January and February this year were marked by a furore of sensationalist media about Hector Scott, a resident of the ACT who first appeared in the ACT Magistrates court charged with providing a commercial sexual service while knowing he was infected with a sexually transmitted disease (STD), and failing to register as a sex worker.

The National Strategy on HIV provides the framework for how Australia will respond to the epidemic into the future, writes NAPWA President Robert Mitchell.

The announcement by a group of Swiss AIDS experts that people with undetectable viral load are sexually non-infectious needs to be treated with caution, writes Paul Kidd.

John Daye, NAPWA's Health, Treatments & Research Portfolio Co-Convenor reports from the 15th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) held in Boston, USA from 3-6 February 2008

Is it acceptable to say that, in some situations, it is OK to look after your own interests when it comes to sex?

Graham Douglas-Meyer surveys the current status of PLWHA and how the new government will affect changes that have already been made, as well as some thought for the future.

Mostly established at a time when positive people faced isolation and stigma and urgently needed social support, the role of Positive Living is now being questioned. David Menadue investigates.

Latest results presented by investigators at the CROI meeting in February in Boston suggested that treatment with abacavir (also found in the combination pills Kivexa and Trizivir) and ddI (didanosine, Videx) may significantly increase the risk of myocardial infarction, or heart attack.

A team of researchers at University of Alberta have identified a human gene called TRIM 22 that blocks HIV infection in cell culture by preventing the assembly of the virus.

A new HIV mathematical modelling report released by the National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research (NCHECR) has raised concerns about the possibility of future rises in HIV infection rates in the next seven years if current trends continue.

Harvard Medical School researchers have identified a gene in Asian macaque monkeys may have evolved as protection against a group of viruses that includes HIV, suggesting that the current AIDS epidemic is not unique to humans and that similar epidemics may have affected our primate ancestors.

Fears that increased movement of people from PNG into the Torres Strait Protection Zone will lead to increased HIV transmission and STIs is the subject of ongoing discussion between high level officials from PNG and Australia.

A new survey for gay, bisexual or same-sex- attracted men is now underway and inviting participants to join the online study and provide information which is investigating how internet use relates to different aspects of men's social and sexual lives.