HIV

Action must be taken now to rejuvenate global HIV response, say leading experts

The HIV pandemic is not on track to end by 2030 and the world must take immediate steps to rejuvenate the HIV response, following through on its HIV-related commitments, according to a report from a Lancet commission led by the International AIDS Society.…

Charity managing England PrEP trial closed down

The charitable trust managing England’s PrEP impact trial has been wound down by its trustees.…

One-stop resource for pharmacists in HIV care

HIV pharmacotherapy: the pharmacist’s role in care and treatment, edited by Jason J Schafer, Jennifer M Cocohoba, Elizabeth M Sherman and Alice L Tseng.…

Optimising the health and wellbeing of older people living with HIV in the United Kingdom

Care for people with HIV has improved, meaning that more people are living with HIV into older age with normal life expectancy. Therefore, there are various challenges and opportunities facing healthcare professionals when providing care to this changing demographic.…

One in four sexual health clinics in England now participating in PrEP trial

More than a quarter of sexual health clinics in England are enrolling patients at risk of HIV in the pre-exposure prophylaxis trial funded by NHS England.…

New HIV diagnoses among gay and bisexual men falls in UK for first time

For the first time since the beginning of the HIV epidemic more than 30 years ago a fall in the number of new HIV diagnoses among gay and bisexual men has been recorded, a Public Health England report has said…

First two-drug HIV treatment approved by FDA

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first two-drug treatment regimen for the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1)…

Health minister announces innovative schemes to tackle HIV

The world’s first national radio service for prisons is developing a project to reduce the stigma around HIV, following funding from the Department of Health.…

Downing Street announces full inquiry into contaminated blood scandal

A full statutory public inquiry will be held to examine how thousands of people were given contaminated blood transfusions during the 1970s and 1980s.…

Preventive HIV drugs could cut new infections by a quarter

Providing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) medication to men who have sex with men (MSM) who are at high risk of HIV infection could help to prevent up to one in four cases of HIV, a study has found.…