Comment: HIV care is under threat due to lack of funding, not immigration
The Green Party candidate for Broxtowe, David Kirwan, writes for PinkNews after opening up about living with HIV. When I was diagnosed in 1998, it was at a time when HIV/AIDS was being well funded....
View ArticleNigel Farage claims Britain is ‘incapable’ of treating HIV because of immigrants
Nigel Farage has claimed during an Ask the Leaders debate that the UK is ‘incapable’ of treating people with HIV because of immigration. The UKIP leader has repeatedly claimed that “foreigners with...
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This magazine is printed in HIV-positive blood
A magazine has caused controversy by printing an issue in the blood of HIV-positive people, in an attempt to challenge stigma. German lifestyle magazine Vangardist has printed 3,000 copies of their...
View ArticleHIV positive immigrant holds ‘hug me’ sign in Thanet
Gay rights activist Bisi Alimi was campaigning against Nigel Farage in Thanet South when he was racially abused. Mr Alimi fled Nigeria in 2007, after coming out live on television and having his life...
View ArticleTrans health official says India more progressive than the US
Amruta Alpesh Soni says her experiences of trying to get a US visa has shown her how progressive India is. The trans health official from India had her visa put on hold due to the sex listed on her...
View ArticleTory MP Mike Freer to chair cross-party HIV group
Conservative MP Mike Freer has been elected to chair the All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV and AIDS. The APPG, which is a backbench cross-party group of MPs and Peers, was set up in the 1980s to...
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Syphilis cases rise by nearly HALF among gay men in England
Cases of syphilis among men who have sex with men have risen by nearly half in the past year, according to figures released by Public Health England. The body released a report today that shows “the...
View ArticleTory MP questions Government ‘prejudice’ behind gay blood ban
Tory MP Michael Fabricant has questioned whether there is “prejudice” behind the Government’s reluctance to conduct research into HIV infections among gay men in monogamous relationships. The UK...
View ArticleNearly two-thousand urge NHS to provide access to PrEP
Almost two thousand people have signed a statement encouraging the NHS to introduce PrEP for people at risk of contracting HIV. PrEP has been found in two major European studies to dramatically reduce...
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France begins selling HIV self-testing kits that give you a result in 15 minutes
HIV self-testing kits are available in France for the first time, that allow you to get a result yourself in just 15 minutes. Pharmacies across the country began selling the first approved self-testing...
View ArticleWarnings issued over ‘super-gonorrhoea’ outbreak across England
A national alert has been issued after an outbreak of a highly drug-resistant strain of gonorrhoea. There have been fifteen cases detected since March by Public Health England (PHE), according to the...
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Government launches free HIV home-testing kits nationally
Public Health England is rolling out a national scheme allowing people to test for HIV in their own homes for free. The announcement was made today ahead of HIV Testing Week, which begins on Saturday –...
View ArticleTory MP hits out at timings of ‘long overdue’ review of 12-month gay blood ban
A Tory MP has hit out at the length of time a review of the 12-month deferral period for gay men to donate blood in the UK. MP for Lichfield, Michael Fabricant, asked the question to Health Minister...
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David Cameron: We must educate people to help tackle HIV and AIDS
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has spoken out on World AIDS Day – helping to ‘bust myths’ about the condition after new stats showed HIV transmissions have reached a record high. Statistics released...
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Nicola Sturgeon: Scotland is determined to challenge stigma on HIV
Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she is determined to tackle stigma and misconceptions surrounding HIV. The leader spoke out after new statistics found an estimated 103,700 people...
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The press is still perpetuating ‘hurtful and damaging’ HIV myths
A new study has confirmed that press coverage of HIV is still overwhelmingly negative, in stark contrast to other health conditions. The research, conducted by the National AIDS Trust, looked at...
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Jeremy Corbyn: We must educate ‘all children’ about AIDS
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said that “all children” need to be educated about the threat of AIDS, in his World AIDS Day message. Speaking in a video released to raise awareness of HIV and AIDS,...
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HIV infections in gay men remain at record-high levels
HIV infections among men who have sex with men in the UK are still at record-high levels, data has shown. Public Health England released a report today on HIV transmission, following confirmation a...
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Health warning for gay men over Hepatitis A outbreak at World Pride
Public Health England has issued a warning to gay men after an outbreak of hepatitis A. The health body urged gay and bisexual men to take extra precautions against infection of hepatitis A, as cases...
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Exclusive: Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable calls for routine HIV...
PinkNews Exclusive The Liberal Democrat leader has called on GPs to routinely test new patients for HIV. Sir Vince Cable says the tests should become commonplace in high prevalence areas in a bid to...
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Huge fall in new HIV infections among gay and bisexual men due to use of PrEP
The number of gay and bisexual men diagnosed with HIV has fallen by more than a fifth. New figures show a 21% fall in new HIV infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) from 3,750 during 2015, to...
View ArticleThe number of HIV diagnoses in gay and bisexual men has fallen for the first...
The Public Health England report shows a decline in new HIV diagnoses among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. Since the epidemic was first detected over 30 years ago, there has bee a...
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New HIV transmissions for gay and bisexual men in the UK drop 71 per cent in...
Update: PinkNews originally reported this story on January 16, 2020, as: ‘New HIV transmissions for gay and bisexual men in the UK drop 73 per cent in four years’. However, Public Health England...
View ArticleStephen Fry’s prostate cancer announcement has led to a surge in people being...
Prostate cancer has now overtaken breast cancer as the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer in England, thanks in part to Stephen Fry going public with his own diagnosis. The actor, author, comic,...
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Do HIV-positive people need to go into strict self-isolation due to...
Experts have clarified whether HIV-positive people need to go into strict social isolation due to coronavirus, after people with “weakened immune systems” were urged to do so. On Monday, Public Health...
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Government-sanctioned crop tops are the latest tool in the fight against...
Have you been eagerly looking for a way to both shield yourself from the coronavirus and look stylish at the same time? Face masks have become an emblem in the fight against the coronavirus, and the...
View ArticleMatt Hancock’s ‘kneejerk’ call to axe Public Health England could ‘risk a...
Following the announcement that Public Health England is to be replaced by a new National Institute for Health Protection, leading HIV and sexual health organisations have warned that the changes...
View ArticleGonorrhoea cases at their highest level since records began – with queer men...
Cases of syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia all jumped in 2019, one of the British government’s top health bodies has revealed, alarming sexual health activists. Data recorded by Public Health England...
View ArticleNew HIV diagnoses in gay and bisexual men in the UK at their lowest in 20 years
New HIV diagnoses in gay and bisexual men are at their lowest in 20 years, according to Public Health England (PHE). There were 1,700 new HIV diagnoses in gay and bisexual men in 2019, the lowest...
View ArticleCases of the STI lymphogranuloma venereum soar among gay and bisexual men in...
Cases of the STI lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) have been soaring among gay and bisexual men in England, suggesting queer men are taking more sexual risks. LGV is a sexually transmitted infection that...
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