Howard University Hospital is hosting the International Conference on Stigma on World AIDS Day December 1, 2010.
The Washington Post (HIV funds bypassing areas in need) reports on HIV funding in Washington, DC, citing programs that have had (1) “little lasting impact,” (2) “financial and operational problems,” and even (3) outright fraud. Focusing on the “disparity in AIDS dollars in the District” is one major part of the fiscal equation, but the [...]
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Looking for early HIV and AIDS imagery for my dissertation, I came across the following article and website recently: Trebay, G. (2009, December 11). Lost to AIDS, but Still Friended. The New York Times. Retrieved December 12, 2009, from http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/13/fashion/13memorial.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&hpw http://www.avert.org/history-science.htm
I’m finally here in DC…
The Washington Post (HIV vaccine trial’s success more modest than thought) reports on the different ways the HIV vaccine trial data can be manipulated. The primary issue is whether to include all available partial injection data or only full cases where all injections were completed. Since the degree of change in the study was small [...]
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The big news in the HIV/AIDS world is reported by the New York Times (If AIDS Went the Way of Smallpox). Statistical significance was found in a vaccine study! Ring the bells and release the doves! Wait a minute. Looking at the numbers, 51 high-risk people from Thailand were infected after 3 years of taking [...]
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The Washington Post reports (In Africa, Courts Shape Views on AIDS: Rulings Hold Power To Ease or Deepen Stigma of Disease) on the human rights issues reflecting the intersection between sociocultural stigma and legal methods of control. From the article: Laws crafted to deal with such a vast constituency, experts say, could help curb the [...]
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The BBC (Antibodies ‘may aid HIV jab hunt’) reports that two new antibodies have been discovered that target a protein that produces the “spike” HIV uses to enter cells. From the article: “HIV vaccine research will be a long-term effort and we certainly shouldn’t expect these findings to lead to a vaccine in a few years.” [...]
The role of schools is expanding in Washington, DC to include STD/STI (Sexually Transmitted Disease or Infection) testing, according to the Washington Post (D.C. to Offer STD Tests In Every High School). From the article: The program conducted last year at eight high schools found that 13 percent of about 3,000 students tested positive for [...]
The fourth strain of HIV has been discovered, covered by the Post (New HIV Strain Found In Cameroon Woman)