Author Archives: ASKUS-Interns

New and Improved HIV Test!

Today a new HIV test was approved for usage in the United States.  Although the test is already widely used in Europe as the primary test used to detect HIV, it has just been approved on expedited review by the FDA. ARCHITECT HIV Ag/Ab Combo, the new test released by Abbott Laboritories, tests for HIV antigens and [...]

Too Fat to Fight? What Personal Fitness and Homeland Security Have In Common

  20 years ago everyone was, on average, smaller. But the new millennium is an age of big things;big cars, big houses, big bills, and big butts. We consume way more than we should, more importantly we consume way more than we NEED. And in 2010, Mission: Readiness, a non-profit made up of retired senior [...]

Whatever Floats Your Boat!

During May 2010, the District of Columbia’s health and government officials began distributing Trojan brand condoms to area schools, community centers, and other locations. In the District, where 3% of residents are HIV positive, condoms have been widely distributed to youth and young adults since 2005. However, the switch from Durex condoms from Trojan condoms [...]