AIDS Alert Archives – May 1, 2010
May 1, 2010
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Win-Win: Health care reform law will help HIV patients and providers
HIV/AIDS providers and others say the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590), which was signed by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010, contains mostly good news for the HIV/AIDS community. -
HIV clinic gets ART to toughest cases
For HIV providers who continually see a certain cohort of patients return to the hospital and fail on their antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens, there's a new model for medication support that might prove helpful. -
TB rates rise among HIV+ Latinos in Southern Cal
The overall public health picture looks good with tuberculosis (TB) rates continuing to decline in both HIV-infected and general United States populations. But these facts mask a disturbing trend that researchers found in Southern California. -
To protect patients, test viral load of infected HCWs
Do some health care workers infected with HIV or hepatitis B or C pose a risk to their patients? Should they be restricted from performing exposure-prone procedures? -
SHEA identifies invasive, exposure-prone procedures
New guidelines for the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) for health care workers infected with bloodborne viruses include the following procedures at greatest risk of transmission to patients. -
Overcoming cancer screening barriers in HIV infected women
Due to their impaired immune function, HIV-positive women have a much higher risk of developing cervical and uterine cancers than do women without the disease. -
FDA Notifications
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will hold a public meeting of its Endocrinologic and Metabolic Drugs Advisory Committee to discuss the safety and efficacy of new drug application (NDA) 22505, tesamorelin acetate (EGRIFTA®) sterile lyophilized powder for injection, by Theratechnologies, Inc.