From FDA Safety Information and Adverse Event Reporting Program
The FDA issued an Early Communication about recent findings of The Data Collection on Adverse Events of Anti-HIV Drugs Study. Data analyses from this study indicate a higher risk of heart attack in patients infected with HIV-1 who were taking Ziagen (abacavir) or Videx(didanosine) as part of their drug therapy. Read more...

Patients Receive HIV-Infected Transplants
Four transplant recipients in Chicago contracted HIV from a high-risk donor whose infection went undetected, hospital officials said. Read more...

HIV-positive, but few viruses
Twenty years ago, as the growing AIDS epidemic was sweeping the world, Rod Fichter and a friend got devastating news: They were both HIV-positive. At the time, more than 16,000 Americans a year were dying of AIDS, and no drugs to treat it had been approved. "I really thought it was a death sentence," Fichter said. In fact, in a few years his friend was dead. Read more...