Factors associated with mortality of HIV-positive clients receiving methadone maintenance treatment in China: Increasing daily methadone doses for Chinese injection drug users (IDUs) receiving methadone maintenance treatment reduces mortality in both HIV-infected and uninfected individuals, according to a study recently published in the Journal or Infectious Diseases. Enwu Liu and other researchers examined records of […]
HIV
Thirty years ago this week Congress passed the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act, named for the young man who stood up to stigma and […]
Tuberculosis
In the six weeks before South Africa responded its first diagnoses of COVID-19 with the start of physical distancing measures, more than 47,000 people on average […]
Research & Development
With 2018 data showing highest incidence acute flaccid myelitis since monitoring began, officials say awareness, recognition of rare life threatening condition will be crucial to early […]
Policy
By Karen Carvajal, M.D. Over the course of human history we have come a long way in our fight against the threat of infectious diseases and, […]