First Signal of Vaccine-Mediated Protection Against HIV Infection is Both Celebrated and Questioned By Richard Jefferys On September 24, 2009, the surprising announcemnet that a vaccine combination had shown efficacy in preventing HIV infection was splashed across the world media.…
Are we doing all we can to boost adherence to antiretroviral treatment? Can packaging help people take their drugs more consistently? By Bob Huff My doctor recently gave me a starter pack for a new medication. The pills were packaged…
HIV is not in recession: This was the recurring theme of the IAS conference repeated in speeches and displayed on PowerPoint presentations. By Scott W. Morgan At the Fifth International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in…
By Bob Huff At the International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa, in 2000, when the movement to provide universal access to antiretroviral treatment for people with HIV around the world began in earnest, guidelines for the standard-of-care treatment of…
Research Funding Gaps Revealed Treatment Action Group has published two new reports on the crisis in national and international funding for scientific research on AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and viral hepatitis. TB and hepatitis are diseases that affect hundreds of millions…
Hepatitis C Treatment, Psychiatric Medications (SSRIs), Growth Factors, Hepatitis Vaccines (March 2009) Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a common and serious comorbidity among HIVpositive people in the United States; up to 30%—approximately 332,000— are living with HCV. Hepatitis C can…
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.…
Research presentation poster by Tracy Swan and Lei Chou; winner of a Chairman’s Choice Award at the 2008 HIV DART conference “Frontiers in Drug Development for Antiretroviral Therapies.” The complete text is available online. Populations in Preapproval Studies and…