Victoria Macdonald
A small but important step in the battle against HIV
Kick and kill is a rather brutal phrase for a scientific endeavour but it precisely describes attempts to seek out HIV and then destroy it.
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Victoria Macdonald
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Victoria Macdonald
HIV cure search – there’s now a feeling it WILL happen rather than it MIGHT happen
There was a time when the word ‘cure’ was never used in relation to HIV. It was thought to be too elusive, too unachievable. But something changed in the past decade.
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Victoria Macdonald
MH17 senseless violence robs us of finest minds on HIV
At Melbourne Airport, there’s a welcome desk for delegates for the International Aids Conference. It is heartbreaking to know some will never arrive.
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Firefighters battle blaze at National Archives
Around 20 firefighters have tackled a blaze at site of the National Archives in Kew, south west London.
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Crystal Meth: sex party drug behind HIV rise
DJ Fat Tony talks to Jon Snow about the jump in HIV infections among London’s gay men attributed to the sex party drug: “I know doctors, I know lawyers.. injecting it recreationally.”
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Is crystal meth behind London’s rising HIV levels?
Crystal meth use in the UK is extremely low. But the drug’s popularity among gay men in London, where it is increasingly used at sex parties, means it is being linked to a worrying rise in HIV.
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A glimpse of Nelson Mandela – ITN archive (1986)
In February 1986 journalists investigating reports that the jailed ANC leader was having a check-up at Cape Town’s Medipark clinic caught – by accident – the first glimpse of him for 24 years.
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Nelson Mandela’s 65th birthday – ITN archive (1983)
In July 1983 Nelson Mandela celebrated his 65th birthday. ITN’s Mike Hanna spoke with anti-apartheid campaigners Helen Suzman and Winnie Mandela about the renewed calls for his release.
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From the archives: Mandela’s first TV interview
In 1961, Nelson Mandela gave his first TV interview to ITN reporter Brian Widlake. At the time, he was a wanted man, and and was speaking not long after a brutal government crackdown.
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Going to hospital? How about an HIV test?
A London NHS trust is offering all hospital outpatients an HIV test, regardless of why they are there, to tackle the fact that a fifth of people in the UK with HIV are unaware of their infection.
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JFK assassination: Dallas one year on – ITN archive (1964)
In November 1964, days before the first anniversary of the assassination of President John F Kennedy in Dallas, Texas, ITN sent Peter Woods to assess the effect of the killing on the city.
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Harold Wilson on the Kennedy legacy – ITN archive (1963)
Harold Wilson had been Labour leader for 10 months when he attended John F Kennedy’s funeral in November 1963. He tells ITN Kennedy’s legacy will be “speedier action on human rights”.
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Dallas reacts to the JFK assassination – ITN archive (1963)
In the days following the assassination of President John F Kennedy on the 22 November, Dallas became the unwelcome focus of world attention, writes Ian Searcey.
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London reaction to JFK assassination – ITN archive (1963)
On the week of the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy’s assassination, we look back at archive footage from 1963. Here, American citizens in London gather at the US embassy to express their grief.
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Tory archives deleted: the speeches they’d rather we forgot
The Conservative party has been caught removing a decade of speeches from the internet, but thanks to the British Library’s archives we bring you the statements they may prefer were forgotten.
