‘This Is Politics’: Dr. Rachel Levine’s Rise as Transgender Issues Gain Prominence. – The...
At the time, she said, there were “some attacks” on her, but “they were not that brutal.” But after she was elevated to health secretary and took a front-and-center position responding...
GOOD NEWS: Honors student credits success to endurance, perseverance – Odessa American
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By Rebecca Bell
MC executive director, Institutional Advancement
MIDLAND “‘Keep going and never give up. I can do anything I envision as long as...
‘Love, welcome and respect’: He advocates for LGBTQ faithful – Associated Press
Inside Allentown’s Cathedral of St. Catharine of Siena, with its tall stained-glass windows and sanctuary suffused with a soft golden glow, the man in the black shirt and slacks could be...
‘White bagging’: New insurer policies hurting chemotherapy drug dispersal – Terre Haute Tribune Star
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‘White bagging’: New insurer policies hurting chemotherapy drug dispersal – pharostribune.com
LOGANSPORT — The theory is that white bagging — insurance companies requiring hospitals to use a specific specialty pharmacy for intensive treatments instead of the hospitals using their own resources...
Spurs hold off Kings 113-104 to end five-game slide – Minneapolis Star Tribune
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Dejounte Murray scored 10 of his 22 points in the fourth quarter and the San Antonio Spurs beat the Sacramento Kings 113-104 on Friday night to end a...
New HIV cases fall, but epidemic ‘far from over’ in Aotearoa – RNZ
The HIV epidemic is far from over, despite a decline in the number of diagnoses, says University of Auckland researcher Peter Saxon.
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University of Otago has just released research showing the...
Supreme Court has key rulings in the coming weeks; includes voting rights, health care...
WASHINGTON — Every spring the Supreme Court seems to find itself in the headlines with consequential rulings on the horizon. This spring is no different. Over the coming weeks, major...
Director Kelly Oxford On MTV Movie ‘Pink Skies Ahead’: ‘I Haven’t Seen Another Film...
(CBS Local)– May is Mental Health Awareness Month and on Saturday, May 8, MTV will premiere a new movie from director Kelly Oxford called “Pink Skies Ahead.” The film will air commercial...
Safe School Desert Cities helps secure a supported and acknowledged future for LGBTQ students...
All-volunteer organization, Safe Schools Desert Cities has been empowering local lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, questioning, intersex youth (LGBTQI+), their allies and GSA (Gay-Straight Alliance) advisors since 2012. The organization works to...
In Covid Vaccine Data, L.G.B.T.Q. People Fear Invisibility – The New York Times
Still, even if some people are hesitant to divulge such data, research shows that clinicians overestimate how many patients would refuse to self-report. A 2017 study revealed that about 80 percent...
Ex-health minister Lord Fowler says gay sex bans must be struck down to end...
Norman Fowler has taken up an ambassadorial role at UNAIDS. (Max Mumby/Getty) Former British health minister Norman Fowler says scrapping gay sex bans worldwide is a necessary step in the fight...
Cleveland Families Face Obstacles Fighting Lead Poisoning During Pandemic – ideastream
By Roman Sardo-Longo, Lal Tluang, Tam Chau, and TerNay Gay, Urban Health Media ProjectSince his two-year-old son’s routine blood test in November showed the child had been lead poisoned, Charrell Reed and...
US State of Alabama Removes Anti-LGBT Language from Sex Ed Law – Human Rights...
Alabama’s Governor Kay Ivey has signed a bill that will update the US state’s sexuality education law, removing inaccurate and stigmatizing language about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. Previously,...
Class Acts: The champions for health equity – Washington University in St. Louis Newsroom
This week, Class Acts celebrates graduates who are working for health equity across the globe, in their neighborhoods and in examination rooms. Meet Gautam Adusumilli and Cory French, doctor of medicine...
Africa: Interview-Scrapping Gay Sex Bans Key to Fighting HIV, Says UNAIDS Ambassador – AllAfrica...
London — Gay sex is illegal in dozens of countries around the world, deterring many people from coming forward for HIV testing, according to former British health minister Norman Fowler
Scrapping gay...
Class Acts: The champions for health equity | The Source – Washington University in...
This week, Class Acts celebrates graduates who are working for health equity across the globe, in their neighborhoods and in examination rooms. Meet Gautam Adusumilli and Cory French, doctor of medicine...
Class Acts: The champions for health equity | The Source | Washington University in...
This week, Class Acts celebrates graduates who are working for health equity across the globe, in their neighborhoods and in examination rooms. Meet Gautam Adusumilli and Cory French, doctor of medicine...
Bill to ban conversion therapy dies in Puerto Rico Senate committee – Washington Blade
The leaders of several local and national AIDS organizations have expressed concern over a decision by D.C. Department of Health Director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt to abruptly dismiss Michael Kharfen from his...
Brigham Launches COVID Recovery Center for Patients with Persisting Health Complications – Mirage News
Center will coordinate care across specialties and advance research for those with...
Baltimore Vaccine Plant’s Troubles Ripple Across Africa, Europe and Canada – The New York...
WASHINGTON — Quality-control problems at a Baltimore plant manufacturing Covid-19 vaccines have led health officials on three continents to pause the distribution of millions of Johnson & Johnson doses, as the...
Letter to the Editor: In support of the Healthy Youth Act – Dorchester Reporter
To the Editor:For too long, we have left young people behind when it comes to empowering them to make their own decisions about dating and relationships. The requirements in Massachusetts that...
From Iceland — Four Million ISK Grant To Educate And Counsel LGBT Community –...
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Svandís Svavarsdóttir, Minister of Health, has given a grant of four million ISK to the National...
Undocumented LGBTQ immigrants turn to Fla. group for support – Washington Blade
The leaders of several local and national AIDS organizations have expressed concern over a decision by D.C. Department of Health Director Dr. LaQuandra Nesbitt to abruptly dismiss Michael Kharfen from his...
The UK gov’t needs to show it cares about HIV+ people of colour –...
* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation. People of colour continue to be disproportionately impacted by HIV globally Marc...
International grant for getting to zero new HIV infections in Australia – Monash University
You are here: 06 May 2021 Congratulations to Associate Professor Jason Ong, who is one of two Australian recipients...
Qmmunity: It’s Gonna Be Gay: Poo Poo Platter fills your mommy complex, Cheer Ups...
Austin's drag mamas Bulimianne Rhapsody and Louisianna Purchase host Poo Poo Platter's "Mother" show Sunday (Photo by JXN Art / Courtesy of Bulimianne) Today, Thursday,...
Bill Offers Expanded Access To HIV Drugs – The Lund Report
Pharmacists would get reimbursed from insurers for prescribing and administering HIV prevention drugs under a bill in the Oregon Legislature.House Bill 2958 aims to boost access to the life-saving drugs for...
Among Small Businesses Approved for Legacy Business Registry – San Francisco Bay Times |...
Seven businesses, including the San Francisco Bay Times, were unanimously approved by the San Francisco Small Business Commission on April 26 for the Legacy Business Registry. The Registry recognizes longstanding,...
Brazilian comedian’s COVID-19 death unites nation in grief – The Associated Press
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Paulo Gustavo, a popular comedian whose character Dona Herminia dealt with everyday family and LGTBQ issues in some of Brazil’s biggest-box office movies and television shows,...
Asian Mental Health: It’s Time We Talked About It – HuffPost
Asian Americans Out Loud is a project highlighting Asian Americans who are leading the way forward in art and activism. You can read more by visiting our APAHM 2021 homepage.
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Tennessee Just Passed Two Sinister, Hateful Laws Putting Health And Safety Of Trans People...
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Pink News reports that Tennessee lawmakers have voted to enact two anti-trans bills – one banning gender-affirming care for trans minors and another requiring businesses to post...
Arizona fitness guru Shaun T reveals new Beachbody workout program, and Lizzo is a...
Fourteen years ago, fitness guru Shaun T was showing viewers of his TV infomercial how they could get rock-hard abs by following his hip-hop dance program. Today, the 43-year-old lives in Arizona with...
Activists concerned over removal of DC AIDS office executive – Washington Blade
Attorneys representing transgender former English teacher Jennifer Eller in a 2018 discrimination lawsuit against the Prince George’s County Public Schools and the county’s Board of Education filed a motion in federal...
Cuyahoga County ranks among top U.S. counties in imposing death penalty: The Wake Up...
Subscribe to the Wake Up, cleveland.com’s free morning newsletter, delivered to your inbox weekdays at 5:30 a.m.The chances of showers continue today and it will be cooler, with highs staying in...