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Afrigator (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
About 56,000 people became infected with HIV in the past year, which translates to about 40 percent more cases than officials had estimated, said Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of the CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention. They now have technology that can determine when someone has been infected, this new method can indicate whether someone has been infected...
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The Post Chronicle (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
... 130,000 infections per year and reached a low of about 50,000 in the early 1990s," it said.Dr. Kevin Fenton, who heads the CDC's AIDS branch, said 15,000 to 18,000 Americans die every year of AIDS."The data really confirm that there is a severe impact of this epidemic among gay and bisexual men in the United States ... as well as black men and women," Fenton said in a telephone...
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Scientific American (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
... but the data suggests that the gains of the 1990s are being pushed back. CDC prevention expert Kevin Fenton told that the agency's campaigns were not reaching "all those that need it," especially gay black men. Men who have sex with men account for 53 percent of new infections; African-Americans made up 45 percent of new cases.Rich Wolitski, the CDC's acting director of the Division...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
... than experts realized. "The epidemic is -- and has been -- worse than was previously known," says Kevin Fenton of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The government's tally of the year-by-year impact of the AIDS epidemic offers the first clear picture of HIV in the USA. It appears in the Journal of the American Medical Association. Roughly 56,300 new infections occurred...
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PinkNews.co.uk (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
"It’s important to note that the new estimate does not represent an actual increase in the number of new infections, but reflects our ability to more precisely measure HIV incidence and secure a better understanding of the epidemic," said Kevin Fenton, M.D., director of CDC’s National Centre for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention.
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Times of India (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
"This new picture reveals that the HIV epidemic is — and has been — worse than previously known and underscores the challenges in confronting this disease," Kevin Fenton, director of the CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention.
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Bring it On! (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
... said, is essential for planning and evaluating prevention efforts and the money spent on them. Dr. Kevin Fenton, who directs HIV- prevention efforts at the agency, said, “CDC’s new incidence estimates reveal that the HIV epidemic is and has been worse than previously known.” A separate historical trend analysis published as part of the study suggests that the number of new infections...
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All Spin Zone (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
... said, is essential for planning and evaluating prevention efforts and the money spent on them. Dr. Kevin Fenton, who directs HIV- prevention efforts at the agency, said, “CDC’s new incidence estimates reveal that the HIV epidemic is and has been worse than previously known.” A separate historical trend analysis published as part of the study suggests that the number of new infections...
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Thought Theater (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
... said, is essential for planning and evaluating prevention efforts and the money spent on them. Dr. Kevin Fenton, who directs HIV - prevention efforts at the agency, said, "CDC's new incidence estimates reveal that the HIV epidemic is and has been worse than previously known." A separate historical trend analysis published as part of the study suggests that the number of new infections...
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Tampa Bay Online (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
... epidemic is growing, just that researchers have been able to provide more accurate estimates, said Kevin Fenton, director of CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention.In fact, he said, the number of new infections has remained relatively constant since the late 1990s.Epidemiologist and AIDS expert Philip Alcabes of Hunter College of the City University...
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Biodun Iginla's Weblog (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
... “It’s like shifting from standard view to wide screen (high-definition television),” said Kevin Fenton, who heads up the CDC’s national center responsible for public health surveillance, prevention research, and programs to prevent and control HIV/AIDS, other sexually transmitted diseases, viral hepatitis, and tuberculosis. International conference The new results were calculated...
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France24 (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
... been -- worse than previously known and underscores the challenges in confronting this disease," Kevin Fenton, director of the CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention. The CDC said new technology allowed it to establish a more precise estimate of the epidemic. "These data, which are based on new laboratory technology developed by CDC, provide the...
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Bloodthirsty Liberal (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
That’s one thing I gleaned from this story : There are more new cases of Americans infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, than previously believed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Saturday. About 56,000 people became infected with HIV in the past year, which translates to about 40 percent more cases than officials had estimated, said Dr. Kevin Fenton, director...
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Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
The new numbers do not mean that the epidemic is growing in this country, just that researchers have been able to provide more accurate estimates, said Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of the CDC's National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention.
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Raw Story (Free subscription) | 08/03/2008
... 130,000 infections per year and reached a low of about 50,000 in the early 1990s," it said.Dr. Kevin Fenton, who heads the CDC's AIDS branch, said 15,000 to 18,000 Americans die every year of AIDS."The data really confirm that there is a severe impact of this epidemic among gay and bisexual men in the United States ... as well as black men and women," Fenton said in a telephone...
