Articles about HIV-positive

14 April 2013
California: Gay lawyer dies at 33 after contracting bacterial meningitis 29 Officials in Los Angeles are warning gay sexually active men about a deadly strain of bacterial meningitis, following the death of a gay man in West Hollywood.
2 April 2013
Surrey: Man cleared over bus gas poison plot 13 A man who claimed he became HIV positive as a result of sexual abuse by a “homosexual paedophile gang” has been cleared of planning to carry out a poison gas attack.
28 March 2013
UK: Alleged bus poison plotter claims he became HIV positive by ‘homosexual paedophile gang’ + A man who claims he became HIV positive as a result of sexual abuse by a "homosexual paedophile gang" had "violent fantasies" about causing a deadly poison attack on a bus in Surrey, a court has heard.
22 March 2013
US: Bill to lift ban on HIV positive organ donation passes Senate committee 7 The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), on Thursday praised a US Senate committee for approving a bill which would allow the donation of HIV positive organs to HIV positive recipients.
20 February 2013
UK: Equalities minister writes to Iain Duncan Smith after HIV positive man left feeling ‘ashamed’ at job centre 64 Equalities Minister Helen Grant has written to Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith after a gay HIV positive man in her Maidstone constituency was left humiliated by staff at a job centre.
24 January 2013
Comment: The second coming out – a PinkNews reader reflects on being HIV positive 35 A PinkNews reader talks candidly about the difficulties of living with HIV.
8 January 2013
Michigan: Judge dismisses lawsuit filed by HIV-positive dental worker 9 A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit filed by a former dental centre employee in Michigan who claimed he faced discrimination at work and was fired because he is HIV-positive.
3 January 2013
Study: Increased HIV life expectancy linked to reduction in smoking 7 Much of the increased mortality seen in patients with HIV in the past decade – outside of antiviral drugs – can be attributed to a reduction in smoking, according to a study in Denmark.
3 July 2012
US FDA approves at-home HIV test 10 The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a rapid, at-home HIV test for the first time.
30 November 2011
US study: 1 in 20 LA dentists refuses to treat anyone with HIV 11 A Williams Institute study has found that 5% of dentists they polled refuse services to people living with HIV/AIDS, but said this rate is comparatively good for the US healthcare industry.
30 September 2011
Comment: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell about HIV status 408 Michael Lucas, the gay porn producer, offers a new solution to cutting HIV rates and stigma around the condition.
7 February 2011
Christian podiatrist ‘didn’t want to treat patients he thought were gay’ + A Christian podiatrist has appeared before a professional trial over claims that he tried to get a colleague to swap patients with him because he thought the man was gay.
18 January 2011
HIV charity Food Chain wins £1m boost from Elton John AIDS Foundation 7 London HIV charity Food Chain has received a £1 million sponsorship from the Elton John AIDS Foundation.
30 November 2010
Comment: We’ve got to change gay men’s attitudes to cut HIV 48 It’s almost 30 years since the first cases of AIDS were diagnosed and the HIV epidemic among UK gay men shows no real signs of abating.
4 January 2010
US HIV travel ban lifted today 19 The ban on HIV-positive people entering the US officially ends today.
18 November 2009
Exclusive: HIV film ‘dangerous and misleading’ 468 A film about HIV and what causes AIDS has been attacked for being misleading and even dangerous.

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