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Is Lockdown the Ideal Time to Test for HIV and Other STIs at Home?

Big demand for free home-testing HIV kits

The device, which can be used at home, lets people know their HIV status within 15 minutes. The MPOWER programme for gay and bisexual men also provides a support phoneline as well as online to get people to link into services. MPOWER Programme Manager with HIV Ireland, Adam Shanley, said when they first launched the HIV self-test they received orders for 2,000 kits - which was their supply for the year – in just 10 days. It has received hundreds of queries since then. The service relaunched its testing kit last Tuesday after receiving more funding from the HSE. In the past few days, it received more than 550 requests for HIV self-tests.

Why we need to educate teenagers about HPV and vaccines

Why we need to educate teenagers about HPV and vaccines Updated / Thursday, 7 Jan 2021 16:00 For the first time in Ireland, HPV vaccines were offered in 2019 to both all girls and boys in the first year of secondary school . Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images Opinion: such a programme would reduce HPV-associated cancers and help teenagers protect their future health As a population, we are generally aware of the strong association between Human Papillomavirus (HPV) and cervical cancer, but did you know that HPV causes up to 70% of oropharyngeal cancers in developed countries? Remarkably, these cancers, which occur in the throat, are increasing rapidly in western countries and occur mostly in men rather than women. HPV is also strongly associated with various other cancers including cancers of the mouth, vagina, vulva, anus and penis. 

Thief due in court for Durham street mugging

A THIEF who stole a woman’s purse in Durham City is due to be sentenced today. Gareth Palfrey, of Tenth Street, Blackhall Colliery, appeared at Peterlee Magistrates’ Court yesterday morning, where he entered a guilty plea to committing the offence on December 9. After a brief hearing, the 35-year-old, who was wearing a dark winter coat and dark trousers, was told to return to Teesside Magistrates’ Court, in Middlesbrough, on Tuesday, December 22 to be sentenced for the theft, as well as a separate weapon offence. Palfrey was caught after the city s parish clerk Adam Shanley and resident Mike Costello, who is recovering from a hip replacement, along with neighbourhood warden Paul Rutherford, ran to the scene after hearing the victim scream.

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