The Latest Breaking News from HIV

The xx singer Oliver Sim, 32, reveals he has been living with HIV since he was 17

The xx singer Oliver Sim, 32, said he has been living in "shame and fear" for so long and now felt the time was right to go public about his HIV status.

Daily Mirror · May 23, 2022

California debates opening supervised sites for people to use drugs

Advocates of the proposal say it would prevent overdoses, slow the spread of HIV and inspire drug users to seek help, while proponents say safe injection sites would create an "open drug scene."

WEKU · May 23, 2022

Ex-health minister 'would have pressed the panic button' if he'd seen key letter warning about risk of AIDS to haemophiliacs

Lord Pattern told the Infected Blood Inquiry that he'd have 'pressed the panic button' if he'd seen a letter from a top doctor warning about the risk of AIDS to haemophiliacs in 1983

Chronicle Live · May 21, 2022

‘All your friends were dying’: revisiting the horrors of the Aids crisis

In a damning new season of podcast docuseries Fiasco, journalist Leon Neyfakh revisits a period of devastating loss and horrifying apathy

The Guardian - US · May 19, 2022

The Daily Biotech Pulse: Pfizer/BioNTech's COVID-19 Booster For Kids, Moderna Starts First African Trial Of mRNA HIV Vaccine, Tonix Extends COVID-19 Antiviral Research Pact

Here's a roundup of top developments in the biotech space over the last 24 hours.

Benzinga · May 18, 2022

Class, queerness and illness in the ‘post-crisis’ era: rewriting the narrative of HIV

I often read a book’s acknowledgments to see who an author thanks for supporting the creation of their work and how they go about thanking them.

The Conversation · May 16, 2022

The people making a difference – the woman breaking down stigma for mothers with HIV

Angelina Namiba founded a group that supports new mothers living with HIV. Now it is her turn to be looked after

The Guardian - UK · May 16, 2022

Man who had sore throat finds out he has HIV as he urges people to get tested

Kyle Dallape found his symptoms started worsening, experiencing weight loss, oral thrush and swollen lymph nodes, as well as the bacterial infection returning twice

Daily Mirror · May 15, 2022

Bill Gates: ‘Vaccines are a miracle. It’s mind-blowing somebody could say the opposite’

The Microsoft co-founder takes questions from scientists, academics and readers on Ukraine, Covid, Jeffrey Epstein and more

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2022

Where Eurovision winners are now - awkward split, tragedy and working in Tesco

Sam Ryder is hoping that he can win Eurovision 2022 for the UK, but what happened to those talented singers who impressed millions such as Conchita Wurst and Lordi

Daily Mirror · May 14, 2022