Joe Neel

England Offering Free HIV Treatment For Visitors

Joe Neel — Tue, 09 Oct 2012 18:04:00 +0000

We're just catching up with our U.K. reading list, so we're a bit late with this one. But it's worth noting that as of Oct.

AIDS Returns To The U.S. Spotlight

Joe Neel — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:32:00 +0000

More than 20,000 people are attending the 19th International AIDS Conference in Washington this week.

The meeting features speeches from U.S.

U.S. AIDS Cases Come Into View

Joe Neel — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 20:26:00 +0000

The HIV epidemic in the U.S. started in 1981, mainly in major cities along the East and West Coasts.

The first reports were from Los Angeles, New York and San Francisco among gay and bisexual men. Within months, it was clear that injecting drug users were also getting the virus.

Even now, you can see the lingering geographic contours of how the epidemic unfolded.

These maps from AIDSvu at Emory University show that the U.S. still has a significant problem with HIV and AIDS.

Controversial Cholesterol Pill Vytorin Shows Promise For Kidney Patients

Joe Neel — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 22:29:00 +0000

Remember Grandpa Frank?

Way back in 2008, the ad above ran in heavy rotation on TV during the heyday of Vytorin, a cholesterol-lowering pill that claimed to fight both genetics and bad habits.

Soon after the ad had appeared, oh, say thousands of times across the country, the Food and Drug Administration ~~ordered~~ asked the company to ~~stop ~~showing~~~~ revise the ads with Grandpa Frank and other relatives because the ads didn't reveal a study showing Vytorin wasn't any more effective than <