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New Jersey Senate President Richard Codey (D), who was standing in for Gov. Jon Corzine (D) last week while he was out of the country, signed a bill (S 2704) into law that will require all pregnant women and some infants in the state to be tested for HIV unless women choose in writing to [...]

The number of new HIV cases among men younger than age 30 who have sex with men in New York City has increased since 2003 despite a decrease in the number of overall new cases and AIDS-related deaths, the New York Times reports. According to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, [...]

City funding for needle-exchange programs in Washington, D.C., will provide the district with a new “weapon” against HIV, a Washington Post editorial says. According to the editorial, the “obstruction” against city funding for needle-exchange programs likely will end with the passage this week of a $555 billion fiscal year 2008 omnibus spending bill (HR 2764) [...]

The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Thursday pledged $100 million to India to fight HIV/AIDS in the country, AFP/Inquirer.net reports (AFP/Inquirer.net, 12/20). The agreement was signed by Global Fund Executive Director Michel Kazatchkine and the director of India’s Department of Economic Affairs (The Hindu, 12/21). DEA will be the main recipient [...]

The Global Fund To Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on Monday in a statement posted on its Web site responded to a recent Los Angeles Times article about global health, the Times reports. According to the Times, its story “described how a focus on a few diseases has sometimes contributed to medical staffing shortages and [...]

Brazil is in the final stages of testing a triple-combination antiretroviral drug, Orival Silveira, coordinator of the treatment and assistance unit at the Ministry of Health’s National Sexually Transmitted Diseases/AIDS Program, said Wednesday, Xinhuanet reports. The three drugs used in the treatment — zidovudine, lamivudine and nevirapine — are being developed by the Brazil-based Oswaldo [...]

The Senate on Tuesday voted 76-17 to approve a $555 billion fiscal year 2008 omnibus spending bill (HR 2764) that combines 11 unfinished spending measures, the Washington Post reports. The Senate approved the spending bill after voting 70-25 to approve an amendment to add $40 billion for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan (Kane/Weisman, Washington [...]

The Action for Empowerment Organization on Sunday appealed to the Kenyan government to exempt taxes on goods imported into the country for HIV-positive people, Kenya’s Daily Nation reports. Sam Tushabe, international coordinator for the faith-based group, during a speech to launch the group’s Kenya office criticized the government for taxing food, medication and clothes that [...]

The Nigerian Federal Ministry of Women Affairs and Social Development recently developed a policy that provides a framework for addressing HIV/AIDS in the workplace, Health Minister Hajiya Saudatu Usman Bungudu announced over the weekend, Nigeria’s Daily Trust reports. She said the policy seeks to protect the rights of HIV-positive workers, as well as foster a [...]

The European Commission on Monday approved the once-daily antiretroviral drug Atripla — which is manufactured jointly by Gilead Sciences, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Merck — for sale in European Union countries, BBC News reports (Dreaper, BBC News, 12/17). Atripla is composed of efavirenz, marketed by BMS and Merck, and the Gilead drugs emtricitabine and tenofovir. It [...]