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# Aids

Last month
August 2023
THE MORNING LEAD
Lawyers for State wanted to use AIDS crisis to defend Ireland's ban on same-sex relationships
A report by
Lauren Boland
Decades-old files show the lengths the State went to in order to try to preserve its criminal ban on homosexuality in the 1980s.
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Aug 20th 2023, 12:05 AM
Last year
2022
# Andriy Klepikov
Ukrainian charity worker speaks of colleagues deaths in missile attack
Andriy Klepikov is the Executive Director of the Alliance for Public Health in Ukraine and in Dublin to deliver a lecture and meet a Dáil committee.
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Dec 3rd 2022, 9:30 AM
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# Gay Rights
'A giant of a man': Influential Aids campaigner and playwright Larry Kramer dies aged 84
Kramer’s husband confirmed that he died from died from pneumonia.
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May 27th 2020, 10:23 PM
# world aids day
There have been over 470 new diagnoses of HIV in Ireland so far this year
Today, 1 December, marks World AIDS Day 2019.
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Dec 1st 2019, 12:30 PM
# Aids
Over 300 children and teens died every day from AIDS-related causes in 2018
That’s according to a new Unicef report published today.
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Nov 26th 2019, 9:31 AM
# Treatment
'Undetectable equals Untransmittable': The importance of Gareth Thomas' HIV message
Campaigners point out that effective HIV treatment is also effective HIV prevention.
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Sep 16th 2019, 12:36 PM
# sexual health
PrEP programme to reduce HIV rates to be rolled out later this year
Rapid testing will be rolled out in Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick.
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Jun 14th 2019, 10:36 AM
# ART Treatment
'End of HIV pandemic' in sight after medicine makes virus 'untransmittable' between sexual partners
The virus remains one of the world’s biggest health problems.
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May 3rd 2019, 7:13 AM
Voices
Opinion: 'People with HIV in Ireland are dehumanised - we're seen as a virus'
But activist Robbie Lawlor sets out how people like him are breaking away from stigma and living full lives – and says people need to be more open and honest.
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Feb 15th 2019, 7:30 PM
Voices
Opinion: HIV positive women face a unique set of challenges
On the 30th anniversary of World AIDS Day, women who have HIV still face increased stigma, writes Dr Denise Proudfoot
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Dec 1st 2018, 1:00 PM
# PTSD
Woman whose father died from HIV-related illness in 1980s to receive compensation
A judge has overruled a previous decision by the Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal.
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Aug 9th 2018, 6:19 PM
# Epidemic
'The fight is far from over': A teenage girl was infected with HIV every 3 minutes last year
Unicef is warning that the HIV/Aids epidemic is far from over and teenage girls are bearing the brunt of the health crisis.
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Jul 25th 2018, 2:45 PM
# HIV
Fears of 'dangerous complacency': Thousands gather in Amsterdam for world Aids meeting
Experts have warned that there may be a resurgence of the epidemic that has already killed 35 million people.
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Jul 20th 2018, 7:39 AM
# increase
'It's worrying': Over 200 people diagnosed with HIV so far this year
Some 500 people were diagnosed with the condition last year, and this figure is expected to be higher in 2018.
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Jun 15th 2018, 6:10 AM
Voices
HIV diagnosis: 'I went into a spasm of shock. My mother knew the result just by looking at me'
But HIV is no longer a terminal illness, it’s a chronic disease and is manageable, writes Gary.
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Dec 1st 2017, 7:00 AM
# 30 Years On
'When HIV hit Ireland it had the same devastation it did in San Francisco'
Much has changed in the 30 years since HIV Ireland was established, but some of the same problems - like stigma – remain.
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Dec 1st 2017, 12:10 AM
# in remission
South African girl, 9, becomes only the third child to be 'functionally cured' of HIV
The patient still has HIV in her system but it is so weakened that it cannot replicate or spread.
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Jul 24th 2017, 1:38 PM
# downsides
Synthetic seventh heaven: London and Paris deal with the perils of chemsex
Associated problems include overdoses and addiction.
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Jul 22nd 2017, 5:15 PM
# global shift
For the first time, over half of people with HIV are taking AIDS drugs
The United Nations report’s authors claimed that the data proved the “scales have finally tipped”.
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Jul 20th 2017, 12:05 PM
# best buds
Bono is hanging out with George W Bush at his Texas ranch, for some reason
“Bono is the real deal,” says George. Right.
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May 27th 2017, 3:15 PM
# State Papers
Mountjoy prisoners segregated in 1986 after 20% diagnosed with Aids antibodies
An internal document reported 33 male prisoners and 10 female prisoners had been identified as having Aids antibodies.
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Dec 31st 2016, 9:00 PM
# norris v ireland
Government considered using 'AIDS argument' in David Norris gay rights case
In battling David Norris’ claims that Irish homosexuality laws were in breach of his human rights, the government was considering all kinds of defences.
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Dec 30th 2016, 6:45 AM
# NO MORE
'It's an epidemic': Activists use World Aids Day to warn that the disease continues to spread
There were 273 new HIV diagnoses in the first six months of this year.
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Dec 1st 2016, 6:04 AM
# decriminalisation
The 'War On Drugs' is driving a global epidemic of HIV, TB and hepatitis
Major new study says jails hothouse infectious diseases, which are then passed on to the wider community.
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Jul 15th 2016, 6:15 AM
# new research
Anti-viral drugs lower risk of catching HIV for couples having unprotected sex
A study examined the risk of unprotected sex among 900 couples where just one partner is infected by HIV.
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Jul 14th 2016, 6:00 AM
# in the bin
Ethiopia was given 69 million condoms... but might have to throw them all out
The condoms, worth millions, failed basic tests.
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Jun 23rd 2016, 3:19 PM
# Kenya
Take a walk through Kangemi slum, where Nairobi's poorest fight to survive
Unemployment is high, addiction is rife, and most women are victims of some form of violence – but somehow they find the strength to carry on.
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Mar 26th 2016, 9:00 PM
# Backtrack
Hillary Clinton apologises over comments about Nancy Reagan and AIDS
Clinton was speaking on the day of Reagan’s funeral.
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Mar 11th 2016, 10:13 PM
# Sri Lanka
179 children taken out of school by parents over rumours one boy is HIV-positive
The rumours emerged after the boy’s father died of tuberculosis and kidney failure.
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Mar 1st 2016, 8:00 AM
# Worldwide
Number of teenagers dying from AIDS has tripled since 2000
The figures from UNICEF show it to be the number two cause of death among teenagers worldwide.
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Nov 27th 2015, 6:58 PM
# let's talk about sex
Here's how the government is going to help people have safer sex
A whopping 60% of Irish people have never been tested for a sexually transmitted disease.
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Oct 29th 2015, 1:01 PM
# Diagnosis
St James's Hospital to start testing all Emergency Department patients for HIV
It is hoped that as well as detecting new cases, people bring previously diagnosed patients back into care.
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Jul 28th 2015, 10:10 AM
# Breakthrough
French teenager in remission from HIV 12 years after stopping treatment
Researchers said there is renewed hope for patients who start treatment early after infection.
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Jul 21st 2015, 7:17 AM
# scott county indiana
The shocking story of the rise of HIV in one rural American community
From 2009-2013, Scott County, Indiana had three HIV infections. There have been 142 since January.
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Apr 24th 2015, 8:21 PM
# Anonymous
The HSE wants to hear from men who have sex with men as part of a major new survey
The anonymous survey includes questions about relationships, sex life, risks and precautions – and takes about 15 minutes to complete.
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Mar 1st 2015, 7:00 AM
# Groundbreaking
Potent drug brings us closer than ever to a HIV vaccine
The drug candidate has been shows to stop every strain of HIV.
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Feb 19th 2015, 12:15 PM
# sub-Saharan Africa
Women using birth control shot have increased risk of contracting HIV
Other forms of contraception, such as the pill, do not appear to increase this risk.
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Jan 9th 2015, 7:00 AM
# Porn stars
LA's porn industry issues alert after on-set HIV transmission
It is the first in a decade.
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Dec 30th 2014, 12:26 PM
# HIV
Gay men will be allowed give blood in the US... after abstaining from sex for a year
The FDA said it made decision after reviewing scientific evidence in recent years.
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Dec 24th 2014, 7:40 AM
# Hunger
Dream of child with dying mother 'to have food and go to school' started Mary's Meals
The founder of the charity is today receiving a human rights award on behalf of the Oireachtas-based Human Dignity Group.
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Dec 11th 2014, 7:15 AM
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