EastEnders set to include HIV storyline next week
“Myths about HIV are still held by far too many people.” In its 37 -year-long history, English soap opera EastEnders has incorporated a number of serious issues that affect many people into its storylines, and now it plans on dispelling stigma surround HIV. The show will work in conjunction with the Terrence Higgins Trust on […]
3 years ago
Woman cured of HIV for first time ever in ‘scientifically important’ breakthrough
Could cord blood be the answer? Scientists appear to have cured a woman living with HIV in an enormous medical breakthrough, making her the third successful patient to be cured. Using a new method of transplanting stem cells into a patient, American researchers believe they could cure a more racially diverse set of people than […]
4 years ago
A HIV-positive man has become the second ever person to be cleared of the Aids virus
A step forward. An HIV-positive man in the UK has officially become the second person in the world to be cleared of the Aids virus. Ravindra Gupta, a professor and HIV biologist, took charge of the team of doctors treating the man in question. He said: “There is no virus there that we can measure. […]
8 years ago
One Coronation Street character is about to find out he has HIV
Producers have already been in touch with a UK-based charity.
9 years ago