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Warning over rising rates of condition impacting women

Experts warn of undetected conditions impacting young Australians including women of child-bearing age, which can cause serious long-term health concerns.

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40 years ago, the first AIDS movies forced Americans to confront a disease they didn’t want to see

First it was referred to as a “mysterious illness.” Later it was called “gay cancer,” “gay plague” and “GRID,” an acronym for gay-related immune deficiency. Most egregiously, some called it “4H disease” – shorthand for “homosexuals, heroin addicts, hemophiliacs and Haitians,” the populations most afflicted in the early days.

The Conversation

I'm a singer in a metal band living with HIV. Here's how my diagnosis has impacted my life and career so far

On October 14 last year, I received a letter that would change my life - and the way I feel about touring with Tallah

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The US will buy 2 million doses of an HIV prevention drug for low-income countries

The U.S. is purchasing enough doses of a new twice-a-year HIV prevention shot to share with up to 2 million people in poor countries by 2028

The Independent UK

Trump’s US aid cuts ‘help fuel rising anti-LGBT+ violence in Africa’

A report by Physicians for Human Rights has found dramatically increased levels of abuse and denial of health services in the wake of US foreign assistance being slashed

The Independent UK

Trump’s aid cuts in east Africa led to unwanted abortion and babies being born with HIV – report

Doctors, nurses, patients and other experts describe the loss of decades of progress in beating the virus in 100 days after Pepfar was disrupted

The Guardian - UK

Protesters demand release of HIV funds ‘illegally’ withheld by Trump

People take to streets against Trump administration plans to rescind funding for life-saving international programs

The Guardian - US

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Greg Louganis: Age, HIV Battle, How Much He Sold His Olympic Medals For and Why He's Quitting the US

Olympic legend Greg Louganis, 65, has sold his medals and LA home and is relocating to Panama, citing financial pressures, HIV care costs, and the search for a fresh start.

International Business Times UK

For many with HIV, drugs lifted their death sentence. Now they must face old age.

They survived HIV

The Independent UK

HIV is on the rise among older Africans, but care and research overlook this group – lessons from Kenya and South Africa

For decades, public health efforts across sub-Saharan Africa have focused on HIV prevention, testing and treatment campaigns on children, and women of reproductive age, overlooking the population at older ages.

The Conversation

A Heavier Case Load, Diminished Care

Due to Trump’s funding cuts, “having sex is about to get a lot more dangerous,” warns a Los Angeles nurse whose work helps prevent the spread of HIV.

Capital & Main

Talking about sex isn’t always easy for teachers in South Africa. Here’s what they told us

Young people in rural Limpopo, the South African province bordering Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mozambique, face high risks of HIV, unplanned pregnancy, and other societal challenges.

The Conversation

Putin's 'Last Chance Army': HIV-Positive and Sick Civilians Lured With False Healthcare Promises to Fight in Ukraine

Russia is reportedly recruiting HIV-positive and sick civilians with false promises of healthcare in exchange for fighting in Ukraine. Critics have branded the campaign Putin's 'last chance army.'

International Business Times UK

‘My dad is a sick freak’: Woman’s father purposefully got HIV so daughter would look after him

The woman shared her very traumatic things her father had done with her viewers on TikTok.

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The Independent UK

Breakthrough study could lead to single-dose vaccine for HIV and Covid

The study treated mice with a vaccine that combined two different immunity stimulants

Euronews

EU approves new twice-yearly HIV prevention jab

The new treatment option comes amid a rise in HIV cases in parts of Europe.

The Independent UK

‘I was imprisoned for six months for being HIV-positive’

LIFE STORIES: Robert Suttle, an advocate for the rights of those living with HIV, was sentenced to jail after a former partner accused him of not disclosing his HIV-positive status before they had sex. He tells Ellie Muir about the outdated laws surrounding HIV that still exist in some US…

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Deadly infectious diseases on Australia's doorstep

Australia has been urged to help fight the deadly infectious diseases on its doorstep, including two major HIV outbreaks.

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The Independent UK

South Africa's most vulnerable struggle to find HIV medication after US aid cuts

Sex workers and transgender people are among South Africa's most vulnerable populations after the Trump administration slashed U.S. foreign aid and U.S.-funded health clinics dispensing HIV medication shut down

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This Overlooked Biotech Stock Is a Buy for Its Hidden Strengths

This biotech giant has hidden strengths that could unlock long-term upside.

The Guardian - UK

Botswana was once ‘at risk of extinction’ from HIV. Now it is a world leader in eliminating the virus in children

The pioneering African country is lauded for slashing rates of mother-to-child transmission to just 1.2% and is holding trials that may now hold the key to curing young people

Benzinga

CVS Health Declines To Add Gilead's Steeply Priced New HIV Prevention Drug To Its Plans

CVS Health Inc. (NYSE:CVS) said it will not add Gilead Sciences Inc.’s (NASDAQ:GILD) new HIV prevention drug Yeztugo to its commercial plans.

The Conversation

Condoms, PrEP and vaccines: how the UK is expanding STI prevention

The UK has just introduced the world’s first national programme offering a vaccine to help protect against gonorrhoea. This coincides with increasing rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) including antibiotic-resistant strains of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, particularly among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men.

The Conversation

Friday essay: Trump and Kennedy are destroying global science. Even Einstein questioned facts – but there’s a method to it

Eight months into Donald Trump’s second presidency of the United States, truth and science are again under attack – with global consequences. USAID, which tackled HIV, TB, malaria and child malnutrition is gone. Funding has been withdrawn from GAVI, a public–private global alliance that helps buy vaccines for the world’s…

The Independent UK

UK set to get first hospice dedicated to LGBTQ+ people with specialist HIV focus

A Hospice UK report released in 2023 found that end of life care received by trans and gender diverse people was usually not inclusive

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