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A woman has shared how she had HIV for ten years before being diagnosed and thought her husband had cheated when doctors told her the news. Marcella, 57, from Solihull, went a whole decade without knowing she had the sexually transmitted disease. She said when she finally got tested she was shocked to find out she was HIV positive as she wasn't aware it could be transmitted to heterosexual women. Marcella, who chose to not share her surname for privacy reasons, told Birmingham Live how her ordeal started while she was living in the Canary Islands and she got "really sick". By the time she got tested for HIV, the ambassador for AIDS charity, Saving Lives was in hospital as she had lost a lot of weight and was suffering from pneumonia and sepsis . "Every time I went to the doctor they told me that they thought it was bronchitis and it was nothing to worry about," she said. "My sister convinced me to move back home because she was convinced I had TB at the time. "I … [Read more...] about Woman who had undiagnosed HIV for 10 years ‘didn’t think straight people could get it’

SINGAPORE: It has been a month quite unlike any other. What began as faraway rumblings in the city of Wuhan has turned into a battle on Singapore's frontlines. Beginning as an unknown, the disease took on many names before officially being  dubbed COVID-19. To fight the battle, hand sanitiser and soap turned into the weapons of choice for Singaporeans. An acronym became a buzzword. And as the Disease Outbreak Response System Condition (DORSCON) level turned from Yellow to Orange, the queues snaked at supermarkets as some people rushed to prepare for a worst-case scenario. Thirty days, 86 cases, 47 people recovered, five in critical condition. The numbers change daily, but the effort to contain the threat remains constant as Singaporeans across sectors and industries work double-time. Singapore is “leaving no stone unturned” in the COVID-19 outbreak, said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, director-general of the World Health Organization (WHO), on Feb 18. "We are very … [Read more...] about One month of COVID-19: Concern, containment and collective effort

In an interview with NewsGuard the day before Instagram removed his page for spreading dangerous misinformation, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. discussed the COVID-19 vaccine and the coronavirus pandemic. Citing his experience in assessing related scientific issues he encountered in his career as an environmental lawyer, Kennedy has fashioned himself a crusader against Big Pharma and the government health apparatus that he says props it up. In addition to other assertions, Kennedy described Dr. Anthony Fauci , director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as "an abject failure" who profits personally by promoting vaccines, and made the unsubstantiated claim that the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are dangerous. NewsGuard's interview has been edited for length and clarity. The transcript below is annotated in italics, with fact checks responding to Kennedy's claims. NewsGuard: Now that the vaccine is out there and has been taken by tens of millions of people, what's your … [Read more...] about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Vaccines, COVID and Dr. Fauci: ‘I Read the Science’