HIV in the News

News February, 2009

News Sat 21 - Fri 27 March

A horrific human tragedy': report criticises response to blood scandal.Guardian

Quest for effective HIV/Aids vaccine remains elusive 25 years on. The Times

News Sat 14 - Fri 20 February

GlaxoSmithKline pledges cheap medicine for world's poor. Guardian

Stonewall calls for an end to ban on gay men giving blood. Pink News

'Considerable rise' in HIV in Northern Ireland. Nursing Times

China official admit that AIDS is the number one killer infectious disease. The Independent

Young gay men are increasingly blasé about barebacking because charities are reluctant to condemn it. Guardian Comment is Free

News Sat 07 - Fri 13 February

Microbicide gels may help against HIV.Reuters

Doctors rid man of HIV with bone marrow transplant breakthrough.Independent, Nature

Government defends ban on gay men giving blood.Pink News

Russian activists call for end to restrictions on HIV positive visitors. Pink News

News Sat 31 - Fri 06 February

BBC Inside Out South East, reports on closures of local HIV support services in Brighton. BBC iPlayer

Some HIV-negative men in long term relationships with HIV-positive men have an antibody response in saliva which may inhibit HIV infection, report Swedish researchers. AIDSmap

Needle exchanges could be introduced to Scotland's prisons within months. The Herald

Home Office is failing HIV positive asylum seekers claims Crusaid. Pink News