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• PEPFAR Suspends Funding For Three Ranbaxy AIDS Drugs Banned By FDA

  Posted: September 29th, 2008, 3:00pm CDT

  The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief program has suspended funding for three antiretroviral drugs manufactured by Indian generic drugmaker Ranbaxy that were included in an importation ban imposed by FDA on Sept.

• Senate Approves Bill That Would Require HIV Testing In Federal Prisons

  Posted: September 29th, 2008, 2:00pm CDT

  The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved by voice vote a House-approved bill (HR 1943) that would require HIV/AIDS testing for inmates upon arrival in federal prisons, CQ Today reports.

• Schwarzenegger Signs Crucial California HIV Testing Bill Targeting Repeat Testers (AB 2899, Portantino, D-Pasadena)

  Posted: September 29th, 2008, 12:00pm CDT

  AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the operator of the largest non-government HIV testing program in California, today praised Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for signing Assembly Bill 2899, (Anthony Portantino, D-Pasadena), a bill which will provide some latitude for California HIV testing centers in the provision of related education and counseling services.

• HHS Should Act Quickly To End Travel Restrictions For HIV-Positive People, Editorial Says

  Posted: September 29th, 2008, 11:00am CDT

  HHS should take action "soon to end a de facto form of discrimination" by rewriting its rules prohibiting HIV-positive people from visiting the U.S., a

• HIV/AIDS Services Agency Sues New Hampshire Town For Restricting Access To Group Home

  Posted: September 29th, 2008, 10:00am CDT

  A Keene, N.H., AIDS services agency -- AIDS Services for the Monadnock Region -- said it is suing Gilsum, N.H., town officials for overstepping their authority and violating the state constitution by restricting who is allowed to live at a group home run by ASMR, the Keene Sentinel reports.

• Youth Campaign To Fight HIV/AIDS In Indian City, Times Of India Reports

  Posted: September 29th, 2008, 9:00am CDT

  A campaign to scale up the fight against HIV/AIDS through youth leadership, called "Wake up Pune," has planned several activities in the Indian city of Pune between Sept. 7 and Dec. 1, the Times of India reports. According to Hans Billimoria of the

• AHF Advocacy Spurs GSK To Suspend Fear-Mongering AIDS Drug Ads

  Posted: September 29th, 2008, 5:00am CDT

  AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest non-profit AIDS healthcare provider in the United States and operator of free AIDS treatment clinics in the US, Africa, Latin America/Caribbean and Asia, acknowledged British multi-national drug giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for wisely suspending publication of its recent series of direct-to-consumer print advertisements that, under the guise of patient education, instead capitalized on patients' fears of HIV treatment.

• Discoveries On How HIV Evades Immune System Could One Day Eliminate The Need To Take Antiviral Drugs For A Lifetime

  Posted: September 29th, 2008, 3:00am CDT

  University of Michigan scientists have provided the most detailed picture yet of a key HIV accessory protein that foils the body's normal immune response. Based on the findings, which appear online in the journal PLoS Pathogens, the team is searching for new drugs that may someday allow infected people to be cured and no longer need today's AIDS drugs for a lifetime.