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Swallow

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Family Rafinesque
Speed50 – 65 km/h (Travelling)
Kingdom Animalia
Class Aves
Scientific nameHirundinidae
Mass Barn swallow
Common house martin
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Date of Upd.
ID2327340
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About Swallow


The swallows, martins and saw-wings, or Hirundinidae, are a family of passerine birds found around the world on all continents, including occasionally in Antarctica. Highly adapted to aerial feeding, they have a distinctive appearance. The term Swallow is used colloquially in Europe as a synonym for the barn swallow.

HIV: Women 'failed by missed opportunities'

Feb 16,2020 7:45 am

Women are being "failed" by missed opportunities to test for HIV, charities say.

Rates of HIV are falling in the UK, but rising for women in many parts of England.

Public Health England says half of women are diagnosed late, after they should have started treatment and after their health had already suffered. This is against a national average of 43%.

In many areas outside of London, new diagnoses among women went up, including by 9% in both The East of England and The East Midlands, 12% in the West Midlands and 15% in Yorkshire and Humber, while overall across all demographics, new HIV diagnoses have dropped by 6%.

Experts say women are often diagnosed late as they are often not seen as At Risk .

Bbc Breakfast reporter Jayne McCubbin met Adrienne, who was diagnosed at 52. She is now 70 and thanks to modern medicine her HIV is at levels so low it can't be detected, and therefore can't be transmitted.

But she says she still faces discrimination from people who think she can still pass it on.

Producer: Josh Parry . Camera: Andrew Swallow .



Source of news: bbc.com

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