Posts tagged #treatment

So much has changed since the HIV test was first approved, 30 years ago today

Thirty years ago today, on March 2, 1985, the Food and Drug Administration approved a new HIV test. It was the result of nine months of round-the-clock labor by dozens of scientists. Immediately adopted by the American Red Cross and other institutions, the blood test marked the beginning of a new era in HIV medicine.

Since then, so much has changed. Check out my new post at The Conversation to learn more.

Posted on March 2, 2015 .

Is a clinical trial of therapy for mothers with HIV unethical?

A global health controversy erupted this summer when the prominent scientific journal Nature ran an article entitled “HIV trial attacked.” Within, commentators squared off over whether a huge ongoing study provides suboptimal and thus unethical treatment options to mothers with HIV in the developing world.

To read more, see my new post at Health Affairs.

Posted on October 1, 2014 .