• Treatment Interruption; Advanced HIV; New Ideas: Dr. Cal Cohen Interview on Retroviruses Conference (Part 2 of 2)
  The conclusion of Dr. Cohen's interview includes an in-depth look at current thinking on treatment interruption, strategies for highly treatment-experienced patients, and other topics from the recent Retroviruses conference.

• SARS Web Information
  Where to find current information about Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), a new disease that can cause severe or fatal pneumonia.

• Abacavir Arm Stopped in Clinical Trial
  A government clinical trial stopped treatment with abacavir plus AZT plus 3TC, due to more viral rebound than other treatments in the study. Many unknowns remain.

• Huge Medicaid Cuts Weighed in Washington
  A $92 billion Medicaid cut passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, and a plan by the Bush Administration to reduce entitlement funding of medical care for the poor and elderly and give states more power to choose whose benefits are ended, could seriously reduce HIV care in the coming decade.

• Africa Activism: Money for AIDS Not for War; South Africa Antiretrovirals
  Africa Action seeks organizational endorsements for prioritizing an epidemic that has already killed 25 million people. Separately, South Africa's Treatment Action Campaign seeks international support for government cooperation in making antiretroviral treatment available there.

• Prison Health News First Issue Available
  AIDS Treatment News helped start this new publication on HIV, hepatitis C, and other major illnesses in U.S. prisons. Subscriptions are free.

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