HIV Medication Could Slow Dementia
HIV Medication Could Slow Dementia
PHOTO BY ANDREA PIACQUADIO VIA PEXELS HIV Medication Could Slow Dementia Maraviroc (Selzentry), an antiretroviral treatment approved for HIV, has also reportedly aided t…
Man Cured of HIV Speaks Out
Man Cured of HIV Speaks Out
…positive HIV diagnosis in September 1988. “I remember how I felt inside when I heard,” said Edmonds in an exclusive interview with The Washington Post. “I felt my heart sink.” At the ti…
Don't Fear HIV-Positive Blood, Use It
Don't Fear HIV-Positive Blood, Use It
IMAGE VIA NICCOLO COSME INSTAGRAM A new campaign aims to shine a light on Asian-Americans living with, or at risk of, HIV. HIV infection rates within the Asian-American…
Georgia Hispanic Community Sees Spike in HIV Infections
Georgia Hispanic Community Sees Spike in HIV Infections
PHOTO BY WENDY WEI VIA PEXELS The state now has the third highest rate of HIV transmission in the country. Dr. David Philpott, an epidemiologist with the Centers for Disease and Cont…
Milwaukee Celebrates HIV Activist Ronnie Grace During Cancer Battle
Milwaukee Celebrates HIV Activist Ronnie Grace During Cancer Battle
Grace, a longtime HIV educator and LGBTQ+ advocate, is being treated for stage 4 liver and bile cancer. Milwaukeeans are honoring Ronnie Grace, a longtime HIV educator and L…
Researchers Test Quick-Dissolving Rectal PrEP for HIV Prevention
Researchers Test Quick-Dissolving Rectal PrEP for HIV Prevention
SHUTTERSTOCK The Phase 1 trial shows the new method could be a very viable option for preventing HIV transmission. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) has been a beneficial fight against…
Tennessee Doubles Down on Discrimination After Rejecting Federal HIV Funding
Tennessee Doubles Down on Discrimination After Rejecting Federal HIV Funding
The fight over LGBTQ+ rights in the state has resulted in more than $8 million in federal funding being turned away. Over the last few months, Tennessee has seen a fight brewing over HIV
Grindr Users: Here's How to Get a Free HIV Test Kit
Grindr Users: Here's How to Get a Free HIV Test Kit
…partnering with a program distributing free at-home HIV tests as part of a new public health initiative. Now, within the app's main menu, U.S-.based users will see a new "Free HIV…
Indian LGBTQ+ groups push to widen access to HIV prevention drug PrEP
Indian LGBTQ+ groups push to widen access to HIV prevention drug PrEP
Every morning, Neharika Ravalkar takes a pill that stops her joining the millions of Indians who are HIV-positive. As a trans woman, Ravalkar is among the groups at highest risk of
Tennessee Rejected HIV Funds From Feds, But The State Was Just Outsmarted
Tennessee Rejected HIV Funds From Feds, But The State Was Just Outsmarted
IMAGE VIA SHUTTERSTOCK The federal funding will still find its way to people living with HIV. It’s been almost three months since the Tennessee Health Department announced they would…
New national HIV archive brings together 100 ‘powerful and extraordinary’ stories of epidemic
New national HIV archive brings together 100 ‘powerful and extraordinary’ stories of epidemic
…the HIV and AIDS epidemic and the present day widens, so it becomes more possible that people will forget just how deadly the virus was. That’s why producer and director Paul Coleman…
GOP Declares War on HIV Program as Dr. Fauci Rings Alarm
GOP Declares War on HIV Program as Dr. Fauci Rings Alarm
…tells me. PEPFAR is the U.S. President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, which was signed into law 20 years ago this summer by President George W. Bush. It serves as a conduit to providing HIV…
World AIDS Day: The long, tragic and often-forgotten history of the devastating AIDS epidemic
World AIDS Day: The long, tragic and often-forgotten history of the devastating AIDS epidemic
…million people have died worldwide from AIDS since HIV was first detected in the early 1980s, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). That article published by The New York Ti…
PrEP without a prescription now a reality in California
PrEP without a prescription now a reality in California
HEALTH Governor Newsom signed a bill on Tuesday greatly increasing access to the preventative HIV medication. California, the nation's most populous state, just enacted a new law ensurin…
WATCH: Dr. Heidi N Closet Offers Sasha Colby a PrEP Consultation
WATCH: Dr. Heidi N Closet Offers Sasha Colby a PrEP Consultation
The video aims to raise awareness of the preventative HIV medication. RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 15 winner Sasha Colby recently teamed up with the just-announced Drag Race All Stars 8 c…
Gay & Bisexual Men Now Eligible to Donate Blood Under New FDA Policies
Gay & Bisexual Men Now Eligible to Donate Blood Under New FDA Policies
…deferred. Additionally, under this final recommendation, those taking medications to prevent or treat HIV infection will be deferred — including antiretroviral therapy (ART), pree-xposu…
What Are the New Guidelines for Gay and Bi Men Donating Blood?
What Are the New Guidelines for Gay and Bi Men Donating Blood
…the blood ban, and why were gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men excluded from giving blood? In 1985s, after falsely labeling HIV and AIDS “gay diseases,” the FDA banned l…
90 Percent of Mpox-Related Deaths Were Black Men With Weakened Immune Systems: CDC
90 Percent of Mpox-Related Deaths Were Black Men With Weakened Immune Systems: CDC
…mpox were Black men with uncontrolled HIV that may have caused a weakened immune system, according to the report, which was published Thursday. Although most of the people who died got…
Russell Tovey on his fear of death growing up during AIDS crisis: ‘F**king terrifying’
Russell Tovey on his fear of death growing up during AIDS crisis: ‘F**king terrifying
Russell Tovey thinks about ‘death daily’ since growing up during the AIDS crisis. (Getty) Russell Tovey has opened up about how the stigma surrounding HIV shaped his “really painful” r…
CDC warns about bacterial infection rising among gay & bi men
CDC warns about bacterial infection rising among gay & bi men
…providers about a rise in antibiotic-resistant shigellosis, a condition overrepresented among gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men (MSM) as well as people living with HIV.…
Billy Porter to star as Black queer icon James Baldwin
Billy Porter to star as Black queer icon James Baldwin
…drag queen, in Kinky Boots. He won a 2019 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for playing the HIV-positive emcee Pray Tell in Murphy’s trans-inclusive vogu…