UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) Jun 11 - Researchers have been undercounting new cases of HIV infection in the United States, meaning the rate is probably 25% higher at 50,000 people per year, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.

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June 12, 2008 — High-dose cyclophosphamide (HiCy) reduces disease activity and disability in people with severe aggressive multiple sclerosis (MS) who have not undergone bone marrow transplantation.

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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) Jun 13 - A South African court on Friday issued an order banning unauthorised clinical trials of vitamin therapies for AIDS conducted by a team including a former adviser to President Thabo Mbeki.

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MAPUTO (Reuters) Jun 13 - Mozambique has approved the construction of a $23 million pharmaceutical plant that will manufacture drugs to treat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases, the African nation’s deputy health minister said on Friday.

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 16 - Screening for HIV infection in patients older than 55 years of age is likely to be cost-effective if the prevalence of infection in the population is 0.1% or greater, according to a report in the Annals of Internal Medicine for June 17. Read the rest of this entry »

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 18 - African Americans with HIV infection are significantly more likely to encounter end-stage renal disease than are their white counterparts, researchers report in the June 1st issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) Jun 19 - Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa on Wednesday urged the U.S. Senate to pass a bill that would more than triple spending to fight AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis in Africa and other parts of the world.

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 19 - Acyclovir treatment does not reduce the incidence of HIV-1 infection in sexually active individuals who are seropositive for herpes simplex virus 2 (HSV-2), according to results of a multinational clinical trial reported in the June 21st issue of The Lancet.

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June 19, 2008 — Physicians treating people who are HIV positive still underestimate the increased risk of cardiovascular disease in this group, according to a group of HIV and CVD experts who participated in a joint conference in June 2007, organized by the American Heart Association and the American Academy of HIV Medicine.

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Jun 20 - Improving the linkage between HIV testing sites and treatment sites can speed the initiation of medical care after a diagnosis of HIV infection is confirmed, according to a report in the June 9th issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine.

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