{
  "id": 12468064,
  "title": "HIV treatment has transformed lives in the UK, but stigma lingers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/06/hiv-treatment-has-transformed-lives-in-the-uk-but-stigma-lingers",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-10-06T20:40:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-hiv-treatment-uk-stigma-lingers.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Nearly half a century has passed since the first recognized case of AIDS in the U.K. in December 1981. During that time, perceptions of HIV and people living with HIV have been transformed by medical advances and changing cultural attitudes. Yet the stigma created during the early years of the epidemic has proved much harder to leave behind.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}