HIV-infected patients who maintain undetectable levels of the virus are known as elite controllers – they have high or “normal” CD4 cell counts and behave just like HIV-negative people, said Mathias Lichterfeld of Harvard Medical School at a press conference Friday during the 49th Annual Meeting of the Infectious Diseases Society of America. Fending off […]
Steve Lawn, from the University of Cape Town in South Africa, began his talk on diagnostics for HIV associated tuberculosis (TB) by reminding the audience of the enormous burden of TB in his country where one percent of the population develops TB disease each year. He gave his presentation to an audience at the 49th […]
In an October 19 letter to the Democratic and Republican leaders of the House and Senate Appropriations committees, the Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Jack Lew spelled out the Obama administration’s funding priorities for the current fiscal year (FY) across the various funding bills. The letter contains the following […]
Researchers continue to unfold the curious link between HIV and GB Virus C (GBV-C). “Every study that shows persistent [GBV-C] infection over time has shown a survival benefit to HIV co-infected patients. How does this work? Why does this virus improve survival among people with HIV? Can we use it therapeutically?” Jack T Stapleton, MD, […]
HIV
The following is a guest post by Mitchell Warren of AVAC This year’s annual HIV Vaccine Awareness Day arrives Saturday at a promising and also perilous […]
Tuberculosis
In sub-Saharan Africa where the odds of dying within a year of starting treatment for HIV can still hover close to one-in-10, diagnosing and treating TB […]
Research & Development
A randomized, multi-country clinical trial testing a regimen for treating drug-resistant tuberculosis in less than a year against the up to two-year regimen recommended by the […]
Policy
The following is a guest post by Heather B. Davis, MPH, and Emily A. Bobrow, PhD, MPH, of MEASURE Evaluation Who has a strategic interest in […]