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HIV self-testing kits sold on British high streets for the first time
HIV self-testing kits are available in stores for the first time ever. Superdrug has started stocking the BioSURE HIV Self Testing Kit in the 200 of its high-street shops which have an in-store...
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More than a quarter of users of chemsex drug GHB have been sexually...
More than a quarter of people who use chemsex drug GHB have been sexually assaulted, according to new research. The findings come from a major survey of gay male GHB users, conducted by Channel 4...
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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...
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Dear Matt Hancock. No more grandiose gestures, we demand action on PrEP in...
Natasha Dhumma, head of policy and campaigns at the National AIDS Trust, explains for PinkNews why the British government’s sluggish approach to PrEP must be held accountable. Today marks exactly one...
View ArticleNew STI diagnosed every 70 seconds in England as cases of gonorrhoea and...
Sexual health organisations are calling on Boris Johnson to urgently address a nationwide STI boom as England experiences the highest rates of syphilis since World War II. An eye-opening new report...
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Government ‘entirely unclear’ on how it will keep promise to deliver PrEP in...
The UK’s leading HIV and sexual health charity has questioned the government’s readiness to deliver PrEP in England by April as it has promised. The drug known as PrEP (Pre-exposure Prophylaxis) is the...
View ArticleCross-party group of MPs condemn the NHS for ‘failing’ people with HIV
A cross-party group of parliamentarians has condemned the NHS for “failing to meet the needs” of people living with HIV. The All-Party Parliamentary Group on HIV and AIDS counts over 150 MPs and peers...
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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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Stop hooking-up for casual sex during coronavirus lockdown. Immediately
The UK’s national LGBT+ health adviser is urging people to stop hooking-up during the coronavirus lockdown – making clear that the only safe sex is with yourself or “someone within your household”. Dr...
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Government texts people with HIV to claim they’re at severe risk from...
The Government has been condemned for sending mass text messages to people with HIV that claim they’re at severe risk due to coronavirus. The messages, sent out to people living with HIV, incorrectly...
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Only a quarter of gay men know that HIV+ people who are effectively treated...
Despite medical evidence that people on effective treatment for HIV – i.e. their viral replication is stably suppressed – cannot pass on the virus, one in four gay people know this. New research by the...
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Beverley Knight opens up about losing gay friend to AIDS-related illness
Beverley Knight has opened up about losing a gay friend to AIDS-related illness, as she becomes the new Patron of HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust. The beloved soul singer was announced today as the...
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12 celebrities you didn’t know were patrons of LGBT charities
Many charities feature celebrity patrons who support and promote their aims – it’s one way of getting some attention to a cause. Some of these celebrity supporters are obvious but some are more...
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20 years after her death: How Princess Diana transformed global attitudes to...
20 years ago Princess Diana was killed. That car crash in Paris would become one of the biggest news stories of all time, to the extent that, even 20 years on, it dominates headlines across the world....
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21 celebrities you didn’t know were patrons of LGBT charities
Many charities feature celebrity patrons who support and promote their aims – it’s one way of getting some attention to a cause. Some of these celebrity supporters are obvious but some are more...
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Prince Harry to launch National HIV Testing Week
Prince Harry will launch this year’s National HIV Testing Week, attending the opening of an HIV pop-up shop in London. The Prince will attend the opening of the Terrence Higgins Trust shop in Hackney,...
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s first royal engagement will be HIV charity...
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will make their first joint appearance at an event held by HIV charity Terrence Higgins Trust. The British royal made global headlines yesterday when he announced his...
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HPV vaccines to be rolled out to gay community as girls-only approach ‘leaves...
The government has confirmed that it will introduce a nationwide HPV vaccination programme for men who have sex with men. A vaccination programme began in 2008 among school-age girls in the UK to...
View ArticleVideo tutorial: How to use a HIV self-testing kit
Terrence Higgins Trust is launching a new programme to make HIV self-testing kits free to all gay and bisexual men, as well as trans women. The self-testing kits give a result in under 15 minutes,...
View ArticleThe UK could abolish its archaic ban on queer men donating blood as soon as...
The UK ban on sexually active queer men giving blood could be lifted after the release of a report in late 2020. The FAIR (For the Assessment of Individualised Risk) steering group was set up by the...
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