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DEC-18-12  Outdated terminology has made it difficult to assess the clinical benefits of next-generation direct-acting antiviral drugs and combination therapies now in the pipeline. A new paper from the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research recommends the adoption of a standardized nomenclature that will bring simplicity and clarity to the field, allow for inter-trial comparisons and can be adapted to continuing advances in hepatitis C virus (HCV) drug development.

NOV-29-12  Press Release: On the eve of World AIDS Day, the Obama administration announced that HIV/AIDS will be one of the chronic conditions eligible for enhanced federal reimbursements through Medicaid (San Francisco AIDS Foundation).

NOV-21-12  At a time when the prevalence of HIV among some Americans rivals parts of sub-Saharan Africa and recorded deaths from chronic hepatitis C infection are steadily increasing, the Forum for Collaborative HIV Research will convene its 2012 National Summit on HIV and Viral Hepatitis Diagnosis, Prevention and Access to Care to intensify the nation's prevention, detection and treatment efforts.

SEP-12/14-12  Online registration is live for this premier HCV Meeting! This leading-edge 2 ½ day Workshop will assemble world experts from academia, industry, non-profit organizations and government institutions, to prepare, plan, synergize and ultimately implement this truly worthwhile large-scale humanitarian effort.

SEP-04-12  The Forum is pleased to congratulate Executive Committee Member Dr. Judith Aberg for assuming the Jeffrey Bergstein Professorship in Medicine effective September 2012. 

AUG-15-12  As global leaders assembled in Washington for the XIX International AIDS Conference, a special gathering of researchers, government officials and HIV/AIDS advocates confronted the new reality of the epidemic in the U.S. – a dramatic increase in HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM), minority populations, the poor and the disenfranchised living in discreet geographic regions, especially in urban areas of the Northeast and West Coast and cities and small towns in the South.

Featured events for XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington, DC.  For a comprehensive list of events, click here.  

JUN-28-12  NVHR, in collaboration with the Senate HELP and Aging Committees, are presenting a briefing, "The Silent Epidemic: Hepatitis C & the Baby Boomer Population."  The briefing will take place on June 28, 2012 from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm in 188 Russell.