The Latest Breaking News from HIV

Lifeblood moves to axe key question from plasma screening

The Red Cross is pushing to remove sexual history questions from its plasma donor screening.

The Canberra Times · Jul 1, 2022

‘Soft’ playwright Donja R. Love uses his own HIV+ diagnosis to illuminate his theatrical work

NEW YORK — Playwright Donja R. Love wanted to write a show about a topic underrepresented on stage — and audiences have responded.

Tribune News Service · Jul 1, 2022

UK’s contaminated blood scandal inquiry: All you need to know

A blood treatment that infected 30,000 people with HIV and hepatitis C decades ago in the UK returns to the spotlight.

Al Jazeera · Jul 1, 2022

Aids: The Unheard Tapes review – tragedy and joy from voices no longer with us

This powerful documentary, based on recordings made by those caught in the first wave of HIV, is remarkable in its celebration of a hedonistic lifestyle shaped in part by a homophobic society

The Guardian - UK · Jun 27, 2022

These Companies Just Donated A Ton Of Cannabis (Literally) To Help Veterans, Minorities, LGBTQ+ Community & HIV, Cancer Patients

PRO Farms, Almora and Deibel Bioscience, three California-based cannabis-related companies, have teamed up to donate over $5 million worth of cannabis products to support Health Equity and Sweetleaf Collective, a nonprofit assisting low-income patients in gaining access to medical cannabis.

Benzinga · Jun 27, 2022

With the right approach, we can end the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Illinois

The Getting to Zero plan invests $10 million to address to end HIV transmission in the coming years. We must address the drivers of HIV: housing and employment insecurity, the impact of HIV-related stigma, and systemic racism.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 27, 2022

'It was no accident' - Jesmond blood campaigner's fury after Sir John Major called scandal which killed husband 'bad luck'

Carol Grayson lost her husband and brother-in-law after they were infected with HIV in the NHS treatment scandal

Chronicle Live · Jun 27, 2022

"I was given six months to live with HIV in 1982 - 40 years later I'm still here"

Jonathan Blake was one of the first people in the UK to be diagnosed with HIV back in 1982. He's set to feature in a BBC documentary series starting tonight exploring the 'forgotten epidemic'

Daily Mirror · Jun 27, 2022

Infected blood victims had ‘incredibly bad luck’, Sir John Major tells inquiry

The infection of up to 30,000 people with HIV or hepatitis C from contaminated blood has been called the NHS’s biggest treatment disaster.

The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2022

Andhra Pradesh: Action plan to mitigate the incidence of HIV

Antiretroviral therapy centre to be made available within every 50 km radius

The Hindu · Jun 26, 2022