LifeBridge Health Turns to Digital Health to Track Monkeypox Cases – HealthLeaders Media
The Baltimore-based health system is applying lessons learned during the pandemic and working with digital health company Get Well on a platform to track those infected with monkeypox and manage their...
Monkeypox Vaccination Appointments Available Through Milwaukee Health Department – City of Milwaukee
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 16, 2022 Monkeypox Vaccination Appointments Available Through Milwaukee Health Department 800 total appointments opened to eligible individuals MILWAUKEE – The Milwaukee Health Department has opened more...
Queer conversion therapy is still practiced in the US. Experts say we need to...
Precious Brady-Davis knew at a young age she was a girl. "I knew I wasn't like my brother, the football player. I wasn't like my sister, the cheerleader, and I remember telling my grandmother,...
Georgia is not declaring a health emergency due to monkeypox outbreak – The Atlanta...
States generally have broad authority to act to prevent and control disease spread, such as issuing isolation or quarantine orders, without having to issue an emergency declaration. Stacie Kershner, deputy director...
Humans may have passed monkeypox to their dog, report says – The Washington Post
Placeholder while article actions loadThe first suspected case of human-to-dog transmission of monkeypox has been reported in Paris, leading the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to update its website...
How monkeypox spreads: Experts clear up misinformation – NBC News
Misinformation about the monkeypox outbreak is spawning an epidemic of largely unfounded anxiety, experts say. Nearly 1 in 5 people in the U.S. are worried they will contract monkeypox, according to...
Historic AIDS Group GMHC Marks Founders Day and 40th Anniversary – POZ
Founded in 1982 in New York City as Gay Men’s Health Crisis, GMHC is celebrating its 40th anniversary and also gearing up for its Fall Gala on September 22, which will...
School of Public Health provides insight on monkeypox outbreak in Washoe County – Nevada...
Washoe County Health District has confirmed a handful of monkeypox cases here locally. A few days after the announcement of the first local case on July 21, 2022, the World Health...
School bullies arrested after second beating of gay Florida teen – The Black Wall...
Listen to this article here Deputies in Broward County, Florida arrested two teens who were among a group seen viciously beating a gay teen who now...
Monkeypox vaccine application forms Central Shenandoah Health District – The News Leader
STAUNTON – Individuals who live or spend time in the Central Shenandoah Health District can now complete an interest form for the monkeypox vaccine, JYNNEOS, according to a press release.The district...
So-called ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law confuses some Florida schools – The Killeen Daily Herald
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Some Florida schools have moved library...
This Startup Just Raised $5.3 Million To Make Healthcare More Inclusive – Forbes
Violet While working at Oscar Health, Gaurang Choksi realized a disconnect when it came to the inclusive care that diverse patients needed. He remembers that clients would come...
61% of U.S. Adults Are Concerned About Monkeypox – Morning Consult
As the federal government wields its freshly declared emergency powers to battle monkeypox, public health officials are continuing their push to raise awareness about the outbreak and working to protect the...
‘Don’t Say Gay’ law confuses some Florida schools – The Associated Press – en...
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Some Florida schools have moved library books and debated changing textbooks in response to a law critics call “Don’t Say Gay” — and some teachers have...
Zuckerberg SF General Hospital Opens Its First Weekend Monkeypox Vaccine Clinic – SFist
In an effort to vaccinate as many people against monkeypox — a global public health emergency that includes at least 546 cases in San Francisco, which accounts for roughly a quarter...
Activists rally outside Schumer’s Manhattan office for better access to monkeypox treatment – Gothamist
Most monkeypox cases have occurred in the LGBTQ community – specifically among gay and bisexual men, but the virus is not exclusive to the gay community.A similar rallying cry came from...
Italian greyhound belonging to gay couple in Paris catches monkeypox – Daily Mail
A dog in Paris has caught monkeypox after sharing the bed with its gay owners who were infected with the disease.The two Parisians developed symptoms at the beginning of June before...
Monkeypox may be here to stay – POLITICO – POLITICO
Epidemiologists, public health officials and doctors now fear the government cannot eliminate the disease in that community, and they’re warning that they are running out of time to stop the virus...
‘We had to fight for ourselves’: With monkeypox, San Diego’s LGBTQ community puts decades-old...
Four decades after a very different health crisis put a spotlight on the gay community, some San Diegans feel as though they’ve been time-warped back to the 1980s. They’re also calling...
Anti-LGBTQ+ narrative more than 400% following Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay – Los Angeles Blade
MENLO PARK, Ca. – Social media giant corporation Meta’s Facebook platform has removed posts and has banned some users who wrote posts detailing that abortion pills can be mailed in the...
Sask. Health Authority warns of ‘elevated risk’ of monkeypox – CBC.ca
The Saskatchewan Health Authority and the province's chief medical health officer are warning the public about an "elevated risk" of contracting monkeypox through anonymous sexual contact.In a Saturday morning news release, the...
HOPE Health and Wellness Center Hosts Monkeypox Vaccine Clinic – Focusdailynews
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Over 300 vaccines available to eligible individuals at South Dallas clinic...
Commentary: LGBTQ+ youth need inclusive health care | Columns | eagletribune.com – Eagle-Tribune
#inform-video-player-1 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } #inform-video-player-2 .inform-embed { margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 20px; } When I first was outed at age 14, I realized...
Monkeypox vax outages & bureaucracy impedes healthcare providers – Los Angeles Blade
LOS ANGELES – Frustrations are mounting as the campaign to vaccinate people against infection of the monkeypox virus is derailed by a critical supply shortage of vaccine doses with added bureaucratic...
Dr. Ryan Westergaard on fighting the spread of monkeypox – PBS Wisconsin
HealthBy Frederica Freyberg | Here & NowAugust 12, 2022 Wisconsin Department of Health Services state epidemiologist Dr. Ryan Westergaard describes efforts to distribute a short supply of vaccine...
‘This is not a gay virus’: Health officials address misconceptions about monkeypox – Alaska...
The Anchorage Health Department has a limited supply of monkeypox vaccines available for eligible patients. (Joey Mendolia/Alaska Public Media) Identity Health Clinic in Anchorage expects to...
Thousands expected to ‘Walk, Out Loud’ at Desert AIDS Walk on Oct. 29; registration...
Thousands of community members of all ages are expected to come together and advocate for LGBTQ+ health care and equity at this year's Desert AIDS Walk set for Oct. 29. The walk, whose...
2 more likely cases of monkeypox reported in Coachella Valley – Desert Sun
Riverside County Public Health reported an additional two confirmed or probable monkeypox cases in the Coachella Valley on Friday. Both are men who live in the Coachella Valley, according to county spokesperson...
What’s In Biden’s Big Climate And Health Bill? – Towleroad
Clean energy is one of the tentpoles of US President Joe Biden's massive climate and health proposal
Washington (AFP) – Hundreds of billions of dollars for clean energy projects, cheaper prescription drugs...
Public Health Set to Vaccinate Those at High Risk from Monkeypox – North Coast...
Humboldt County Public Health will soon begin vaccinating people at high risk of contracting the monkeypox virus, the county announced today.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has identified those...
A monkeypox vaccine is available in Mississippi for those at high-risk – Clarion Ledger
Limited supplies of the monkeypox vaccine are available in Mississippi for high-risk individuals, the The Mississippi State Department of Health announced Thursday.In making the announcement, Dr. Paul Byers, a state epidemiologist, said anyone can get...
Right-wing media exploit monkeypox emergency to retread anti-vax misinformation and vilify gay men –...
As monkeypox presents an ever-increasing threat to Americans, predominantly gay and bisexual men, conservative media figures are exploiting the global health emergency to stoke fears of the COVID-19 vaccine and related...
Hundreds receive monkeypox vaccine at L.A. clinic – Los Angeles Times
Mark Webber and Doug Brown rose before dawn to make the trip from Agoura Hills, arriving around 6 a.m. at the Leimert Park clinic in the hopes of getting vaccinated against...
Vietnam Takes Major Step Forward in Recognizing LGBTQ Rights – The Diplomat
AdvertisementVietnam last week took a major step forward in the recognition of LGBTQ rights, with the country’s Ministry of Health stating that being gay, bisexual, or transgender is not a disease...
‘This is not a gay virus’: Health officials address misconceptions … – Alaska Public...
The Anchorage Health Department has a limited supply of monkeypox vaccines available for eligible patients. (Joey Mendolia/Alaska Public Media) Identity Health Clinic in Anchorage expects to...