July 14, 2016 Prince Harry broadcasts HIV test on Facebook Live Facebook users were given a front-row seat Thursday as Prince Harry received the results of an HIV test that he took to help raise awareness and destigmatize the issue.
July 13, 2016 AIDS conference returns to a changed South Africa The South Africa that hosts a global AIDS Conference next week has come a long way from the "AIDS pariah" that did so 16 years ago, when then President Thabo Mbeki stunningly dismissed the link between HIV and the disease.
July 13, 2016 Surgical technician pleads guilty to drug tampering in Colorado A former surgical technician who is HIV-positive pleaded guilty on Tuesday to tampering with narcotics at a Colorado hospital, potentially exposing thousands of patients to blood-borne diseases, including the AIDS virus, federal prosecutors said.
July 12, 2016 Antiretroviral therapy prevents HIV transmission during unprotected sex Neither gay men nor heterosexual people diagnosed with HIV transmit the virus to their partner when they are on suppressive antiretroviral treatment, according to results from what’s considered the largest study to date of HIV patients taking the medication and having condomless sex.
July 12, 2016 Action needed as decline in HIV cases stalls: UN AIDS agency The U.N. AIDS agency sounded the alarm on Tuesday saying a long-term decline in the number of new HIV infections in adults had stalled and action was needed to prevent a rebound in the global epidemic.
July 11, 2016 US pledges $410M to fight AIDS in South Africa The United States on Monday pledged $410 million toward ending the AIDS epidemic in South Africa, the country hardest hit.
July 11, 2016 Australia declares AIDS no longer public health issue Australia declared on Monday the AIDS epidemic is no longer a public health issue there, a month after the United Nations adopted an ambitious target to eliminate the threat globally by 2030.
July 8, 2016 Anti-HIV pill may not be reaching those most at risk Only a small proportion of gay and bisexual men who could have taken a daily pill to reduce their risk of HIV actually did so in 2014, according to a new study.
June 27, 2016 California health officials issue meningococcal disease advisory The California Department of Public Health has issued a health advisory in Southern California linked to an outbreak of invasive meningococcal disease, primarily among adult gay and bisexual men.
June 20, 2016 Many travelers from Britain find new sexual partners abroad One in 10 men and one in 20 women who travel internationally from Great Britain find new sexual partners abroad, according to two new studies.
