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Tag Archives: HIV
FDA Approves Truvada as First Medication to Reduce HIV Risk in Healthy People
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has approved the first drug shown to reduce the risk of HIV infection, a milestone in the 30-year battle against the virus that causes AIDS. The agency approved Gilead Sciences' pill Truvada … Continue reading
CDC to Offer Free HIV Test at Oakland Pharmacy
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ATLANTA (AP) — Getting an AIDS test at the drugstore could become as common as a flu shot or blood pressure check, if a new pilot program takes off. The $1.2 million program will offer the free rapid HIV tests … Continue reading
FDA Panel EndorsesTruvada to Prevent HIV Infection in Healthy People
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From AP: A panel of federal health advisers has endorsed the first drug shown to prevent HIV infection in healthy people, clearing the way for a potentially landmark approval in the 30-year-old effort against the virus that causes AIDS. In … Continue reading
Interview: SF's Grant Colfax, New White House Head of AIDS Policy, On Living w/ the Disease
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Yesteday, Grant Colfax, the San Francisco Health Department's Director of HIV Prevention, was appointed the new Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy. In 2010, as part of a special feature on The California Report called "Living with the … Continue reading
SF's Director of HIV Prevention Tapped to Head Office of National AIDS Policy
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(AP) A San Francisco physician who oversaw the city's efforts to prevent HIV infections has been named as director of the Office of National AIDS Policy. President Barack Obama announced Dr. Grant Colfax's appointment as the White House AIDS czar … Continue reading
Prophylactic HIV Drug Would Be First to Be Taken By At Risk-But-Healthy Population
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By Bernice Yeung, California Watch Foster City drugmaker Gilead recently updated its application with the federal Food and Drug Administration for approval to market its HIV treatment medication Truvada as a HIV prevention pill. If the FDA approves Truvada for … Continue reading
AIDS Memorial Grove: SF's Best Kept Secret?
San Francisco's Golden Gate Park is one of the city's top tourist attractions. And yet very few of the thousands who visit the park each year ever stop to see the National AIDS Memorial Grove, just a stone's throw from … Continue reading
Interview: Drug May Be First to Prevent HIV Transmission in Healthy
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ContentsDr. Paul Volberding explains what Truvada is [Audio clip: view full post to listen]During our coverage last month of the 30th anniversary of the discovery of HIV, we explored what the earliest, dark days of the epidemic were like — … Continue reading
What Do the WHO, NIH and Other Health Organizations Say About Circumcision?
Debate has erupted over a November ballot initiative in San Francisco that aims to ban circumcision of minors. In addition to ethical and religious concerns, the health implications of circumcision (and non-circumcision) are also part … Continue reading
AIDS at 30: Interview - What Were the Earliest Days of the Epidemic Like?
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Part 2 of Scott Shafer's series of interviews surrounding the 30th anniversary of HIV/AIDS is with San Francisco community activist Paul Boneberg, who lived through the epidemic when it first struck in the early 1980s. The interview is summarized directly … Continue reading
