The Latest Breaking News from HIV

More than 800 undiagnosed HIV and hepatitis cases found with routine A&E testing

The health service introduced opt-out HIV screening in April to 33 hospital departments as part of efforts to stop new cases by 2030.

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2022

Injectable HIV prevention drug shows promise: we worked out how much South Africa should pay for it

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is an HIV prevention method. It is taken by people who are HIV negative, so that if they are unknowingly exposed to HIV, the drug will prevent the virus from infecting them.

The Conversation · Nov 29, 2022

World Aids Day 2024: what is it and how can you get involved?

World Aids Day takes place this weekend — and this year’s theme is all about human rights

Evening Standard · Nov 29, 2022

Sexual health tests given out from vending machines in a bid to tackle disease

Making it easy, free and quick to test for sexually transmitted diseases can only be a good thing, says Miriam Stoppard

Daily Mirror · Nov 24, 2022

Cancelled University of Queensland COVID-19 vaccine to be trialled in humans next year

The University of Queensland's vaccine had to be abandoned during the rush to develop an effective COVID-19 shot, but now will be trialled on people.

ABC News · Nov 24, 2022

Simon Nkoli's fight for queer rights in South Africa is finally being celebrated – 24 years after he died

Born in 1957, Simon Tseko Nkoli had just turned 41 when he died, in 1998, of an AIDS-related illness. In his short life, the South African activist fought against different forms of oppression. He fought for those downtrodden because of their “race”. He stood up for those ostracised because of…

The Conversation · Nov 24, 2022

HIV-positive heart donor's family, recipient meet

A woman who got a new lease on life after a ground-breaking heart transplant between an HIV-positive donor and recipient got to meet the family of the woman who gave it to her

The Independent UK · Nov 23, 2022

As STDs proliferate, companies rush to market at-home test kits. But are they reliable?

Among the more remarkable legacies of the COVID-19 pandemic is how quickly federal regulators, the health care industry and consumers moved to make at-home testing a reliable tool for managing a public health crisis.

Tribune News Service · Nov 23, 2022

‘It’s always fear-based’: why sexual health projects should switch the focus to pleasure

After decades of emphasis on STIs, HIV, Aids and unwanted pregnancy, a wave of initiatives around the world are using a more sex-positive narrative

The Guardian - UK · Nov 22, 2022

Grim Reaper HIV ads 'contributed' to violence against LGBT community, inquiry told

Media coverage of the early years of the HIV epidemic contributed to the high level of violence against the LGBT community in NSW in the 1980s, an inquiry hears.

ABC News · Nov 22, 2022