2003 ANNOUNCEMENTS

12/16/03  Science in the News: Combination, Order of Anti-HIV Drugs Make a Difference in First-time Recipients
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12/11/03  Combination, Order of Anti-HIV Drugs Make a Difference in First-Time Recipients
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12/1/03  HHS Secretary Marks World AIDS Day 2003
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11/24/03  The CDC STD Communications Database is now available online
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11/18/03  An Addendum to Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2002, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, Volume 14, is now available at
   http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats/addendum.htm.
It includes 4 new Tables which document HIV and AIDS cases, by exposure category and race/ethnicity, reported through December 2002 in the United States. A commentary and technical notes are also provided.

11/10/03  Revised Guidelines for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-1-Infected Adults and Adolescents
   http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/

11/3/03  U.S. Education Department, U.S. Chamber of Commerce Release Guidebook for Business on Employment of People with Disabilities
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10/30/03  NIAMS Researchers Collaborate to Produce Targeted Immunosuppressant Drug
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10/28/03  "Cases of HIV infection and AIDS in the United States, 2002", HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report, Volume 14, is now available
  http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats/hasr1402.htm
  http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats/hasr1402/2002SurveillanceReport.pdf 

10/27/03  Fogarty International Center Announces First Awards for Research Program In Stigna and Global Health
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10/19/03  Secretary Pledges Cooperation with China, Urges Openness: HHS assists China with AIDS, SARS prevention, surveillance and treatment
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10/16/03  HIV/AIDS Surveillance Supplemental Report, Volume 9, Number 3, Selected measures of access to and utilization of treatment and prophylaxis for HIV - infected persons, is now available at
   http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats/hasrsuppVol9No3.htm and at
   http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats/hasrsupp93/Vol9No3.pdf  

10/15/03  Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., on National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
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10/14/03  Statement by Secretary Thompson Regarding National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
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10/14/03  Comunicado de Prensa del Secretario Thompson en relación al Día Nacional Latino de la Toma de Conciencia sobre el SIDA
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10/14/03  NIH is offering a new service called AIDSinfo Live Help designed to provide one-on-one assistance via the internet. The service is available Monday through Friday between the hours of 12:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. To access Live Help, just log on to www.aidsinfo.nih.gov during these hours.

10/3/03  NIAID Initiative Addresses Primary Immune Deficiency Diseases
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9/30/03  HHS Awards $21.5 Million to Develop HIV Prevention Methods, Provide Treatment for People with HIV/AIDS
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9/25/03  NIH Awards $51 Million to Fight Autoimmune Diseases
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9/12/03  "Rapid Point-of-Care Testing for HIV-1 During Labor and Delivery --- Chicago, Illinois, 2002" MMWR 2003 September 12;52(36):866-868 is now available at    http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5236a4.htm
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/wk/mm5236.pdf    Version

8/28/03  HIV Testing Survey, 2000, HIV/AIDS Special Surveillance Report, Volume 1, Number 1 is now available at
    http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/STATS/special-reportVol1No1.htm  
    http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/STATS/HIV-Testing-Survey-2000.pdf   .
This report focuses on HIV testing patterns and risk behaviors among three groups at high risk for HIV infection: men who have sex with men recruited from gay bars, injection drug users recruited through street outreach or at needle exchange programs, and heterosexuals recruited at sexually transmitted disease clinics. Data in this report comes from the HIV Testing Survey (HITS), conducted in seven states and New York City in 2000.

8/28/03  Treatment Interruption Shows No Benefit in Drug-Resistant HIV Infection
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8/27/03  Treatment Interruption Shows No Benefit in Drug-Resistant HIV Infection
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8/18/03  "Notice to Readers: Satellite Broadcast on HIV Prevention, "MMWR 2003 August 15; 52(32);774 is now available at    http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5232a7.htm.
This satellite broadcast will take place on Thursday, November 13, 2003 and is entitled "Incorporating HIV Prevention into the Medical Care of Persons Living with HIV."

8/12/03  CDC's Advancing HIV Prevention: Interim Technical Guidance for Selected Interventions
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8/12/03  NIH Awards Grant for Pharmaceutical Research at Florida A&M University
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8/8/03  Important New Pharmacokinetic Data for REYATAZ™ (atazanavir sulfate) in combination with Viread® (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate)
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8/8/03  New information about treatment of Latent Tuberc ulosis Infection in HIV infected and Uninfected Individuals
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8/7/03  Beverly Clarno Named HHS Regional Director for Seattle Area
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8/6/03  FDA Drug Review Package for Fuzeon (enfuvirtide) available on FDA Website
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7/31/03  HHS Awards $45.7 Million in Grants to Plan and Care for Americans with HIV/AIDS
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7/25/03  GalxoSmith Kline has issued a letter regarding Early Virologic Non-Response in Patients wtih HIV infection treated with lamivudine, abacavir and tenofovir
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7/25/03  "Addressing HIV/AIDS... Latino Perspectives and Policy Recommendations"
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7/23/03  Balm in Gilead Calls for 'Every Black Pulpit' To Talk About HIV/AIDS
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7/18/03  Incorporating HIV Prevention into the Medical Care of Persons Living with HIV: Recommendations of CDC, the Health Resources and Services Administration, the National Institutes of Health, and the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America MMWR 2003 July 18; 52(RR12):1-24, is now available at
   http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5212a1.htm  in HTML version and at
   http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/PDF/rr/rr5212.pdf  PDF version

7/15/03  The revised version of HIV Prevention Community Planning Guidance has just been published. This document defines the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) expectations of health departments and HIV prevention community planning groups (CPGs) in implementing HIV prevention community planning.
   http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/pubs/HIV-CP.pdf  PDF version

7/14/03  Revised Guidelines Will Ease Selection of HIV/AIDS Treatments
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7/10/03  HIV Diagnoses Among Injection-Drug Users in States with HIV Surveillance --- 25 States, 1994--2000, July 11, 2003/Vol. 52/No. 27, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reportis now available at
   http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5227a2.htm

7/7/03  Characteristics of Persons Living with AIDS and HIV, 2001, HIV/AIDS Surveillance Supplemental Report , Volume 9, Number 2, is now available at
   http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats/hasrsuppVol9No2.htm  in HTML version and at
   http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/stats/SuppVol9No2.pdf.  PDF version

7/2/03  President Bush Names Randall Tobias to be Global AIDS Coordinator
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7/2/03  FDA's Approval of Emtriva for Treating HIV
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7/2/03  HHS Awards New Grants to Support Abstinence Education Among Nation's Teens
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7/2/03  Statement by Secretary Thompson Regarding President Bush's Nomination of Randall Tobias as Coordinator for International HIV/AIDS Assistance
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7/1/03  HHS Awards $23 Million to Help Communities Provide Early HIV/AIDS Care
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6/27/03  "Late Versus Early Testing of HIV --- 16 Sites, United States, 2000--2003," MMWR 2003 June 27;52(25);581-586 is now available at
   http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5225a2.htm

6/26/03  Structure of HIV-Neutralizing Antibody Solved
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6/26/03  Alcohol Increases Hepatitis C Virus in Himan Cells: Drinking May Compromise Treatment Success
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6/26/03  Statement by Secretary Thompson Regarding National HIV Testing Day, June 27, 2003
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6/24/03  Activities of the Office of HIV/AIDS Policy's The Leadership Campaign on AIDS for June 27th, National HIV Testing Day
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6/23/03  Molecular Fingerprint Predicts HIV-Associated Dementia
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6/23/03  FDA Approves Atazanavir a Once Daily Protease Inhibitor for HIV Infection
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6/20/03  The following document contains special information on treating tuberculosis in HIV-infected adults and children: "Treatment of Tuberculosis: American Thoracic Society, CDC, and Infectious Diseases Society of America, MMWR 2003 June 20;52(RR11):1-77"
   http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/rr5211a1.htm

6/17/03  NAPWA Urges Americans to 'Take the Test, Take Control' on June 27
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6/17/03  Quality Assurance Guidelines for Testing Using the OraQuick(r) Rapid HIV-1 Antibody Test is available at
   http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/rapid_testing/materials/QA_Guidlines_OraQuick.pdf.
The document's appendices, which discuss government regulations and provide sample forms, are available at
   http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/rapid_testing/materials/QA_Guidelines_OraQuick_Appendix.pdf

6/13/03  "HIV Testing -- United States, 2001, " MMWR 2003 June 13; 52(23):540-545 is now available at
   http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5223a2.htm

6/11/03  Researchers Identify Shift Towards More Treatable AIDS-Related Lymphomas
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6/2/03  Take the Test, Take Control: National HIV Testing Day is June 27
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NEW!   2003 HIV/AIDS and Minorities: A Guide to Federal Programs ONLINE!