Sexually transmitted diseases and infections
Global Implications of HIV Infected Baby Deemed to be Cured
Scientists say a girl born with HIV two-and-a-half years ago appears to have been cured. Though the apparent breakthrough is limited to one infant case, the news may give hope to the millions of people living with the HIV virus around the globe.
Panel Endorses HIV Drug Truvada for FDA Approval
We have known about Truvada for a while. Now, an influential advisory panel of the Food and Drug Administration has endorsed the drug shown to prevent HIV infection in healthy people. It recommended approval of the pill for people at risk of contracting the virus. A final decision is expected next month, but if FDA […]
US apologizes for 1940s Guatemala Syphilis experiments
U.S. officials have apologized for immoral experiments done on hundreds of Guatemalans in the 1940s to test the effectiveness of penicillin in treating syphilis. Dr. Art Caplan at the University of Pennsylvania and Susan Reverby at Wellesley College.
Good news in HIV protection but more trials necessary
The International AIDS conference in Vienna is underway and there’s excitement about a new study showing that there may be a new effective microbicide to help prevent against HIV infection. Science Magazine correspondent, Jon Cohen, is at the conference.