UK

British  Medical Journal :a bit less dauntingly academic than some science mags. Once you register  (free), you can customise so you receive alerts on specific topics.

Hard-science doctors' journal. Often first on the scene with new discoveries - if you can understand them. You must register, but much content is free.

The Public Health Laboratory Service (now part of the Health Protection Agency) are the first port of call for statistics about the HIV epidemic and other infectious diseases in the UK

Independent organisation set up by government to promote better knowledge for better practice in the field of social care.  Site includes link to the electronic library for social care

A-Z medical information directory for health care, charities and research

National HIV Nurses Assocn

Academic and educational site

Genito Urinary Nurses Association - a  national membership organisation for nurses working in this field

Medical Society for the Study of Venereal Diseases

Link to their HIV Special Interest Group

Isle of Man - HIV Special Interest Group

Primarily for Nurses

A ssociation for Education and Social Care in HIV and Sexual Health

Special Interest Group of British Association of Social Work

College of Occupational Therapists

HIV, Oncology, Palliative Care and Education Special Interest Group

Scotland

Scottish HIV and AIDS Group

Discussion forum for HIV and AIDS professionals in Scotland

International

Journal  of the American Medical Association, a real hard science site. Includes a scan of HIV articles in other big medical journals.

Website of the University of California AIDS Institute with extensive knowledge base of material

A  bafflingly academic site listing sociological research into HIV/Aids. If  you can get through the jargon, you'll find all sorts of fascinating data about people with HIV.

The HIV research institute set up by HIV pioneer Dr Robert Gallo.
Worth looking at for new directions in HIV research.

Directed mainly at doctors, but has the latest conference summaries. You have to register, but it's free