Official Webcast Many of the sessions at the world's largest AIDS conference, which happens only once every two years, will be broadcast from Durban, South Africa, and left online on the Web, so that anyone can hear the speakers and see their slides. The conference is July 9-14, but the Web presentations will remain available for months. An expert panel will discuss the highlights of the Durban conference.
Callers can ask questions of the panelists.
The San Francisco planning group on HIV prevention issued a statement of concern that misinformation on HIV and AIDS could damage efforts to prevent infection in San Francisco. A social movement to help people develop life skills in communication and relationships could contribute to HIV prevention. The likely discovery of a new class of tuberculosis drugs suggests models for developing treatments for illnesses which have been neglected because they mostly affect people who could not afford high drug prices. This problem is much worse in HIV than in cancer and other catastrophic illnesses with more established specialties. Copyright 2000 by John S. James.