 April 18, 2008
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OraSure Sued Over Rapid HIV Test
HIV test maker Inverness Medical Innovations has filed a lawsuit against rapid-HIV-test maker OraSure Technologies, alleging patent infringement in the manufacturing and selling of OraSure’s product, reports the Allentown, Pennsylvania, newspaper The Morning Call.
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April 03, 2008
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Rapid Testing for L.A. Veterans
On April 1, the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System began offering rapid HIV tests for veterans in the city, the Los Angeles Times reports.
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April 02, 2008
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Florida Group Launches HIV Awareness Campaign for Minority MSMs
To combat a rise in new HIV infections in Florida’s Palm Beach County—a region where one in 13 black men who have sex with men is living with the virus—the local gay and lesbian advocacy group Compass has launched a campaign to encourage black and Latino MSMs to get tested, the Palm Beach Post reports.
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AIDS Advocates in New York Fight Racial and Economic Disparities
According to data from the Monroe County, New York, health department, 56 percent of men and 65 percent of women diagnosed with HIV in the county in 2006 were African American. However, efforts to address this disproportionately affected group in one Monroe city, Rochester, have seen little success, Rochester newspaper the Democrat and Chronicle reports.
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April 01, 2008
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Migrant Workers in California Receive HIV Education
Health officials in California’s San Joaquin County are educating Mexican migrant workers about HIV/AIDS in order to address both the group’s vulnerability to infection and their limited access to health care and information, the Stockton Record reports.
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