The Latest Breaking News from HIV

‘Is sex worth the risk?’ Monkeypox just the latest virus to threaten gay intimacy

Decades after the Aids pandemic began, game-changing drugs restored some peace of mind. Now monkeypox puts that progress at risk

The Guardian - US · Aug 3, 2022

Scottish Government faces calls to speed up delivery of HIV meds

The Scottish Government has faced calls to improve access to HIV medication, following the revelation that some patients have waited over eight…

The National (Scotland) · Aug 1, 2022

Welsh GPs join trail-blazing HIV testing campaign

A new trail-blazing HIV campaign is being launched in the Vale of Glamorgan and Cardiff East to encourage NHS patients to get tested

Wales Online · Aug 1, 2022

Watch: Why are HIV patients protesting in Delhi?

For over a week now, a group of HIV patients has been protesting outside the Delhi office of the National Aids Control Organization. They allege that HIV patients across the country have been struggling to find life-saving antiretroviral drugs – for six months in some cities – but the government,…

Newslaundry · Jul 29, 2022

Years of progress made in global Aids fight set back by Covid pandemic, UN report says

Report says there are 1,800 deaths every day due to Aids – one death every minute

The Independent UK · Jul 28, 2022

Monkeypox — ‘people who hate the queer community are going to blame us if it spreads’

Another Covid-style lockdown? Not according to London’s experts and virologists — but to beat this new threat we must follow advice and avoid stigmatisation, says Katie Stick

Evening Standard · Jul 28, 2022

US man, 66, becomes fourth patient seemingly cured of HIV

A fourth person in history has been cured of HIV after the patient was given a remedy for leukaemia and went into remission.

Evening Standard · Jul 27, 2022

Global AIDS fight at crossroads after setbacks during COVID

Hard-won progress against HIV has stalled, putting millions of lives at risk

The Independent UK · Jul 27, 2022

Donald Dewar feared compensation for contaminated blood would be 'open cheque book', hears inquiry

Around 3,000 people in Scotland contracted Hepatitis C and HIV in the 1970s and 1980s through blood products used to treat conditions like haemophilia.

Daily Record · Jul 27, 2022

Global HIV response is in danger

Last year, world leaders came together at the United Nations in New York and agreed on a groundbreaking Political Declaration on HIV and Aids. That plan takes on the inequalities that drive the pandemic and will dramatically reduce new HIV infections and Aids-related deaths by 2025 and end the Aids…

Bangkok Post · Jul 26, 2022