http://discussaids.com Discuss Aids and Aids Treatment Fri, 06 Nov 2009 10:00:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A scientist who is helping to treat thousands of people living with HIV and tuberculosis (TB) in South Africa was awarded the Royal Society Pfizer Award at a ceremony last night (27 October). Dr Linda-Gail Bekker's research looks at how TB epidemiology has changed in the HIV era. ... http://discussaids.com/2009/11/african-scientist-wins-award-for-hiv-and-tb-coinfection-research/ Federal health officials are preparing to study the "test and treat" strategy in an effort to curb the spread of HIV in high-incidence communities, the New York Times reports. The three-year study will focus on Washington, D.C., where as many as 5% of adults are HIV-positive, and the Bronx, which ... http://discussaids.com/2009/11/federal-officials-to-study-new-strategy-to-boost-hiv-testing-treatment/ Two Yale School of Medicine physicians have been awarded a $4.1 million research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study a new pharmacological treatment for newly released HIV-positive inmates with alcohol dependence who are transitioning back into the community. The U.S. prison population is disproportionately ... http://discussaids.com/2009/11/yale-physicians-receive-41-million-grant-to-study-new-treatment-for-alcoholdependent-hivpositive-inmates-transitioning-back-into-society/ Mobile phones are on the verge of becoming powerful tools to collect data on many issues, ranging from global health to the environment. Computer scientists at the University of Washington have used Android, the open-source mobile operating system championed by Google, to turn a cell phone into a versatile data-collection device. ... http://discussaids.com/2009/11/cell-phones-become-handheld-tools-for-global-development/ At any given time, over two million people are imprisoned in penal institutions in Europe. Prisons are extremely high-risk environments for the transmission of infectious diseases because of a high number of risk factors, such as overcrowding, poor nutrition, limited access ... http://discussaids.com/2009/11/the-unintentional-punishment-time-in-prison-should-not-lead-to-infection-with-hiv-or-tuberculosis/ Researchers have shown how an antiviral protein produced by the immune system, dubbed tetherin, tames HIV and other viruses by literally putting them on a leash, to prevent their escape from infected cells. The insights reported in the October 30th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, allowed ... http://discussaids.com/2009/11/hiv-tamed-by-designer-leash/ Researchers in New York City are reporting their work uncovering a new epidemic of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection among men-who-have-sex-with-men (MSM) who have HIV infection. These authors have previously reported unusually rapid fibrosis progression due to new HCV in MSM who have HIV infection and now expand on their ... http://discussaids.com/2009/11/new-epidemic-of-sexually-transmitted-hepatitis-c-infection-in-hivinfected-men-in-nyc/ The National Institutes of Health has awarded $75 million to Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science and three other historically black institutions to establish a medical research consortium to combat health disparities in minority and underserved populations. The award by the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), part of NIH, ... http://discussaids.com/2009/11/75-million-awarded-to-charles-drew-university-and-three-other-historically-black-institutions/ The U.S.' "recent experience with abstinence-only sex education is merely the latest chapter in our long, sometimes ridiculous ... history of efforts to control humankind's most basic drive," Johannah Cornblatt writes in a Newsweek article examining the history of sex education. Organized sex education first gained attention during the urbanization ... http://discussaids.com/2009/11/debate-over-abstinenceonly-programs-latest-chapter-in-battle-over-us-sex-education-newsweek-reports/ AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) today lauded President Barack Obama for lifting a 22 year-old ban prohibiting HIV-positive foreigners from traveling to the US. The US was one of only twelve countries with such a travel ban. Obama announced repeal of the ban after signing the legislation renewing the Ryan White ... http://discussaids.com/2009/11/obama-lifts-us-travel-ban-on-hivinfected-updated-aids-bill-puts-new-focus-on-testing/