The August-September 2005 edition of Positive Living, with information about the risk of avian flu for people with HIV, and reports from the ASHM conference in Hobart and the IAS conference in Rio de Janiero.
Flu threat
From the August 2005 issue of Positive Living
It’s been described as “the biological equivalent of the Boxing Day tsunami” — an outbreak of avian influenza in Australia could cause thousands of deaths, officials have warned, and people living with HIV/AIDS are among the groups at risk.
Back to work — for $2.27 an hour
From the August 2005 issue of Positive Living
Disabled people and those with chronic illnesses will be up to $122 per week worse off and could find themselves working for just $2.27 an hour under the government’s proposed welfare-to-work program, according to a new report.
NAPWA Conference 2005
From the August 2005 issue of Positive Living
The tenth national conference of people living with HIV/AIDS, to be held in Adelaide, South Australia in November, is set to be the biggest and best yet.
My toxic world
From the August 2005 issue of Positive Living
The beautiful beaches of Rio de Janeiro are hardly the place in which you’d imagine your thoughts would start turning to mortality, but for a while there not even the incredible, hunky, tanned Adonises strutting before me could distract me from thoughts of impending doom.
Much more than a junket
From the August 2005 issue of Positive Living
A report from the 3rd IAS Conference on HIV Pathogenesis and Treatment, held in Rio de Janiero in July.
A special integrity
From the August 2005 issue of Positive Living
Edwin Cameron's Witness to AIDS, reviewed by Hon. Justice Michael Kirby.
On the shoulders of giants
From the August 2005 issue of Positive Living
The annual conference of the Australasian Society for HIV Medicine (ASHM) was held in Hobart, Tasmania, from 24-27 August. Two for treatments
From the August 2005 issue of Positive Living
While in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the recent International AIDS Society Conference, DAVID MENADUE caught up with two treatment activists who are helping to make a difference with treatments access for people with HIV in developing countries.
The ‘C’ word
From the August 2005 issue of Positive Living
The results of a small study published in The Lancet has generated talk of a possible cure for HIV infection but, writes PAUL KIDD, let’s not get ahead of ourselves. 
It does get in: The basics of HIV transmission
From the August 2005 issue of Positive Living
If we take the time to understand how HIV is – and isn’t – transmitted, we are that much better armed to protect our partners. This issue's Backgrounder explains the ins and outs of HIV transmission.
What’s your problem?
From the August 2005 issue of Positive Living
Our resident medical expert, Dr Nick Medland, answers readers' letters.
News and treatments briefs
From the August 2005 issue of Positive Living
HIV-related news in brief from the August-September 2005 edition of Positive Living.
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