Hospital tackles HIV stigma with week of testing
A hospital is encouraging its patients to help remove the stigma around HIV by making use of its tests. Swindon's Great ...
NHS to expand opt-out HIV and hepatitis testing
The NHS will automatically test patients for HIV, Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C unless they opt out at 90 hospitals.
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NHS expands HIV opt-out testing to 30 more A&Es
Thousands more people across England are to benefit from routine HIV testing in A&Es this year, thanks to the extension of a major NHS public health initiative. Under a new expansion plan, 30 more ...
‘I thought I was going to die’: HIV patient calls for end to stigma as cases surge in heterosexual men
“There is a massive lack of awareness within the heterosexual community,” Mr Battock said. “Most straight men have a very ...
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Meet the researchers developing rapid diagnostic tests for infectious diseases
Yuka Manabe and her team at the Center for Innovative Diagnostics for Infectious Diseases aim to improve global health with ...
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Mum unknowingly infected with HIV calling for more testing in Scotland
Emma caught the virus from someone she thought she could trust, leaving her contemplating suicide due to the the stigma ...
‘Stigma’: Participant in aborted UQ Covid vaccine trial still returning false positive HIV tests four years on
A Brisbane man who took part in the University of Queensland’s aborted Covid vaccine trial is still returning “false positive” HIV tests four years later.
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HIV Support Groups
HIV affects not only your physical health but also your mental health. We reviewed online support groups for the disease, so ...
Walsall residents encouraged to get tested as part of National HIV Testing Week
Walsall Council is encouraging all residents to know their status by ordering a free HIV test kit as National HIV Testing ...
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UDB-funded medical supplies company dispatches its first consignment of HIV and Malaria testing kits
The investment from Uganda Development Bank supported MHS in acquiring capital-intensive equipment and purchase of raw ...
Dr Hilary Jones urges all Brits to get tested as HIV cases surge in one group
This surge comes despite a recent survey showing that a staggering 73 per cent of men have never been tested for HIV. The ...
MP reveals he’s living with HIV and says that people should ‘just get tested’
Kevin McKenna, a Labour MP for Sittingbourne and Sheppey in Kent, opened up about his diagnosis during a debate in Westminster Hall yesterday, where he encouraged people to ‘just get tested’, adding: ...