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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (CNS) — Riverside County reported four new confirmed or probable monkeypox cases Friday, raising the overall number to 226.Last Friday, the number of cases in the county was 198, up...

Yeshiva University in New York City will no longer have to officially recognize an LGBTQ rights club for students after Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor on Friday intervened in an ongoing...

The passing of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II has garnered attention from citizens around the world. Duty. Grace. Unity. All are apt characterizations of the U.K.’s longest-serving monarch. But the Queen’s enduring...

The seventh annual Positively Aging Project Conference will bring together researchers, advocates and people living and aging with HIV/AIDS on Sept. 17. The conference will be a hybrid event — available via Zoom and...

The seventh annual Positively Aging Project Conference will bring together researchers, advocates and people living and aging with HIV/AIDS on Sept. 17. The conference will be a hybrid event — available via Zoom and...

Anyone who has been exposed to monkeypox or is at risk of contracting it should get vaccinated, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But tracking down a dose...

Part of the crowd gathered for a combination political rally, protest and Christian revival meeting at Mark Soifer Park in Ocean City. More than 100 gather in park to to support...

Harry Styles led his fans in a round of applause for Queen Elizabeth on Thursday (08.09.22) night. The ‘Watermelon Sugar’ hitmaker took to the stage at New York’s Madison Square Garden hours...

JACKSON, Miss. – Today the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) announces expanded eligibility for those recommended to receive the monkeypox vaccine. The updated eligibility criteria are intended to provide...

“As Black gay men we are powerful when we work together."“To see Black men gathering in social and educational settings sends a strong message and positive imaging to the greater community.”“The...

Right Wingers Attack Biden Monkeypox Czar Demetre Daskalakis Right-wingers like Johnson and Housman are having a field day with Daskalakis’ Instagram, with a lot of emphasis on the fact that Daskalakis...

Dr. Demetre DaskalakisIn recent days the Biden administration’s monkeypox response deputy coordinator, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis, has been attacked by right-wing figures and media. The reason? His thirst traps, his tattoos, and...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana health officials on Friday made permanent a rule that blocks transgender people from changing their birth certificates even if they undergo gender-confirmation surgery.The move by...

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At least three companies or organizations sponsoring this weekend’s Boise Pride Festival have withdrawn their participation from the event as Idaho Republican Party Chairwoman Dorothy Moon called on supporters to contact...

News Release: DOH reports three additional monkeypox cases, shifts data reporting online Posted on Sep 8, 2022 in Latest Department News, Newsroom HONOLULU – The Hawaiʻi Department of Health (DOH) is reporting...

LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Los Angeles County health officials announced Thursday the death of a person in the county who was infected with monkeypox, and an investigation is under way to determine...

Start your day with LAist Sign up for How To LA, delivered weekday mornings. Los Angeles County health officials have reported what...

Dr. Demetre Daskalakis has a long history of working in public health on issues pertaining to the LGBT community, and now he’s helping lead the Biden administration’s response to the ongoing...

Earlier this summer, Dr. Demetre Daskalakis was chosen by President Joe Biden as the White House's National Monkeypox Response Deputy Coordinator. Since then, Daskalakis has been leading the efforts to respond to...

Kara A. Nishimuta, PhD (She/They), Assistant Professor in Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Kansas Medical Center; Alaina L. Carr, PhD (She/Her), T32 Postdoctoral Fellow, Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center; and Claire...

Virginia Gay Nursing and Rehab has been nominated for the 2022 Governor’s Award of Quality Care in Health Facilities and while the facility did not receive the award, its administrator...

Virginia Gay Nursing and Rehab has been nominated for the 2022 Governor’s Award of Quality Care in Health Facilities and while the facility did not receive the award, its administrator...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV) - Legacy Health in Portland is providing free Monkeypox vaccines to high-risk groups on Saturday at their clinic in Northwest Portland.High-risk patients are defined by the U.S. Centers...

A federal appeals court has upheld a lower court ruling affirming that Washington state can legally ban conversion therapy, the widely debunked form of psychological torture that falsely claims to change...

After months of political organizing on behalf of candidates running to replace two anti-LGBTQ members of the school board in deep red Flagler County, Fla., rising high school senior Cameron Driggers...

Kyle Sandilands has fired back at his critics after being slammed for calling monkeypox a 'gay virus'.The shock jock, 51, took aim at Professor Bill Bowtell, who called his comments 'a...

“During college I was nervous to go to the gym because it’s where all of the jocks hung out. I was able to convince my friends to join me in group...

A line of people wait for COVID-19 tests at the Oregon Convention Center testing site operated by Curative, Jan. 6, 2022. Kristyna Wentz-Graff / OPBStarting Sept. 14, the Oregon Health Authority...

Long Beach on Wednesday released detailed demographic data about its monkeypox cases, which shows the majority of cases are among gay men, and the largest portion of cases has been identified...

A federal judge in Texas has ruled that requiring health insurance to cover PrEP as HIV prevention violates the religious beliefs of a Christian-owned company, reports Bloomberg. However, in his summary...

September 7, 2022Nick Diamond, ’15, was a double major in French and Cell and Molecular Biology at Albion less than a decade ago. Now he’s a leading voice in the fight...

From the start of the monkeypox epidemic, misinformation and public sentiment stigmatized gay communities across the nation. Dangerously close to sentiment around AIDS more than 40 years ago, health responses have improved,...

A new study – published today – led by an investigator from the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing (Penn Nursing) has explored the perspectives of gay, bisexual, and queer...

(RainStar/iStock via Getty Images) Gay and bisexual men and women appear less likely to take prescribed medications for high blood pressure than their straight peers, and the gap has been widening in...