News Sat 24 - Fri 30 January

Government withholding blood scandal evidence.The Guardian

The majority of gay men in the UK support the use of the criminal law to punish people who infect a sexual partner with HIV, a new report published by Sigma Research shows.AIDSmap

THT has said that the application of the criminal law in HIV transmission cases is poorly understood by some police officers.Pink News

In India a college sacks four hostel staff for testing positive for HIV.The Times of India

News Sat 10 - Fri 16 January

Lord Penrose has been appointed chairman of the public inquiry into why people were infected with Hepatitis C and HIV through contaminated NHS blood products. The Herald

An opinion piece in the Lancet questions whether there is a place for AIDS case reporting in 'resource-rich' countries. The Lancet (subscription need) Medical News Today

13 new cases of HIV were recorded in Cumbria during the first six months of 2008. Cumberland News

Colorado man accused of criminal father-to-child HIV transmission.Criminal HIV Transmission

Human rights group claims Senegal’s sodomy law criminalises HIV work.Pink News

AIDS battle burnishes Bush's legacy in Africa.International Herald Tribune

News Sat 27 - Fri 09 January

HIV charity campaigner, Nick Partridge, is given a knighthood. BBC

The number of African people who acquire their HIV infection in the UK (rather than in Africa) is greater than national surveillance data indicate, report researchers from University College London. AIDSmap

A tattooist whose dirty needles sparked an HIV scare among more than 150 adults and children has been fined £250.Manchester Evening News

Michel Sidibé is the new Executive Director of UNAIDS. UNAIDS

Edwin Cameron has been appointed to the Constitutional Court of South Africa by the country's President.Pink News

A young Papua New Guinea woman has been burnt to death. Police believe the girl was either accused of being a witch or that she had been blamed for infecting one of her killers with HIV.The Times