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Victoria's Chief Health Officer Brett Sutton. Victoria has not seen a new Monkeypox infection in the past few weeks. While it is too early to celebrate, Victoria’s Chief Health...

The latest update from the San Diego County Health Department shows 404 total monkeypox cases in the region. But health officials say there’s been a slowdown. "We may have had a...

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The curtain is closing for a research institute and advocacy group that spearheaded the effort to repeal Pentagon policies that barred LGBTQ troops from serving openly in the U.S. military....

Planning a wedding can be stressful AF, especially with ultra-religious family members in the mix, but that is no excuse to be hateful. Just ask this gay Reddit user, who...

I have dedicated my life to violence prevention in Chicago, and I am deeply distressed to see violence sensationalized and exploited by politicians in ads designed to drive voters’ fears. These...

Amid growing national controversy over the ethics of performing transgender services on youth that include lifelong-impacting procedures such as puberty-blocking hormones and surgeries on healthy bodies, state lawmakers may be poised...

Dr. Hans Henri P. Kluge, the Regional Director of Europe for the World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that confirmed cases of monkeypox, which is most often seen in West and Central Africa, has...

A nearly $5 million grant to Florida State University's College of Medicine can possibly change the trajectory of young adults affected by the HIV epidemic, which remains a main health concern decades...

Thousands of people played on the streets of downtown San Antonio Sunday morning for the 20th Síclovía.Bikers, skaters and dog walkers all enjoyed a new route that goes through three downtown...

Brendan Patrick Molloy, a longtime resident of Montclair, died on Sept. 18, 2022. He was 28.Mr. Molloy grew up in Montclair, where he graduated from Montclair High School in 2012.  He...

NEW YORK (AP) — 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...

THROUGH my role as the 2022 Chair of the Australian Medical Students’ Association (AMSA) Queer group, I have had the privilege of hearing from medical students across the country regarding their...

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — When Texas’ new abortion law made no exceptions in cases of rape, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott defended it with an assurance: Texas would get to work eliminating...

(Editor’s note: This is the sixth in a multi-part summer series of stories taking a closer look at how a group of diverse LGBTQ entrepreneurs survived and thrived during the pandemic. The...

During the four months of the monkeypox outbreak, health care providers, researchers and an anxious public have scrambled to determine how the virus transmits, how to prevent it and how the...

Nearly 43% of Maine high school students reported their mental health was not good “most of the time” or “always” during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the results of a 2021...

When Nicklaus Chalk started law school at the University of California, Berkeley, last fall, one of his top priorities was to take care of his health.The 24-year-old student visited a doctor...

This article discusses eating disorders. Scroll down for a list of resources if you or someone you know needs help.Aron DoSouto has been doing drag in Saskatchewan for more than 25...

Listen5 minComment on this storyCommentGift ArticleCubans approved a measure to legalize same-sex marriage, part of a new family code that’s among the most progressive in Latin America, defying a long...

Kimberly Thomas had to lie to receive the monkeypox vaccine — and she is not the only one.When a meager supply of doses became available at the Houston Health Department in...

(Images: Hand: Nadine Shaabana; rainbow graphic: Jasmin Sessler | Unsplash.com) Denver Newsroom, Sep 23, 2022 / 14:00 pm (CNA). The bishop of Orihuela-Alicante in Spain, José Ignacio Munilla, reminded the Belgian bishops...

More people in Riverside County will be able to receive the monkeypox vaccine now that the county's public health department has expanded eligibility criteria.The county's vaccine eligibility now includes "gay, same-gender loving or...

Campus Hilliard City School District guide also encourages students to transition gender without parental consent https://www.nea-lgbtqc.org/ Elizabeth Troutman • September 23, 2022 5:20 pm ...

On the campaign trail last weekend, Colorado GOP governor candidate Heidi Ganahl posed for a photo with anti-LGBTQ troll Matt Walsh. Walsh has equated being gay with pedophilia while arguing...

Cherry Valentine became a mental health nurse because the Drag Race UK star "just wanted to help those who needed it". (Getty)

In the early ‘80s, at the height of the AIDS crisis, the U.S. government placed a lifetime ban on “men who have sex with men” from donating blood. The restriction,...

Voices From Afar depicts five people not born in Ireland but who live here now. They shared their stories with GCN about their new lives in Ireland. These portraits explore themes of...

A study from 2019 suggested that a major form of discrimination against bisexual people is “identity invalidation” — or the idea that your sexuality is not valid, or is ignored. The...

We have often discussed the fact that public health is something of a misnomer. It is an extremely ideologically-driven field of academic research and also a public policy. Now let me...

In that public health messaging, how have you described MPX? There's a conversation around it not being compared to a sexually transmitted infection — has that been helpful or harmful in...

Individuals at risk for contracting monkeypox can get a vaccine at events connected with upcoming Pride festivals in Phoenix and Tucson.The rate of new monkeypox cases in Arizona has slowed and limited...

A man gets the monkeypox vaccine in Encino, California, on Sept. 8, 2022. (Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images) Survey respondents who describe themselves as gay or bisexual...

WASHINGTON — Congress held its first hearing on monkeypox this week, with lawmakers rebuking federal public health officials for their slow response to the outbreak, even though the hearing came four...

Brett Andrews, CEO of PRC and Baker Places, which provides HIV/AIDS services and workforce development as well as rehabilitation services, has stepped down from the nonprofit where he first began as...