32 years sober and wanting to help others like him, man founds LGBTQ-affirming addiction...
SHEBOYGAN - Dan L. started drinking to numb himself while trying to hide that he was gay, he said. Now 32 years sober and wanting others to have a safe place to turn,...
Shoring up LGBTQ health – The Hill
This year’s global monkeypox outbreak has dredged up harsh recollections of the early days of the HIV epidemic, especially for the LGBTQ health activists who lived through that ugly period and...
House Republicans want schools to tell parents about ‘sexually explicit content’ – Ohio Capital...
Two Ohio House Republicans introduced legislation last week that would force school boards to disclose to parents all “sexually explicit content” taught in the classroom.
At parents’ request, teachers would need to...
Barriers to HIV prevention drug in N.B. ‘mind-boggling’ – CBC.ca
Every year, Rob Swan makes the two-hour trip from Harvey Station to Moncton's infectious disease clinic.It's the only place in the province where he can be prescribed pre-exposure prophylaxis, also known as...
NFL suspends Chiefs LB Willie Gay Jr. for four games – Chiefs Wire
The Kansas City Chiefs have taken a big blow on the defensive side of the football ahead of Week 3.
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According to multiple reports, the NFL has suspended Chiefs LB...
‘Out of control’ STD situation prompts call for changes – ABC News
NEW YORK -- Sharply rising cases of some sexually transmitted diseases — including a 26% rise in new syphilis infections reported last year — are prompting U.S. health officials to call...
Pilot program intends to address inequities in accessing monkeypox vaccines – News-Medical.Net
Today, local, state, and territorial health departments, as well as tribal governments and local non-governmental organizations, can partner together and begin submitting requests to access monkeypox vaccine through the recently announced...
SF HIV Cases Creep Up, Maybe Due to Changes in Testing – POZ
The number of new HIV diagnoses in San Francisco rose in 2021 for the first time in nearly a decade, although this could be due to changes in testing in the...
Classes at Lawrence T. Gay Memorial School tomorrow – Barbados Today
Students are set to return to the Spooner’s Hill, St. Michael plant of the Lawrence T Gay Memorial School when the new school year starts tomorrow.
Over the past few years, the...
Ezra Miller’s Allegations and Mental Health: A Timeline – Vulture
Ezra Miller. Photo: David M. Benett/Getty Images From beloved Perks of Being a Wallflower beginnings...
Utah LGBTQ+ Chamber pulls event from Zions Bank Founders Room – Q Salt Lake
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The Utah LGBTQ+ Chamber of Commerce moved an event planned at the Zions Bank Founders Room after the bank pulled support for Boise Pride over threats...
Fighting for LGBTQ+ voters in the Midterm Elections – Los Angeles Blade
LOS ANGELES – Lawmakers in Sacramento as well as Florida, Ohio and Louisiana have heard the heartbreaking testimony of a Central Valley, California teenager who says she regrets beginning a gender...
At AIDS Walk Delaware 2022, organizers raise awareness and offer monkeypox vaccines – WHYY
There were 3,724 people in Delaware living with HIV as of March 2022, according to the...
Grindr goes public with new gay CEO & majority LGBTQ+ board – Los Angeles...
WEST HOLLYWOOD – Grindr, the dating and hookup app that boasts about 11 million gay, bisexual, transgender and queer users per month around the world, is preparing to go public this...
‘We Need This Here’: Exeter Practice Offering LGBTQ+ Healthcare Services – eagletimes.com
EXETER — Members of the LGBTQ+ community have specific health care concerns and often find it difficult to access a provider to meet their needs on the Seacoast.Many patients, particularly...
SF health dept. expands MPX vaccines to non-city residents through Oct. 2 – Bay...
As San Francisco continues its efforts to rein in monkeypox, the city is getting help in the form of 10,000 additional Jynneos vaccines from the federal government, just in time for...
U.S. senators criticize federal health officials for lagging monkeypox response – Kansas Reflector
WASHINGTON — Congress held its first hearing on monkeypox Wednesday, with lawmakers rebuking federal public health officials for their slow response to the outbreak, even though the hearing came four months...
CU Researcher Describes First Cases of Encephalomyelitis Resulting From Monkeypox Virus – University of...
As the monkeypox outbreak continues to spread around the globe, a rare but potentially serious complication of the virus has been discovered by Daniel Pastula, MD, MHS, associate professor of neurology and infectious diseases at the University of Colorado...
Low risk of monkeypox spread noted in health workers – CIDRAP
In a report today of 313 healthcare workers (HCWs) exposed to monkeypox in Colorado, none of them contracted the virus, despite few wearing the recommended personal protective equipment (PPE) or receiving...
Virus roundup: Health officials encourage people to get an updated Covid-19 booster by Halloween...
NIH is launching a new clinical trial to study the efficacy of TPOXX in monkeypox patients, a study finds two doses of a vaccine may reduce your risk of long Covid...
Different Takes: Religion and Health Care Shouldn’t Mix; Breathing Dirty Air Could Cause Cancer...
Editorial writers weigh in on these public health topics. The New York Times: Extreme Religious Liberty Is Undermining Public Health A federal judge ruled...
WebMD Announces 2022 Health Heroes: A physician, veteran, a neuroscientist, and three college students...
NEW YORK, Sept. 16, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- WebMD today announced the winners of the 2022 WebMD Health Heroes Awards, which this year honor everyday heroes who are confronting the nation's mental...
LGBTQIA Youth: Mental Health Support Through Inclusive Care – ADDitude
LGBTQIA+ youth face an elevated risk for experiencing serious mental health issues.1 Depression and anxiety impact more than half of all youth who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer/questioning, intersex,...
LGBTQ+ health services offered at Exeter practice by Dr. Robert Kelly – Seacoastonline.com
EXETER — Members of the LGBTQ+ community have specific health care concerns and often find it difficult to access a provider to meet their needs on the Seacoast. Many patients, particularly teenagers and their...
U.S. senators criticize federal health officials for lagging monkeypox response – Ohio Capital Journal
WASHINGTON — Congress held its first hearing on monkeypox Wednesday, with lawmakers rebuking federal public health officials for their slow response to the outbreak, even though the hearing came four months...
CHP recommends gay men to get monkeypox vaccine first – Hong Kong Standard
Two scientific committees under the Centre for Health Protection have said men who have sex with men should be among those prioritized for the monkeypox vaccine...
OPINION: Supporting all MI students means supporting gay and trans students too – Bridge...
It is for these reasons, among others, that for over two decades, the Michigan Department of Education has provided local school district-requested professional development to build the capacity of educators to...
LA County health care worker contracts monkeypox after exposure at job — 1st such...
LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The nation's first case of a health care worker contracting monkeypox after being exposed on the job was reported in Los Angeles County earlier this week."We have...
4 more likely monkeypox cases reported in Riverside County on Thursday; total at 252...
Riverside County Public Health reported an additional four confirmed or probable monkeypox cases on Thursday.The cities in Riverside County with the most cases are Palm Springs (121), Cathedral City (34), Riverside (19), Desert...
Woman charged with bomb threat against children’s hospital – The Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) — Federal authorities on Thursday arrested a woman accused of calling in a fake bomb threat at Boston Children’s Hospital amid a barrage of harassment and threats of violence...
How One Bi Designer Is Using Fashion Week to Talk About Mental Health –...
September is all about fashion, fashion, fashion. There’s a fashion week in New York, a fashion week in London, a fashion week in Milan, and a fashion week in Paris, each...
Cleveland schedules 4 monkeypox vaccine clinics; 237 cases statewide, 68 in Cleveland – cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio — In an effort to quell the city’s rising case numbers of monkeypox, the Cleveland Department of Public Health is offering free and anonymous vaccination clinics to at-risk individuals.To...
CDC opening applications for Monkeypox Vaccine Equity Pilot Program | CDC Online Newsroom –...
Today, local, state, and territorial health departments, as well as tribal governments and local non-governmental organizations, can partner together and begin submitting requests to access monkeypox vaccine through the recently announced...
CDC opening applications for Monkeypox Vaccine Equity Pilot Program | CDC Online Newsroom |...
Today, local, state, and territorial health departments, as well as tribal governments and local non-governmental organizations, can partner together and begin submitting requests to access monkeypox vaccine through the recently announced...
U.S. senators criticize federal health officials for lagging monkeypox response | The Pulse –...
Digitally-colorized image of monkeypox virus particles — CDC/Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regnery, Hannah Bullock
NC’s Richard Burr claims national response has been a “failure”
WASHINGTON — Congress held its first hearing on monkeypox...