Vaginal gel may reduce HIV infections
That is what a vaginal gel containing the drug Viread may reduce HIV infections, if the results of a trial in South Africa serve as a guide. Viread, made by Gilead Sciences of Foster City, now part of several drugs for patients newly diagnosed with AIDS, but the gel could be a breakthrough in the prevention front. The success rate - a measure against women who used a placebo gel - was lower for those who apply less than 80 percent of the time. See story on D2.
"The housing sector is going to be a hangover for a few months, and seems to be a good one unpleasant."
David Sloan, economist at 4Cast Ltd., on the way to the end of April a government tax credit is affecting real estate. Home builders have not been as pessimistic about the construction market since April 2009, a national trade group said Monday. 
Heads up
The wireless industry is betting that the future of social media and advertising will be driven by where you are, not just who you are. On Wednesday, entrepreneurs and large technology companies both will meet in the Mission Bay Conference Center in San Francisco for the Geo-Loco, an event focused on how to make money by pushing specific Internet services in the location of smartphones. Speakers include Stewart Alsop investors, Battelle Federated Media, John and the Institute for the Future of Michael Liebhold.
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