News and features related to HIV & Aids

1. Sexual health checkups promoted in Facebook game
   

   27th April 2012 - An online game aimed at gay men has been launched to promote the importance of regular checkups for sexual health. The game, 'Man Up', has been devised by the HIV and sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust. It carries the message that the more men you have sex with, the more

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2. Experts call for universal HIV testing
   

   29th November 2011 - One in five people visiting an STI clinic rejected an offer of an HIV test, it has been revealed. Latest figures from the Health Protection Agency (HPA) also show that the HIV infection rate in the UK is increasing. The HPA is calling for everyone visiting an STI clinic to be ro

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3. Rare type of HIV diagnosed in France
   

   25th November 2011 - A rare type of HIV infection, group N, has been diagnosed in a man in France who recently returned from Togo in West Africa. It means this rare variant has been detected outside Cameroon for the first time. Most types of HIV in humans are either group M, or less commonly, group

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4. UK HIV life expectancy improves
   

   12th October 2011 - People in the UK with HIV have 15 years longer life expectancy thanks to improved treatments over the past 13 years, according to a new study. Although life expectancy for people with the disease is lower than that of the general population it is no longer the death sentence port

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5. HIV prevention 'woefully inadequate': Lords
   

   1st September 2011 - The current priority given to preventing HIV and AIDS in the UK is "woefully inadequate", according to a House of Lords Select Committee, which calls for new efforts to stem the epidemic. Its report found that the number of people being treated has trebled since 2000 and that by

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6. Drugs could prevent HIV infection
   

   Around 80,000 people in the UK are living with HIV. Historically, gay men have been the group most affected, but in the UK, more than half of new HIV infections now happen though heterosexual sex. Condoms help stop the HIV virus passing from person to person during sex, but although condoms work wel

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7. More HIV testing to be offered as rates increase
   

   23rd March 2011 - The number of people diagnosed with HIV in the UK has almost doubled in the last 10 years, prompting a call for GPs to offer more routine testing in some high-risk areas. The Health Protection Agency (HPA) said that there were 3,780 new cases of HIV in 2010, compared to 1,950 in 20

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8. Survey reveals widespread ignorance about HIV
   

   18th February 2011 - One in five adults in Great Britain do not realise that HIV can be transmitted between a man and a woman having sex without a condom, according to a new survey which reveals widespread ignorance about many aspects of how the virus is transmitted. The results, released by NAT (th

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9. Sir Elton John highlights World AIDS Day
   

   1st December 2010 - Sir Elton John has taken on the role of guest Editor of The Independent and its newly launched sister paper, i, for a special World AIDS Day issue.   Sir Elton is covering news, features and commentary to highlight the plight of people with AIDS around the world, and all circulat

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10. Call for wider HIV testing
    

    26th November 2010 - The number of people newly diagnosed with HIV in the UK fell for the fourth year in a row in 2009, but more than a quarter - 26% - were unaware of their infection. The Health Protection Agency (HPA) is calling for all adults to be tested in areas where HIV is more prevalent. An

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