in Treating Patients with High CD4 Counts (CME/CE)

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Sat, 07/24/2010 - 12:00

VIENNA (MedPage Today) -- Researchers suggest that using antiretroviral therapy in patients with CD4-positive cell counts of more than 500 cells/microliter has limited benefit.


 

IAC: For TB, HIV Coinfection, Early Tx Saves Lives (CME/CE)

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Thu, 07/22/2010 - 13:03

VIENNA (MedPage Today) -- In patients infected with both TB and HIV, starting therapy for both diseases within two weeks of each other sharply reduced the risk of death, a researcher said here.


 

Funding woes overshadow AIDS conference

Headlines from the Associated Press  Thu, 07/22/2010 - 11:01

VIENNA (AP) -- Rich countries must give more for the fight against AIDS or risk jeopardizing progress in battling the disease, participants at an international conference urged Thursday....


 

IAC: HIV Cure No Longer a 'Taboo'

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Thu, 07/22/2010 - 08:14

VIENNA (MedPage Today) -- HIV researchers are tentatively expressing a renewed interest in the idea of a cure for the infection.


 

IAC: HAART Brings Down Liver Enzymes (CME/CE)

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Wed, 07/21/2010 - 11:57

VIENNA (MedPage Today) -- Levels of elevated liver enzymes start to decline as patients with HIV undergo treatment with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), Ugandan researchers reported.


 

AIDS spreading in Eastern Europe and Central Asia

Headlines from the Associated Press  Tue, 07/20/2010 - 08:58

VIENNA (AP) -- Experts and activists are warning that AIDS in Eastern Europe and Central Asia is on the rise even as a global conference reports progress on other fronts....


 

IAC: Docs Talk But Fail to Communicate HIV Knowledge (CME/CE, wi...

MedPage Today Infectious Disease  Tue, 07/20/2010 - 08:51

VIENNA (MedPage Today) -- Serious communication gaps between doctors and their HIV patients may impair care of both HIV and co-morbid conditions, according to survey results reported here.


 

WHO: 5.2 million people on AIDS drugs in 2009

Headlines from the Associated Press  Mon, 07/19/2010 - 05:14

VIENNA (AP) -- The number of people taking crucial AIDS drugs climbed by a record 1.2 million last year to 5.2 million overall, the World Health Organization said Monday - but Bill Clinton says that's still not nearly enough....