The Latest Breaking News from HIV

Health Secretary Wes Streeting has unveiled a new HIV action plan in a bid to end transmissions in the next five years

Labour announces prevention programme as well as efforts to re-engage people who have fallen out of medical care

Researchers now describe it as both historical phenomenon and public health model. Its success was remarkable

HIV treatment has delivered life-altering advantages. Antiretroviral therapy has led to a reduced mortality and improved life expectancy for people living with HIV. Nearly 41 million people were living with HIV in 2024. Eastern and southern Africa accounted for 21.1 million while western and central Africa accounted for 5.2 million.

The US State Department has announced it will no longer commemorate World AIDS Day with public messaging. This ends a decades-long tradition of raising awareness on 1 December.

Over half of HIV diagnoses in Europe come too late for effective treatment, international health agencies warn in a new report.

Australia will provide $48 million to its Pacific neighbours to help manage and contain a surge in HIV infections, in a move lauded by advocates as life-saving.

British pop icon says apathy from world leaders towards those living with Aids and HIV is ‘inhumane’

Millions of people, particularly in African countries, have lost access to drug treatments, prevention and testing putting the idea of ending the Aids pandemic by 2030 out of reach

The Independent is calling on the British government to protect what is left of foreign HIV/Aids funding as international aid cuts plunge care into an unprecedented crisis

IN FOCUS: Cutting-edge prevention drugs – hailed as being able to reduce new infections to zero – could see the end of the Aids pandemic, as long as funding continues amid massive cuts, UNAIDS chief tells chief international correspondent Bel Trew