Organ Transplants & HIV: News & Viewpoints
- First-Ever Organ Transplant Between HIV-Positive People (October 31, 2008)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Medical Marijuana Users Denied Organ Transplants (May 19, 2008)
In The Wall Street Journal
- Four Transplant Recipients Contract HIV, Hepatitis C From High-Risk Organ Donor (November 14, 2007)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Italy: World's First Lung Transplant on HIV Patient Performed (May 29, 2007)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- U.S. Advances on Organ Transplant Access for HIV-Positive People (November 4, 2005)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- California Law Prohibits Transplant Surgery Denial Based on HIV Status (October 11, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- California: HIV Organ Transplant Bill Sent to Governor Schwarzenegger (September 13, 2005)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- The Phoenix Rises Again: "One Man's Story" Continues a Year After His Liver Transplant (May/June 2005)
George Martinez was only the second HIV-positive person in Chicago to receive a liver transplant. "It's like I'm a new person," he says.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Kidney, Liver Transplant Study for People With HIV (February 28, 2005)
A study of liver and kidney transplants for persons with HIV, at 19 U.S. transplant centers, is open to new patients.
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- NIAID Forms Clinical Consortium to Improve Success of Organ Transplants (September 13, 2004)
The alliance spans three sites, one each in Boston, Cleveland and Philadelphia.
From U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Waiting for a Transplant: One Man's Story (May/June 2004)
For George S. Martinez, who has had hepatitis B since 1969 and HIV since 1987, the wait for a new liver has been a long one.
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In Positively Aware, from Test Positive Aware Network
- Illinois House Passes Bill to Allow HIV-Positive Residents to Donate Organs to People Living With HIV (March 15, 2004)
In Kaiser Daily HIV/AIDS Report, from Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
- Liver Transplants Safe, Successful in Otherwise Healthy HIV Patients (February 11, 2004)
In The 11th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, from TheBodyPRO.com
- U.S. Hospitals Coming Around on Transplants for HIV Patients (June 30, 2003)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- U.S. AIDS Research Needs Tissue Donations (November 22, 2002)
In AIDS Treatment News, from AIDS Treatment News
- We Must Have Presumed Consent (October 2002)
It's the only way to increase the number of organ donors in the U.S., activist Larry Kramer says.
In GMHC Treatment Issues, from Gay Men's Health Crisis
- Texas: Body Parts Are Recalled (August 7, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- New Orleans: Tulane OKs Transplants for HIV Patients (March 7, 2002)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- HIV Patients Get Fresh Hopes for Donor Organs (December 11, 2001)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Progress in AIDS Fight Leading to a Growing Number of Transplants for HIV-Positive Patients (December 2001)
In Body Positive, from Body Positive
- Boston AIDS Activist Must Wait for Liver Transplant (August 20, 2001)
In CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update, from U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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