#United Kingdom

Unlike outbreaks among drug users in the United States, this one isn’t linked to opioids or meth.

Researchers analyzed data on people living with HIV in the United Kingdom, Ireland and the Netherlands.

However, this finding applied only to those in low- and middle-income nations.

The Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Seattle saw many important studies that are advancing the fight against HIV.

The diagnosis rate fell by 50 percent in just two years among gay and bi men who attended sexual clinics at least twice in one year.

Timothy Brown may have company after a man’s virus went into remission following an HIV-resistant stem cell transplant to treat his cancer.

The bacterial infection, passed through contact with feces, can prompt diarrhea, stomach cramps, fever, vomiting, weakness and fatigue.

Other countries already embrace this form of HIV prevention, also known as “on-demand,” “sex-driven” and “intermittent” PrEP.

That’s compared with using patches, gum, lozenges, sprays, inhalers or a combination of such products.

A trio of British studies projected the impact of programs that provide clean injection-drug materials to people who inject drugs.

Diagnoses declined in 2017 among all subgroups and in all regions of the United Kingdom.

In some non–U.S. nations, health care providers can prescribe medical-grade heroin and supervise patients as they take it.

The U.K.-based Christmas Appeal is a joint effort of two newspapers and the Elton John AIDS Foundation.

As EJAF integrates into one global team, U.S. executive director Scott Campbell will step down.

This could lead to generic (and 90% cheaper) PrEP.

Meanwhile, new analyses of gonorrhea have raised concern at the CDC about emerging drug resistance.