• Enteric-coated ddI Approved: FDA Letter
  A new form of ddI -- named VIDEX EC -- is easier to take.

• Retroviruses Conference: Registration Deadline for Community Attendance is November 17, 2000
  AIDS advocates, activists, and "community press" must apply by November 17, 2000 to attend the Retroviruses conference in Chicago in February.

• Durban Conference Searchable Abstracts Now Available on the Web
  Finally, anyone can search and read the full text of the abstracts of the XIII International Conference on AIDS.

• Bitter Publication Dispute on Remune Study: More Than Meets the Eye?
  Background on the high-profile dispute over the recent publication of the large HIV immunogen study.

• Many People with HIV/AIDS Not Getting Proper Treatment
  A study of four large states -- Texas, Florida, California, and New York -- found that up to two thirds of persons who need expensive HIV drugs are excluded by budgets, rules, and other obstacles in the Medicaid and ADAP programs.

• Flu Shot Time: Vaccine Shortage in Many Areas
  A nationwide shortage of influenza vaccine has limited inoculations to persons at high risk in many areas.

• Help Wanted: AIDS Writer for amfAR in New York
  The American Foundation for AIDS Research seeks a writer for brochures, annual report, Web content, etc.

• AIDS Treatment News Price Increase January 1, 2001; Act Now to Renew at Current Rate
  You can avoid the price increase by renewing before December 31, 2000.

• HIV Treatment and Survival: Easy Language Version
  "Low literacy" version of the longer article on AIDS treatment and survival published last September in AIDS Treatment News #350.

• Has Anti-HIV Treatment Cut AIDS Deaths?
  
  • How Do We Know That the Drugs Used to Treat AIDS Work?
    
  • The Bottom Line

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