Paul E. Sax, MD is the Editor-in-Chief, Journal Watch HIV/AIDS Clinical Care and Clinical Director of the HIV Program and Division of Infectious Diseases at Brigham and Women's Hospital.
(1 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5)ID doctors know all too well the panicky call — usually from a terrified friend, family member, or colleague, or possibly the emergency room or primary care doc — about finding a bat in the house.
Usually in the bedroom.
(In one memorable case, it was the house cat’s leaping in the air to try and catch [...]
(1 votes, average: 4.00 out of 5)Remember the HIV vaccine trial press release? The one announcing the first-ever positive result?
Then the backlash, with people questioning how the analyses were done, and reported?
Now, less than a month later, we have the scientific presentation and the paper appear on the same day.
Read all about it here and here.
If you want the view from [...]
(No Ratings Yet)Well, that didn’t take long:
Researchers from the U.S. Army and Thailand announced last month they had found the first vaccine that provided some protection against HIV. But a second analysis of the $105 million study, not disclosed publicly, suggests the results may have been a fluke, according to AIDS scientists who have seen it.
In short, [...]
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