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People living with HIV are at greater risk of illness from a number of infections which can be prevented with vaccines, including hepatitis A, hepatitis B, human papillomavirus (HPV), influenza, meningitis B, pneumonia and herpes zoster. Research towards the goal of a vaccine to prevent or cure HIV is covered elsewhere, in our sections The search for an HIV prevention vaccine and The search for a cure.

Vaccinations & immunisations

European AIDS Clinical Society strengthens HPV vaccination advice

News
8 November 2017
Cancer

European HIV Guidelines Make Special HPV Recommendations for Gay Men

Editor's pick
Medscape (requires free registration)
30 October 2017
Vaccinations & immunisations

EMIS updating GP alert wrongly stating HIV patients should stop taking medicines

Editor's pick
Pulse
20 October 2017
Vaccinations & immunisations

UK: GP systems giving incorrect warning over flu vaccine

Editor's pick
Beyond Positive
11 October 2017
Cancer

Boys Are Being Denied A Vaccine That Prevents Cancer. Why Is This Being Allowed To Happen?

Editor's pick
Huffington Post
21 July 2017
Cancer

Expanding HPV vaccine to teenage boys ‘not cost effective’, says official advice

Editor's pick
Pulse
19 July 2017
Cancer

HPV vaccine programme now offered to gay men in Scotland

Editor's pick
STV
5 July 2017
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

MSM, especially if HIV-positive, have an increased risk of meningococcal disease, according to US research

News
6 June 2017
Hepatitis A

Hepatitis A outbreaks among men who have sex with men: three clusters reported across 13 countries

Editor's pick
ECDC
28 February 2017
Hepatitis A

Health experts concerned by rise in hepatitis A among gay and bisexual men

Editor's pick
Gay Star News
1 February 2017
Vaccinations & immunisations

AT LAST: Gay men and transgender people get vaccine to prevent genital warts and anal cancer – impressive pilot results in England

Editor's pick
HIV i-Base
18 January 2017
Sexually transmitted infections prevention

HPV vaccine works even better than expected, study finds

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CBS
4 October 2016
Vaccinations & immunisations

Large percentage of youth with HIV may lack immunity to measles, mumps, rubella

Editor's pick
Science Daily
14 August 2015
PEP

WHO: Guidelines on post-exposure prophylaxis for HIV and the use of co-trimoxazole prophylaxis for HIV-related infections among adults, adolescents and children

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World Health Organization
2 December 2014
Vaccinations & immunisations

NHS England: make sure your clients get flu vaccination

Editor's pick
NHS England
13 November 2014
Cancer

Population-based evidence for the preventative efficacy of quadrivalent HPV in Australia

Editor's pick
BMJ Group blogs
1 October 2014
Cancer

Nearly half of HIV-positive gay men could benefit from being vaccinated against HPV, say Irish researchers

News
29 September 2014
Vaccinations & immunisations

Flu shots effective in pregnant women with or without HIV

Editor's pick
Reuters
11 September 2014
Hepatitis B

Anti-HBV antiretrovirals may help ward off HBV infection in MSM

Editor's pick
International AIDS Society
24 April 2014
Vaccinations & immunisations

Long-term immune response to vaccines is impaired in people with HIV

News
22 January 2014
Vaccinations & immunisations

US Group Issues Thorough Guide to Vaccination for People With HIV

Editor's pick
International AIDS Society
6 December 2013
Vaccinations & immunisations

HIV-positive young women have adequate response to human papillomavirus vaccine

News
16 October 2013
Vaccinations & immunisations

High rates of anal HPV infection among young gay men

News
28 August 2013
Cancer

Cervical cancer a major threat to HIV-positive women

Editor's pick
IRIN Plus News
8 February 2013