HIV and Disability Law

From aidsmeds.com today:
“Due to a number of recent studies showing detrimental effects of uncontrolled HIV replication—even at fairly high CD4 cell counts—international HIV treatment guidelines may begin recommending that people start ARV therapy when their CD4 counts drop below 500. The current recommendation is to start treatment at 350.”
If HIV treatment guidelines were updated to [...]

From AIDSmeds:
Starting early HIV therapy at the same time as hepatitis C virus (HCV) treatment—in people simultaneously infected with both HIV and HCV—yields universally good HCV treatment responses, according to a study published in the August 1 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
HIV and HCV can be transmitted at the same time, and by the same [...]

Bloomberg Reports today: There has been anecdotal and clincal evidence that early prescriptions of powerful antiviral drugs to patients with HIV cuts their death rate, and this has now been documented by a new study.
In the past, doctors focused first on controlling the AIDS- related illness and delayed prescribing antiviral drugs lest the combination [...]

Time reported this week on recent studies that resoundingly confirm the benefits of early treatment for HIV - up to 94% reduction in mortality rates.
“There’s a mantra in AIDS treatment that every physician in the field knows by heart: When it comes to HIV, hit early and hit hard.
The idea, first put forth by [...]