Showing 4,908 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.

Drug policy & policing

UK government rejects recommendations to tackle drug misuse in Scotland

Editor's pick
Pharmaceutical Journal
9 September 2020
People who inject drugs

Call to uphold the rights of people who use drugs and harm reduction in the new UNAIDS Strategy

Editor's pick
International Drug Policy Consortium
8 September 2020
Discrimination & the law

US: Barring HIV-Positive Military Officers Has ‘No Rational Basis,’ Judge Rules

Editor's pick
Bloomberg
3 September 2020
Discrimination & the law

How an HIV Long-Term Survivor Sued an NYC Cosmetic Surgeon for Refusal of Service—And Won

Editor's pick
TheBody
27 August 2020
Epidemiology & behaviour

Inside the second wave of the HIV epidemic in the Philippines

Editor's pick
Xtra Magazine
27 August 2020
Activism & civil society

Dr. George Ayala signals his upcoming departure from MPact Global Action for Gay Men’s Health and Rights (formerly MSMGF)

Editor's pick
MPact Global Action
27 August 2020
Confidentiality, consent & medical ethics

South Africa: Libyan embassy allegedly pressuring SA workers to test for HIV

Editor's pick
Daily Maverick
21 August 2020
HIV testing programmes & uptake

67 homeless people in Merseyside now on HIV and Hepatitis C treatment plans

Editor's pick
ITV
19 August 2020
Confidentiality, consent & medical ethics

Applying biometric data to the HIV response removes obstacles in care continuum

Editor's pick
Science Speaks
17 August 2020
Men who have sex with men (MSM)

UNAIDS calls on Poland to uphold the rule of law and protect the rights of LGBTI people

Editor's pick
UNAIDS
17 August 2020
HIV in the arts & media

This Jar of Condoms Costs Over $5,000

Editor's pick
POZ
13 August 2020
HIV & criminal law

HIV+ Canadian Guilty Of Sexual Assault, Despite Condom Use

Editor's pick
Star Observer
10 August 2020
History of HIV & AIDS

'They Know What A Pandemic Is': HIV Survivors See Similarities To AIDS Epidemic

Editor's pick
NPR
5 August 2020
Violence

African activists fight violence against women, one law at a time

Editor's pick
Thomson Reuters Foundation
4 August 2020
Activism & civil society

AVAC, ITPC, TAG and Global Partners Launch New COVID Advocates Advisory Board

Editor's pick
AVAC
4 August 2020
HIV in the arts & media

National AIDS Trust’s artwork competition

Editor's pick
National AIDS Trust
3 August 2020
Transgender people

A Black Trans Sex Worker died after Paramedics failed to take her to the Hospital

Editor's pick
Buzzfeed News
3 August 2020
Human rights

"They Treated Us in Monstrous Ways”: Sexual Violence Against Men, Boys, and Transgender Women in the Syrian Conflict

Editor's pick
Human Rights Watch
3 August 2020
Experiences of stigma

"Don’t come back, they’ll kill you for being gay"

Editor's pick
BBC
3 August 2020
Human rights

AIDS 2020: Five key takeaways for human rights in the time of COVID-19

Editor's pick
Frontline AIDS
31 July 2020
Money

UK: Insurance companies discriminate against some clients

Editor's pick
International Adviser
31 July 2020
Activism & civil society

This Champion of Community’s Role in Clinical Trials Reflects on 40 Years of Fighting Medical Mistrust And Research Neglect

Editor's pick
TheBody
31 July 2020
People & personal stories

‘My Fabulous Disease’ Wins GLAAD Award for Outstanding Blog

Editor's pick
My Fabulous Disease
31 July 2020
History of HIV & AIDS

It's time to stop comparing COVID-19 to HIV

Editor's pick
Xtra Magazine
30 July 2020