News Sat 27 - Fri 05 March

Lady Gaga and Cyndi Lauper launch MAC make-up's new Viva Glam lipsticks.  All proceeds from the £12.50 lipsticks goes to the MAC AIDS fund. ITN News

Watchdogs are expected to ease the rules on the advertising of condoms on television, allowing them to be shown before the 9pm watershed.  Daily Mail

HIV has become the leading cause of death and disease among women of reproductive age worldwide, UNAIDS says. BBC

News Sat 20 - Fri 26 February

HIV patients on antiretoviral drugs age before their time. Sunday Times

Mass prescription of anti-retroviral drugs could eradicate AIDS within 40 years, says Brian Williams of the South African Centre for Epidemiological Modelling and Analysis. The Independent

In Scotland a man who infected his lover with the HIV virus is due to be sentenced for culpable and reckless conduct. Press Association

Following the conviction of Mark Devereaux for knowingly infecting a woman with HIV, Catherine Murphy from THT outlines some of the problems surrounding the issue. BBC
 

News Sat 13 - Fri 19 February

“AIDS terror of mum over needle”.  A terrified mum faces an agonising wait to find out if she has caught HIV - after a mugger stabbed her with a syringe. The Scottish Sun

German pop star Nadja Benaissa has been formally charged with causing bodily harm after allegedly failing to tell her lovers she was HIV positive. BBC News

Fight HIV with HIV: 'safe' virus proposed as vaccine. New Scientist

News Sat 06 - Fri 12 February

New definitions of both late HIV diagnosis and diagnosis with advanced HIV disease have been proposed by UK investigators. Aidsmap

A woman has been jailed for deliberately biting a midwife helping to deliver her baby. The nurse later had to endure six months of HIV and hepatitis tests because the woman was a high-risk patient.WalesOnline

A woman who aborted twins after learning that her partner had given her HIV is seeking compensation. Press and Journal