HIV in the News

News 2012

News Sat 12 - Fri 18 May

HIV clinic and Stephen Fry crowdsource video campaign Campaign

Future of HIV services: “A real worry” [Audio] East London Lines

HIV post-exposure prophylaxis: guidance from the UK Chief Medical Officers’ Expert Advisory Group on AIDS Department of Health

Tenofovir Safe For HIV-Positive Pregnant Mothers Medical News Today

Man infected with HIV 'after receiving contaminated blood during routine heart surgery' (USA) Mail Online

News Sat 05 - Fri 11 May

'Redhill is not gay-friendly', says HIV campaigner
Surrey Today

National AIDS Trust calls for gay men to have to ‘opt-out’ of HIV testing
Gay Star News

Sheffield Games Developer Team Cooper Works With Terrence Higgins Trust to Create First Facebook Game Targeting Gay Men's Sexual Health
PR Newswire

NAT issues report on promoting HIV testing under funding pressure
Pink News

Positive? - interactive HIV education
The Guardian

News Sat 28 - Fri 04 May

Lack of basic subsistence needs is the most important factor affecting health of poor HIV-positive men AIDSmap

Fears raised over 'punitive approach' to HIV exposure Herald Scotland, Deadline

GS-7977 with interferon/ribavirin cures most treatment-naive hepatitis C patients in 12 weeks AIDSmap

Antiretroviral therapy as prevention: TB Science Speaks: HIV & TB News

UN Chief: World falling behind in goal of reducing HIV/AIDS infection, improving treatments Washington Post, Bloomberg, UNAIDS

News Sat 21 - Fri 27 April

PrEP acceptable to UK gay men, studies find AIDSmap

Treatment switches becoming less common, side-effects still the key reason for switching AIDSmap

Survey reveals HIV link with depression Eastbourne Herald

Guidance on couples HIV testing and counselling, including antiretroviral therapy for treatment and prevention in serodiscordant couples WHO

UNAIDS welcomes Kenya High Court judgment on anti-counterfeit law UNAIDS, AlertNet

News Sat 14 - Fri 20 April

Businessman tells of South African prison rape that left him HIV positive The Metro

Fat fighters: Docs declare war on obesity epidemic 'bigger than HIV' The Mirror

Half of women at east London HIV clinic have experienced intimate partner violence AIDSmap

London: THT launches new groups for gay and bisexual men living with HIV Pink News, Pink Paper

Could a cure for AIDS be on the horizon? Genetically engineered human stem cells can hunt down and 'kill' HIV inside the body Mail Online

News Sat 07 - Fri 13 April

World Health Day: HIV360° wants more emphasis to be placed on society's health and students' impact on it Guardian

A&E patients to be offered HIV tests at St George's Your Local Guardian

New website for Sheffield people with HIV The Star

Hepatitis C infections now twice as likely in HIV+ gay men as in injecting drug users, Swiss study finds Aidsmap

Charity scheme for HIV sufferers in Brighton The Argus

News Sat 31 - Fri 06 April

Mum stabbed in Broad Street, Birmingham by needle, fears she could have HIV Sunday Mercury, Birmingham Mail

His girlfriend is HIV positive - should I tell him? Coleen Nolan's advice column The Mirror

HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust launch Back to Work scheme for long-term unemployed Pink Paper

Many men with undetectable HIV in blood still have low levels in their semen, studies find AIDSmap

AIDS 'could be eliminated in our lifetime' Al Jazeera

News Sat 24 - Fri 30 March

HIV hookers peril for England fans
The Sun

High-street chemist Superdrug now offer rapid HIV testing across UK
Pink Paper

Results of tests for recent HIV infection can be safely given to patients
AIDSmap

Cognitive function improves through the first year of HIV therapy
AIDSmap

Africa: New UN Partnership Seeks to Advance HIV/Aids Response Across Africa
All Africa

News Sat 17 - Fri 23 March

Boscombe dad discovers drug paraphernalia hidden under bath
Bournemouth Echo

Video: Spoof Tube announcements prompt gays to ‘mind the gap’ over HIV testing
Pink News

Francis Maude: My brother's Aids death transformed my views on gay marriage
The Telegraph

Treatment as prevention is starting to work in parts of Africa
AIDSmap

Protection of human rights essential in fight against HIV/AIDS – UN official
UN News Centre

News Sat 10 - Fri 16 March

Teenagers born with HIV tell of life under society's radar
The Guardian 

Where we are now - NAT and 30 Years On
So So Gay

Tanzanian pupils with HIV 'forced to wear ribbons'
Independent, BBC News, News One, SOS Children's Villages

Trust turns libraries into HIV hubs
Newmarket Journal

Schools' role in HIV education
Guardian

News Sat 03 - Fri 09 March

Few HIV-Positive People Can Control Disease Progression Without Antiretrovirals AIDS Beacon

My Grindr Experiment UKPositiveLad (Blog)

Lib Dem MPs Accused Of Insulting Man With HIV Critical Of NHS Reforms Huffington Post

HIV positive man who knowingly spread the virus claims his human rights were violated (Canada) Mail Online

Once-a-month HIV drug maintains good levels for prevention; few side-effects so far AIDSmap

News Sat 25 - Fri 02 March

Free HIV treatment on NHS for foreign nationals BBC, Mail Online, The Guardian, The TelegraphBelfast Telegraph, UKPA, AIDSmap

Hepatitis C subtype-1b and carriage of IL28B gene associated with improved treatment responses in HIV-co-infected patients Aidsmap

Intermediary indentifies gap of advice in HIV community FT Adviser

PrEP needs more study before being provided, UK physicians conclude Aidsmap

Mugabe admits losing cabinet to HIV and AIDS The Zimbabwean, Zimbabwe Journalists, Voice of America, All Africa

News Sat 18 - Fri 24 February

Glasgow drug users warned of HIV cluster BBC, STV

Terrence Higgins Trust relaunches Hardship Fund for people with HIV Pink Paper

Six cases of HIV diagnosed in city UKPA

Substantial number of HIV infections in UK-born patients acquired abroad AIDSmap

Death by denial: The campaigners who continue to deny HIV causes Aids The Guardian 

News Sat 11 - Fri 17 February

Viread Is Associated With Long-Term, Irreversible Kidney Damage AIDS Beacon

HIV affair husband jailed after blackmail bid and arson attack  This is Cornwall

Sexual Rights of HIV-Positive Transwomen (USA) The Body

Half of all new HIV transmissions in US may originate in undiagnosed individuals AIDSmap

HIV warning to women using injectable contraception Guardian, Kuwait News Agency, bikyamasr, NY Times

News Sat 04 - Fri 10 February

New BHIVA guidelines recommend discussion with all patients on potential of HIV treatment to protect sexual partners AIDSmap

HIV awareness campaign launched UKPA

Increased risk of anal cancer for all groups with HIV AIDSmap

WHO to issue guidance on hormonal contraceptives and HIV UNAIDS

Outcry over NYC HIV/AIDS housing help policy (USA) Wall Street Journal

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