A look at this week’s HIV and Sexual Health news…
Men who have sex with men have other health inequalities as well as poor sexual health, say Public Health England
Campaign to reform prostitution law
Glasgow South and Eastwood Extra
Chemsex is not a drug problem – it’s a sex problem
Addicts Should Be Treated and Supported Into Recovery, Not Criminalised
Though Rare, It Is Possible to Contract Drug-Resistant HIV While on PrEP
More African Americans still die of HIV than whites and Latinos combined CDC says (USA)
What is sex? HIV case forces Florida supreme court to define intercourse
Suzi Godson :10 Things You Need to Know Before You Have Middle Aged Sex With a New Partner
Canada clinic allows gay men to donate blood, but not how you think
Your smartphone could soon give a fast diagnosis of HIV
No improvements in CD4 count at diagnosis in African patients in last decade
Researchers identify key mechanisms underlying HIV-associated cognitive disorders
Engineered antibodies grab on to HIV ‘spikes’
Baby boys and a dilemma for every parent: Some experts now say all boys should be circumcised. But are they ignoring worrying risks?
Youth participation in the HIV response: Are we setting the table or just on the menu?
Screening for bone fracture risk should be routine for over-40s with HIV, new guidelines recommend
Break on through to the other side: How HIV penetrates the blood-brain barrier
Biology News Net (press release)
A doctor writes: Is it time to reverse lifetime ban on gay men donating blood? (Ireland)
Craiglist use linked to rise in HIV, says study (USA)
‘Good virus’ believed to help increase survival chances in Ebola and and HIV infections
International Business Times UK
HIV: Latent reservoir of virus in rare immune cells could help develop cure
International Business Times UK
Treatment of the First HIV Positive Patient in ABIVAX’s Phase IIa Clinical Trial With ABX464 (France)
African First Ladies Commit to Eliminate HIV Infections
Alex Sparrowhawk 