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15 March 2013
Labour MP Diane Abbott: ‘The government has run out of ideas on sexual health’ 9 Shadow public health minister Diane Abbott has dismissed the government’s new sexual health framework which is designed to lower rates of sexually transmitted infections and HIV.
15 March 2013
Terrence Higgins Trust: Half of HIV prevention funding cut in London 93 The Terrence Higgins Trust has described the Department of Health’s new sexual health framework as a “starting point” – but warns it comes against a cut of around £1.2 million to the Pan-London HIV Prevention Programme.
11 March 2013
Comment: HIV policy has collapsed and gay men will not escape the legacy 83 In a comment piece for PinkNews.co.uk, Stuart Home says those in charge of setting and delivering HIV policy are now in danger of presiding over managed decline.
16 February 2013
UK: Lack of condom use blamed for rising HIV cases in gay men 299 A fall in the number of gay and bisexual men using condoms over the past 20 years is responsible for a rise in HIV cases among the group, health experts have said.
13 February 2013
Facebook remove ‘Bareback’ sex page after it receives more than 20,000 likes 32 Facebook have removed a page devoted to the practice of unprotected sex between consenting male partners, otherwise known as ‘barebacking’, after it received more than 20,000 likes.
1 February 2013
UK: Health experts blame ‘a return of risky sexual practices’ for rising HIV cases in gay men 173 Huge improvements in treating and testing for HIV have failed to curb infections among gay and bisexual men, scientists, writing in the Lancet Infectious Diseases, have suggested, with a return of risky sexual practices.
30 January 2013
UK: Terrence Higgins Trust launches postal HIV home sampling kits 30 Terrence Higgins Trust and the Health Protection Agency are co-launching a pilot project that will allow gay and bisexual men to access HIV home sampling kits by post.
23 January 2013
UK: National AIDS Trust calls for the NHS to provide earlier HIV treatment 26 The National AIDS Trust (NAT) is calling on the NHS to allow people with HIV to start treatment early in order to protect their sexual partners.
14 January 2013
UK survey: Half of people wrongly think you can get HIV from being bitten or spat at 17 Nearly half of people in the UK still don't understand how HIV is contracted, according to the National AIDS Trust.
4 December 2012
THT boss: There is not enough money for a high-profile HIV awareness TV campaign 95 When it comes to raising awareness of HIV/AIDS, Sir Nick Partridge, the chief executive of the Terrence Higgins Trust, says it’s unlikely that a large-scale television campaign will feature again on British screens in today’s tough economic climate.
2 December 2012
London’s G-A-Y smashes HIV test world record 93 G-A-Y Bar on London’s Old Compton Street has broken its own Guinness World Record for the highest number of HIV tests to be carried out on World AIDS Day.
2 April 2012
Gay men warned over dysentery risk 34 An increase in cases of dysentery caused by shigella infection has been identified among men who have sex with men around the UK, according to preliminary findings from a Health Protection Agency (HPA) investigation published last week.
25 December 2011
The top UK LGBT stories of 2011 24 As 2011 draws to a close, PinkNews.co.uk takes a look back at the most important stories of the last twelve months.
1 December 2011
Study finds 30% of UK adults “need more information about HIV” 19 Almost a third of UK adults have said they need more information about HIV, according to a new survey.
1 December 2011
Comment: The challenge for black and minority ethnic communities on World AIDS Day 3 Bryan Teixeira, Chief Executive of Naz Project London talks about the challenges facing minority ethnic communities in the capital, the need for infrastructure funding and community-based campaigns.
29 November 2011
One in 20 gay men living with HIV as infection rate hits record high 230 The number of people living with HIV in the UK reached an estimated 91,500 in 2010, with a quarter of those unaware of their infection, according to Health Protection Agency figures published today.
28 November 2011
Comment: Let’s do the black talk – HIV and black gay men in Europe 18 Bisi Alimi, a prominent Nigerian gay rights advocate working in London on HIV treatment activism, on why we need more tailored statistics and strategies for the population of black men who have sex with men.
22 November 2011
Aids-related deaths at their lowest level since 2005 peak 72 UNAids estimates 700,000 deaths were averted last year because of better access to treatment.
27 October 2011
Government says it must do more to tackle HIV 128 Health secretary Andrew Lansley has admitted that the government can and should do more to tackle HIV rates.
18 October 2011
HIV charities rubbish fish foot spa fears 11 HIV charities say there is no evidence 'fish pedicure' spas can transmit the virus.

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