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# HIV

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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
Man convicted of causing serious harm to two former partners by infecting them with HIV
The judge described the case as ‘pretty difficult with unusual evidence’.
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Jul 12th 2018, 4:12 PM
Witness says man accused of infecting two women with HIV asked her not to tell anyone of clinic encounter
The man has pleaded not guilty to intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to the two women.
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Jun 27th 2018, 8:24 PM
Ex-partner of man accused of infecting her with HIV says he 'wasn't shocked' over her diagnosis
The man has pleaded not guilty to intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to the two women.
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Jun 26th 2018, 5:30 PM
Man goes on trial accused of causing serious harm to two ex-girlfriends by passing on HIV
The man has pleaded not guilty to intentionally or recklessly causing serious harm to the two women.
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Jun 25th 2018, 5:18 PM
'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
'My story is not a particular case - there are many orphans of AIDS in Spain'
By 1997, Spain had 120,000 HIV/AIDS cases in an adult population of around 21 million – the highest rate in the European Union.
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Jun 3rd 2018, 9:00 PM
'My fear was what if the baby had HIV. When I had my daughter, thank god, she was HIV negative'
A new report details concerns Irish mothers had after being diagnosed with HIV.
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May 4th 2018, 6:15 AM
Life as a woman with HIV: 'We're stigmatised because we're looked upon as if we're easy'
1,747 women have been diagnosed with HIV in Ireland since 2003.
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Apr 22nd 2018, 10:00 PM
'I hope to give others courage:' Eurovision's Conchita Wurst announces HIV diagnosis
Wurst won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2014.
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Apr 16th 2018, 2:45 PM
Conchita Wurst shared her HIV positive status following threats from her ex boyfriend
The Austrian singer called the information ‘irrelevant to the public’.
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Apr 16th 2018, 2:22 PM
Self-testing kits and vending machine drugs are helping South Africa's battle against HIV
7.1 million people live with HIV in South Africa.
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Mar 31st 2018, 11:00 AM
High Court rules that teenager's HIV need not be disclosed to young woman
The case was taken by the Child and Family Agency.
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Mar 10th 2018, 2:46 PM
Man (21) who threatened cafe staff with a syringe during robbery jailed for three years
Rainis Koovit (21) brandished a syringe when attempting to grab a tip jar in Kaph Cafe in Drury Street, Dublin.
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Feb 14th 2018, 7:45 PM
A HIV prevention drug is being made available to Irish pharmacies at a 70% cheaper cost
PrEP is a once daily medication that can significantly reduce risk of infection among HIV-negative people at high risk.
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Dec 1st 2017, 10:00 AM
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
'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
English man convicted of deliberately infecting sexual partners with HIV
Rowe would sabotage the condoms and send his victims mocking messages afterwards.
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Nov 15th 2017, 4:56 PM
Italian handed 24 years in jail for infecting 30 women with HIV
The male companions of three of the women were also infected, as was the baby of a fourth.
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Oct 27th 2017, 10:14 PM
The State has paid out over €1 billion in Hepatitis C and HIV compensations
A State tribunal last year awarded one victim of contaminated blood products €2.96 million.
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Oct 10th 2017, 6:22 PM
HIV diagnoses rose again last year with 508 new cases
Two thirds of the cases were new diagnoses while the rest were people who were transferring their care from abroad.
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Oct 4th 2017, 12:33 PM
'I'm most angry at myself': HIV positive people continue to suffer from stigma in Ireland
17% of people living in HIV say they have felt suicidal in the last year.
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Sep 28th 2017, 6:10 AM
Increase in rate of HIV cases in Irish people aged over 50
In 2015, around one in six new cases of HIV diagnosed in Europe are among people aged over 50.
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Sep 27th 2017, 6:00 AM
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
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
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
Column: 'Over half my patients, often with contagious illnesses, have to share a bed'
The scale of the HIV problem in Kenya’s Homa Bay County is enormous, writes Dr Eamonn Faller.
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Jul 9th 2017, 3:00 PM
'I was haunted by the blood I caused by circumcising girls'
Almost 3,000 girls living in Ireland could be at risk of undergoing female genital mutilation.
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Jun 24th 2017, 10:00 PM
Explainer: What's being done to bring anti-HIV medication into Ireland?
PrEP is a “once daily” medication that can reduce risk of infection among people at high risk.
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Jun 17th 2017, 8:00 PM
Calls for prevention medication to be made available following over 500 HIV diagnoses in 2016
HIV Ireland and the Gay Health Network (GHN) are calling for PrEP to be introduced in Ireland.
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Jun 15th 2017, 2:01 PM
'Los Frikis': The Cuban punks who deliberately infected themselves with HIV
One of the men, Gerson Govea, talks about his experiences.
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Jun 3rd 2017, 6:00 PM
Czech man wanted for deliberately spreading HIV arrested in Thai resort
Warnings of his presence in Thailand spread rapidly on social media there this week.
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Jan 18th 2017, 3:15 PM
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
HPV vaccine will soon be available to gay men
The HSE vaccinates thousands of schoolgirls against the virus each year.
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Dec 12th 2016, 8:21 PM
Man who hiked price of HIV drug mocks schoolkids for recreating medicine in lab
Martin Shkreli’s company raised the price of HIV drug Daraprim from €13.50 to €750 per pill.
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Dec 2nd 2016, 10:24 AM
'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
DUP politician admits he didn't know heterosexual people could contract HIV
Trevor Clarke made the admission in a Stormont debate calling for a new HIV awareness campaign.
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Nov 30th 2016, 7:46 AM
There has been a sharp rise in the number of HIV and syphilis diagnoses amongst gay men
The HSE is urging men to use condoms and get checked regularly.
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Oct 14th 2016, 2:45 PM
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
Prince Harry takes a HIV test on Facebook Live
Harry took the test as part of efforts to reduce stigma around testing.
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Jul 14th 2016, 10:22 PM
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