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Vol. 2, No. 4, 28 February 2002
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AIDScience Report:
Advances in the prevention of mother-to-child HIV-1 transmission: current issues, future challenges
By Marc Bulterys, Monica L. Nolan, Denise J. Jamieson, Kenneth Dominguez and Mary Glenn Fowler
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Disappointing data scuttle plans for large-scale AIDS vaccine trial. The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) has decided not to fund full-scale clinical trials of the leading AIDS vaccine in its pipeline. Even so, the U.S. military and the makers of the vaccine, in collaboration with researchers and officials in Thailand, are still planning to go ahead with a large-scale trial of a similar preparation, and Merck is working with NIH to move another vaccine into midsize trials.
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U.S. HIV and AIDS cases reported. The U.S. CDC has released its finalized mid-year HIV/AIDS surveillance report, including updated statistics on AIDS incidence trends from 1996 through 2000.
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AIDS research: Longtime rivalry ends in collaboration. AIDS researchers Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnier, who fought a long and bitter battle over credit for the discovery of HIV and the resultant blood test, this week announced plans to collaborate on developing AIDS vaccines for Africa and other impoverished regions. The two also plan to merge their vaccine approaches.
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VaxGen forms joint venture to build manufacturing facilities in California and South Korea. VaxGen, Inc. (Nasdaq: VXGN) and a group of South Korean investors announced the formation of a joint venture, which will invest approximately $120 million to build and operate facilities in Incheon, South Korea, and in South San Francisco, California.
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New insights into AIDS link to pill. Seattle Times. February 28, 2002
| Gene test for HIV drug danger. BBC News. February 28, 2002
| Abstinence-only initiative advancing. New York Times. February 28, 2002
| Third world AIDS studies bolster triple therapy. Washington Post. February 28, 2002
| Study: Drug advances propel unsafe sex. Yahoo! News. February 28, 2002
| South Africa report gives green light for AIDS plan. Yahoo! News. February 28, 2002
| HIV transmitted through biting. MSNBC. February 28, 2002
| South Africa’s lonely rebel. Newsweek. February 28, 2002
| Study: Why whites are less susceptible to AIDS. Newsday. February 28, 2002
| Experimental HIV drugs show promise fighting virus in new ways. Wall Street Journal. February 27, 2002
| Researchers track hepatitis C, HIV in China. Wall Street Journal. February 27, 2002
| HIV vaccines show promise. BBC News. February 27, 2002
| Women who stayed HIV-free studied. New York Times. February 27, 2002
| Officials cool on plan to combat HIV 'hot spots' in Palm Beach, Florida. Sun-Sentinel.com. February 27, 2002
| Bush discusses Angola, AIDS with African leaders. Nando Times. February 27, 2002
| With AIDS therapy, timing can be vital — Studies find dangers in waiting, interruptions. Washington Post. February 27, 2002
| Americans still misinformed about AIDS. Yahoo! News. February 27, 2002
| VaxGen says AIDS vaccine not in question. Yahoo! News. February 27, 2002
| AIDS care improving, U.S. government says. Yahoo! News. February 27, 2002
| Two out of three HIV+ in U.S. begin treatment late. Yahoo! News. February 27, 2002
| Study: Viread effective in untreated HIV patients. Yahoo! News. February 27, 2002
| Bush administration may consider condoms in prisons. Yahoo! News. February 27, 2002
| Morning-after HIV drugs backed — Study: Access to regimen doesn’t increase risky behaviors. MSNBC. February 27, 2002
| CLARIFICATION on VaxGen's vaccine. Washington Post. February 27, 2002
| Cerus, Baxter develop product to destroy pathogens in individual units of blood. Wall Street Journal. February 27, 2002
| University of Kentucky to recruit healthy patients for HIV vaccine clinical trial. University of Kentucky Public Relations. February 27, 2002
| U.S. decides not to expand key study of AIDS vaccine. Washington Post. February 26, 2002
| CDC says 900,000 have HIV, and half are untreated. Boston Globe. February 26, 2002
| New AIDS drugs might help against resistance. Washington Post. February 26, 2002
| Safe sex should be promoted on TV soaps, doctors say. Yahoo! News. February 26, 2002
| Hawaii's needle-exchange claims unwarranted. Honolulu Advertiser. February 26, 2002
| VaxGen forms joint venture to build manufacturing facilities in California and South Korea. AIDScience. February 25, 2002
| U.S. HIV cases up 50,000 in year. Newsday. February 25, 2002
| Drugs raising number of HIV-infected. Yahoo! News. February 25, 2002
| Doctors defy South African AIDS policy. San Francisco Chronicle. February 24, 2002
| South Africa clarifies AIDS drug policy. Los Angeles Times. February 24, 2002
| World's foremost AIDS experts bring discoveries to Seattle. Seattle Times. February 24, 2002
| Helms ends dissent on AIDS funds. Boston Globe. February 23, 2002
| Heart disease a big concern for AIDS patients. Yahoo! News. February 23, 2002
| Tainted blood supply spreads HIV in poor nations. Yahoo! News. February 23, 2002
| Russia's 'secret' AIDS epidemic. The Times (London). February 22, 2002
| AIDS ravages generation of African farmers. Yahoo! News. February 22, 2002
| South Africa won't give nevirapine to all HIV+ moms. Yahoo! News. February 22, 2002
| AIDS and democracy (editorial). Washington Post. February 21, 2002
| South African government indicates growing commitment to fighting AIDS. San Francisco Chronicle. February 21, 2002
| Crystal meth, unsafe sex linked to gay nightlife. Yahoo! News. February 21, 2002
| Campaign to save women from HIV. BBC News. February 20, 2002
| Scientists warn that sale of primate meat could hamper medical research and harm human health. San Francisco Chronicle. February 20, 2002
| Trimeris, Roche say new drug may benefit some AIDS patients. Wall Street Journal. February 20, 2002
| In the pipeline: Keeping blood clean can be big money. San Francisco Chronicle. February 20, 2002
| Mom's HIV therapy linked to baby's seizures. Yahoo! News. February 20, 2002
| Isles’ needle program great at reducing HIV. Honolulu Star-Bulletin. February 20, 2002
| Health services defy South Africa's AIDS policy. BBC News. February 19, 2002
| Rising injection drug use drives HIV in Thailand. Yahoo! News. February 19, 2002
| Talk is straight about men who aren't. Philadelphia Inquirer. February 19, 2002
| Roche-Trimeris HIV drug shows benefit in study. Yahoo! News. February 19, 2002
| Program cuts HIV among Ivory Coast sex workers. Yahoo! News. February 19, 2002
| ANC defends its AIDS policy. BBC News. February 19, 2002
| Britain sets search for AIDS microbe-killer. Yahoo! News. February 19, 2002
| HIV 'singled out for destruction'. BBC News. February 19, 2002
| Gallo lab falls short of economic promise. Baltimore Sun. February 19, 2002
| Rising injection drug use drives HIV in Thailand. Yahoo! News. February 19, 2002
| South Africa: Opposition grows to limits on AIDS drug. South Florida Sun-Sentinel. February 18, 2002
| Mandela urges action on AIDS. BBC News. February 17, 2002
| The price of body piercing. Yahoo! News. February 17, 2002
| Russia 'facing African levels of AIDS'. BBC News. February 16, 2002
| Gene mutation risk of HIV children. BBC News. February 16, 2002
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