AIDS Treatment News new toll-free phone number, 800-804-8845
We are changing our toll-free editorial and business number to 1-800-804-8848. This number, effective now, will forward anywhere, so you can more easily reach a person during our
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"Fundathon": toward massively multiplayer online fundraising games
The Need Walkathons, bikeathons, concerts, and similar events have a large overhead, and often return disappointingly little money to the cause (there are important
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Prisoner death rate very high immediately after release
A study of over 30,000 recently released prisoners (regardless of HIV) in Washington State found that they had a 3.5 times increased risk of death after release than other
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Integrase inhibitor MK-0518: Merck opens expanded-access program
On September 11 Merck announced that its worldwide expanded-access program for MK-0518 is now open in the U.S.
Brazil: Gilead cuts tenofovir price in half
In May 2006 Gilead Sciences agreed to cut the price it charges to Brazil for tenofovir by half. For ten years Brazil has run a program to provide antiretroviral treatment
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Special tax break for major donors to charities--only through December 31
"For outright gifts of cash made between August 28, 2005, and December 31,2005, to charities, individuals may take a federal income tax deduction of up to 100 percent of their
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Immunology study finds decreased activation markers related to better viral control
This study measured 60 immune-system parameters over 48 weeks, in 192 antiretroviral-experienced children from 4 months to 17 years old.
Campaign to end AIDS (C2EA)--new national mobilization
The Campaign to End AIDS, which is planning five days of action in Washington, DC, from October 8th to 12th, has launched an ambitious grassroots effort to revive American AIDS
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Virginity pledge did not prevent sexually transmitted infections
This study [1], published in April 2005, surveyed more than 11,000 U.S. adolescents when they were young adults (ages 18-24), and found that adolescent virginity pledges were
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Uganda study found that death reduced HIV prevalence; did the public take home the wrong...
A major study reported at the Retroviruses conference (Boston, February 22-25, 2005) found that death of people with HIV accounted for most of the large decrease in the
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