In 2018, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation contracted TAG to undertake a survey of investigators conducting studies included in our “Research Toward a Cure” clinical trials listing. TAG conducted this second survey in the fall of 2019 to track any changes over time and provide updated information on status of the field.
Treatment Action Group (TAG) is profoundly saddened by the news that Timothy Ray Brown—the first person in the world considered cured of HIV infection—died yesterday from a recurrence of cancer.
On August 12, 2020, former Vice President Joe Biden finally announced his running mate, California Senator Kamala Harris. The ACT NOW: END AIDS Coalition (ANEA) has been seeking information about the Biden team’s plans to end the HIV epidemic since 2019.
Yesterday, a widely reported presentation by Ricardo Diaz at the ongoing virtual International AIDS Conference (AIDS2020) disclosed that one out of 30 total participants in an HIV cure-related research trial conducted in Brazil has not experienced an HIV viral load rebound for a little over a year (64.7 weeks) after interrupting antiretroviral therapy (ART).
On Friday, April 3, Treatment Action Group (TAG) and Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), and the Global Coalition of TB Activists (GCTA) held a webinar on the price of Xpert tests for COVID-19, TB, HIV, HCV and other diseases.
Treatment Action Group (TAG) is urging caution regarding the use of antiretroviral (ART) drugs as treatments for SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19. While there is clearly an acute need to carefully and quickly study interventions that may have activity against SARS-CoV-2, the virus which causes COVID-19 disease, it’s vitally important to be aware of the information that is currently available.
Due to the late cancellation of the in-person Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI), the 2020 Pre-CROI Community HIV Cure Research Workshop took place via Zoom conference on Saturday, March 7th. We thank all presenters, panelists and participants -…
This report aims to make more accessible to community advocates discussions around ethical conduct of biomedical prevention trials in the era of PrEP. In early 2019, TAG, along with Black AIDS Institute and the HIV Vaccine Trials Network developed an…
A resource listing of articles, reports, websites, and ongoing clinical trials related to the research effort to cure HIV infection.
The Research in Action Awards are on Thursday, October 15 from 6-9 p.m. at The Angel Orensanz Foundation, 172 Norfolk St., in the Lower East Side. TAG’s premier fundraising event honors the brightest scientists, activists, and artists working to end HIV, TB, and HCV.
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