AIDS activists seek speedy access to protease drugs...

Health officials seek ways to halt AIDS.

On 4 January the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) convened a workshop a t its Atlanta headquarters to assess the options for halting the spread of the new disease called acquired immunodeficien­ cy syndrome o r , more commonly, AIDS. The main topic of discussion was the possibility that the disease, which may kill u p to 70 percent of the patients within 2 years of diagnosis, might b e spread ...

Bush accused of blocking access to cheap AIDS drugs.

News International health charities have accused George Bush's administration of trying to block developing countries' access to cheap AIDS drugs by questioning the quality of " three in one " generic combination drugs. At a meeting this week in Gaborone, Botswana, the US global AIDS coordinator, Ran-dall Tobias, said that the World Health Organization's drug pre-qualification programme is not ...

Activists drive access to treatment campaign at conference.

significantly high levels of depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder,” Dr Cardozo said. “Sixty-eight percent of people showed signs of depression, 72% had symptoms of anxiety, and 42% had symptoms of post-traumatic stress. As a comparison, levels of depression in the United States are lower at 8–10% and 1–2% for post-traumatic stress,” Dr Cardozo said. Increasing attacks on human...

Facilitating access of AIDS drugs while maintaining strong patent protection.

The AIDS pandemic has thrust the subject of patent protection into the spotlight, a spotlight that has attracted the attention of broad audience including interested parties from the political, legal, and medical communities. Can the United States' scheme of strong patent protection for pharmaceutical products withstand the increased attention?

Seek and treat to optimize HIV and AIDS prevention.