This article was taken from: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46376123 By BBC Health news HIV diagnoses are continuing to fall in the UK as it meets UN targets on diagnosis, treatment and transmission for the first time, according to a report from Public Health England. It said there was no doubt prevention efforts to end the HIV epidemic were working….
This article was taken from: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/prep-hiv-drug-nhs-aids-truvada-trial-infection-symptoms-nat-lancet-sydney-australia-a8589046.html By Alex Matthews-King Health Correspondent ‘Unacceptable’ that PrEP provision in England is capped when there are no limits in other UK nations, National Aids Trust chief says HIV/AIDs charities have called for the NHS to immediately commit to a national rollout of a breakthrough preventative treatment after results from an Australian trial showed it cut new transmissions by 25…
This article was taken from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41381125 By: BBC News A charity has called for compulsory sexual health lessons in schools over fears that youngsters are missing out on vital information to prevent HIV. HIV Scotland said an average of two young people between the ages of 15 and 24 north of the border were diagnosed with…
More than 10,000 lives a year could be saved with a simple change to HIV medication, doctors say. HIV is often diagnosed late, when it has already ravaged the immune system, leaving people vulnerable. To counter this, researchers tried prescribing a cocktail of drugs at the start of HIV therapy to treat “opportunistic” infections. The…