AIDS Treatment News
Table of Contents, May 11, 2001

• Tenofovir: Gilead Applies for Approval; Expanded Access Liberalized
  Patients who cannot construct a viable antiretroviral regimen with approved drugs will now have easier access to tenofovir, a drug that is currently experimental but may be approved in about six months. Tenofovir is significant because it appears to maintain its antiretroviral activity, with resistant HIV developing relatively slowly.

• June 3 Demonstration in Washington to Mark 20th Year of AIDS
  Over 100 major AIDS organizations have called for a rally in Washington D.C. to mark the 20th year since the discovery of AIDS.

• International AIDS Candlelight Memorial, May 20
  This year's Candlelight Memorial will occur in over 500 communities around the world.

• Updated Guidelines for Prevention of Mother-to-Infant Transmission
  Changes in the U.S. standard were announced May 4.
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• Syringe Prescription Study Unexpected Bonus: Helping Long-Time Users Quit Drugs
  A study to see if syringe prescription by physicians could reduce needle sharing also found an additional bonus -- helping some clients get off drugs, by getting them into medical care and making possible conversations which otherwise would not happen.

• TAG Seeks Policy Director
  The New York-based Treatment Action Group is hiring a policy director.

• South African Court Case -- Documents on the Web
  Where to find background on the widely publicized case, which ended April 19.

• AIDS Treatment News Publication Schedule: No Issues Dated April 2001
  

• Viral Load and T-Cell (CD4) Counts: Why They Matter
  Simple-language flyer by writer Bruce Mirken answering denialist arguments against standard blood tests. We formatted this article for distribution to clients.

AIDS Treatment News Publication Schedule: No Issues Dated April 2001

Because we have been more than a month behind our twice-monthly publication schedule, we will not publish any issues dated April 2001. All subscriptions will be extended a month to compensate, so subscribers will receive the same number of issues.

Our previous issue, #363, was dated March 30. This issue, #364, is dated May 11.

ISSN # 1052-4207

Copyright 2001 by John S. James. Permission granted for noncommercial reproduction, provided that our address and phone number are included if more than short quotations are used.