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Meth Use Fuels Higher Rates Of Unsafe Sex, HIV Risk In Young Men Who Have Sex With Men

A study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Children’s Center and elsewhere shows that methamphetamine use can fuel HIV infection risk among teenage boys and young men who have sex with men (MSM), a group that includes openly gay and bisexual men, as well as those who have sex with men but do not identify themselves as gay or bisexual…

Linking HIV-Infected Patients To HIV And Narcology Care

Researchers from the Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and Boston Medical Center (BMC) were recently awarded a $3.5 million grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), to improve upon the “seek, test, treat, and retain” paradigm in Eastern Europe among HIV-infected Russian and Eastern European injection drug users (IDUs) in narcology (addiction) care…

Fellowships Awarded For Outstanding Research In Drug Use And HIV

The International AIDS Society (IAS) and the US National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) have announced the recipients of their third annual joint research fellowships. Recipients of the prestigious awards will receive US$75,000 each to advance scientific understanding of the linkages between drug use and HIV while fostering multinational research…

Russian Government Urged By IAS To Radically Reassess Counterproductive Drug Policies

As Boris Gryzlov, speaker of the Russian state Duma, calls for a “total war on drugs” to tackle Russia’s growing drug problem, the International AIDS Society (IAS) urges the Russian government to radically reassess its approach to drug policy, and to accept that the war on drugs has failed dramatically from both a law enforcement and a public health perspective…

The Importance Of Detecting Unhealthy Alcohol Use In The Clinical Care Of HIV-Infected Individuals

Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that among HIV-infected adults with alcohol problems, measuring their carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) biomarker was a poor and inaccurate method for detecting unhealthy drinking. These findings currently appear on-line in AIDS Care

UF Receives $4.7 Million To Study Marijuana’s Role In Immunity Among HIV-positive Adolescents

HIV experts at the University of Florida, along with colleagues at the University of South Florida and the University of California, San Diego, have been awarded $4.7 million by the National Institutes of Health to study how the complex interplay between marijuana use and HIV infection can influence the development of neurological disorders in adolescents…

In Reducing The Spread Of AIDS, Expansion Of HIV Screening Found To Be Cost-Effective

An expanded U.S. program of HIV screening and treatment could prevent as many as 212,000 new infections over the next 20 years and prove to be very cost-effective, according to a new study by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers…

Opinions: Obama’s Global Fund Pledge; Harm Reduction In Iran; HIV Prevention; African Development

Congress Must Honor Obama’s Global Fund Commitment “There are some encouraging signs in the epic battle against AIDS and HIV infections. … But those bright spots dim considerably in the face of the fact that about 7,100 people a day become infected.

$1.5 Million From NIH To Miriam To ‘Seek, Test And Treat’ Inmates With HIV

The Miriam Hospital received three of the 12 newly awarded grants from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) aimed at improving HIV prevention and treatment of prison and jail inmates…

The International AIDS Society Calls For An End To Harassment, Intimidation And Imprisonment Of HIV Professionals

Following the imprisonment of Maxim Popov in April 2010, sentenced to 7 years jail primarily for the promotion of HIV prevention efforts in Uzbekistan, the International AIDS Society (IAS) notes with alarm the detention of a medial practitioner working in HIV prevention in Ukraine. Dr…