UNAids chief ‘shaken and disgusted’ by US cuts that will mean millions more deaths Winnie Byanyima tells the Guardian she considered resigning when Donald Trump cancelled Pepfar funding The Guardian - UK · Jul 4, 2025
A brief history of the slogan T-shirt You probably have a drawer full of T-shirts. They’re comfy, easy to style, cheap and ubiquitous. But the T-shirt is anything but basic. For 70 years, they’ve been worn as a tool for self-expression, rebellion and protest. And in 2025, the slogan T-shirt is as powerful as it has ever… The Conversation · Jul 3, 2025
William changing view of homelessness the way Diana did for Aids – Gordon Brown William appeared on a discussion panel with Mr Brown and entrepreneur Steven Bartlett to mark the second anniversary of his homelessness initiative. Evening Standard · Jul 1, 2025
Yes, You Could Be Both Openly Gay and Conservative in the '80s The novelist Thomas Mallon's journals reveal a side of the '80s that the standard gay histories—and standard conservative histories—tend to ignore. Reason · Jun 30, 2025
Bill Gates Warns US 'It's Not Too Late To Change Course' As Trump Team Targets HIV Funding Cuts Billionaire philanthropist and co-founder of Microsoft Inc. (NASDAQ:MSFT) Bill Gates has responded to a video posted by Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) regarding the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). Benzinga · Jun 29, 2025
Oregon psychiatric hospital spends thousands of taxpayers’ money on sex toys for patients — many of whom are criminals, report finds Access to sexual aids creates safer environment for staff and other patients, hospital says The Independent UK · Jun 27, 2025
HIV Patients at Risk as New Budget Plan Targets Critical Funding As lawmakers in Washington debate the new federal budget, one group is bracing for devastating consequences: Americans living with HIV. The proposed GOP-led budget calls... Saving Advice · Jun 26, 2025
The best tinnitus care and remedies for ear ringing relief There is no simple cure for tinnitus, but some products and aids can help to reduce symptoms Evening Standard · Jun 25, 2025
Edmund White’s writing shone a light in dark times Brief letters: Aids crisis | Compulsory reading | Defence spending | Perfectly clear | Re-double The Guardian - UK · Jun 25, 2025
Black-market melatonin use points to the need for a national sleep strategy Letters: Families are turning to unregulated sleep aids out of desperation, says Vicki Beevers of The Sleep Charity The Guardian - UK · Jun 20, 2025
US approves breakthrough HIV jab – but aid cuts mean it may not get to millions in need FDA approval paves the way for the jab to roll out across the world. But with funding being slashed, will it get to the people who need it? Rachel Schraer reports The Independent UK · Jun 20, 2025
Older people ‘bombarded’ with ads for funerals, care homes and mobility aids Over a third of the UK population agree that older people tend to be negatively stereotyped in ads, the Advertising Standards Authority found. Evening Standard · Jun 18, 2025
Gay Men’s Health Crisis showed how everyday people stepped up when institutions failed during the height of the AIDS epidemic – providing a model for today The story of the AIDS movement is one of regular people: students, bartenders, stay-at-home mothers, teachers, retired lawyers, immigrants, Catholic nuns, newly out gay men who had just arrived in New York, and many others. Some had lost friends or lovers. Some felt a moral calling. Some were just trying… The Conversation · Jun 18, 2025
Citizens Advice says it helps someone with a disability aid complaint every hour The charity said 48% of all complaints related specifically to mobility vehicles. Evening Standard · Jun 17, 2025
The Guardian - US · Jun 16, 2025 ‘Queer as a $3 bill’: celebrating 100 years of LGBTQ+ art for Pride month A new exhibition at the Getty Center in Los Angeles looks back at a variety of queer art from 1900 to the present
The Guardian - UK · Jun 16, 2025 ‘People weep in its presence’: how the UK Aids Memorial Quilt became one of our great works of art It began as a simple act of remembrance, dedicated to those who lost their lives to Aids. Now this ever-growing patchwork of grave-plot-sized panels has taken on new meaning as one of the most significant artworks of the past 40 years
Blogging Away Debt · Jun 13, 2025 AirPods for Hearing Aids? I shared sometime last summer/fall that my audiologist felt that I needed new hearing aids. My hearing had significantly degraded in the last 3 years, and my current hearing aids just weren’t cutting it any longer.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2025 Summer arrives with monsters, minimalism and a memorial quilt – the week in art Big names liven up the Royal Academy’s annual extravaganza, Durham digs into its past and Tate welcomes the Aids memorial quilt
The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2025 White House says it will spare some Aids programs that were on the chopping block Congressional Republicans voice concerns over cuts to signature HIV prevention program, forcing rethink ahead of consequential vote on planned federal funding cuts
The Independent UK · Jun 10, 2025 CNN correspondent and crew detained and escorted from Los Angeles protest zone Police detained a CNN crew reporting on protests against immigration raids in Los Angeles
Evening Standard · Jun 8, 2025 Hamad Butt: Apprehensions at the Whitechapel Gallery - 'dangerous, brilliant' 5/5 This late ‘lost YBA’ genius puts you a breath away from death
LiveScience · Jun 8, 2025 HIV/AIDS: Facts about the viral infection that attacks the immune system Learn how HIV spreads, how it affects the body and what treatments are available.
The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2025 From frustration to joy: What I learned about getting a hearing aid It might start when you realize you can’t hear the doorbell, or certain ringtones
The Independent UK · Jun 4, 2025 Millions of doses of ‘pandemic-ending’ HIV jab at risk over Trump’s aid cuts INTERVIEW: The funding for 2 million people to receive the twice-yearly preventative treatment lenacapavir is ‘receding in the chaos’ of the US president’s decision, the doctor behind the trial of the drug tells Rachel Schraer
The Guardian - UK · Jun 3, 2025 ‘Sometimes he cast spells over them’: the raging beauty of Derek Jarman’s black paintings From his unfinished film about a murdered director to a stunning series of doomy oil paintings, Derek Jarman’s work could be angry, dark and disturbing – not to mention highly relevant in these bleak times