Charlie Sheen’s HIV disclosure boosted public health

Actor Charlie Sheen’s bombshell announcement on a US chat show that he was HIV positive may have had a massive public health benefit, research suggests.

Tue, 23 Feb, 2016 - 00:00

John von Radowitz

After his confession on NBC’s Today Show on November 17 last year, HIV-related Google searches in the US hit record levels.

The number of news reports mentioning the Aids virus also soared.

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