FDA approves HIV drug etravirine
(AP)
<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080119/ap_on_he_me/hiv_drug"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20080119/i/r3454052835.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=zzm_N.cpukw9ZeC3a8Pxjg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Local residents wait in queue to buy gasoline at a gas pump in Savane Desolee January 18, 2008. More than half of Haitians live below the extreme poverty line of $3 per day, less than 40 percent of those in the capital Port-au-Prince and other cities have running water, and 4 to 5 percent of the million population is infected with HIV/AIDS, according to U.N. Figures. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz (HAITI)" border="0" /></a>AP - Tablets of the drug etravirine were approved Friday by the Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of HIV infection in adults who have failed treatment with other antiretrovirals.</p><br clear="all"/>

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