Now online at AIDS Treatment News:

*** ADAP Activists Needed in All U.S. States and Territories
Despite recent short-term improvement, the AIDS Drug Assistance
Program needs activist attention nationally to prevent thousands of
Americans from going without the treatment they need.
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2004/09/adap-needed.html

*** ACT UP: Enormous Worldwide Attention to New York Demos
Hundreds of major newspapers and broadcast media worldwide covered
AIDS and debt demonstrations around the Republican National Convention
in New York.
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2004/09/actup-rnc.html

*** Medical Information from Bangkok Conference: Clinical Care Options
Site
An excellent Web site, primarily for medical professionals but
freely available to anyone, summarizes what doctors need to know from
the International AIDS Conference in Bangkok, Thailand.
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2004/09/cco-bangkok.html

*** AIDSVote: Election Information and Activism
A coalition of over 200 AIDS organizations is supporting a platform
of policies for controlling the AIDS epidemic both in the U.S. and
globally. It is encouraging voter registration, including absentee
registration of people with AIDS when necessary, so that they will not
miss voting due to illness.
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2004/09/aidsvote.html

*** Elections: Widespread Misinformation on Who Can Vote
Due to persistent misinformation about voter qualifications in
Pennsylvania, we looked up the facts on the official state Web site.
Other states face similar problems.
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2004/09/voter-info.html

*** Nutrition: Call for Information -- What Has Been Most Helpful to
You?
You can help us prepare nutrition information by telling us what has
worked best (or not worked) for you.
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2004/09/nutrition-call.html

*** Medical Marijuana Rescheduling Rally, Washington DC October 5
Americans for Safe Access, a medical marijuana organization, is
organizing a rally in Washington to urge the federal government to stop
preventing doctors from prescribing marijuana as medicine.
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2004/09/asa-hhs.html

*** Empty Antibiotic Pipeline Critically Endangers Public: IDSA Report
A huge decrease in the number of fundamentally new antibiotics --
driven by commercial not scientific problems -- seriously threatens
public health in the near future, as bacteria develop resistance to the
existing drugs, and previously treatable infections will often be
fatal.
Full article:
http://www.aidsnews.org/2004/09/antibiotic-pipeline.html

*** Clinical Trials: Philadelphia Hospitals Combine to Form "Supersite"
and Reduce Delays
Major medical research institutions in Philadelphia are working
together to allow pharmaceutical companies to conduct clinical trials
in multiple institutions with a single contract and single approval,
reducing paperwork and preventing unnecessary research delays.
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2004/09/trial-supersite.html

*** AIDS Treatment and Related Conference Calendar (Starting September
2004)
Here are meeting dates and Web links for upcoming conferences most
likely to interest our readers.
Full article: http://www.aidsnews.org/2004/09/conferences-2004.html


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John S James
AIDS Treatment News
www.aidsnews.org