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Pip benefit overhaul could see walking aids offered over cash

The cost of Pip is expected to rise to more than £41 billion per year by 2030

The Independent UK · Sep 11

Fewer than 2% of Africans who need hearing aids have them, but new solutions offer hope

Hearing loss affects more than 1.5 billion people worldwide. Close to 80% live in low - and middle - income countries, where hearing care is out of reach for most. In Africa, an estimated 136 million people live with hearing loss, a figure expected to more than double to 337…

The Conversation · Sep 9

‘We all have an expiry date’: Kimberly Akimbo, the achingly funny musical about a teen with a 64-year-old body

The uplifting, award-winning show about a girl ageing four times too fast electrified New York. As it hits the UK, co-creator Jeanine Tesori talks about being inspired by the Aids crisis and all her friends who died young

The Guardian - UK · Sep 8

Groove Armada on the devastating hearing loss caused by dance music: ‘I was slightly in denial’

The duo’s Tom Findlay and Andy Cato reveal they now wear ear protection during gigs, and that hearing aids have been ‘transformative’ for one of them

The Independent UK · Sep 2

Disabled Father Says He Was Beaten by ICE Agents, Denied Medical Care in Detention

Detainee was stripped of his cane, hearing aids and medication; case highlights pattern of mistreatment of those with disabilities, attorney says.

Capital & Main · Sep 1

Firm fined for hounding elderly people with nuisance calls claiming to stop … nuisance calls

Elderly Aids Ltd, which sells call-blocking devices, made 758,053 cold calls between May 2024 and February 2025

The Guardian - UK · Aug 27

Firm fined for hounding OAPs with nuisance calls claiming to sell call-blockers

The Information Commissioner’s Office said Elderly Aids Limited had deliberately targeted elderly people, making nearly 760,000 cold calls.

Evening Standard · Aug 27

The Disappearers by Marlon James review – a scorching exposé of homophobia in Jamaica

This Booker-listed epic set in Aids-era Kingston is a triumph – bitter, bawdy and ravishingly queer

The Guardian - UK · Aug 24

NHS England is getting a breakthrough HIV drug – but the rest of the world needs it too

COMMENT: Game-changing HIV drug Lenacapavir will soon be saving lives across the country, writes Molly Thompson, yet marginalised communities in the global south who made this possible still don’t have access

The Independent UK · Aug 21

In 1993, a mother planted the first tree for her late son Ryan: Israel planned an entire 10,000-Tree forest around it

Jeanne White planted a tree in Israel to honor her son Ryan White's fight against AIDS. This act initiated a memorial forest for those lost to the epidemic. Ryan became a national symbol of courage and AIDS education advocate. His story highlighted discrimination and fear surrounding the disease. The forest…

The Times of India · Aug 15