The Latest Breaking News from AIDS

Sir Elton John says ending Aids by 2030 is possible as he launches new funding

The Elton John Aids Foundation launched a three-year fund worth £101 million to tackle HIV infections in vulnerable communities.

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2023

Oxford University appoints UK’s first professor of LGBTQ+ history

Matt Cook, who has written on queer urban life and the Aids crisis, takes up the new post at Mansfield College

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2023

The Observer view on Uganda’s anti-gay laws: grotesque, legalised bigotry

Yoweri Museveni has introduced the death penalty for homosexual acts, but his legislation threatens more than the people it demonises

The Guardian - UK · Jun 4, 2023

New Aston Martin model sells for nearly £1.3m at charity auction in Cannes

The generous customer will become the first person to own the Aston Martin DB12 car.

The Independent UK · May 27, 2023

Rebel Wilson and Eva Longoria among stars attending Aids fundraiser in Cannes

US singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha was performing at the event.

Evening Standard · May 26, 2023

Cannes turns up the glamour as Queen Latifah hosts the amfAR gala. Watch the red carpet

The attention at the Cannes Film Festival turns Thursday to the glitzy amfAR gala to raise money for AIDS research

The Independent UK · May 25, 2023

A+E’s Paul Buccieri Joins Board Of Elton John’s AIDS Foundation

Exec will help spread foundation’s message

Multichannel News · May 24, 2023

Tale of how French experts became the first to discover HIV virus

Forty years ago this week researchers in Paris published the world’s first description of the virus that causes Aids. RFI looks back at a scientific milestone that paved the way for testing – and ultimately controlling – HIV.

Radio France Internationale · May 19, 2023

Pharmacist warns over popular sleep aid that 'can cause weight gain and nightmares'

One pharmacist says sleep aids should only be used as a "last resort" due to side effects like nightmares and weight gain.

Daily Record · May 19, 2023

Preventing millions of hepatitis deaths is a ‘thundering moral imperative’

By 2040 the disease could kill more people each year than malaria, TB and Aids combined – despite the cost of treatment being ‘less than dinner for two’

The Guardian - UK · May 17, 2023