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.
June 17, 2016 Lifting US curbs on gay blood donors seen years away, experts say U.S. health regulators are under increasing pressure to remove restrictions keeping most gay and bisexual men from donating blood, but experts say any change would require years of research to guarantee the safety of the blood supply.
June 8, 2016 Thailand, Belarus, Armenia eliminate mother-child HIV spread Thailand has become the first country in Asia to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV and syphilis, the World Health Organization announced Tuesday.
June 7, 2016 US panel reaffirms syphilis screening advice as infections rise Doctors should offer testing for syphilis to men who have sex with men, people living with HIV and others at an increased risk of the sexually transmitted disease, a U.S. government-backed panel recommended on Tuesday.
June 3, 2016 Acrobat who gave woman HIV to be freed from Australian jail SYDNEY (AP) — A Zimbabwean circus acrobat who infected his girlfriend with HIV through frequent unprotected sex received a suspended sentence on Friday after winning an appeal against a conviction of deliberately passing on the virus that causes AIDS.
June 3, 2016 GSK's modern HIV drug to be rolled out in Botswana An HIV drug first approved less than three years is to be rolled out in Botswana as a first-line core medicine to treat newly diagnosed patients under a contract agreed between the government and ViiV Healthcare.
June 2, 2016 Feds: Surgery tech accused of stealing drugs is HIV positive Federal prosecutors in Colorado announced Wednesday that a hospital surgery technician accused of stealing painkiller syringes is HIV positive and urged patients who may have possibly infected by him to be tested.
June 1, 2016 More than 2,200 Indians infected with HIV after receiving contaminated blood transfusions Contaminated blood transfusions have led at least 2,234 Indians to contract HIV over the past 17 months, the BBC reported.
May 27, 2016 Social media-based HIV testing finds new cases Outreach on social media may help encourage men at high risk for HIV infection to get themselves tested, a new study from the U.K. suggests.
