News Sat 26 - Fri 02 October
Ben Goldarce comments on House of Numbers – “pernicious film of AIDS denialist propaganda”. The Guardian
Dr Mark Porter comments on the General Medical Council’s new standards for doctors around confidential information. The Times
Scientists finally have a vaccine that protects some people -- but instead of celebrating, they are going back to the drawing board. Reuters
The number of people on treatment for HIV in developing countries rose during 2008 from 3m to 4m, according to the latest assessment from the United Nations Aids Agency. 5 million still in need treatment. AIDSmap
News Sat 19 - Sat 26 September
New airline ticket tax offers people the option of donating to help fight HIV, TB and malaria. Yahoo
Singer Annie Lennox has said South Africa's failure to fund an Aids treatment programme is a disgrace, and that the country risks falling apart unless it tackles the HIV virus.
Brown announces $1bn more funding for vaccines in the developing world. Nearly half the extra funds will come from the UK for immunisation and to improve health care in the world's poorest countries. Guardian
Terrence Higgins Trust launches a major new awareness raising campaign aimed at gay men in London this week. ‘Assumptions’ is aimed at men who don’t use condoms because they think they have correctly identified their partner’s status. Pink Paper
The results of a vaccine trial in Thailand were announced today which that the vaccine candidate did succeeded in reducing the chance of HIV infection in humans. The scientific community has hailed a breakthrough in the fight against HIV and AIDS. The Times
News Sat 12 - Fri 18 September
This month, after a concerted campaign by academics aggregating around websites such as Aidstruth.org, academic publishers Elsevier have withdrawn two papers by so-called “AIDS dissidents” from the journal Medical Hypotheses. Guardian
Kenya has banned a brand of condoms weeks after Zambia did the same after tests concluded that they leak. BBC News
News Sat 05 - Fri 11 September
A graphic AIDS-awareness advert which features an Adolph Hitler lookalike having sex has been condemned by HIV charities. The Telegraph
Leading UK and international organisations have written to Britain's largest drug company urging it to pool its patents on HIV medicines to help save millions of lives in developing countries. The Guardian
News Sat 29 - Fri 04 September
Matthew Hodgson from GMFA answers critics and discusses how the organisation works to educate gay men about HIV. Pink News
Councillor in Manchester tells Pride crowd 'I am HIV positive'. Manchester Evening News
Researchers in the US including scientists at the International Aids Vaccine Initiative (IAVI) have discovered two powerful new antibodies to HIV, which may rejuvenate the search for an Aids vaccine. BBC News
India has rejected applications from two US companies for patents on two key AIDS drugs in a move that could mean more people in poor countries will have access to life-saving medicines. Nature