HIV in the News

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Each week we produce a round-up of the latest news; below are last week's top stories.  News from previous weeks is available in our archive on the right. If you have seen a story relating to HIV in the news, please let us know.

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News Sat 28 - Fri 03 February

Hepatitis C warning for HIV-positive men Pink News

HIV's Increasingly Dangerous Sidekick So So Gay

Awareness, Testing Needed to Curb Hep C Infections Among HIV-Positive Gay Men AIDSmeds

Department of Health kicks off £10m HIV review Campaign

Majority of HIV-positive patients in US not receiving regular medical care AIDSmap

News Sat 21 - Fri 27 January

English public health indicators to include late HIV diagnosis AIDSmap

Terrence Higgins Trust sexual health charity to launch HIV testing clinics in Nuneaton and Leamington Coventry Telegraph

Good sex education is not about preaching abstinence The Guardian

Man with HIV gets €32,000 from Tesco for unfair dismissal (Ireland) Independent; Belfast Telegraph

Can speeding up nevirapine clearance reduce the risk of resistance after PMTCT use?
AIDSmap

News Sat 14 - Fri 20 January

Charities criticise London 'failing' HIV prevention programme BBC

HIV transmitted 1 in 900 times couple has unprotected sex Mail Online

Adventurers with HIV – a photo gallery AIDSmap

How AIDS Was Branded: Looking Back at ACT UP Design The Atlantic

Man denies infecting two women he met in Basingstoke with HIV BBC; Daily Echo; Basingstoke Gazette 

News Sun 01 - Fri 13 January

Early Treatment Adherence Decreases Risk of Treatment Failure In HIV-Positive Adults AIDS Beacon

Home-based counselling and testing identifies people in need of treatment earlier Aidsmap

Sir Elton John secures a deal for book on Aids epidemic BBC News, Reuters, Mail Online

Limited evidence that vitamin D supplements of any benefit for patients with HIV Aidsmap

Herpes, HIV Viruses Enter USA via Smuggled African Bushmeat Environmental News Service, Market Watch 

News Thu 29 - Sat 31 December

Study Shows Muscle Loss Is Common In HIV-Positive Men AIDS Beacon

Bali holidaymakers who have had tattoos urged to have HIV tests after Australian tourist contracts virus Mail Online

Paper refuting HIV–AIDS link secures publication Nature

HIV breakthrough as scientists discover mixing vaccines can slash transmission rates of virus Mail Online

ART improves impact of therapeutic feeding in malnourished infants with HIV Aidsmap

News Sat 17 - Fri 23 December

How to help disabled people fight the welfare reform bill Guardian

PEP guidelines for the UK revised to take account of undetectable viral load AIDSmap

Is the new disabled work benefit working? BBC

Migrants 'most at risk of TB and HIV' Net Doctor

'Ray of hope': FDA approves human trials of promising HIV vaccine Mail Online

News Sat 10 - Fri 16 December

AIDS and the rise of the behaviour police Spiked Online

Nevirapine and cotrimoxazole prophylaxis safe in HIV-exposed, uninfected infants Aidsmap

United Kingdom: Change Rules on Drugs for HIV, Says Top Doctor The Body

HIV/AIDS: a timeline of the disease and its mutations Telegraph

Disabled people finally given a voice on HIV and Aids Guardian

News Sat 03 - Fri 09 December

High rate of new diagnoses when gay men phoned and asked to come back for sexual health check-up AIDSmap 

Prison term for pool sex HIV pair in Edinburg BBC, Sky News, ScotsmanEdinburgh Evening News, Deadline News, ZimEye

Londoners set record for most HIV tests on World AIDS Day Pink News 

'HIV Healing' Church Will Not Be Punished Sky News

Johnson & Johnson shuns poor people with HIV New Internationalist

News Sat 26 - Fri 02 December

Mental health support for HIV sufferers boosted by standards publication Nursing Times

HIV testing should be 'universal' says HPA The Telegraph, The Independent

World Aids Day: 30 years since Britain's first diagnosis The Telegraph; Huffington Post; Huffington Post; The Guardian; Pink News (David Cameron); Pink News (Ed Milliband); Pink News; Pink News; Pink Paper

Doctors, dentists and health workers with HIV could work in NHS The Telegraph; Mail Online; Financial Times

HIV/Aids: Why were the campaigns successful in the West? BBC

News Sat 19 - Fri 25 November

Battling HIV prejudice with Body & Soul The Guardian 

Church Tells HIV Patients To Stop Treatment Sky News

Ban on HIV-positive doctors and dentists set to be overturned  The Independent; The Telegraph

THT urge condom use in run-up to World AIDS Day Pink Paper

HIV numbers hit new high as AIDS drugs save lives Reuters UK