The Latest Breaking News from HIV

Mum who works on Coronation Street bravely opens up about HIV diagnosis and says it can 'happen to anybody'

Naomi Sloyan, 56, found out she had been living with HIV for a number of years after falling seriously ill with pneumonia

Manchester Evening News · Feb 9, 2023

Coronation Street worker with HIV warns 'it can happen to anybody'

The mum is now urging people to make sure they get tested regularly

Liverpool Echo · Feb 9, 2023

National HIV testing week: Londoners urged to get a test to help eliminate transmission by 2030

People can get a free test at a sexual health clinic, a GP or online

Evening Standard · Feb 8, 2023

National HIV Testing Week: Free DIY test kits offered in England

This year the campaign is using the slogan “I test” to explore the reasons why people would get tested for HIV

Evening Standard · Feb 6, 2023

Pioneering Liverpool couple who were 'instrumental' during the AIDS crisis

Lyn Matthews recalled watching her friends "die one by one" at the height of the crisis in the 1980s

Liverpool Echo · Feb 6, 2023

People in England encouraged to take free finger-prick home HIV test

Tests can now be ordered free through the NHS online

Wales Online · Feb 6, 2023

Government has blood on its hands, says survivor of transfusions scandal

People were infected with HIV and/or Hepatitis C as a result of contaminated blood transfusions between the 1970s and 1990s.

The Independent UK · Feb 3, 2023

How Orlando’s gay community, after Pulse, helped spur proposed changes to blood donor rules

ORLANDO, Fla. — In the days after the 2016 Pulse gay nightclub shooting ―the second-deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history — gay and bisexual men were turned away from donating blood unless they had been celibate for a year.

Orlando Sentinel · Feb 3, 2023

Marylebone Food Festival 2023: Cavita among big names to cook at celebrated charity launch

The festival, which has raised thousands for community cafe supporting those with HIV, returns in April

Evening Standard · Feb 2, 2023

Gareth Thomas' ex Ian Baum gives emotional interview on ITV's Good Morning Britain about impact of HIV

'All I ever wanted was justice and closure,' Ian Baum told Susanna Reid and Richard Madeley

Wales Online · Feb 1, 2023