COMMENT | What are the HIV positives?
I’m a guy who has just celebrated living with HIV for a year now (yes, you heard right folks..celebrated) and I’ve taken a secondment recently from my @hivpozguy handle on […]
Gay former soldier joins fight against un-diagnosed HIV
James Wharton, a former Lance Corporal with the Blues and Royals, has taken a rapid HIV test to encourage more gay men to test for the virus during this year’s […]
FILM REVIEW | How To Survive A Plague
★★★★★ | How To Survive A Plague “Never has so much been owed by so many to so few.” These are the words of Sir Winston Churchill, referring to the […]
Stephen Crohn Who Helped With AIDS Study Dies At 66.
The man who’s natural resistance to AIDS helped further the study of the disease has died aged 66. Stephen Crohn has died aged 66 in New York City, the cause […]
Rules Surrounding HIV To Be Modernised To Better Protect Public
‘Outdated’ Rules surrounding healthcare workers with HIV will be modernised by the government and it will overturn the ban of the sale of at-home HIV testing kits. • Chief Medical […]
Sale of “at home” HIV testing kits to be made legal
HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust has welcomed the Department of Health’s announcement that the sale of HIV self-testing kits is to be made legal in the UK. […]
Two Men ‘Free Of HIV’ After Bone-Marrow Transplant
Two men in the US have been taken off their HIV medication after bone-marrow transplants seemingly clears the virus from their bodies. Doctors at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in […]
Find your perfect condom
HIV Prevention England launches online service to help gay men find their perfect condom. Gay and bisexual men in England will be able to access made-to-measure advice on how to […]
HIV Campaign ” It Starts With Me”
Health Protection Agency has given two years of funding to the Terrence Higgins Trust to deliver the ‘It Starts With Me’ HIV Campaign. This campaign focuses on three aspects: Test, […]
Hope for a HIV vaccine
The International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) announced last week that they are starting a clinical trial for a HIV vaccine, based in London and two centres in Africa. Laboratories in […]
Hope For Long-Term HIV Unemployed
Terrence Higgins Trust calls for participants and mentors for return of Back to Work scheme. From today, people with HIV who are long-term unemployed will be able to apply for […]