Showing 4,921 news articles about Social & legal issues

Filters Content type: Editors' picks Topic: Social & legal issues

Social, economic, legal and political issues that may affect the lives of people living with HIV, including stigma, discrimination, criminalisation, travel and insurance.

Experiences of stigma

Charlie Sheen’s Gross HIV Guessing Game Takes Us Back To The Ignorant 1980s

Editor's pick
Daily Beast
17 November 2015
Experiences of stigma

HIV Testing Saves Lives - Bad Journalism Kills

Editor's pick
Huffington Post
16 November 2015
Experiences of stigma

People Are Terrified of Sex

Editor's pick
The Atlantic
14 November 2015
HIV prevention policy

HIV in the Philippines: State of Emergency

Editor's pick
Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting
13 November 2015
Economic & social inequality

HIV spreads faster as violent conflict looms

Editor's pick
Eurekalert Inf Dis
13 November 2015
Combatting stigma

The Sun criticised for spreading stigma with 'Hollywood actor with HIV' story

Editor's pick
The Independent
11 November 2015
Drug policy & policing

The UK wouldn’t be making poppers illegal if they were used for straight sex

Editor's pick
Gay Star News
11 November 2015
Activism & civil society

How one activist is spearheading PrEP awareness in the United Kingdom

Editor's pick
HIV Equal
10 November 2015
HIV & criminal law

UK: Law Commission recommends no change for HIV/STI prosecutions in England & Wales, pending a wider review

Editor's pick
HIV Justice Network
9 November 2015
Tuberculosis & HIV

TB language guide: ‘Every Word Counts’

Editor's pick
Stop TB Partnership
6 November 2015
Discrimination & the law

Calling HIV 'Loathsome,' Judge Rules for Model Used in HIV Ad

Editor's pick
Poz magazine news
6 November 2015
Harm reduction

How Ireland's New Drug Policy Is Making the UK's Attitudes Look Ancient

Editor's pick
Vice
4 November 2015
The search for a cure

A Tale of Two Diagnoses

Editor's pick
Poz
4 November 2015
Harm reduction

Ireland: Injection rooms for addicts to open next year, says Minister

Editor's pick
Irish Times
2 November 2015
Drug policy & policing

In Heroin Crisis, White Families Seek Gentler War on Drugs

Editor's pick
New York Times
2 November 2015
Money

Nearly three-quarters of providers offer HIV cover

Editor's pick
FT Adviser
28 October 2015
Combatting stigma

ViiV Gives 23 Small Grants to Reduce HIV Stigma in Gay and Trans Groups Worldwide

Editor's pick
Poz magazine news
27 October 2015
Harm reduction

Toward a Harm Reduction Decade

Editor's pick
You Tube / Drugreporter HCLU
26 October 2015
Drug policy & policing

UN drugs office urged to publish leaked paper backing decriminalisation

Editor's pick
Daily Mail
22 October 2015
Drug policy & policing

The truth behind the UNODC's leaked decriminalisation paper

Editor's pick
Transform
22 October 2015
Drug policy & policing

United Nations denies 'global drug decriminalisation' claim by Sir Richard Branson

Editor's pick
The Telegraph
20 October 2015
HIV & criminal law

Canada: New film explores the impact of using sexual assault law to prosecute HIV non-disclosure

Editor's pick
HIV Justice Network
16 October 2015
PrEP

PrEP: How the Tiny Blue Pill Changed My Life

Editor's pick
Huffington Post
15 October 2015
HIV testing programmes & uptake

Churches effective locations for increasing HIV testing and treatment among pregnant women

Editor's pick
Medical News Today
14 October 2015