Chlamydia screening to focus on reducing harm from untreated infections
England’s National Chlamydia Screening Programme is changing to put a greater emphasis on reducing the harm of untreated infections on young women’s reproductive health
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Terrence Higgins Trust say: Act now to avoid summer of STIs
Terrence Higgins Trust issues new guidance to ensure rates of sexually transmitted infections don’t return to pre-pandemic levels and help manage the risk of Covid-19
THT releases new research into HIV testing rates
New research from HIV/sexual health charity Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) has revealed just 1 in 5 adults have ever tested for HIV in the UK
New rules to allow gay and bi men in long-term relationships to donate blood
Recommendations from the FAIR steering group, to enable a more individualised way of assessing safe blood donations, have been accepted in full by the Department of Health and Social Care, which means men who have sex with men in a long-term relationship will be able to give blood from summer 2021
New stats from Public Health England show 10% drop in HIV diagnoses
Terrence Higgins Trust and National AIDS Trust respond to new HIV data showing 4,139 new HIV diagnoses in 2019, which represents a 10% drop in a year – 18% among gay and bisexual men, and 6% among heterosexuals.
‘Urgent Action Needed’ – THT responds to new figures released from PHE
Terrence Higgins Trust responds to new figures from Public Health England, which show there were 468,342 STIs reported in England in 2019 – a 5% rise on 2018.
GMB reacts to new coronavirus study from British Medical Journal
Trade union GMB has reacted to a new study published in the British Medical Journal, which reveals more than half of pregnant women recently admitted to UK hospitals with coronavirus were from a BAME background.