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Uganda anti-gay law includes death penalty in some cases

The new law doesn’t criminalize those identifying as LGBTQ, but still prescribes the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality,” which includes sexual relations involving people infected with HIV.

Chicago Sun-Times

Uproar as Uganda gets new anti-LGBT+ law including death penalty: ‘How many will die?’

Queer activists ask ‘how many of us will be jailed, or beaten, or further chased into the shadows of society’

The Independent UK

New HIV infections in US fall 12% in 5 years, CDC says

New HIV infections in the U.S. fell more than 10% in five years with a 34% decrease in new cases among young gay and bisexual men, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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CDC: HIV declines driven by teens, young adults - Roll Call

New HIV infections dropped 12 percent in 2021 compared to 2017, but public health officials warn more needs to be done.

Roll Call

Positive Life CEO describes Core Grant Funding cuts as 'a kick in the teeth'

The funding is offered to assist community and voluntary organisations with training and running costs

Belfast Live

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

Manchester's Drag Ball set to make extravagant return after four-year gap with 'fabulous' line-up of LGBTQ+ talent

'The Drag Ball is a wonderful event to celebrate queer joy and culture'

Manchester Evening News

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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

Gay men can now donate blood after FDA changes decades-old rule – a health policy researcher explains the benefits

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced on May 11, 2023, that it has officially dropped restrictions that prohibit gay and bisexual men from donating blood under many circumstances on May 11, 2023. The ban was initially put in place in the early days of the AIDS epidemic, but for…

The Conversation

More gay and bisexual men will now be able to donate blood under finalized FDA rules

While the number of people eligible to donate blood has expanded, the agency says it will continue to monitor the safety of the blood supply.

WEKU

US relaxes restrictions for gay, bisexual men to donate blood

Updated guidelines will replace three-month abstinence rule that LGBTQ advocates had long decried as discriminatory.

Al Jazeera

New blood donation rules allow more gay men to give in US

New blood donations rules will allow sexually active gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships to give in the U.S. The Food and Drug Administration guidelines ease decades-old restrictions on blood donations put in place to protect the blood supply from HIV

The Independent UK

FDA finalizes new rules on blood donations - Roll Call

The FDA ends blanket restrictions on donations from LGBT men, responding to pressure from advocates, blood banks and public health groups.

Roll Call

Defence minister says HIV-positive people are now allowed to join French army

HIV-positive people will now be able to join the army, France's defence minister, Sebastien Lecornu, said on France 2 TV on Monday. It follows similar moves in November 2022 for police.

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Lawmakers push for PEPFAR to stay steady during time of change

Eight provisions of the law are up for reauthorization, making it a key health measure up for congressional consideration.

The Texas Tribune

Screenings for sexually transmitted infections don’t routinely test for HIV in Texas. A House bill could change that.

House Bill 3377 was authored by freshman state Rep. Venton Jones, the Legislature’s first openly HIV-positive member. It’s received overwhelming public and bipartisan support.

Liverpool Echo

Liverpool's MP call for HIV testing to become standard in city rejected

Dan Carden believes the decision not to extend the 'opt-out' testing scheme will impact the UK's goal to end HIV transmission by 2030

Wales Online

Tory candidate sacked as surgeon after causing HIV scare among 100 kids

Madan Samuel was fired by a hospital after using unsterilised scissors

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Sudan's warring generals agree to extend three-day truce

In tonight's edition: Sudan's rival generals agree to extend a fragile truce for another 72 hours. Meanwhile, citizens continue to flock to the country's borders to escape the violence. We're joined by a Franco-Sudanese evacuee, who's just arrived in France. Also, the US postpones its meeting over HIV and AIDS…

Wales Online

'Exciting' discovery that £7 pill designed to treat HIV 'could cure Alzheimer's' as well

It is hoped repurposing the medication will reverse memory loss in older people

The Independent UK

HIV drug may help protect against build-up of dementia-related proteins – study

A common characteristic of diseases such as Huntington’s disease and various forms of dementia is the build-up in the brain of proteins.

Daily Mirror

EastEnders fans fume over Walford's 'uncomfortable' reaction to Zack's HIV diagnosis

EastEnders viewers were not impressed with some of the opinions expressed by the Walford resident's over Zack Hudson's HIV diagnosis

WhatToWatch

EastEnders fans spot connection to ICONIC scene as Zack announces HIV diagnosis

EastEnders fans remembered a legendary soap moment as Zack Hudson revealed that he was HIV positive to the Walford residents.

The Conversation

Social media now trumps traditional family networks in Libya – my Facebook survey reached 446,000 women

When I told my family and friends I intended to pursue a PhD researching HIV awareness among married women in Libya, my home country, the reaction was not encouraging: “You’d be lucky to even get members of your family to respond,” said one.

Daily Mirror

EastEnders actor claims people REFUSE to shake his hand after HIV storyline

The father-of-one has revealed that while many fans have been full of admiration for the actor and the show as they watched Zack struggle to come to terms with being HIV positive, others have shocked him with their archaic views

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