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Huge fall in new HIV infections among gay and bisexual men due to use of PrEP
The number of gay and bisexual men diagnosed with HIV has fallen by more than a fifth. New figures show a 21% fall in new HIV infections among men who have sex with men (MSM) from 3,750 during 2015, to...
View ArticleThe number of HIV diagnoses in gay and bisexual men has fallen for the first...
The Public Health England report shows a decline in new HIV diagnoses among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men. Since the epidemic was first detected over 30 years ago, there has bee a...
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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...
View ArticleStephen Fry’s prostate cancer announcement has led to a surge in people being...
Prostate cancer has now overtaken breast cancer as the most commonly diagnosed form of cancer in England, thanks in part to Stephen Fry going public with his own diagnosis. The actor, author, comic,...
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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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Government-sanctioned crop tops are the latest tool in the fight against...
Have you been eagerly looking for a way to both shield yourself from the coronavirus and look stylish at the same time? Face masks have become an emblem in the fight against the coronavirus, and the...
View ArticleMatt Hancock’s ‘kneejerk’ call to axe Public Health England could ‘risk a...
Following the announcement that Public Health England is to be replaced by a new National Institute for Health Protection, leading HIV and sexual health organisations have warned that the changes...
View ArticleGonorrhoea cases at their highest level since records began – with queer men...
Cases of syphilis, gonorrhoea and chlamydia all jumped in 2019, one of the British government’s top health bodies has revealed, alarming sexual health activists. Data recorded by Public Health England...
View ArticleNew HIV diagnoses in gay and bisexual men in the UK at their lowest in 20 years
New HIV diagnoses in gay and bisexual men are at their lowest in 20 years, according to Public Health England (PHE). There were 1,700 new HIV diagnoses in gay and bisexual men in 2019, the lowest...
View ArticleCases of the STI lymphogranuloma venereum soar among gay and bisexual men in...
Cases of the STI lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV) have been soaring among gay and bisexual men in England, suggesting queer men are taking more sexual risks. LGV is a sexually transmitted infection that...
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