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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Holly Evans

‘I thought I was going to die’: HIV patient calls for end to stigma as cases surge in heterosexual men

HIV diagnoses among heterosexual men have surged in England, with a new survey finding that 73 per cent of men have never been tested for the disease.

The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has warned that diagnoses among this category have increased by over a third in recent years while knowledge of the illness remains low, with one patient believing he would die upon being told he had contracted the disease.

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