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NewsPhysician sued for revealed HIV status to hospital patient's mother
A patient at Wisconsin's UW Hospital last week filed a civil lawsuit against his physician and the UW Board of Regents after he said the doctor disclosed his HIV-positive status to his mother, Read more...
VA hospital will test more than 500 veterans for HIV, Hepatitis
A Dayton, Ohio veterans hospital will offer free HIV and Hepatitis tests to more than 500 dental patients to determine whether they were infected between 1992 and 2010 by a dentist who failed to Read more...
Unsterile endoscope puts patients at risk for deadly diseases
Pittsburgh-based St. Clair Hospital sent letters to 75 patients after officials discovered that improperly cleaned equipment may have exposed them to blood-borne diseases like HIV or Hepatitis B or Read more...
More than 1,800 veterans at risk for HIV due to VA hospital cleaning gaffe
Improperly washed dental equipment may have led more than 1,800 veterans being exposed to the hepatitis B and C viruses, as well as the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection at the John Read more...
Insurance company knowingly engaged in rescission efforts against HIV patients, court finds
In upholding a South Carolina county court's ruling from 2004 that insurance company Fortis (now known as Assurant Health) wrongly terminated an HIV patient's health insurance, the state's Supreme Read more...
Infection control problems emerge at three VA hospitals
Here's an ugly problem that has just come to light. The VA is reporting that three of its patients have tested positive for HIV, each of whom were exposed to contaminated medical equipment at one of Read more...
Veteran contracts HIV from unsterilized endoscopic equipment
The Department of Veterans Affairs has confirmed at a patient has tested positive for HIV, contracted from unsterilized endoscopic equipment. In addition, at least five other veterans have tested Read more...
Hepatits B outbreak linked to NJ oncologist
A New Jersey oncologist is suspected of causing a Hepatitis B outbreak, according to public health officials. Since February, the New Jersey Health Department has contacted about 3,000 cancer Read more...
HIV spreading rapidly in New York
Particularly among gay minority men, a perennial high-risk group, the HIV virus is spreading rapidly in New York city. HIV is spreading through the city at three times the national rate, or about 72 Read more...
Data on TX HIV/AIDS patients stolen
Recently, a low-level administrator in Texas' Harris County Hospital District inappropriately downloaded medical and financial records for 1,200 patients with HIV, AIDS and other medical conditions Read more...
| Press ReleasesNearly 90 Medicines and Vaccines In Development for HIV/AIDSWASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- America’s biopharmaceutical research companies are testing 88 medicines and vaccines to treat or prevent HIV/AIDS and related conditions, according to a report by the Read more >> UN Reports Death and Infections Down Due to AIDS Drugs - Funding Must Go Up, Says AHFReported Decreases in New HIV Infections and Deaths Confirm That HIV Treatment is Prevention, and That Scaling Up Treatment Can End the Epidemic Today’s News Echoes AHF’s Longtime Advocacy for “Test Read more >> AHF: Sen. Rubio (R, FL) Offers Obama Administration Proposal to End Growing AIDS Drug CrisisAHF lauds Senator Rubio for letter to HHS Secretary Sebelius in which he proposes reallocating funds from ‘administrative overhead’ and asks her to, ‘…use your existing authority to transfer Read more >> |
