By Gregg Gonsalves Adapted from remarks given on May 12, 2009, at the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, D.C., at a celebration for the 25th anniversary of the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS), an ongoing prospective study of the…
A Talk with Nancy Ordover By Bob Huff Nancy Ordover, PhD, has served on the International Task Team on HIV-Related Travel Restrictions, convened by UNAIDS and concerned with issues relating to the human rights, public health, and economic impact of…
A Conversation with Sue Perez and Gregg Gonsalves By Scott W. Morgan Pressure is increasing to redirect international funding for HIV into broader health initiatives. TAG's policy director Sue Perez and international AIDS activist Gregg Gonsalves talk about these challenges.…
Webcasts make CROI the most accessible AIDS conference of the year. By Bob Huff The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) is the most important scientific meeting on HIV and AIDS during the year. Although attendance at CROI is…
Outbreaks of sexually transmitted hepatitis C infection have been reported among HIV-positive gay men. Early diagnosis and treatment can prevent serious liver disease, but too few doctors notice the warning signs. BY Tracy Swan A new epidemic of hepatitis…
Treatment Action Group’s response to the National Institute of Immunology and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) request for comments on the development of a research funding opportunity on HIV latency and persistence. Treatment Action Group (TAG) strongly supports reinvigorating the research…
A Conversation with Doug Richman and Celsa Spina There are only a handful scientists working on finding a cure for HIV infection. Doug Richman and Celsa Spina, from the University of California–San Diego, are among them. We asked about the…
What are the Mechanisms of HIV Latency and Persistence? The government has an extensive plan for conducting AIDS research, but finding a cure is not part of it. By Bob Huff Two of the great quests in science are to…
Recommendations submitted by Treatment Action Group to President Barack Obama on ways to strengthen the struggle to end AIDS Demonstrate Strong Domestic and Global Leadership TAG urges President Obama to make fighting AIDS a national and global priority through…
Life and Work of an AIDS Activist The world lost one of the pioneers of AIDS activism when Project Inform founder Martin Delaney died of liver cancer in San Rafael, California. By Mark Harrington Fighting for people with HIV until…