News Sat 23 - Fri 29 February
Egypt's rounding-up and incarceration of HIV-positive people is unjust, unrealistic and unhealthy. Guardian Comment is Free
A petition is being prepared for submission to the Scottish Parliament calling for a repeal to the ban that prevents gay and bisexual men from donating blood in the UK. Pink News
A gel that uses a HIV drug to protect women from the virus is safe and acceptable to women, although it is too early to know if it actually prevents infection. MSNBC
Advocacy groups welcomed the government's review of sex education in schools, but warned that putting sex into the context of relationships was paramount in cutting the UK's soaring rates of teenage pregnancy. Guardian
News Sat 16 - Wed 22 October
(RED) campaign's auction raises £21m for Aids cause. Independent
The first anti-AIDS vaginal gel to make it through late-stage testing failed to stop HIV infection in a study of 6,000 South African women, disappointed researchers. Wall Street Journal
George Bush’s positive HIV legacy. Financial Times
HIV positive gay men are more likely to suffer from a variety of smoking related illnesses than HIV negative smokers, GMFA has claimed. Pink News
News Sat 09 - Fri 15 February
Nurse died of AIDS seven years after catching HIV from accidental needle prick in hospital. Daily Mail
A study suggests the Immune system 'could be turbocharged to fight disease'. Daily Telegraph
Scientists are no further forward in developing a vaccine against HIV after more than 20 years of research, a Nobel Prize-winning biologist has said. BBC News
Letter from the National AIDS Trust: Don't give up on a vaccine for AIDS. Guardian
News Sat 02 - Fri 08 February
An HIV-positive British man has been jailed for 14 years in Sweden after being convicted of infecting two under-age girls during unprotected sex. BBC Online
Observer investigates USA300 and asks is the new superbug the nightmare public health hazard it's feared to be?
Observer
Growing old with HIV. LA Times
I'm a reformed, happy HIV mum. The Sun